StreamShark Changelog

2/June/2025

Release versions:

Backend 4.1.356

Frontend 3.1.245

Improvements:

• [Live Schedule] Added support for WebVTT captions
• [Locations] Email notification for CC/Blur
• [Locations] Ability for admins to stop auto-deletion for specific sessions
• [Event] Ability to clear event logs

Features:

• [Live Schedule] Multi day scheduled starts

Bug Fixes:

• [Event] Fixed event log empty due to time range difference
• [VOD] Fixed VOD Splash images being over compressed and resized

 

5/May/2025

Release versions:

Backend 4.1.351

Frontend 3.1.238

Improvements:

• [Channels] When applying viewer management authorisation to a Channel, a viewer authorized at the Channel level will be authorized for nested Event & VODs

• [Channels] Layout improvements

• [Live Scheduler] Added validation for VODs in error state

• [Live Scheduler] Improved FileBucket config workflow

• [Live Scheduler] Resizable description field

• [Live Scheduler] Add filtering by Live Schedule status

• [NeoPlayer] Supports jumping to description timestamps

Features:

• [Channels Homepage] Customizable channel URL

Bug Fixes:

• [Live Schedule] Fix table scroll bug

• [New Player] Miscellaneous fixes

• [Viewer Management] Fix bad scroll behaviour on mobile devices when authenticating

 

3/Apr/2025

Release versions:

Backend 4.1.315

Frontend 3.1.214

Improvements:

• [New Player] seek preview snapshot

• [New Player] support LL-HLS

• [New Player] chapter markers

• [Live Scheduler] return to previous table page from details page via back or breadcrumb

• [Live Scheduler] localised date format in table page

Features:

• Auto metadata generation for new VoDs using Shark AI

Bug Fixes:

• Fix Zoom integrated events host link information bug
• Fix Auto transcription generation bug for VoDs with expired origin URLs
• [New Player] fix caption button turns off bug
• Fix bug when setting black background on channel & homepage

 

24/Feb/2025

Release versions:

Backend 4.1.280

Frontend 3.1.200

Improvements:

• Various Live Scheduler GUI improvements (date selector etc)

• New Player supports Event pre, main and post phase using other sources
• New Player supports caption on/off toggle

Features:

• Persistent stream targets (locations product only at this stage)

Bug Fixes:

• Console CSP errors

• sporadic HTTP 400 ambiguous path errors when browsing file bucket

• Event configuration incorrect encoding type
• Audiometer disappears intermittently in preview and pop out preview
• Increase Event name character limit
• 500 error when Event mapped to a deleted live schedule
• FileDrop GUI spinner bug
• New Player reactions integration

 

28/Jan/2025

Release versions:

Backend 4.1.267.1

Frontend 3.1.188

Improvements:

• [Live Scheduler] Display Live Schedule count by ingest servers

• Dashboard page loading speed improvement

• Live indicator on streaming event player

Features:

• CMCD support improvement

Bug Fixes:

• [Live Scheduler] No specific error message when creating with long title

• [Live Scheduler] Fix inconsistent localisation when hovering dates

• Fix Race Condition bug when creating streaming events

• Fix Sensitive Data (Email) in the URL

• Add rate limiting in wrong password attempt

 

19/Dec/2024

Release versions:

Backend 4.1.245

Frontend 3.1.165

Improvements:

• Live Scheduler UI preview button

• Better user feedback when adding Live Schedule videos

Features:

• New event type ‘Link to Live Scheduler' that support using live schedulers as primary and backup event feed

• Live caption/translation scripts download feature

• Preview VoD in rotating thumbnails

• Event player CTA (call to action) feature

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed privacy setting expansion bug for location based events

• Live Scheduler UI bug fixes

 

20/Nov/2024

Release versions:

Backend 4.1.223

Frontend 3.1.144

 

Features:

• Introduce Live Scheduler UI v2

• Live Scheduler supports HEVC outputs

• New Player supports Archives
• Dedicated server health status
• Extend trials to 14 days

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed the intermittent 401 issues with Admin API requests 

• GUI session cookie optimisation and remove redundant data

• Fixed misconfiguration of Cross-Origin headers on login page

• Disabled OPTION method for selected API endpoint

• Fixed missing secure non-session cookies 

23/Oct/2024

Release versions:

Backend 4.1.204

Frontend 3.1.129

 

Improvements:

• Added rate limit for password verification

• Added HTML sanitation for permalink names

• Removed sensitive data from URLs in user management module

Features:

• New Player supports reactions

• New Player for VoD

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed the bug for changing ingest servers for SRT ingest events

• Fixed the bug for displaying the SRT ingest info when the SRT event is not ready

• Fixed the bug for looping the DVR record from previous sessions when the next session live stream is on for simplified events.

