Version 8.0 | Build 7839 | November 1, 2016

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>> Blog Post: "What's New in SnapStream 8.0"

New Features

• Native HTML5 playback of H.264 transport stream video in most browsers
• Ability to convert H.264 transport streams to mp4 without re-encode
• Support for some custom EPG information
• Security for channel lineups
• Ability to sort playlists by most recently updated
• Ability to reset lost password
• Library stores most recent sort setting
• Ability to download multiple items from the Library at once
• Support for composite and S-Video input on the SnapStream encoder
• Frame-accurate clipping for H.264 MP4 video
• More accurate clipping for H.264 transport streams
• Configurable email address for support requests

Improvements & Bug Fixes

• Context-sensitive Help links in the web interface
• Users in the Administrators group have the option to add a personal or global Twitter account when clicking the Tweet button
• In-progress recordings extend in response to changes in job settings
• Guide settings page automatically refreshes after guide update
• Improvements to fullscreen playback
• Remote profile for Shaw Cablesystems DCT700US
• Log entries for completed task lists
• Support for changes to Twitter character count for media
• Display improvements
• Fixed- Some guide menu tooltips are inaccurate
• Fixed- Specific H.264 TP files won't play on Macs
• Fixed- Unplugging source on a capture node puts the stream into a bad state
• Fixed- Content streams that fail due to a shortage of CPU cycles don’t restart
• Fixed- Smartchapter tasks take longer than expected on 4th-generation transcode nodes
• Fixed- Tuners sorted improperly
• Fixed- Failures when converting H.264 TS recordings to MP4
• Fixed- Scrolling selected portion into view after setting clip endpoints doesn’t work in transcript viewer
• Fixed- Improper color-coding in program guide
• Fixed- Strange behavior from Tweet modal in web player when character count is at 0 and a link is included
• Fixed- Tweet task failed with error "Status is over 140 characters"
• Fixed- Workflow with two or more of the same filters doesn’t default to NOT
• Fixed- Can’t upload screenshot as custom Facebook thumbnail
• Fixed- Task fails with message “Failed to add caption” when uploading to YouTube
• Fixed- Workflow with a large number of filters doesn’t load properly when editing
• Fixed- Can't use the same carrier frequency for multiple channels in DVB-T lineups
• Fixed- DVB-T lineups have no field for Guide Channel
• Fixed- Visual noise at the beginning of a clip
• Fixed- Playlist=> View Items=> Details is broken in SDI interface
• Fixed- In Firefox HTML5 player, skipping to start or end pauses playback
• Fixed- Can’t download clips
• Fixed- Workflows failed to trigger on recording finished
• Fixed- Search filters don’t autocomplete with - (exclude) operator