Scope
This document is intended for existing Actus customers, with systems running
older versions.
It describes the main improvements introduced by Actus in version 5.8, which
was released in March 2015 and will gradually be distributed to all customers
during the second half of 2015, under support agreements.
The main emphasis of this version are an improved recording module and an
improved clips exports module, including faster exports, frame accurate.
It is intended as a brief description. If you require more technical information and
precise specifications, please contact [email protected]
Recording Engine
| DTA-2131 | Added support for Dektec card DTA-2131 for Digital Terrestrial Transport Streams (DVB-T/T2). |
| CC608 | Added support for CC (Closed captions) EIA-608 format (CC608) |
| 24:00 Overlay | Support overlay time format in both 12H/24H hours |
| Flexible Recording Path |
The Live recording file storage does not have to be under the Media root. Can be stored on any drive |
| Active Recorder Monitoring |
The recorder can run either in Normal Mode, or in Active Monitoring Mode which is much more robust and provides more alerts on feed and ingest issues |
| Faster Configure |
Added a process that configures a specific recorder (channel) without the need to restart all services. |
Alert Center
| Per Server | Added a filtering option per server, or overall |
| Recorder Info | Option to display full recorder information on Alert Center |
| Server Health | Added a server health monitoring module (Administrator only) |
Exports
| Faster Cut-Join | New concatenating module (cutting and joining chunks for export) offers 50% to 90% speed improvement on the concatenation, with no added CPU consumption. |
| Consistent Behaviour | Exports using QuickExport and ClipFactory now behave the same. |
| Frame Accurate |
Frame Accurate cuts are now default, not optional as previously. |
| Standard FFMPEG |
Improve export formats FFMPEG commands. (removed TVCC from export process) |
| Full HD Export | Better support for export of Full HD clips |
| Clip length | Supporting 24 hours export clip length |
Administrator / Settings
| Server Health | Added a server health monitoring module (Administrator only) |
| Multi Servers Monitoring |
ServerData web page to monitor multi machines |
| Cleanup | More options for deleting old chunks from servers, and/or from Central Storage. |
| Users Log | Added Users activity report (Login, Password error, Clip, etc.) |
Catalog
| Large MP4 | Support of large MP4 playback in Private and shared catalog |
Multi-Viewer
| 16 channels | Support for up to 16 Near Live channels per page, from Analog, IP, SDI, ASI, DVB input. |
| Live | Support Near Live mode |
| Controls | Add play/Pause, Move back/forward, mute buttons |
Viewer
| Pinned Players | Added Multitasking. It is now possible to “pin” up to 4 players, which remain fixed on the left of the screen in Live, with Audio, and at the same time open any other module (Clips, ads, ..) |