Nimble Streamer release notes

This is the list of recent Nimble Streamer releases and basic description of changes.

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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
    4.1.1-7 Feb 28 2024
    4.1.1-6 Feb 26 2024
                  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
                                                                    4.1.0-5 Dec 01 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
                                                                                                                    4.0.2-1 Jul 26 2023
                                                                                                                      • support running transcoding scenario in out-of-process mode
                                                                                                                      • fixed issue with pulling HLS audio-only streams
                                                                                                                      • support re-starting transcoder "on-the-fly" when color parameters changed
                                                                                                                      • improved forwarded SCTE-35 markers processing in transcoded streams
                                                                                                                      4.0.1-9 Jul 04 2023
                                                                                                                      • fixed 'timeout' parameter processing for Advertizer per-session handler
                                                                                                                      • fixed sending CORS headers in response to HEAD request during HTTP re-streaming
                                                                                                                      4.0.1-8 Jun 28 2023
                                                                                                                        • support setting custom SRT parameters for SRT redundancy pulls
                                                                                                                        • support sending "raw" MPEG-TS outputs requested with streamid via SRT (requires Addenda license)
                                                                                                                        • fixed issue with sending AV1 streams via RTMP
                                                                                                                        4.0.1-7 Jun 21 2023
                                                                                                                        • support logging SLDP requests to access.log
                                                                                                                        • support setting logging level for WMSAuth errors
                                                                                                                        • fixed issue with processing RTSP input on RTP timestamp change
                                                                                                                        • fixed issue with AVC configuration record generation
                                                                                                                        • some logging improvements
                                                                                                                        4.0.1-6 Jun 13 2023
                                                                                                                          • support sending ETag and processing If-None-Match headers
                                                                                                                          • fixed sending proper trackId for AV1 streams sent over SLDP
                                                                                                                          • fixed crash in ID3 tag processing during HLS pull
                                                                                                                          4.0.1-5 Jun 05 2023
                                                                                                                          • fixed issue with deleting SLDP session via Nimble API
                                                                                                                          • fixed reporting bandwidth to the panel after the last client is disconnected
                                                                                                                          • support recording AV1 video to DVR
                                                                                                                          4.0.1-4 Jun 01 2023
                                                                                                                                  • AV1 codec support in SLDP streams
                                                                                                                                  • AV1 codec support in streams generated by server playlist
                                                                                                                                  • support keeping SCTE-35 markers in HLS output streams with inserted ads
                                                                                                                                  • support logging RTMP/RTSP/SRT sessions information to sessions.log
                                                                                                                                  4.0.1-3 May 24 2023
                                                                                                                                        • support enhanced RTMP for re-publishing and playing streams with AV1 and HEVC video
                                                                                                                                        • AV1 codec support for live transmuxing to MPEG-DASH
                                                                                                                                        • fixed updating ID3 tags from pulled HLS stream
                                                                                                                                        • fixed sending response for HEAD requests
                                                                                                                                        4.0.1-2 May 12 2023
                                                                                                                                            • support enhanced RTMP spec for publishing AV1 and HEVC video
                                                                                                                                            • support CUE-IN auto insertion into HLS output
                                                                                                                                            4.0.1-1 May 10 2023
                                                                                                                                              • support Dante protocol for Transcoder input/output on Windows
                                                                                                                                              • support passing VUI metadata parameters through Transcoder for HDR image enhancement
                                                                                                                                              • fixed conditional encoding in case of using HEVC stream as an input
                                                                                                                                              • fixed issue with checking VOD-to-RAM cache threshold when VOD-to-RAM cache first is enabled
                                                                                                                                              4.0.0-5 May 01 2023
