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

VSA in cluster configuration

  • Support VSA connecting to Vidispine in a cluster configuration.

Other improvements

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

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.