Release Notes
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Information on the features and fixes contained in every release. Select from the releases below to see the contents.

Edisen Web Platform

Release 1.176 - January 23, 2024

Bugs

  • Fixed an issue where duplicated assets with watermarking enabled are not watermarked if the original is not watermark enabled

  • Fixed a bug in the Share Links page where the message text in a column is getting cropped, even when widening the column

  • Fixed an issue where the Share tab in the eclipse menu on a collection was not opening

Release 1.175 - January 9, 2024

Features

  • Introduced Quick Navigation as a feature, with the ability to navigate to any collection or folder using a tree-view dropdown, allowing the user to traverse the platform using fewer clicks

  • In Adaptations, added the ability to select between comma and semi colon characters in CSV imports/exports

  • In Share, added a name input field in the create/edit share modal so users can name their share link for ease of identification

  • When changing between Collections, the details drawer state now remains with same category selected so users don't have to change back the category in the new item

Bugs

  • Fixed an issue where archived assets were displaying additional functions when they should only have Unarchive in context menu actions

  • Fixed a bug where error window “Something went wrong fetching Content Analysis” when selecting Info icon, and is not able to view media info details on the asset

  • Fixed an issue in Media Info on assets where hover text was not readable (white on white) in Dark Mode

  • Fixed an issue in Adaptations where the 'Render All - Previews' button returned a message: "Failed to start previews rendering"

  • Fixed an issue in Adaptations where renders were stuck in the processing view by auto-refreshing

  • Fixed an issue in Adaptations where an error message was appearing when trying to swap video layers in CSV imports

  • Fixed an issue where menu options on assets were not functioning from the Approvals page

  • Fixed an issue where corrupted files were showing as successfully uploaded

Release 1.174 - December 20, 2023

Features

  • In Self-Service Reporting, a number of tasks and low-effort asks were undertaken for general release

  • In EVI, users can now create cutdowns and view possible analytics on videos without the need for retention data

Bugs

  • Fixed an issue where a user could not fetch reports in Self-Service Reporting prompting an error message

  • Fixed an issue where the audio went out of sync with picture when playing video in annotation feature

  • Fixed an issue where Collections are not sorted correctly by modification date in the table view

  • Fixed bug with preview asset jumping after clicking “Add to Basket“ button

  • Fixed an issue where certain buttons were not displaying in Column dropdown in Table view

  • Fixed a bug where Analyze content was appearing as an option on assets in Archive

  • Fixed an issue in the Context Menu in the Details Drawer that displayed a multi-select state when only one asset is selected

Release 1.173 - November 29, 2023

Features

  • In Adaptations:

    • Users can now set a “Timestamp” on a render request so they can see the start time of individual renders

    • Users can now add custom columns to a CSV import which can display additional data but which don't affect the deliverables criteria

  • In Collections, display of file size in Table view has been updated so it is now consistent with other views

  • In Shares:

    • the name of the share link is now displayed on the share page in the browser window

    • Expiration year in the share window is now limited to current and following year for ease of selection

Creation Date has now been added as a column in the Links page

Bugs

  • Fixed an issue limiting requests to the api task queue that was resulting in very large payloads and saturating user bandwidth

  • Fixed a bug where Media Info was not populating on video asset uploads

  • Fixed a bug where duplicating an object (collection, folder or asset) was not resulting in the object being duplicated or enqueued to be duplicated

  • Fixed a bug in Adaptations where the deliverables field was showing empty following a CSV import containing deliverables

  • Fixed bug in Adaptations that displayed encoded layer names in the exported CSV

  • Fixed a bug in Adaptations where importing a CSV file with the same name did not work

  • Fixed a bug in Collections where the Info drawer would not open when Info icon clicked

Release 1.173.6 - November 21, 2023

Bugs

  • Fixed an issue where live proxy previews weren't working on a Share page

Release 1.172.10 HF - November 21, 2023

  • Fixed an issue in Approvals where previews were not loading when clicking on an asset in the Approval list