                                                                                                                                              • fixed issue with processing MPEG-TS streams containing non-program map sections in PMT
                                                                                                                                              • fixed issue with using NDI stream as failover for multiple streams
                                                                                                                                              • fixed OPUS support for MPEG-TS HTTP streams
                                                                                                                                              4.0.0-4 Apr 12 2023
                                                                                                                                                          • fixed some MKV transmuxing issues
                                                                                                                                                          • some compatibility improvements for input MPEG-TS processing
                                                                                                                                                          4.0.0-3 Apr 10 2023
                                                                                                                                                                    • use Nimble cache directory for tmp GeoDB files to fix issue with updating GeoDB on newer OSes
                                                                                                                                                                    • skip empty AAC headers to support some RTMP publishers
                                                                                                                                                                    • fixed allowing/blocking "Unknown" country range in WMSAuth
                                                                                                                                                                    • ignore UTF-8 BOM in WebVTT subtitles files
                                                                                                                                                                    4.0.0-2 Apr 04 2023
                                                                                                                                                                            • performance improvements to reduce CPU usage in ndireader thread
                                                                                                                                                                            • fixed issue with processing WebVTT subtitles having timestamps in mm:ss.ttt format
                                                                                                                                                                            • avoid updating AAC sequence header when it is not changed
                                                                                                                                                                            4.0.0-1 Mar 30 2023
                                                                                                                                                                                  3.7.13-3 Mar 23 2023
                                                                                                                                                                                      • fixed issue with reporting correct PIDs list for MPEG-TS Outs after input stream is changed
                                                                                                                                                                                      • fixed issue with Icecast and MPEG-TS playback when HTTP origin is enabled
                                                                                                                                                                                      3.7.13-2 Mar 15 2023
                                                                                                                                                                                        • support applying Transcoder and Addenda licenses via WMSPanel
                                                                                                                                                                                        3.7.13-1 Mar 13 2023
                                                                                                                                                                                        • support RTMP publishing to Vimeo
                                                                                                                                                                                        • fixed rare crash in h264_cuvid decoder
                                                                                                                                                                                        3.7.12-9 Mar 07 2023
                                                                                                                                                                                        • fixed incorrect chunks generation in server playlist after stream pause if MP3 is used as a source
                                                                                                                                                                                        • fixed caching PD content in RAM cache in case of using re-streaming routes
                                                                                                                                                                                        • some logging improvements
                                                                                                                                                                                        3.7.12-8 Feb 27 2023
                                                                                                                                                                                        • support pulling HLS FMP4 streams
                                                                                                                                                                                        3.7.12-7 Feb 06 2023
                                                                                                                                                                                        • support probing and switching to primary RTMP and Icecast pull source (requires Addenda license)
                                                                                                                                                                                        3.7.12-6 Jan 23 2023
                                                                                                                                                                                                • report publisher IP or source URL for streams to WMSPanel
                                                                                                                                                                                                • increase max number of DVR archives info reported to WMSPanel
                                                                                                                                                                                                • fix reporting client IP to publish control handler or via API
                                                                                                                                                                                                3.7.12-5 Jan 16 2023
                                                                                                                                                                                                      • support probing and switching to primary SRT pull source (requires Addenda license)
