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| New Feature Highlights - ORION™-OTT 1.6 |
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| The latest version of ORION™-OTT supports Windows Server 2016 OS, introduces checks for audio language codes in manifest files, and supports detection of caption language. New compliance checks include SCTE 214 - 1/2/3 and Apple Media Stream Validator. Includes post-monitoring actions, custom HTTP header injection for CDN debugging, audio alerts and customizable dashboards among others new features. |
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New Feature Highlights:
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Formats and Protocols
- Support for encrypted I-Frame variants with ByteRange tag
- Support for Adobe HDS
- Support for RTMP Streaming
- Support for fragmented MP4 in HLS
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Enterprise Features
- Support for Windows Server 2016
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Centralized enterprise-wide monitoring
- End-to-End Workflow monitoring for VOD and LIVE
- Support for correlation of device level and upstream alerts
- Support for correlation of Origin Server performance and end-device alerts
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APIs
- APIs to fetch reports and monitor content
- Enhancements in Rest APIs for newly supported features
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Dashboards
- New dashlets – Quick Reports, Daily Alerts
- User defined dashboards
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Alerts and Reporting
- Use saved filters while creating scheduled reports
- Create scheduled reports for individual live channels
- Configure severity level for notifications
- Filter reports based on tags
- Support for audio alerts
- Scheduled tasks for auto-mailing of reports
- Support for saving report filters
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Monitoring Features
- Support to schedule assets’ monitoring for a later time without creating asset groups
- Support for weekly monitoring schedules with a different time for each day
- View task priorities for all assets
- Filter assets based on profile or template used for monitoring, total alert count, not having selected tags
- Support for triggered and manual recordings for LIVE/VOD content
- Integrated player application – for playback and debugging
- Support for custom HTTP Header injection for CDN debugging
- Define post-monitoring actions – execute scripts and notify callbacks
- Option to ignore errors in VOD assets
- Option to reset alert indicators for Live monitoring
- Key Server Integrations for fetching Encryption keys using Widevine License Server APIs; PlayReady Key-Seed; Verimatrix Client
- Option to provide Key ID - Content Key mapping for other DRMs
- Support for client device monitoring (Partner Integration): Startup or join times; buffering ratio; Number of stalls or interruptions; Play failures
- Support for Origin Server Performance monitoring: Average response time and bandwidth served; Server availability; HTTP response codes
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Monitoring Checks
- Compliance Checks for Apple Media Stream Validator
- Check for picture scanning type
- Check for IDR-Frame interval duration
- Check if media URLs in a master playlist are static
- Check specific audio bitrate
- Check the consistency and presence of stream structure
- Check for inconsistency in coded segment duration across variants as per Manifest files
- Check loudness range
- Check audio peak level
- Check for invalid System ID in HSS
- Support for SCTE 214 1/2/3 compliance checks
- Check for variation between Peak and Average bitrate as per HLS authoring specification
- Support for Adobe HDS conformance checks
- Check for First Video Frame Sync across variants
- Ignore Freeze for Color Bars and Credits
- Check for Audio Language Codes in manifest files
- Support for detection of caption language
- Support for detection of Mono Vs Stereo Audio
- Check for presence/absence of Encryption
- Combination Quality Checks: Report Freeze with or without silence, report Black Frames with or without silence
- Different Blockiness levels for different video bitrates
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Monitoring Setup
- Option to reserve bandwidth for VOD and LIVE assets
- Option to backup and restore general configuration of current ORION-OTT setup
- Option to ignore errors in last segment
- Support for automatic group selection based on custom criteria
- Improvements in Profile usability: Search, filter, create custom error groups
- Custom plugins to read program schedules for Live channels
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Performance
- Options to monitor only specific variants in an asset
- Higher throughput with partial monitoring
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