This is the list of recent Nimble Streamer releases and basic description of changes.
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4.1.9-2 Jul 02 2025
- fixed issue with HLS playback from DVR for some streams with B-frames
- fixed enabling MPEG-DASH hard reset when MPEG-DASH WebVTT subtitles enabled
- additional error handling for server-side task stop processing
- support using Speechmatics service for transcription (Ubuntu 24 only)
4.1.9-1 Jun 18 2025
- support fetching server playlist blocks via http/https
- fixed crash in HTTP/3 processor
- fixed WHEP statistics calculation
- upgrade WHIP/WHEP dependencies to fix CVE-2025-49140
- use separate nimble_transcriber process for each transcribed stream (requires upgrading nimble-transcriber package)
4.1.8-9 Jun 02 2025
- fixed crash on client session deletion in case input (pulled/pushed) stream fails
4.1.8-8 May 30 2025
- support MPEG-TS and Icecast streaming over HTTP/2 and HTTP/3
- fixed issue with sending MPEG-TS with SDT/program_number value > 8191
- some logging improvements
4.1.8-7 May 23 2025
- support reporting source streams via Nimble API for multipoint SRT senders
- support using multiple instances of the same stream in UDP/SRT outputs
- some improvements in WebVTT subtitles support for MPEG-DASH output
4.1.8-6 May 12 2025
- support triggering ads insertion using Icecast metadata
- support reporting source streams via Nimble API for SRT outputs
4.1.8-5 Apr 28 2025
- fixed HEVC SPS parsing issue (fixes QuickSync encoding on Ubuntu 24.04)
- support WebVTT subtitles for MPEG-DASH output for live streams
- support converting CEA-708 subtitles to WebVTT
4.1.8-4 Apr 11 2025
- increase sync buffer size and support configuring using 'http_requestor_buffer_size' option
- fixed descriptor leaks in case of server-side task start failure due to out-of-memory error
4.1.8-3 Mar 31 2025
- support generating CEA-708 subtitles during transcription
- support logging server playlist states to a separate log file
- fixed increased memory usage when generating JPG thumbnails for DVR
- support specifying unique_program_id when injecting SCTE-35 marker
4.1.8-2 Feb 24 2025
- some fixes for timeshifted MPEG-DASH streaming from DVR
- improve processing SCTE-35 markers to avoid buffer overflow
- some logging improvements
4.1.8-1 Feb 14 2025
- support HTTP/3 protocol (Ubuntu 22.04 and 24.04 only)
- support 'http_requestor_buffer_size' option
- support wildcard stream name specifier for file used by drawtext filter
- fixed issue with checking Transcoder license on startup
- some logging improvements
4.1.7-3 Feb 06 2025
- support adding ads content from per-session handler
- support exporting recorded WebVTT subtitles from DVR
- fixed issue with time-shifted HLS streaming
- fixed logging issue in subtitle recognition processes
4.1.7-2 Jan 29 2025
- some fixes for timeshifted MPEG-DASH streaming from DVR
- support sending Content-Range response for Icecast players requesting stream with Range
- support passing language code detected by Transcriber to HLS output
4.1.7-1 Jan 20 2025
- support transcribing audio and generating WebVTT subtitles (Ubuntu 24.04 only, requires Transcoder and Addenda licenses)
- ignore Range header in Icecast stream requests
- add MPD@publishTime attribute to MPEG-DASH manifests from DVR
4.1.6-4 Jan 14 2025
- fixed caching when re-streaming HLS/MPEG-DASH using routes with HTTP origin enabled
- fixed MPEG-TS processing for compatibility with some packagers filling incorrect header fields
4.1.6-3 Dec 26 2024
- fixed JPG thumbnails generation issue
- performance improvements in RTMP playback stats reporting
4.1.6-2 Dec 17 2024
- fixed protocol setting processing for application aliases
- support application aliases for SRT streams requested with streamid
- fix loading files of >2GB size for server playlist
- fixed crash in MPEG-TS HEVC processing
- upgrade WHIP/WHEP dependencies to fix CVE-2024-45337
- support adding scanType and lang attributes to MPEG-DASH manifests from DVR
- some logging improvements
4.1.6-1 Dec 10 2024
- support AV1 encoding with NVENC (Ubuntu 24.04 only, requires nimble-transcoder-1.3.0)
- nimble-transcoder package upgrade is required on Ubuntu 24.04
- add frameRate attribute to MPEG-DASH manifest Representation from DVR
- some error handing improvements
4.1.5-9 Nov 21 2024
- fixed timestamps overflow in RTSP pull
- support using SRT 1.5.4
- support disconnecting DVR MP4 export client due to inactivity
4.1.5-8 Nov 05 2024
- support AC-3/EAC-3 audio output in server playlist
- fixed setting FRAME-RATE attribute in HLS playlist
- fixed "Get cache key" Nimble API call output
4.1.5-7 Oct 17 2024
- fixed re-setting SCTE-35 markers timestamps in server playlist
- support adding FRAME-RATE attribute to HLS playlists
4.1.5-6 Oct 04 2024
- another fix to avoid resetting DVR periods on PDT drifting
- some performance improvements for DVR processing