                                                                                                                                                                                                      3.7.12-3 Jan 08 2023
                                                                                                                                                                                                          • support Sigma DRM platform
                                                                                                                                                                                                          • fixed hanging in PAT/PMT processor
                                                                                                                                                                                                          3.7.12-2 Dec 26 2022
                                                                                                                                                                                                            • support re-transmissions processing for published WebRTC streams
                                                                                                                                                                                                            • fixed issue with processing RTSP streams (double encapsulation of FU-A units)
                                                                                                                                                                                                            3.7.12-1 Dec 19 2022
                                                                                                                                                                                                            • log traffic info to sessions.log
                                                                                                                                                                                                            3.7.11-9 Dec 12 2022
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • support using multiple threads for pulled streams processing
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • some logging cleanup
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • removed legacy Icecast settings processing
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      3.7.11-8 Dec 02 2022
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • fixed rare crash in MPEG-TS stream processing
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • fixed MP4 thumbnails generation for iOS/macOS compatibility
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              3.7.11-7 Nov 29 2022
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • support CEA-708 CCs indication in live and DVR HLS manifests
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • fixed crash when DVR transmuxer fails to open audio segment
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • support using multiple threads for RTMP re-publishing
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • support transmuxing local MKV files to HLS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    3.7.11-6 Nov 18 2022
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • support CEA-608 CCs indication in live and DVR HLS playlists
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        3.7.11-5 Nov 14 2022
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • AV1 codec support for VOD transmuxing
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • fixed indication of SCTE-35 program type in MPEG-TS streams
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • support 10-bit pixel formats in NVENC encoder
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • fixed crash in SLDP ad insertion when video-only content is used
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          3.7.11-4 Oct 31 2022
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • support recording DVB subtitles to DVR
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          3.7.11-3 Oct 20 2022
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • added ppv_id field to /manage/sessions output for sessions using PPV signature
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • some performance improvements
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          3.7.11-2 Oct 13 2022
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • fixed issue with using MP3 audio stream as an input for server playlist
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • support keeping SAR from the input stream using 'keep-sar' encoder parameter
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • some performance improvements
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              3.7.11-1 Oct 06 2022
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • support defining server playlist blocks in separate files
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • fixed issue with reporting status of pulled streams
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                3.7.10-9 Sep 28 2022
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • support encoding to MP2 audio using FFmpeg 'mp2' encoder (nimble-transcoder package upgrade is required)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • support reporting RTMP/RTSP/Icecast pull status to WMSPanel
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                3.7.10-8 Sep 21 2022
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • support storing ID3 metadata from input streams to DVR
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • support passing SCTE-35 markers to MPEG-DASH streams (requires Addenda license)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • support disabling chunk splitting on SCTE-35 marker
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • support encoding with yuv422p yuv422p10 pixel format using libx264
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • fixed issue with re-streaming scrambled MPEG-TS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • fixed issue with reporting status of pulled HLS audio-only stream

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                3.7.10-7 Sep 08 2022
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • support pulling HLS audio-only streams
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    3.7.10-6 Sep 04 2022
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • fixed processing of some RTMP metadata fields sent as a string
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • avoid reporting PD session when self-redirect is used until actual data is requested
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      3.7.10-5 Aug 29 2022
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • support re-streaming MPEG-TS streams over HTTP MPEG-TS without muxing (requires Addenda license)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • fixed processing streams with long SPS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      3.7.10-4 Aug 11 2022
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • fixed issue with Advertizer hanging when per-session handler is used
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • fixed incorrect DVR max bucket size calculation
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • fixed issue with OUT-CONT SCTE-35 marker CRC mismatch
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        3.7.10-3 Aug 07 2022
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        3.7.10-2 Aug 02 2022

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            3.7.10-1 Jul 18 2022

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              3.7.9-12 Jul 07 2022
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              3.7.9-11 Jul 04 2022
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • fixed crash caused by incorrect UDP/SRT CBR sender destruction sequence
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                3.7.9-10 Jul 04 2022
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                3.7.9-9 Jun 24 2022
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • fixed issue with WHIP clients processing for Publish Control
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • support setting 'fc', 'sndbuf' and 'rcvbuf' options for SRT senders and listeners