Release 1.172.9 HF - November 9, 2023

  • In Adaptations, added a delimiter autodetection for a CSV to be able to support both comma & semicolon when parsing a CSV file

Release 1.172 - October 31, 2023

Features

  • Quality Control. User has the ability to generate a report to analyse a video for rendering inconsistencies

    • Added support for photo-sensitive epilepsy testing

  • User has the ability to request the assignment of a stream to a port using their Edisen Edge device

Bugs

  • Fixed a bug in Share page commenting where users who were not LD enabled could see/use the feature

  • Fixed an issue in export settings in Adaptations where a new folder structure is created even if already exists

  • Fixed an issue in Adaptations where in the Variations page, the deliverable table opens in the end of the screen after clicking on New Deliverable, instead of the top of the screen

  • Fixed bug in Adaptations when the rendering failed if there was a dot in a layer name

  • Fixed an issue where the Activity panel display was not following the selected app theme (eg in dark mode)

  • Fixed an issue where menu option items were not functioning from the approvals page

Release 1.171 - October 17, 2023

Features

  • NEW: Chat

    • Introducing new chat microservice to handle chat interaction on the platform

    • Display # of unread chat rooms for each tab in the central chat view, so users have the ability to see where there are chats with unread messages and how many

    • Deletion of chat rooms are restricted to chat 'creator' to prevent unwanted deletions and ensure users' data cannot be deleted by other users

    • Users have the ability to leave a chat, so they have control over the chats they are in

    • Users have the option to control notifications on chats so that they can silence or subscribe to notifications on public and private chats

  • Content Analysis has been moved to its own collapsible panel in the details drawer so that it is separate from the Media Info panel

  • In EVI, a table of scenes organized by score has been added, so that users can quickly understand which scenes are high performing

  • In Self-Service Reporting, users can now download reports in either CSV or Excel format

  • In Self-Service Reporting, users can now run a set of pre-defined reports according to preference

Bugs

  • Fixed a bug in the new Chat feature where chat participants are not displayed in chat window for all group sizes

  • Fixed an issue in Chat where @ mentions are not being displayed

  • Fixed an issue when generating new previews where an irregular notification popped up stating ‘Username deleted undefined asset’ when beginning the re-transcode process

Release 1.69.6 HF - October 9, 2023

Bugs

  • Fixed a bug with adaptations where conflicting permissions (viewer/editor) for a user were overriding ability to change layers

  • Fixed and issue where only the last media layer updated among multiple layers

Release 1.170 - October 3, 2023

Features

  • EVI

    • Feature added that displays the top 5 scenes (and their associated score) in the Analytics tab on a project

    • In the Analytics tab on a project, scenes can now be displayed by the tags they contain (including average scores and frequency)

    • In the Analytics tab, retention data is now displayed in a chart and thumbnails and scene data is shown when hovering over the graph

    • Users can now download a version of their onscreen report into a pdf file

    • Users now have the ability to choose different data types (skippable retention data) based on what user has uploaded

  • Ability to generate reports within organisations has been introduced for nominated users, for the following criteria:

    • number of assets

    • number of folders

    • number of collections

    • number of share links

  • In Collections, the info drawer on an asset now has UI extended to show the asset's video/audio codecs

  • In Adaptations:

    • A "Supported Aspect Ratios" field has been added to image and video layers in the manifest

    • a warning has been added to the asset selector if the user chooses an incompatible aspect ratio for a deliverable

Bugs

  • Fixed an issue that when creating a task and trying to set the date, you can only set the current date as the due date.

