4.4.0

Version 4.4.0

New Features

• Automatic Captions
• Frame-by-Frame Thumbnail Generator
• Bulk Import of Users from CSV
• Support for ABR Live Streaming

Improvements and Fixes

• JW Player version upgrade to 7.5.2
• Default to HLS streaming (controllable within player configuration)
• Support for temporary data folder over UNC
• Content State refactoring to enhance scalability and performance
• Support for distributed logging
• Reporting data storage and performance improvements
• Cleanup of additional content artificts after permanent deletion
• Support for cleanup of unused thumbnails
• Addition of video title overlay in player
• JS/CSS bundling to improve load times
• LTI media picker support for Schoology

Hotfixes

Hotfix 1

• Fix for bad Zencoder SourceUrl
• Fix for Watch Directory logging
• Fix for content preview fullscreen toggle
• Added versioning to jwplayer flash script

Hotfix 2

• Fix for missing Average Percentage Viewed column in Users Viewing Details report
• Fix for Logs loading performance
• Fix for FLV streaming using HLS protocol

Hotfix 3

• Fix for branding repository IsDeleted ambiguity
• Fixed issue with Bulk Add User async handling
• Culture-sensitive datetime parsing fix in watch directory processing
• Fix for reporting cleanup
• Fix for plugin loading from playlist

Hotfix 4

• Fix for Automatic Captions incorrectly reporting usage.
• Fix for Ensemble Studio - Auto recordings.
• Removed unnecessary Automatic Captions logged exception.
• Fix for SMIL file generation.

Hotfix 5

• Watch directory processing fix to skip unprocessable files.

Hotfix 6

• Fix for Licensing Date format.

Hotfix 7

• Fix for Live Streaming performance.
• Fixes for Automatic Captions reporting.
• Fix for content title encoding in Player.
• Added custom Player errors for Flash plugin issues.

Hotfix 8

• Fix for Portal content preview.

Hotfix 9

• Fix for Anthem download OS-detection in LTI tool.
• RTMP streaming protocol forced for Live Streaming.

Hotfix 10

• Fix for Automatic Captions audio upload timeouts.
• Fix for caption searching issue prior to video playback.

Hotfix 11

• Fix for captions special characters rendering in JW Player.
• Fixed LTI embed issue triggering missing image detection in Blackboard.
• Fix for playlist custom permalink.
• Fix for Logs page pagination.

Hotfix 12

• Fix for Automatic Captions permissions.
• Fix for Reporting page in offline mode.
• Fix for Logs page for non US region.

Hotfix 13

• Fix missing copyright metadata issue in watch directory shadow file processing.
• Fix for Ensemble Anthem playback if library name contains e-mail.

Hotfix 14

• Fix for thumbnail generation job that can cause Service V2 crash in some cases.

Hotfix 15

• Fix to add branding redirect to portal.

Hotfix 16

• Fixed javascript error in content captions.

Hotfix 17

• Fix for breaking change in Amara API.