• Fixed the bug for events wrongly selected after reload

• Fixed the column width on permanent link table

 

19/Sep/2024

Release versions:

Backend 4.1.187

Frontend 3.1.120

 

Improvements:

• Optimise the cacheability for permanent link requests
• HLS.js upgrade to 1.4.14
• Optimise database backup strategy
• Improved workflow for allowing unencoded VODs to be added to live schedule playlist

Features:

• Initial implementation of live reactions for events
• Auto generated captions & ability to generate snapshot for archives/clips
• Refined exporting metrics with the ability to add tags to locations/sessions. Able to generate reports by quarters and reports based on tags
• Watermark integration & failover/forced failover (manual switching) implemented for New Player

Bug Fixes:

• Resolved transcribe issues when reprocessing with a different language
• Fixed VOD encoding stuck in active/post process status
• Implemented a solution for being unable to connect to SRT backup ingest with passphrase
• Removed warnings when creating a VOD using new HLS codecs with encryption enabled

 

26/Aug/2024

Release versions:

Backend 4.1.167

Frontend 3.1.108

 

Improvements:

• Improve client IP logging added for App Engine requests
• Database compliance background cleanup for APILog / Firebase
• Initial support for video codecs HEVC, VP9, and AV1 in HLS and MP4
• Add ability to show custom offline thumbnails for Simplified Events

Features:

• Initial beta of emoji reactions for Events

Bug Fixes:

• Resolved RXSS vulnerability on the new password page
• Fixed deletion issue of replica objects without a content parent
• Removed unnecessary status checks to the Vod2Live gateway
• Corrected caption labeling in Event player variant

 

5/Aug/2024

Release versions:

Backend 4.1.149

Frontend 3.1.95

 

Improvements:

• Enable manually refresh host link of Zoom meeting

Features:

• Diagonal watermark for player

Bug Fixes:

• Fix Hive event summary bug
• Fix bug on event auto clean-up

 

15/Jul/2024

Release versions:

Backend 4.1.139.1

Frontend 3.1.86

 

Improvements:

• Support RTMPS as ingest protocal

Features:

• Ability to select which stream should be loaded first when using a backup server.

• Add live caption actions to stream logs

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed bug for displaying the backup custom SRT multi-streaming target
• Fixed bug for Live Scheduler not restricting by SSO groups
• Fixed bug to allow Event pause/resume with player watermark
• Fixed duplicate auto reset bugs for Simplified events

 

20/Jun/2024

Release versions:

Backend 4.1.116

Frontend 3.1.72

 

Improvements:

• Primary and backup feeds separately visible on workflow page for event

• SRT provisioning checks ingest for port allocation to avoid port clash

• Locations preview start/stop capability

• Locations batch session creation

• Locations - use readable location name instead of key for table display

• Linkedin integration enabled for all accounts (multistream)

Bug Fixes:

• Combined clips will filter out deleted vod

• Locations stop hardware enc feed if session deleted while preview activated

• Combined clips modal displaying clips in random order when using creator filter

• Snapchat login for chat not working

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20/May/2024

Release versions:

Backend 4.1.97

Frontend 3.1.52

Improvements:

• Improve on duplicate validation for custom RTMP multistreaming targets.

• Update Hive version to latest 10.1.1.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed bug of Zoom meeting expires after no usage over 30 days.

• Fixed bug of not displaying custom SRT multistreaming targets for Live Schedulers.

• Fix broken button when attempting to authenticate via SSO while adding an Event archive.

• Fixed watermark issue when either first name or last name is empty.

• Fixed live captioning not working with DVR enabled event

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25/Mar/2024

Release versions:

Backend 4.1.53

Frontend 3.1.31

Improvements:

• Improve Event streaming latency
• Optimise Live Rewind timing settings
• Improvements on player caption rendering 

Features:

• Add support of SRT based Simplified Event

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed incorrect cookie expiry settings for Live Chat
• Fixed bug for email forwarding
• Fixed bug to allow Event pause/resume with player watermark

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26/Feb/2024

Release versions:

Backend 4.1.28

Frontend 3.1.14

Improvements:

• Improve VOD File bucket navigator
• Transition all VOD player to new design mode
• Improvements on Live Chat UI/UX

Features:

• Fold player page's description panel from the chapter marker section
• Enable watermark for Viewer Management
• Bitmovin Analytics integration

Bug Fixes:

• Add server side validation to media transcription request
• Fixed bug when uploading CSV file to Viewer Management group
• Fixed bug for Simplified Event Post Event phase not disabled
• Fixed bug for Simplified Event Live Rewind not working
• Fixed bug for not filtering out Deleted VOD

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15/Jan/2024

Release versions:

Backend 3.5.116

Frontend 3.1.7

Features:

• Added ingest server status and concurrent live streaming information on dedicated server page

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed the open in a new tab function to prevent tracking
• Fixed bug when approving an automatic caption of VOD
• Fixed bug for adding sub user to an account
• Fixed bug for closing account request
• Fixed bug for VOD timeline longer than the length of video
• Fixed issue when provision SRT event on ingest

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20/Dec/2023

Release versions:

Backend 3.5.96

Frontend 3.0.33

Improvements:

• Updated front end framework version
• Added support of Event Links Modal
• Dedicated service handling of EzDRM integration

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed p2p player pause and restart issue
• Fixed EzDRM integration and SRT ingest issue
• Fixed bug when remove top items from Live Scheduler playlist
• Fixed bug of icon positions on Audio Only Event player
• Fixed bug of missing warning message after long time pause on Event player

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4/Dec/2023

Release versions:

Backend 3.5.84

Frontend 3.0.19

Improvements:

• Retain 608/708 closed captioning order on Video Player
• Support account EzDRM mapping

Features:

• Allow Live Scheduler update looping option while it's live

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed mobile rendering of Branding Template management table
• Fixed bug when using watermark on Live Scheduler player
• Fixed bug when processing customer reports

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20/Nov/2023

Release versions:

Backend 3.5.71

Frontend 3.0.12

Improvements:

• Upgrade Front End running environment
• Display playlist name in modal to confirm batch deletion
• Geo Database upgrade
• Support toggling share button in Channel page

Features:

• Support H.265/HEVC output for Live Event
• Support GA4 measurement ID
• Integrate latest Hive with latest hls.js player
• Integrate latest Hive with latest VideoJS player
• Multi-threaded to improve encoding process

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed table width bug in Media consumption report
• Fixed primary and backup ingests populating logic bug
• Fixed content restricted text truncated issue in Firefox for referrer restriction
• Fixed VOD media file name formatting and progress bar
• Fixed wrongly styled file upload field
• Fixed wrongly styled Video Player Template colour palette captions
• Fixed incorrect background color of top navigation bar
• Fixed bottom tabs misalignment under Account Wide Report Viewer activities

23/Oct/2023

Release versions:

Backend 3.5.53

Frontend 2.4.677

Bug Fixes:

• Fix exception when adding VoD to playlist by invalid URL

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25/Sep/2023

Release versions:

Backend 3.5.41

Frontend 2.4.670

Improvements:

• Changed Primary Ingest default selection for better service

Bug Fixes:

• Fix item spacing in delete confirmation
• Fix checked item bug in Events table

 

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12/Sep/2023

Release versions:

Backend 3.5.36

Frontend 2.4.658

Improvements:

• Upgrade the Bootstrap library dependency version
• Support CMCD Headers 
• Facebook Live Graph API upgrade
• Further improvement on player rendering with P2P function

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed incorrect page titles within a few portal pages

 

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28/Aug/2023

Release versions:

Backend 3.5.23

Frontend 2.4.654

Improvements:

• Improvement on Hive integration with Event player
• Updated outdated JavaScript library dependencies
• Keep audiometer active when muted on Event player

Features:

• Add Audio Only Mode for VoD player

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed incorrect color of web portal nav bar
• Fixed Player Page Theme top nav bar covering content
• Fixed Viewer Management magic link issue with email address in uppercase
• Fixed misaligned RTS report chart bottom tab
• Fixed non working VOD with Viewer Management when timeline thumbnails enabled
• Fixed console error with Live Scheduler Player for keydownSwitch current time

 

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8/Aug/2023

Release versions:

Backend 3.4.775

Frontend 2.4.640

Improvements:

• Improvement on LL-HLS playback

Features:

• Pre-render static player for large scale event
• Added Tag support for Live Scheduler

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed chat sync support page link
• Fixed quality selector issue with VideoJS7 player

 

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24/July/2023

Release versions:

Backend 3.4.759

Frontend 2.4.633

Improvements:

• Improvement on sidebar
• Improve Player Page Theme preview UI element colours
• Improvement on related playlist panel on channel's Home page
• Redundant caption permission removal

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed issue when logout after session has expired stuck on logout cover
• Fixed issue for operators skip SSO authentication on workflow tab

 

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6/July/2023 - Release Changelog

Release versions:

