July 16th, 2009
No rest for the wicked! Two big new feature updates this week (Transcriptions and Streaming) plus a laundry list of enhancements. Oh yes, and we managed to weed out some more nasty nasty bugs. Thanks to all of you who helped us identify problems and suggested new features.
Bug Fixes:
- Fixed a bug where user preferences for the delivery of annotations would not save properly
- Fixed an issue with workspace assignment for newly created users
- Accounts upgrading from Home or Office to Hollywood can immediately use ftp and don’t have to save user preferences again
- Many bug fixes and improvements to video playback controls (see below)
- Fixed an error that appeared in the library if no assets were present
- Implemented improved metadata extraction from uploaded files especially for correctly capturing dimensions and duration
- Fixed a bug that would sometimes prevent a metadata from being copied from one workspace to another
- Fixed a bug that would not return the user to the workspace after right-clicking “Return to Workspace”
New Features:
- True streaming in MediaSilo: users with large files will see a significant improvement in the ability to seek and play back large and long video files. If streaming video is blocked due to firewalls, stream will default to progressive playback on normal http 80 ports.
- Launched beta of transcription service. Free during beta. Learn more at http://knowledgebase.mediasilo.com/questions.php?questionid=49.
- Added “User.GetCurrent” function to API
- Added “Transcript” metadata field. Moving the mouse over this field reveals an excerpt of the transcript.
- Added Transcript to tooltip in a workspace
- Added “View Assets” permission. This allows a workflow whereby many contributors can upload footage through MediaSilo but not see any files contributed by others.
- Added “Transcription Service” permission. Users with this permission will be able to request transcripts.
- Implemented right-click delete function in lineups
- Right-click deleting in a workspace view now deletes all selected assets
