Nimble Streamer release notes

Please check the list of recent Nimble Streamers releases and basic description of changes.

You may find useful Nimble Streamer installation instruction and upgrade instruction.

3.5.2-1 Oct 04 2018

• added API to reload configuration file (rules.conf)
• decode percents in mount parameter when Icecast metadata is pushed to Nimble

3.5.1-9 Sep 27 2018

• fix sending proper Content-Type for advertising segments
• fix HLS segments duration reporting for DVR streams

3.5.1-8 Sep 17 2018

• support pulling Icecast streams via HTTPS
• support receiving metadata when Icecast stream is pushed to Nimble
• added Nimble API to get Icecast stream info

3.5.1-7 Sep 10 2018

• support forwarding CEA-708 captions when NVENC decoder is used

3.5.1-6 Sep 06 2018

• support using fallback URLs for MPEG-TS and HLS pull
• print '*' chars when entering password in regutil on Windows

3.5.1-5 Aug 28 2018

•  fixed access to VOD content on Windows via .smil when '\' slashes are used in streaming route
•  support ads insertion to streams accessed via application aliases
•  support MP3 audio ads insertion into RTMP streams
•  fixed sessions and advertisements logs rotation
•  Windows installer improvements

3.5.1-4 Aug 21 2018

• support logging inserted advertisements info to get ads insertion stats

3.5.1-3 Aug 15 2018

• fixed crash after mid-roll advertisement playback for Icecast stream with metadata
• fixed GMT interval calculation for ads insertion

3.5.1-2 Aug 06 2018

• fixed issue with recording HEVC streams when 'Keep protocol timestamps' option is enabled

3.5.1-1 Jul 30 2018

• [premium] support server-side ads insertion for HLS video
• support restricting URLs used by client during playback session

3.5.0-5 Jul 11 2018

• additional error handling in json processing
• server-side ads engine improvements for HLS

3.5.0-4 Jul 05 2018

• use TLS SNI when connecting to WMSPanel servers

3.5.0-3 Jul 02 2018

• fixed on-demand pull issues (proper pull task starting and stopping)

3.5.0-2 Jun 21 2018

• fixed issues in Icecast and HLS advertizement engine
• removed some outdated functionality (create_session_with_post option processing)

3.5.0-1 Jun 19 2018

• [premium] server-side ads insertion for audio-only HLS

3.4.3-9 Jun 06 2018

• fix setting idrPeriod for NVENC encoder to disable auto-insertion of I-Frames

3.4.3-8 Jun 04 2018

• support setting deinterlace mode for NVENC decoder

3.4.3-7 May 31 2018

• support NVENC context locking to avoid some NVENC decoder issues
• support using TLSv1.1 and TLSv1.2 in stream checker

3.4.3-6 May 29 2018

• fixed processing HLS FMP4 requests when .smil from remote VOD storage is used
• some fixes and cleanup in error handling in task manager
• some logging improvements

3.4.3-5 May 17 2018

• reset Transcoder filter pipeline in case of timestamps issues in input stream when FPS filter is used
• make HTTP return code configurable for WMSAuth/geoblocking
• report DVR period recording end time in /manage/dvr_status API

3.4.3-4 May 08 2018

• fix setting proper bitrate in encoder when non-default fps is used
• fix sending Cache-Control header for re-streamed cached items
• support caching playlists as VOD items when HLS/MPEG-DASH re-streaming is used

3.4.3-3 May 04 2018

• switch to using GeoLite2 databases (GeoLite is considered legacy and not supported anymore)

3.4.3-2 Apr 29 2018

• several fixes for HLS FMP4 for VOD

3.4.3-1 Apr 25 2018

• support HLS FMP4 for VOD
• support configuring RTMP publisher inactivity check interval
• escape characters in PPV ID when generating JSON to send to PPV handler
• some logging improvements

3.4.2-6 Apr 17 2018

• some optimizations to speedup reloading DVR archives
• some debug logging improvements

3.4.2-5 Apr 11 2018

• fixed potential crash during management API request processing caused by buffer overflow
• set 'image/png' content-type when sending .png files
• some logging improvements

3.4.2-4 Apr 10 2018

• some time calculation fixes for RTMP and SLDP streams when ads are used
• reset video filter on PTS gap
• some logging improvements

3.4.2-3 Apr 03 2018

• support using AWS signature V4 when fetching VOD content from Amazon S3
• additional error handling when reading MP4 files for advertizing
• some debug logging improvements

3.4.2-2 Mar 28 2018

• some compatibility improvements with input MPEG-TS streams
• fixed another issue with video-only RTMP streams receiving/playback
• force nimble_regutil to stop if unknown command-line option is provided
• some performance improvements

3.4.2-1 Mar 26 2018

• [premium] server-side ads insertion for RTMP
• some logging cleanup and improvements

3.4.1-7 Mar 21 2018

• fixed issue with video-only RTMP streams playback

3.4.1-6 Mar 19 2018

• improve NVENC context handling to process more streams in Transcoder
• some improvements in RTMP auth handling

3.4.1-5 Mar 12 2018

• add support for source-specific multicast (rfc4607 SSM)
• check Host field validity before processing request

3.4.1-4 Mar 05 2018

• some compatibility improvements for HLS pull from Wowza
• some fixes in Transcoder installer for macOS

3.4.1-3 Feb 28 2018

• fixed memory leak in transcoder when fps filter is used
• fixed stream access via RTSP when application alias is used

3.4.1-2 Feb 22 2018

• force encoder reset if audio stream's sample rate is changed
• fixed crash in SRT receiver caused by incorrect error handling
• fixed memory leak in file reader providing content to decoder

3.4.1-1 Feb 05 2018

• support using multiple SSL certificates
• support sending HLS playlist for HTTP MPEG-TS stream
• removed EXT-X-ALLOW-CACHE tag from live HLS chunklists

3.4.0-7 Jan 31 2018

• fixed memory leak in Transcoder caused by issues in input stream and encoder resets

3.4.0-6 Jan 25 2018

• support decoding AC-3 audio using Nimble Transcoder

3.4.0-5 Jan 23 2018

• support probing audio type for LATM in MPEG-TS streams

3.4.0-4 Jan 22 2018

• support multiple audio/video programs in MPEG-TS UDP/SRT/UDT output
• support using multiple allowed origins in ACAO header

3.4.0-3 Jan 17 2018

• some cleanup to avoid logging confusing errors

3.4.0-2 Jan 16 2018

• fixed crash caused by incorrect interactions with Icecast publisher

3.4.0-1 Jan 14 2018

• [premium] server-side ads insertion for Icecast
• some logging improvements

3.3.2-3 Jan 09 2018

• enable using TLSv1.1 and TLSv1.2 for SSL syncs (WMSPanel/PPV/PPP)
• fixed crash if PPS is empty in RTSP stream
• some logging improvements

See also older release notes. If you don't see your Nimble Streamer version on this page, we strongly recommend upgrading your Nimble Streamer instance.