Backend 3.4.748

Frontend 2.4.629

Features:

• Support Video on Demand chapter markers on player
• Support Video scrubber images on timeline

Improvements:

• Improvement EzDRM Event rendering on preview page

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed issues with Event workflow tab freezing when watermark is enabled
• Fixed the log out page not cover the whole screen when it has been scrolled
• Fixed RTS csv export styling issue
• Fixed Live Scheduler playlist not loaded properly when deleted

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13/June/2023

Release versions:

Backend 3.4.744

Frontend 2.4.628

Features:

• Support Video on Demand chapter markers on player
• Support Video scrubber images on timeline

Improvements:

• Slack integration UI improvements

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed issues with Video on Demand pagination search
• Fixed manage Video on Demand checkboxes do not get reset after submitting delete requests
• Fixed incorrect style of Channel homepage pinned content and preview list
• Fixed misaligned style Events/Analytics/Viewers pagination dropdown text and icon
• Fixed issues when generating Video on Demand transcription

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15/May/2023

Release versions:

Backend 3.4.709

Frontend 2.4.600

Features:

• Added Slack Chat Integration to Event Settings
• Added Periodic Event RTS Data Slack Notifications
• Added Ability to Delete Slack Channel on Integration Page
• Add EzDRM support to Event

Bug Fixes:

• Fix sidebar covering Support button
• Fixed broken CSS styles on Global Settings page
• Fixed incorrect style of DVR Archive create/preview window player
• Fixed incorrectly displayed Admin banner upon account activation
• Fixed align issues on the multistream setup modal
• Add Wowza server start retry logic to handle when server is not properly provisioned

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05/April/2023

Release versions:

Backend 3.4.670

Frontend 2.4.583

Improvements:

• Trial review process improvements
• UI fields alignments for multistream setup modal
• Improve top navbar and sidebar menu appearances
• Change format of the last access time of vod report to allow sorting
• Added the live scheduler created number into the report

Features:

• Ability to manually set caption labels for incoming live streams with multiple embedded captions
• Allow use of hls.js as HLS client for player
• Support Stream ID as part of SRT restream target
  
• Adjustable page size for deployment management tables

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed bug of side menu doesn't close on navigation within the same submenu
• Fixed timeout loading creator analytics
• Fixed the retry logic for video transcription task

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16/Mar/2023

Release versions:

Backend 3.4.662

Frontend 2.4.561

Improvements:

• Support for LCEVC video sources
• Include more language options in VOD transcription
• Channels/Playlist management table now searchable by SSO creators
• Peak concurrency added to Event/VOD reports
• Added last access time to VOD csv exports
• Number of live schedulers included in Account Wide supports

Features:

• Live scheduler now supports player customisation with templates
• Add option to disable 608 captions
• Enable account wide report for all customers

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed bug preventing archived customers from reactivating
• Fixed loading spinner rotating in the wrong direction
• Fixed caption re-enabling on play for VODs
• Fixed bug with modal backdrop behaviour
• Fixed problems with event workflow changes which sometimes prevented generation of archives
• Fixed incorrect origin link for VODs with live scheduler source when hovering over encoder quality

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13/Jan/2023

Release versions:

Backend 3.4.642

Frontend 2.4.543

Improvements:

• Add creator to Channel/Playlist under SSO enabled account
• Upgrade Google Analytics tracking scripts 
• Support Location typed event under generic theme style
• Add Event names confirmation when operators delete events

Features:

• Support manual closed caption label mapping for Event and VOD
• Support Zoom ISV

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed CORS warnings on browser caused by cookie settings

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15/Dec/2022

Release versions:

Backend 3.4.607

Frontend 2.4.521

Improvements:

• Improved sidebar menu rendering 
• Added email address validation to Viewer Management advanced user csv import
• Improved CSP support on web portal
• Updated Zoom create user workflow according to Zoom API changes
• Smooth the Live Scheduler onboard process after VOD workflow change

Features:

• Added show captions by default support to player template
• Added closed caption label mapping for Event player

Bug Fixes:

• NPE when deleting Live Scheduler
• Updated failover logic on VideoJS7 event player

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14/Nov/2022

Release versions:

Backend 3.4.591

Frontend 2.4.511

Improvements:

• Filter out repeating error logs at the same time period
• Upgrade Video Player VR/360 library
• Facebook Live multistream scheduled start API change
• Use 4K for Live Scheduler multistream source if quality mode is 4K

• Enable Stream Logs to tracking event health
• VOD encoder supports latest V-Nova LCEVC
• Provide csv analytics export for non-SSO protected Event/VoD

Bug Fixes: