Flussonic Media Server 22.03

Flussonic Media Server 22.03 has been released.

It is now possible to play HLS video with Opus codec in Flussonic's player embed.html.

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

What's New

• #18947 (new) (Flussonic API) Finished the stream specification in OpenAPI format.
• #20600 (new) (Flussonic) It is now possible to add thumbnails into HLS and DASH playlists as special tags that a player can read. It works for streams with DVR enabled and for VOD files.
• #20813 (new) (Flussonic) Now it is possible to add one or more tag parameter (later renamed to label) to stream settings. This parameter allows to label a stream session by a key-value pair in order to group sessions for statistics.
• #21994 (new) (Player) It is now possible to play HLS video with Opus codec in the player.
• #22117 (new) (Flussonic) The URL for generation of preview JPEG images on-demand for a stream now uses UTC time format.
• #22420 (new) (Player) Added collection of playback quality statistics for all of our players.
• #22463 (new) (Flussonic) Renamed tag session parameter to label.
• #22115 (improved) (Flussonic) Stabilized the upload of the Flussonic image to Docker Hub.
• #22128 (improved) (Player) Resolution of played video is now displayed in the player together with bitrate.
• #22229 (improved) (Flussonic) Now it is possible to add one or more tag parameter (later renamed to label) to the settings of all sessions. This parameter allows to label a session by a key-value pair in order to group sessions for statistics.

Issues Resolved

• #15068 (fixed) (Flussonic) Fixed the issue when a pushed UDP stream could not restore after DTS backward jump.
• #19730 (fixed) (Flussonic) Fixed non-working la_url option when configuring PlayReady DRM for a stream.
• #21624 (fixed) (Player) Fixed replacing of a playback position when scaling or rewinding a DVR archive.
• #21654 (fixed) (Flussonic) Fixed unexpected crash of a stream in a cluster.
• #21853 (fixed) (Flussonic) Fixed asynchronous playing video and audio tracks in a mixer stream.
• #22022 (fixed) (Flussonic) Fixed unnecessary checking chassis status before opening Flussonic UI without Flussonic Coder.
• #22044 (fixed) (Flussonic) Fixed unnecessary restart of the pusher after DTS jump in a subtitle track.
• #22046 (fixed) (Flussonic UI) Fixed incorrect saving stream configuration after deleting the backup video from Flussonic UI.
• #22067 (fixed) (Flussonic) Fixed ignoring the configured source priority when playing a stream with multiple sources.
• #22135 (fixed) (Flussonic) Fixed incorrect HTTP response (500 Internal Server Error) when receiving incorrect query string via Flussonic API. Now error 400 (Bad Request) is sent instead.
• #22137 (fixed) (Flussonic UI) Fixed absent Y-axis lables for graphs on the Pulse page.
• #22148 (fixed) (Flussonic) Fixed increasing bitrate after transcoding of a stream using MP2 audio codec.
• #22157 (fixed) (Flussonic UI) Fixed an error when deleting an origin server on the home page of Flussonic UI.
• #22310 (fixed) (Flussonic) Fixed the issue with breaking a play session for WebRTC after switching to a lower bitrate.
• #22393 (fixed) (Flussonic) Fixed duplicated path in related image URI in HLS playlist with thumbnails.
• #22451 (fixed) (Flussonic) Fixed an issue with Flussonic Transcoder segfaulting while trying to process a stream.
• #22468 (fixed) (Flussonic) Returned supporting old datetime format when generating JPEG thumbnails on demand.
• #22614 (fixed) (Flussonic) Fixed an issue with Flussonic failing to process raw video with NVENC (hw=nvenc).

Documentation updates

• #22092 (Flussonic) Described stream fields related to input sources and transcoder (global and decoder settings) in API schema.
• #22184 (Flussonic) Added description of the channels parameter for capturing video from AJA SDI.
• #22202 (Flussonic) Added description of thumbnails generation for DASH and HLS playback in Player API schema.
• #22470 (Flussonic) Added description of thumbnails generation for DASH playback and HLS playback.