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • added 'stream' field to server playlist status API response
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          3.7.9-8 Jun 20 2022
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • support keeping order of custom parameters in stream URLs
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • support providing sent/received bytes stats for sessions via Nimble API
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • support "on-the-fly" restart of transcoding pipeline when input stream parameters' changed
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • support inserting EXT-X-CUE-OUT-CONT markers to DVR streams
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • added /manage/server_playlist_status Nimble API
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • fixed issue with infinite loop sending content with unsupported codec via MPEG-TS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • fixed issue with setting incorrect PES packet size for HLS & MPEG-TS output
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  3.7.9-7 Jun 07 2022
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • fixed broken SRT stats json generated for WMSPanel and Nimble API
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        3.7.9-6 Jun 06 2022
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • support sending SRT stats to WMSPanel to display for MPEG-TS In and UDP streaming
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • support WebVTT and TTML subtitles for VOD MPEG-DASH
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • support passing audio language descriptor to outgoing MPEG-TS streams
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            3.7.9-5 May 26 2022
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • support setting Icecast StreamTitle and StreamUrl for streams generated from VOD with server playlist
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • added Nimble API to list and deny client playback sessions
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • support DVR cleanup triggered with "too old" criteria
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • fixed issue with "flushing" chunk when SCTE marker is received in pulled HLS stream
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              3.7.9-4 May 19 2022
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • support using IPv6 for RTMP interface (processing push & play)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • support DVR cleanup triggered with "free space on storage" criteria
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • fixed issue with adding extra discontinuities to DVR chunklists
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • add source stream URL or publisher IP information to /manage/rtmp_status Nimble API output
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              3.7.9-3 May 12 2022
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • support using multiple threads for exporting MP4 from DVR
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • support publishing HLS to YouTube
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              3.7.9-2 May 03 2022
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • support reporting RTMP/RTSP re-publishing status to WMSPanel
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • support generating number-based MPEG-DASH manifests for VOD
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              3.7.9-1 Apr 28 2022
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              3.7.8-12 Apr 25 2022
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • fixed UDP CBR sending when DVB subtitles are in the outgoing stream
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              3.7.8-11 Apr 18 2022
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • support 'scte35' ads insertion mode in case of using per-session ad insertion handler
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • support generating HLS I-Frame playlist from DVR
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • support passing SCTE-35 markets to HLS output when advertizer is enabled but stream is not a target for ads insertion
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      3.7.8-10 Apr 06 2022
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • support logging referrer to sessions.log
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • support adding frameRate and scanType fields to MPEG-DASH manifests for HbbTV compatibility
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            3.7.8-9 Mar 28 2022
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • improved SRT CBR sender to have more stable packet IAT
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • fixed issue with duplicating URL parameters for manifest during MPEG-DASH re-streaming
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                3.7.8-8 Mar 09 2022
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • fixed parsing duration from SCTE-35 marker with zero program_splice_flag
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • fixed starting live stream in server playlist block when Nimble is re-started
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • fixed CENC encryption for 1-byte NAL units
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  3.7.8-7 Mar 04 2022
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • fixed issue with generating streams from .git files with incorrect FPS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • fixed issue with high CPU usage in SLDP sender
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  3.7.8-6 Mar 01 2022
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • support per-application HLS AES encryption configured via drm.conf (requires Addenda license)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • fixed issue with pulling Icecast streams to Nimble with 'audio/mp3' content type
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • fixed issue with detecting backward timestamps gap in HLS transmuxer
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • fixed issue with ads insertion into HLS FMP4 VOD streams
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        3.7.8-5 Jan 28 2022
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            3.7.8-4 Jan 24 2022
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • additional handling of timestamps' forward gap for HLS fMP4 and MPEG-DASH
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • send encrypted stream name in 'name' field of CPX request to KeyOS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              3.7.8-3 Jan 17 2022
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              3.7.8-2 Jan 11 2022
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • fixed FairPlay encryption if key is already available and input stream is re-started
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    3.7.8-1 Jan 07 2022
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        3.7.7-6 Dec 28 2021
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • support redirecting to https origin in Geo-redirection rules
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          3.7.7-5 Dec 22 2021
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • support using multiple "default" DVR writer threads
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • additional fix for the issue with setting DISCONTINUITY to both audio and video tracks
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • support inserting EXT-X-CUE-OUT-CONT markers after EXT-X-CUE-OUT
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          3.7.7-4 Dec 10 2021
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • fixed issue with high RAM usage in rist_sender while publishing stream via RIST (nimble-rist package upgrade is required)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          3.7.7-3 Dec 10 2021
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • fixed issue with DRM encryption for packets with timestamp value > 2^32
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • fixed issue with setting DISCONTINUITY to both audio and video tracks
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              3.7.7-2 Dec 06 2021