  • Fixed an issue where assets were still displayed after being deleted (and only disappeared on refresh)

  • Fixed an issue in Adaptations where permission settings were affecting ability to change text layer fields

  • Fixed an issue where a deleted collection was not displaying in the Deleted view and the restore button didn't exist

  • Fixed an issue that triggered a server error when duplicating a Plan

  • Fixed an issue where the Download via App tab was appearing in the actions menu in the Basket in error

Release 1.169 - September 28, 2023

Features

  • In Adaptations, during manifest file creation, users now have the ability to select certain layer properties to be editable in Edisen, including:

    • Color select

    • Checkbox effect

    • 2D & 3D controls

    • Slider controls

    • Angle effect

  • In Adaptations, facility added for multi channels audio (mono, stereo, 5.1), so users can export renders in 5.1 audio

  • User naming facility added on share links so user is identified when commenting on a shared asset or folder

Bugs

  • In Adaptations, fixed an issue where input values were clearing when switching between deliverables

  • Fixed an issue where comments were not visible in Dark Mode

  • Fixed an issue in Support Mode where component monitoring alerts were being blocked by Orson Support

  • Fixed an issue where deleted collections in Table view did not have the restore function enabled

Release 1.168.9 - September 18, 2023

Features

  • Visibility now provided on MediaConvert render logs

Bugs

  • Fixed an issue that generated an error message when creating a password-protected share link from the basket

  • Fixed an issue in CSV export that combined all the data in one column - data points now show in their own columns

Release 1.168.8 - September 15, 2023

Bugs

  • Adaptations:

    • Fixed an issue where entering a Custom Name on the original asset was not rendering the asset

    • Fixed an issue where the adaptation was not rendering when a text field is left blank

Release 1.168 - September 5, 2023

Features

  • Refresh button added to component page in Support Mode to refresh the information in the table

  • In Support Mode, there is now the ability to filter components by all available data points

  • In EVI, intuitive scene scrolling has been introduced: screen scrolling for scenes "hijacks" the scroll direction to be horizontal (only when mouse is over scene selection) so that users can more effectively and intuitively browse though scenes to create their cutdown

  • Global Search now includes search by metadata attribute description

  • Commenting on Shares:

    • Users can now enable commenting on Shares and toggle on/off option to comment from New Share window

    • Recipients of Share links can comment on an asset or folder shared, allowing for improved collaboration

  • Adaptations:

    • Users can now upload a csv with output settings so that deliverables are rendered with their own individual settings

    • Users can decide the output settings of each individual deliverable via Web UI, so they can export different deliverables with their own settings

  • Users can now save table settings in Collections (eg Columns, Width, Rows, Fields), so they are retained on each visit

Bugs

  • Fixed an issue where a duplicate collection was 'locked' after being created

  • Fixed an issue where a search on Share Links was not displaying results

  • Fixed an issue where the collection name shows up empty after creating a collection. The user had to refresh the browser web page.

  • Fixed two issues in back-end causing problems in the build process

  • Fixed an issue in Support Mode where sort would reset when navigating between table pages

  • Fixed an issue in Support Mode where search was not working in component view

  • Zapier:

    • Fixed an issue where Zapier UI wasn't displaying when device/Edisen theme settings didn't match

    • Fixed an issue where Zapier task triggers weren't working on new tasks or approvals

  • Hot Fix: Fixed an issue where video was not playing on the share page on IOS mobiles

  • Fixed an issue in which an existing user was unable to login when removed from an Org and sent an invite to a different Org

  • Fixed an issue for App Selector in Support Mode where a new window opens (and user remains in Support Mode) instead of loading the App Selector screen

  • Fixed an issue where the app crashes when inputting for metadata on a recently uploaded asset

  • Hot Fix: Fixed an issue where an organization's users get notified when an asset is copied. We can turn off other notifications but are missing the option of turning off copy items.

