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Slicer release 240304.04.02

April 1st, 2024

Fixes:

  • Fix ImageBug not appearing if there is already one set in the future.

  • Fix output video stutter that may occur when input video alternates between 33ms and 50ms frame duration with every frame.

  • Fix ingest of VOD .m3u8 manifest for silent (no audio) content.

  • Fix use_brokers=4 slice upload verification race condition.

  • Fix -ttml parameter parsing to support file paths containing ':' symbol.

Enables:

  • Optional new static video detector for slicer health monitoring and failover.

Other changes:

  • Improve liveslicer installer script.

  • Remove liveslicer -ac3_pass_through option, add -ac3_pass_through_all.

  • Update CA bundle.

  • Change default behavior to no discont on fps changes.

Known issues:

  • Apple M1 slicer build (mac_arm64) does not support Dolby AC3/EC3 encoding, or Nielsen options.

Prerequisites:

  • Due to CentOS 6 reaching EOL in November 2020 this slicer release requires CentOS 7 or newer.

  • Due to the slicer being built on CentOS 7 it picks up some new library dependencies which are not included in the base install of Ubuntu 18.04. Ubuntu users may need to pre-install them: sudo apt install libnl-3-200 libatomic1.

  • Nvidia driver 418 or later is required for HEVC 4K HDR/SDR.

  • Mac intel build: sudo xattr -d -r com.apple.quarantine uplynk_slicer_mac_64-240304.04.02-master.

  • Mac arm64 build: sudo xattr -d -r com.apple.quarantine uplynk_slicer_mac_arm64-240304.04.02-master.

As of 23020901-rc1 VOD slicer no longer requires a CPU with AVX instruction set support, and is compatible with rosetta on Apple M1.