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • fixed setting correct manifest type for range requests from DVR
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • fixed issue with sending UDP CBR causing CBR list overflow
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • fixed crash during RTMP handshake when multiple RTMP camera threads are used
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                3.7.7-1 Nov 30 2021
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • support using file:// scheme for Advertizer handler and content URLs
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • some improvements in FFmpeg encoder wrapper to support codecs like h264_ni_enc
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • fixed issue with adding discontinuity to HLS FMP4 live stream when it is not required
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • fixed issue with breaking ad with SCTE-35 marker
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • removed processing Verimatrix DRM protection settings from WMSPanel (drm.conf shall be used for configuration)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                3.7.6-12 Nov 23 2021
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • fixed playback issue on some players for ads inserted into RTMP streams
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • additional handling of timestamps overrun in MPEG-TS Input
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • support setting RTMP chunk size using option in nimble.conf
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                3.7.6-11 Nov 16 2021
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • support selecting stream by index in MPEG-TS Out settings
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • support using NDI v5 library
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • fixed issue with rounding SCTE timestamp to 33 bit
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                3.7.6-10 Nov 11 2021
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • fixed issue with providing not all available NDI streams via API
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • do not add empty DVR archives to ABR master playlist
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                3.7.6-9 Nov 02 2021
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • support breaking ad insertion if SCTE-35 In marker is received
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • added Nimble API to receive the list of available NDI streams
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  3.7.6-8 Oct 28 2021
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • improvements in MPEG-DASH manifest generation from DVR to avoid playback issues for recordings with gaps between periods
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • fixed issue in Transcoder decoding stream with extradata
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  3.7.6-7 Oct 17 2021
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • fixed issue with pulling HLS streams encrypted with HLS AES when keep-alive mode is used
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • fixed issue with NVENC-only encoder when B-frames are enabled
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • support reporting host name for pulled RTMP streams
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  3.7.6-6 Oct 11 2021
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • insert Location tag into static re-streamed MPEG-DASH manifests
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • build with and support using SRT 1.4.4
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      3.7.6-5 Oct 04 2021
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • set Location to static MPEG-DASH manifests from absolute path setting
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        3.7.6-4 Sep 30 2021
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • support using multiple threads for processing published RTMP streams
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • support pulling HLS in keep-alive mode
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • fixed setting first period start time in MPEG-DASH manifest from DVR
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        3.7.6-3 Sep 23 2021
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • support conditional encoding based on input stream resolution
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • support generating live HLS FMP4 chunk lists with multiple init segments when stream resets
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        3.7.6-2 Sep 16 2021
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • support passing KLV metadata to MPEG-TS HTTP streams
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • support reporting mpeg2video streams' info to WMSPanel
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • memory usage optimization to support cleaning unused HLS segments and parts faster
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • add UTCTiming element to MPEG-DASH manifests with Time-based template
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        3.7.6-1 Sep 09 2021
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            3.7.5-8 Sep 07 2021
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • support recording mpeg2video to DVR
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • force resetting SRT socket when SRT parameters changed to immediately apply settings
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • some improvements for ads insertion into RTMP stream
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • fixed custom parameters duplication when re-streaming HLS FMP4 using routes
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              3.7.5-7 Aug 30 2021
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • support chunked Transfer-Encoding in HTTP responses from remote VOD storage
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • send 'running' status in SDT for UPD output
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • save transcoding scenarios' names to rules.conf to restore when uploading rules.conf to WMSPanel
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              3.7.5-6 Aug 25 2021
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • support setting language attribute for audio tracks in MPEG-DASH ABR manifest
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • support sending maximum bitrate descriptor in MPEG-TS UDP
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • support adding DISCONTINUITY to HLS FMP4 output when audio frames drops detected
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • fixed issue with using .mp3 files in server playlist
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              3.7.5-5 Aug 19 2021
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • support HTTP/2 output for HLS/MPEG-DASH re-streaming
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • some changes in MPEG-DASH manifest generation to conform DASH-MPD.xsd scheme
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • support NDI CBR sender enabled using 'ndi_sender_cbr_enabled' option
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • support 'dash_vod_profiles' option to set specific MPEG-DASH profiles for VOD
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • fixed parsing WebVTT subtitles with cue settings
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • some logging cleanup
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              3.7.5-4 Jul 26 2021
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                3.7.5-2 Jul 19 2021
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • support transmuxing AC-3/EAC-3 audio to HLS FMP4
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • some improvements in MPEG-DASH manifest generation from DVR for THEOplayer compatibility
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                3.7.5-1 Jul 14 2021
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                3.7.4-11 Jul 06 2021
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • reworked MPEG-DASH stream resetting logic when timestamp issues detected
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • delete empty DVR archive folder when DVR archive is deleted
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • some logging cleanup and improvements
