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Slicer release 240718.02.01

August 5th, 2024

Changes since 240603.02.01-master slicer release:

Fixes:

  • Fix handling of audio desc/lang. supplied on the liveslicer command line.

  • Fix loss of timed metadata after /content_start.

  • Fix a liveslicer file mode issues when video starts 2s before audio.

  • Fix a use_brokers=3 and use_brokers=4 deadlock due to un-acknowledged break durations caused by a /pod_start, followed by a /blackout, followed by a /content_start.

Enables:

  • POST liveslicer state/status/image periodically to predefined webhook URLs.

  • Report slicer health impairment count and user-defined severity levels.

  • Partial support for SCTE-35 Multiple UPID types structure.

Other changes:

  • Improve SCTE-35 parser logging.

  • Update CA bundle.

Known issues:

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

Prerequisites:

  • Due to CentOS 7 reaching EOL on July 1st 2024 this slicer release was built on Ubuntu 18.04.

  • 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_64-240718.02.01-master.

  • Mac arm64 build: sudo xattr -d -r com.apple.quarantine uplynk_slicer_mac_arm64-240718.02.01-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.