Release 1.167.15 - August 30, 2023

Features

  • Improvements to back-end stability

Release 1.167.14 HF - August 24, 2023

Bugs

  • Fixed a bug that when clicking "Upload Via App", the Edisen Desktop App does not open

  • Fixed an issue in a Collection when clicking "Upload Via App", it does not prompt anything from the desktop app

Release 1.167.13 HF - August 18, 2023

Bugs

  • Fixed an issue where users were unable to preview PDFs in landscape format from a share link

Release 1.167.12 HF - August 17, 2023

Bugs

  • Fixed an issue where the title of an asset changed to 'Untitled' and the Modified By column changed to '[object Object]' when assets copied in Collection's table view

  • Fixed an issue where 'Deactivated' status is randomly shown for 'Created/Modified by' user in the right drawer and 'Created/Modified by' user in the Table view

Release 1.167.9 HF - August 11, 2023

Bugs

  • Fixed an issue users were unable to change an org’s avatar after one has already been uploaded

Release 1.167 - August 8, 2023

Features

  • Users have the ability to request a new persistent proxy file be generated for previews with the 'Request New Preview' in the asset details drawer

  • 'Dark' mode option introduced in UI, accessible under App Theme tab in User Profile

  • System responsive theme introduced in UI, allowing user to set Edisen platform theme according to device's System Preferences

  • Ability to select multiple files/folders to transfer from Edge to Edisen, and from Edisen to enqueue the file transfer to the Edge, including an “expand/collapse” icon for the folder tree

  • Updated UI on filter options for Collections, adding State, Access, View, Sort criteria headings

  • Updated UI on filter options in Collections 'Details', adding State, View, Sort criteria headings

  • Asset search in Organizations updated to allow searching by group of words

  • Users integrating Zapier with Edisen login can now disconnect from Zapier so that Zapier no longer can connect to/integrate with Edisen

  • In Adaptations, changes made to default export path settings for renders

Bugs

  • Fixed an issue where Description field in asset's details drawer wasn't visible

  • Fixed an issue where the page crashed when trying to display context menu for assets in Search overlay

  • Fixed an issue that was changing collection titles to 'Untitled' in table view when creating a NEW Collection

  • Fixed an issue where component health in Support Mode was not being updated

  • Fixed an issue where New Folders/Empty Assets do not inherit permissions

  • Fixed an issue where the page was crashing (citing 'Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'background')') when opening asset preview

  • Fixed an issue where viewers were able to perform actions outside of their permissions

  • Fixed a UI issue where App Integrations displayed infinite skeleton if no client apps were added

  • Fixed an issue where the last composition border is absent on Adaptations page

  • Fixed an issue where title is applied only for the first duplicated collection/file when creating 2 or more duplicates

  • Fixed an issue where watermark not being applied as expected when downloading copied assets from Share page

  • Fixed an issue where only the first asset downloads when Downloading as Zip from Basket

Release 1.164.7 HF - August 1, 2023

Bugs

  • Fixed an issue where extra watermarked assets were being downloaded in the Desktop App

  • A user had an issue disconnecting from Zapier - this is now fixed

Release 1.164.6 HF - July 27, 2023

Bugs

  • Fixed an issue with the CSV import process to support different delimiters

Release 1.164.5 HF - July 26, 2023

Bugs

  • Fixed an issue where filters on the share links page were not filtering properly

  • Fixed an issue where users were not able to annotate a duplicated file

  • Fixed an issue where searching on the share links page would not display search results for all items

Release 1.164.4 HF - July 20, 2023

Bugs

  • Fixed an issue where the watermark enabled option was unavailable when editing a share link

Release 1.164.3 HF - July 19, 2023

Bugs

  • Fixed an issue that would prevent users from scrolling through a long list of share links

  • Resolved an issue that would prevent the usage of annotations inside test environments

Release 1.164.2 HF - July 17, 2023

Bugs

  • Fixed an issue with search on the share page

  • Patched a security concern related to creating collections/folders

  • Fixed an inconsistency with permissions handling

Release 1.164.1 HF - July 14, 2023

Bugs

  • Fixed an issue where the watermark checkbox was not visible when sharing from the basket

  • Fixed an issue where video previews were not appearing on shares

  • Added an 'Export CSV' button to various locations inside the application

  • Added a permissions check to the CSV import process

Release 1.164 - July 11, 2023

Features

  • Created a new App Integration section to the website that allows users to connect services like Zapier to the Edisen Platform