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                3.7.4-10 Jun 21 2021
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • fixed issue with passing Icecast metadata in case of big metadata packets
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • fixed issue with re-streaming HLS FMP4 from Nimble not working in HTTP origin mode
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • support setting cache granularity for remote VOD re-streaming
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                3.7.4-9 Jun 15 2021
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • support storing SCTE-35 markers to DVR
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • some logging improvements
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                3.7.4-8 Jun 03 2021
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • support streaming pre-transmuxed MPEG-DASH VOD content with session tracking
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • added Nimble API to provide RIST stats
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • fixed issue with using settb filter in Transcoder pipeline
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    3.7.4-7 May 31 2021
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • support streaming pre-transmuxed HLS VOD content with session tracking
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • support reporting NVENC GPU load to WMSPanel
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • fixed issue with setting SCTE-35 PID in PAT/PMT in some cases
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      3.7.4-6 May 24 2021
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • support auto-assigning transcoded stream to NVENC GPU based on GPU load
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • support using librist v0.2.0 from updated nimble-rist package
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • fixed issue with streaming .mp4 files >4GB via remote VOD on Windows
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • fixed issue with processing 302 redirect after chunk request in HLS pull
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      3.7.4-5 May 18 2021
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • support LL HLS streaming over HTTP/1
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • fixed reporting session duration in sessions.log to make it the same as reported to WMSPanel
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • send Content-Type header with requests to client auth handler
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          3.7.4-4 May 13 2021
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • build with and support using SRT 1.4.3
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • support binding SRT push to specific local interface IP/port
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            3.7.4-3 May 11 2021
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            3.7.4-2 Apr 27 2021
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • added verbose logging for started/stopped RTMP/RTSP/SRT publishing sessions
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • fixed issue with inserting pre-roll ads when 1-second HLS segments used
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            3.7.4-1 Apr 21 2021
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • support using per-session handler in Advertizer to display client-specific ads
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            3.7.3-15 Apr 19 2021
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • fixed several issues with SCTE-35 markers sending and processing
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              3.7.3-14 Apr 13 2021
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • fixed issue with sending UDP CBR stream containing SCTE-35 markers
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • fixed crash processing MPEG-TS stream with subtitles
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              3.7.3-13 Apr 07 2021
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • support interlaced video format for NDI output
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    3.7.3-12 Apr 04 2021
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • support passing Icecast metadata (streamTitle) to HLS ID3 field for streams produced by Transcoder
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • support 'retransmitalgo' option in SRT settings
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        3.7.3-11 Mar 23 2021
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • fixed duration calculation for MP4 files exported from DVR
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • increased RTMP chunk size to support high bitrate streams
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          3.7.3-10 Mar 11 2021
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • support passing DirecTV CCs in NVENC decoder
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • improve SLDP client inactivity checking to speed-up disconnection when stream goes offline
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          3.7.3-9 Mar 08 2021
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • fixed issues in HTTP/2 processor that could potentially cause infinite loop
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • some fixes to improve playback of LL HLS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • support 'live_transmuxing_buffer' option in nimble.conf to set buffer size for live transmuxer
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            3.7.3-8 Mar 01 2021
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • some fixes to improve playback of LL HLS (FMP4)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            3.7.3-7 Feb 11 2021
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • support hexadecagonal aac sound for MPEG-TS/SRT input transmuxed to RTMP/RTSP output
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • some improvements in SVT-HEVC encoder parameters setting
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            3.7.3-6 Feb 09 2021
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • fixed issue with ads insertion into VOD streams with subtitles
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • some fixes in VCAS CPIX API usage (content ID characters screening and authorization token support)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • additional logging in verbose mode to nimble.log when stream is registered
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            3.7.3-5 Feb 02 2021
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • some fixes to improve playback of LL HLS when MPEG-TS/HLS/SRT is used to receive input stream
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • support Verimatrix Multi-DRM (using VCAS CPIX API to retrieve DRM keys)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • added option to change logging level in FFmpeg libraries
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          3.7.3-4 Jan 21 2021
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • fixed issue with timestamps during hotswap (emergency/failover) switching in Transcoder
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • support ads insertion into HLS FMP4 VOD streams (requires Addenda license)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      3.7.3-3 Jan 18 2021
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • support reporting cache sizes via /manage/server_status Nimble API
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • some logging cleanup for RTSP sender
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                3.7.3-2 Jan 13 2021
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • fixed issue with re-opening listened SRT ports on Windows when Transcoder produces NDI streams
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        3.7.3-1 Jan 11 2021
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • support ads insertion into VOD streams (requires Addenda license)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • performance improvements for chunklist/manifest generation from DVR

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              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.