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Slicer release 250210.04.01

April 7th, 2025

Changes since 241120.04.01-master slicer release:

Fixes:

  • Fix slicing of MP3 files with cover art.

  • Fix slicing of slideshows with large audio frame durations.

  • Fix a crash slicing a .ttml file.

  • Fix corruption of Closed Captions when slicing some .mov files.

  • Overlapping slices created when slicing content with 44.1KHz audio, manifesting in temporarily duplicate WebVTT subtitles during playback.

Enables:

  • Add support for dynamic_overlay_url liveslicer option.

  • Add failover_pod_event to slicer status.

Other changes:

  • Remove dr_mode and dr_url options.

  • Update several libraries to newer version.

  • Update libcurl CA bundle.

  • Numerous internal improvements.

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_64-250210.04.01-master.

  • Mac arm64 build: sudo xattr -d -r com.apple.quarantine uplynk_slicer_mac_arm64-250210.04.01-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.

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