  • Zapier integration supports OAuth2, allowing users to sign-in to Edisen from Zapier for easier setup

  • Created a new Support Mode section to the website that will allow Support users to view device status and other operations in the Edisen Platform

  • Edisen Edge transfers now include activity tracking

  • CSV import/export now has a limitation of 10,000 rows

  • Asset IDs can be copied to the clipboard individually or in bulk inside the Edisen Platform

  • Previews for certain video files can now be streamed on-demand and will not require a preview-able copy to be created first

Bugs

  • Fixed an issue where previews for videos with revisions would still display the original video and not the revision

  • Fixed an issue where 'greater than' (>) sign converted into '&gt' on certain pages

  • Fixed an issue where Edisen Edge descriptions where not available when viewing a list

  • Fixed an issue with EVI scoring for specific video circumstances

  • Fixed an issue where monitored devices would not display their status properly before monitoring had started

  • Fixed an issue where an Edisen Edge would not return their file structure information

  • Fixed an issue that would prevent users from navigating to Support Mode

  • Fixed an issue where a UI element of the Basket was not in its intended location

  • Fixed an issue where device monitoring alarms were not able to be deleted

Release 1.163.1 HF - July 6, 2023

Bugs

  • Fixed an issue where MXF file formats did not create a preview

Release 1.163 - June 28, 2023

Features

  • Transfer a file between an Edisen Edge device and the Edisen Platform

  • Custom Adaptation deliverable export titles can be defined in a CSV

  • Tables in the Edisen platform received a cosmetic update

Bugs

  • Fixed an issue where delete activity would incorrectly display 'in progress' after delete was completed

  • Fixed an issue where folders would be imported incorrectly when using CSV

  • Fixed a bug where Adaptation export information was missing under certain conditions

  • Fixed an issue where a broken page would be displayed when attempting to

    duplicate a collection imported from CSV

Release 1.162 - June 14, 2023

Features

  • Adaptations now support scripting through the Adaptations Toolkit

Bugs

  • Fixed an issue where media activity would not properly display filenames that were too long

  • Fixed issues related to the functionality and reliability of the Adaptations Toolkit

  • Resolved issues related to the import CSV process

  • Fixed an issue where users would see duplicated content from other organizations they are part of

Release 1.161.1 - June 5, 2023

Bugs

  • Fixed an issue where Edisen domain users were unable to sign-up via email invitation link

Release 1.160 - May 17, 2023

Features

  • Edisen Video Intelligence (EVI) is now built into the platform and accessible through the left pane of the interface

  • The CSV import/export functionality provides additional time efficiency when working with users/teams and quicker cross system data transfers.

  • Allow Editors to use Duplicate feature

Bugs

  • Improvements to watermark reliability

  • Fixed an issue where users were unable to unselect multi-selected assets in all views

  • Improvements to annotations reliability

  • Fixed an issue where browsing through previews from Table View throws a 404

  • General fixes to the preview system

  • Fixed an issue where the link to exported CSV expires after 1 hour instead of 24 hours

  • Fixed an issue when sharing an asset from the preview context menu on Search page

Release 1.158.13 - Apr 12, 2023

Features

  • Share links now generate unique links or each email recipient

  • Improved Adaptations with the ability to upload a CSV file

  • User can now set files for deletion and adjust the retention period in settings

  • Users can now enable an individualized landing page that contains: Recent activity, Tasks, and Plans.