4.1.5-5 Sep 30 2024
- support keeping updated server playlist task while content is being downloaded
- fixed resetting DVR periods on PDT drifting
- some performance and memory usage optimizations in live and DVR streams processing
4.1.5-4 Sep 12 2024
- fixed issue with multiple OOP transcoders creation
- fixed passing SPS/PPS/VPS metadata from MPEG-TS HEVC input
- fixed processing WHIP publishers using signature-free mode
- some logging improvements
4.1.5-3 Sep 07 2024
- performance improvements for timeshifted HLS chunklist generation from DVR
4.1.5-2 Sep 04 2024
- support reporting SRT stats for senders & receivers using SRT bonding mode
- support reporting available NDI streams list to the panel
- fixed logging request to sessions.log when access.log is disabled
- some logging improvements
4.1.5-1 Aug 26 2024
- added Nimble API to cleanup items from data cache
- fixed incompatibility with Zixi Broadcaster V17 configuration request
4.1.4-8 Aug 16 2024
- support Signature-Free mode for Publish Control framework
- support keeping original EXT-X-KEY during HLS re-streaming
4.1.4-7 Aug 07 2024
- support storing WebVTT subtitles to DVR
- support sending pre-defined custom parameters in HTTP responses
- fixed issue with high CPU usage in SRT sender using bonding mode
- fixed issue with using 0.0.0.0 address for SRT listener using bonding mode
- some logging improvements
4.1.4-6 Jul 30 2024
- fixed direction indication for LTR languages in WebVTT subs converted from dvb_teletext
- support parsing AV1 sequence header with timing info
4.1.4-5 Jul 17 2024
- support MP2 audio output in server playlist
- support binding to specific network interface for SRT publishers working in bonding mode
- support using empty login/password for application when global login/password is set
4.1.4-4 Jul 04 2024
- support joining AAC audio frames when sending via MPEG-TS UDP/SRT to reduce transport overhead
- some improvements for better DVB subtitles recognition
4.1.4-3 Jun 24 2024
- fixed setting discontinuity sequence in subtitles playlist if Advertizer is enabled
- support reporting 'Amazon Fire TV' as known device/player
- fixed generating JPG thumbnails from DVR with AV1 video
- some logging improvements
- switched to using KeyOS CPIX API v4 due to CPIX Endpoints v1 deprecation
4.1.4-2 Jun 20 2024
- support reporting DVB subs decoder process CPU/RAM usage
- support re-connecting disconnected SRT publishers working in bonding mode
- fixed setting marker bit for FU-A packets in RTSP streams
4.1.4-1 Jun 18 2024
- support converting DVB subtitles to WebVTT (requires Transcoder license)
- support AV1 decoding using NVENC
- some improvements for WebRTC ABR playback
4.1.3-3 May 29 2024
- support aligning DVR segment times (PROGRAM-DATE-TIME) to avoid PDT drifting
- fixed re-creating NVENC encoder on the fly when stream parameters changed
- support setting server_id to Server response header
- fixed sending PD over HTTP/2 when 'enable_pd_for_remote_vod' option is enabled
4.1.3-2 May 20 2024
- some fixes for WEBRTC playback
- support accepting RTMP publishers from proxy using PROXY v1 protocol
4.1.3-1 May 15 2024
- support ABR WHEP playback from Nimble
- some improvements for WEBRTC playback
- fixed setting marker bit for FU-A packets in RTSP streams
- fixed issue with using MP3 file as server playlist input
4.1.2-3 Apr 22 2024
- support indicating current and next server playlist block name in Nimble API output
- support passing StreamUrl from published Icecast stream to Icecast metadata
- support setting return code for clients blocked due to WMSAuth max connections/bandwidth limit
- support using .ts files as an input for server playlist
- fixed crash in case of threads creation failure
4.1.2-2 Apr 08 2024
- support storing KLV metadata to DVR
- support re-loading modified animated GIF and PNG images used as a stream source in Transcoder
4.1.2-1 Apr 01 2024
- support using content from remote HTTP storage as server playlist source
4.1.1-9 Mar 14 2024
- support Cloud DRM service
- fixed issue with parsing HLS key URL from CPIX response
- support setting language code for MPEG-TS output audio track
- performance improvements for DVR archives reloading
- support passing KLV metadata to HLS MPEG-TS streams
4.1.1-8 Mar 06 2024
- support forwarding SCTE-35 markers from input live stream to server playlist output
- support Axinom DRM service
- fixed reporting active Icecast stream title via Nimble API for some cases
4.1.1-7 Feb 28 2024
- fixed re-sending metadata for Icecast using ogg/flac format
- fixed reporting primary pulled SRT URL
- fixed encoder re-creation when switching out-of-process mode
- support using animated PNG as a stream source
4.1.1-6 Feb 26 2024
- support ingesting and streaming Icecast using ogg/flac format
- support decoding FLAC audio (requires upgrading nimble-transcoder package)
- support reporting active pulled SRT URL
