Flussonic Media Server 22.06

Flussonic Media Server 22.06 has been released.

It is now possible to insert ads relying on SCTE-35 or SCTE-104 markers. The server is able to change ads for each playback session.

Added the “Seek per frame” button in DVR player. It allows playing next and previous frames to to find a particular moment within a paused archive.

Check the full list of improvements and fixes below and get your servers upgraded as soon as possible.

What’s New

• #14767 (new) (Flussonic) Increased log storage depth. Now we store a log file of 40 MB and 40 archives of previous log files.
• #16488 (new) (Flussonic) VOD assets are now available via fMP4 HLS.
• #16851 (new) (Flussonic) Added DRM (EXT-X-KEY tag) support for fMP4 HLS.
• #20449 (new) (Flussonic) It is now possible to configure ad insertion for server-side playlists (playlist://).
• #21088 (new) (Flussonic API) Added midroll_insert_by parameter into authorization backend API schema. It specifies how mid-roll advertising files should be inserted into the stream: on regular intervals or by SCTE35 or SCTE104 markers.
• #22203 (new) (Flussonic UI) Improved “IPTV” page. Now it is possible to enable or disable IPTV, to manage users and packages on two separate tabs, and to select a package for a user.
• #22213 (new) (Flussonic) Adaptive bitrate mechanism for WebRTC streaming now can use transport-CC (Transport-wide Congestion Control) instead of REMB for adjusting video quality.
• #22434 (new) (Player) Video resolution in player is now displayed as a picture height in pixels: 320p, 480p, 720p, and so on.
• #23327 (new) (Flussonic) Added the “Seek per frame” button in DVR player. It allows playing next and previous frames to to find a particular moment within a paused archive.
• #23500 (new) (Flussonic) Added an abstract manifest that describes media segments grouped into periods of continuous playback. Abstract manifest is used to generate segment-based manifests. See Streaming API to learn more.
• #23828 (new) (Flussonic) It is now possible to configure ad insertion into video playback according to SCTE35 markers.
• #24032 (new) (Flussonic UI) Added the segment_count and segment_duration options on the “Output” tab of stream setting in Flussonic Cloud UI.
• #17538 (improved) Fixed the issue with the path to the GeoIP database not reloading without restarting Flussonic.
• #17685 (improved) (Flussonic UI) Renamed “Timeout” option in stream pushing options into “Retry timeout”.
• #19964 (improved) (Player) Fixed issue with transparent calendar in DVR player when resizing the window.
• #22696 (improved) (Flussonic UI) Fixed incorrect validation of a URL for pushing a stream on the “Output” tab of the stream’s settings.
• #23445 (improved) (Flussonic UI) Added validation for IP address in authorization backend settings.
• #23494 (improved) It is now possible to specify the required pixel format (pix_fmt) in the Admin UI.
• #23776 (improved) (Flussonic UI) Some advanced transcoder settings (“FPS”, “Advanced options”, “Extended”) were removed from Flussonic Cloud UI to reduce the risk of errors.
• #23903 (improved) (Flussonic UI) Fixed absense of port number in the URL for SRT publishing in stream settings.
• #23967 (improved) (Flussonic UI) Interchanged the positions of stream title and name in Flussonic UI. First the title is displayed (as it is more readable), and then - the name.
• #23969 (improved) (Flussonic UI) The links for stream publishing are now available on the “Overview” tab of stream settings, in one click from the home page.
• #23978 (improved) (Flussonic UI) Fixed issue with incorrect port number in the URL, while using srt_play setting to specify a port to play an SRT stream.
• #23956 (new) (Cloud) Added the segment_count and segment_duration options in Cloud API.
• #23613 (improved) (Cloud) Stream status in Flussonic Cloud is now displayed correctly taking into account the statuses from all the servers the stream goes through.
• #23731 (improved) (Flussonic) Fixed the error when requesting DVR playback in some cases.
• #23777 (improved) (Cloud) Streams are now distributed uniformly between transcoders in Flussonic Cloud.