Bugs

  • General improvements to share links

  • Fixed an issue where a file would display an error status when the file upload completed

  • Fixed an issue where duplicated objects would not appear until the page was reloaded

  • Fixed an issue where duplicated adaptable assets were copied as simple assets

  • Fixed an issue where folders were duplicated on upload

  • Fixed an issue where deliverables weren't included in zipped downloads

  • Fixed an issue where users were unable to restore objects when using the List or Table view

  • Fixed an issue where Editors were not able to delete objects

  • Removed the ability to see object details that are in the deleted state

  • Fixed an issue where members were unable to view deleted collections

  • Fixed an issue where exported metadata included archived and deleted files

  • Fixed an issue where file extensions were duplicated in downloaded deliverables

  • Performance improvements to the drag-and-drop functionality on collections

  • Fixed an issue where users were unable to download a shared zip with watermark

  • Fixed an issue with shares that allowed users to select both MFA and Password protection

Release 1.157.11 - Mar 28, 2023

Features

  • Export metadata from a file in CSV format

  • Share links can be secured using Multi-factor authentication

Bugs

  • Fixed an issue where failed uploads in upload activity panel do not clear

  • Fixed an issue where the shared link was not visible to the user which created this link

  • Fixed an issue where the Selection Color for Asset in Upload Activity Not Updated with Org Preferences

  • Fixed an issue where the Incorrect Number of Assets When Dragging and Dropping A Folder that Contains Files to Be Retried

  • Addressed an issue where a Shared link is not visible for Member which created this link

  • Addressed a number of bugs related to share links

Release 1.156.10 - Feb 28, 2023

Features

  • Improvements to the Share feature

  • Web Uploader Improvements

  • Ability to view and restore deleted files

Bugs

  • Add ability to close download selection modal

  • All collections are present in Video Layer Asset modal

  • Permissions broken on hourly app after recover assets deployed

  • Incorrect name of a removed asset

  • Unable to restore a deleted asset

  • Page is refreshing after navigating between collections

  • Change adaptation backend validation to allow empty configs and media overrides

  • Download is disabled for all Collections

Release 1.154.13 - Feb 16, 2023

Features

  • Watermarks are now configurable

  • Zip downloads are more efficient than ever

  • Protect your shared content using a password

Bugs

  • Fixed an issue where users were unable to download images when watermarking is applied

  • Fixed an issue where starting a new upload while one is running opens up a new thread

  • Fixed an issue where Key Dates are not added to the Review & Approval PDF

  • Fixed an issue where Zip downloads don't work when you download original + duplicate folder the same time

  • Fixed an issue where zip downloads don't work with folders that have ongoing file uploads

  • Fixed an issue where plan image is broken when download/share a Plan Brief Summary PDF file

  • Fixed a Share page authentication error

  • Fixed an issue where watermark is not visible for downloaded image or video from share link

Release 1.149.11 - Dec 07, 2022

Features

  • New Email & App Theming are available under Settings > Preferences

Bugs

  • Filters for tables now persist

    • Until log out

  • Fixed an issue where the preview would disappear temporarily when adding tags while in preview mode

  • Fixed an issue where org owners could still see collections they don't have access to under certain conditions

  • Fixed an issue where the forgot password email would sometimes not be sent

Edisen Desktop Application

Release APP 0.5.4 - May 26, 2023

  • Improvements to file transfer retry logic

  • Reformat logs to use UTC

  • Fixed an issue where downloading a folder on Windows with invalid characters would fail

  • Fixed an issue where downloads and uploads would not initialize properly

Release APP 0.5.3 - May 04, 2023

  • General file upload performance improvements

Release APP 0.5.2 - Apr 24, 2023

  • Add application reset button

Release APP 0.5.1 - Apr 21, 2023

  • Bug fix addressing an issue present when uploading under certain conditions

Release APP 0.5.0 - Apr 13, 2023

  • App will now authenticate automatically; API key no longer necessary

  • Performance improvements related to downloading and uploading

  • Security improvements

Release APP 0.4.3 - Feb 28, 2023

  • Communicate application limitations in UI

  • Ability to toggle upload acceleration in UI

  • Cancelled files are now deleted

  • Fixed an issue where downloaded files were duplicating

Edisen Zapier Application

Release Zap 1.2 - July 12, 2023

Features

  • Production version of Zapier integration deployed

  • OAuth support enabled

Bugs

  • Fixed an issue where files transferred to Edisen would include the extension in the title

  • Fixed an issue where files transferred to Edisen would display an error and could not be opened

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