- some performance improvements in DVR processing
4.1.1-5 Feb 15 2024
- support generating JPG images playlist for DVR archives
- fixed potential concurrency issue during JPG thumbnail saving to DVR archive
- performance improvements for WHEP clients handing case
4.1.1-4 Feb 01 2024
- fixed issue with RTMP publishing to Twitch
- support screening illegal characters in RTMP stream name to avoid RTMP playback issues
4.1.1-3 Jan 29 2024
- fixed reporting DVR timeline with forward gaps
- fixed processing OPUS audio in passthrough mode in Transcoder
- fixed disconnection of inactive remote SRT publisher
- support reporting remote stream publisher port via Nimble API
- support processing MPEG-TS input streams using H.264 with Access Unit Delimiter
- support indicating Zixi camera publisher IP
- fixed crash in RTMP auth processing when multiple camera threads are used
4.1.1-2 Jan 18 2024
- support passing KLV metadata through Transcoder
- support reporting Zixi Camera (MPEG-TS In) status to WMSPanel
- support using overlay (overlay_qsv) for streams processed with QuickSync
4.1.1-1 Jan 14 2024
- fixed issue with using video input generated from picture with alpha channel
- fixed issue with passing proper immediate SCTE-35 event timestamp to MPEG-DASH manifest
- support reporting RTMP/RTSP live pull uptime to WMSPanel
- fixed incompatibility with Shaka Player playing HLS FMP4 from DVR
4.1.0-9 Jan 08 2024
- support using IPv6 for RTSP TCP-only pulls
- fixed issue with passing SCTE-35 marker via transcoder with failover stream enabled
4.1.0-8 Dec 25 2023
- support using custom URL parameters (e.g. access token) when fetching content from remove VOD storage
- fixed issue with using overlay filter with video input generated from picture
- fixed reporting pulled RTMP/RTSP stream URL when dynamic stream name is used
4.1.0-7 Dec 19 2023
- support reloading updated picture used as a video input
- support listening multiple interfaces for SRT with bonding enabled (requires nimble-srt-1.5)
- support processing AV1 streams in out-of-process transcoder
- fixed issue with processing HEVC streams in out-of-process transcoder
- support indicating Widevine encryption in DRM-protected HLS streams
4.1.0-6 Dec 06 2023
- fixed issue with SVT-HEVC encoder initialization/deinitialization
- additional fix for potential incompatibility issue with OpenSSL 3 (Ubuntu 22.04)
4.1.0-5 Dec 01 2023
4.1.0-4 Nov 24 2023
- support FairPlay encryption for LL-HLS parts
- fixed issue with processing AV1 samples containing empty OBUs
- moved mimeType attribute from Representation to AdaptationSet in MPEG-DASH manifests
4.1.0-3 Nov 20 2023
- support integration with Zixi Broadcaster to receive and send streams via Zixi protocol
- support using single UDP port for WHIP publishers instead of ports range
- support using single UDP port for WHEP players instead of ports range
- support printing WMSPanel API Server ID after server registration in the panel
4.1.0-2 Nov 06 2023
- fixed decoder initialization causing cuvid SIGFPE crash
4.1.0-1 Nov 02 2023
- switch to using nimble-transcoder-1.2.0-1 libraries (nimble-transcoder package upgrade is required)
- support inserting SCTE-35 markers from server playlist
- fixed sending proper Content-Disposition for HTTP/2 clients using "attachment" option
- fixed issue with processing pulled HLS audio-only stream
4.0.3-2 Oct 16 2023
- support generating WebVTT subtitles for streams generated from VOD with server playlist
- support reporting CPU/RAM usage for WHIP & WHEP processors
- support setting SRTO_MAXREXMITBW ("maxrexmitbw") when SRT 1.5.3 is available
- fixed DATERANGE SCTE35-IN marker format to avoid breaking playback on Apple devices
- fixed calculation of bytes lost during WHEP sessions
- fixed rare crash during MPEG-TS camera stats reporting
4.0.3-1 Sep 26 2023
4.0.2-6 Sep 19 2023
- support reporting CPU/RAM usage for Nimble and out-of-process transcoder processes
- support ignoring PPS changes when deciding if HLS discontinuity should be inserted
- increase out-of-process transcoder message queue to avoid frames dropping
4.0.2-5 Aug 25 2023
- fixed issue with running out-of-process transcoder for processing MPEG-TS input streams
- support 'cue-short+oatcls' SCTE-35 markers format for HLS output
4.0.2-4 Aug 21 2023
- fixed processing empty StreamTitle for pushed Icecast streams
- fixed processing SCTE-35 markers for mpeg2video live and DVR streams
- support reporting gaps in timeline within a DVR recording period
4.0.2-3 Aug 08 2023
- support castLabs DRMToday platform
- support working with MP4 files in transmuxer using seek/read operations
4.0.2-2 Jul 31 2023
- support AV1 codec for HLS FMP4/MPEG-TS/SRT/RIST protocols
- support MP4 thumbnail generation for AV1 streams
- fixed running single SRT CBR sender in Listen mode when multipoint listener is disabled
Older release notes are located here.
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