Version 4.6¶
The release notes will tell you what’s new in each version, and any changes that you must be aware of when upgrading. For reference, Vidispine ticket numbers are printed as (#1234).
4.6¶
2016-06-30
Read-only instances¶
An instance can now be connected to a read-only database such as an Amazon RDS Read Replica, or a MySQL or PostgreSQL replica (#2292).
database:
type: read_only_replica
This can also be used to connect to a database snapshot that should not be modified.
database:
type: read_only_snapshot
Request- and search logging is still enabled by default when connected to a read replica/snapshot. This works by having updates submitted to a read-write instance using ActiveMQ. To disable this, use:
api:
requestLogging: false
searchHistory: false
Image sequences¶
Image sequences can now be imported using the normal import jobs, or directly from a storage. When importing using a URI, the URI must contain a file fragment and a wildcard specifying the placement of the sequence number (#2296). See Image sequences.
POST API/import?uri=file:///srv/media/take1/*.png#file=00000-15000
CloudConvert¶
CloudConvert can be used by Vidispine as an alternative transcoder. This is supported in all import and transcode jobs. See CloudConvert.
<ResourceDocument xmlns="http://xml.vidispine.com/schema/vidispine">
<cloudconvert>
<apiKey>your-api-key</apiKey>
</cloudconvert>
</ResourceDocument>
POST /item/(item-id)/transcode?jobmetadata=useCloudConvert=true
Storage load balancing¶
Files can now be load balanced across multiple selected storages (#2149). For example, to have a file stored on at least two of the storages from a specific group:
<StorageRuleDocument xmlns="http://xml.vidispine.com/schema/vidispine">
<storageCount>2</storageCount>
<pool>
<group>local-storage-pool</group>
</pool>
</StorageRuleDocument>
Additional storages could then be added to this group in case additional storage space is required.
Search improvements¶
- Configurable facet limit and counts (#2341).
- Support autocomplete while searching (#2351).
Other improvements¶
- Define your own custom job types (#2379).
- Threaded notification deliveries (#2192).
- Read-only/offline thumbnail resources (#2327).
- Make it possible to delete a user completely (#2381).
- Add document and PDF media types (#2357).
- Make it possible to set username in auto import rule (#2356).
- Quota rule filtering (#2353).
- Support for querying collection child item count (#2350).
- Add configuration property to control agent sync behaviour (#2382).
- Support useOriginalFilename=true with copy/move jobs (#2344).
- Setting Content-Disposition headers for S3 when signed URLs are generated (#2326).
Bug fixes¶
- Solr solrUpdateQueueSize setting not working (#2396).
- XMP sidecar import not working if parseXMP=false (#2354).
- MxfServerAccessControlBean uses a fixed connection ID (#2378).
- Add multipart/form-data noauth import resource (#2380).
Platform¶
- This release adds support for Ubuntu 16.04 and MySQL 5.7 (#2321).
- The transcoder no longer auto-starts when installed, and will restart if already during upgrade (from 4.6 and forward).
Deprecated in 4.6¶
- Image sequence auto-import using auto-import rule settings.
- Image sequence placeholder import using type=image-sequence or type=dpx.
Discontinued in 4.6¶
- Support for GlassFish has been discontinued. Use Standalone Vidispine instead.
- Support for Java 7 has been discontinued. Use Java 8 instead.
- Support for Microsoft Windows Server has been discontinued.
Upgrading from 4.5¶
- Solr: No changes to the documents. Re-indexing is not required.
- Support for GlassFish has been discontinued. Use Standalone Vidispine instead.
- Support for Java 7 has been discontinued. Use Java 8 instead.
- Support for Microsoft Windows Server has been discontinued.