Issues Resolved

• #10367 (fixed) (Flussonic) Return correct HTTP Code for non-existing HLS DVR data (404).
• #15210 (fixed) (Flussonic) Fixed the error when trying to play VOD files from Wasabi S3 storage.
• #17222 (fixed) (Flussonic) Fixed error 500 when trying to play VOD file via HLS in some cases.
• #17664 (fixed) (Flussonic UI) DVR player in Admin UI now uses HLS protocol.
• #20906 (fixed) (Flussonic) Fixed the problem when a logo could not be added correctly to a VOD file using the player.
• #22378 (fixed) (Flussonic API) Fixed negative stream uptime in Flussonic API. Now uptime is calculated correctly, as the difference between the time when the stream was started (opened_at) and the time when the last frame was sent to the stream output (last_dts_at).
• #22545 (fixed) (Flussonic) Fixed broken public option which specifies the public address of the peer server.
• #23202 (fixed) (Flussonic) Fixed the problem with closing session when playing a stream with absolute timeshift using the on_play directive with authorization configurator (auth_backend).
• #23393 (fixed) (Flussonic) Fixed issue with transponder not reconfiguring without restarting Flussonic.
• #23542 (fixed) (Flussonic) Fixed non-working transcoding of 10 bit video into 8 bit with H264 codec with NVIDIA Nvenc transcoder.
• #23679 (fixed) (Flussonic) Fixed incorrect work of the split_channels option when a stream has two sources with different number of audio channels and switches from one source to another.
• #23709 (fixed) (Flussonic UI) Fixed displaying error message when deleting a template without links.
• #23728 (fixed) (Flussonic) Fixed unnecessary displaying of the default parameter no_fix_subs_dts=true in a stream configuration after Flussonic restart.
• #23738 (fixed) (Flussonic UI) Fixed displaying incorrect RTMP URL for a template for publishing with a prefix.
• #23755 (fixed) (Flussonic) Fixed inability to play a DVR archive of a stream that is configured via the on_play option with overriding the input parameter.
• #23760 (fixed) (Flussonic) Fixed inability to ingest a stream with variant HLS playlist as a source.
• #23791 (fixed) (Flussonic) Fixed inability to play HLS stream with MP2 audio via VLC player.
• #23816 (fixed) (Flussonic UI) Fixed the issue when a DVR player could not load when playing a stream with DVR set via a template.
• #23834 (fixed) (Flussonic) Fixed the error when restarting the embed.html page playing a stream via WebRTC.
• #23883 (fixed) (Flussonic) Now Flussonic can display messages from billing (e.g., when a license key has expired).
• #23884 (fixed) (Flussonic) Fixed issue with the catchup-days value in m3u playlist not corresponding to the DVR depth value of the stream.
• #23464 (fixed) (Flussonic API) Fixed absense of the session log path in the response of “Get server config” method of the Flussonic API. Now this path is returned in the session_log parameter.
• #23470 (fixed) (Flussonic Coder) Fixed incorrect transcoding of video with 4K resolution and 10 bit color depth.
• #23909 (fixed) (Flussonic) Fixed the error when transcoding video with the pixel=10 option with NVIDIA Nvenc transcoder.
• #23954 (fixed) (Flussonic) Fixed broken displaying of the graphs on the “Pulse” page in Flussonic UI.
• #24003 (fixed) (Flussonic) Fixed absense of a port in requests for playing streams via WHAP in WebRTC player.
• #24029 (fixed) (Flussonic) Fixed links URL to .m3u playlists.
• #23400 (fixed) (Cloud) Fixed displaying incorrect port number in links for playing SRT in Flussonic Cloud UI.
• #23767 (fixed) (Cloud) Fixed inability to save FPS and GOP size in transcoder settings in Flussonic Cloud UI.

Documentation updates

• #22853 (new) (Watcher) The API for Watcher Core subsystem is documented. Watcher Core is the part of Watcher that allows you to manage streams, Agents and events on several streamers through a single point of access. You can now install and use Watcher Core separately from the Watcher VMS where you configure users, permissions and other entities related to video surveillance.
• #23701 (new) (Flussonic) Described a way to play WebRTC streams using embed.html player.
• #23744 (new) (Flussonic) Learn how much bandwidth do you need for ingest and playback in How to define requirements for the network in the guideline for IPTV/OTT providers.
• #21695 (improved) (Flussonic) Updated the description of some methods in Streaming API schema.
• #23429 (improved) (Flussonic) Updated screenshots on Video playback page.
• #23543 (improved) Updated the DVR player description.
• #23565 (improved) (Flussonic) Described pushing streams to ATSC-C with TBS cards.
• #23590 (improved) (Flussonic) Described using UTC format when getting JPEGs from DVR by specific time.
• #23596 (improved) (Flussonic) Added the description of the split_channels option of transcoder.
• #23600 (improved) (Flussonic) Added description of publishing via WHIP and playing via WHAP.
• #23617 (improved) (Flussonic) Updated the description of setting a Let’s Encrypt certificate for the server.
• #23639 (improved) (Flussonic) Updated the description of on-demand JPEG thumbnails generation.
• #23641 (improved) (Flussonic) Added description of publishing via RTMP with “static/” prefix.
• #23671 (improved) (Flussonic) Updated the description of Accessing DVR Archives via Various Protocols. Added missing links, improved the structure.
• #23749 (improved) (Flussonic) Removed extra $ sign from the URL for HTTP-MPEGTS playback with relative timeshift in the Streaming API schema.