ZEN MASTER February 2021 RELEASE NOTES
The following updates were pushed to ZEN Master on February 2, 2021.
Improvements
Support for Existing AWS MediaConnect Flows Previously, existing MediaConnect Flows could be defined as a new Source in ZEN Master or new MediaConnect Flows could be created in ZEN Master. Now, existing AWS MediaConnect Flows can be imported into ZEN Master and will then be managed with ZEN Master. Note that some MediaConnect specific features, such as Entitlements and VPC interfaces, are not currently supported.
Support for AES Decryption on Zixi Sources
For Zixi Sources from devices that are not managed directly by ZEN Master and have AES encryption enable, they can now be decrypted. These could be Push Sources of type “other” or Pulls from an external Source. The same static key that was used to encrypt simply needs to be entered when defining the Source. Zixi Sources that are managed by ZEN Master use DTLS session-based encryption if enabled by the user when defining the Source.
Support for File Based Sources
A Source can now be created using a file that already exist on a Broadcaster. To create a file based Source, a specific Broadcaster needs to be selected. As usual with Broadcasters, the files need to be transport stream (.ts). The files are expected to be in the Root folder as defined on the Broadcaster. The default Root folder is currently /zixi/zixi_broadcaster-centos7-transcoder/files for Broadcasters spun up with ZEN Master; this may change with OS updates in the future. Manually created Broadcasters may have a different Root folder and the Root folder on any Broadcaster can be changed by remotely accessing the Broadcaster UI from ZEN Master. Note, ZEN Master does not provide for uploading and managing files on the server hosting the Broadcaster. Numerous web-based file managers and even SSH can be deployed for remote file management on the server hosting the Broadcaster. Included below are additional improvements in this ZEN Master release: • Added “copy to clipboard” buttons • Added report button to all major tables
Bug Fixes
• Fixed zoom in/out on Channel diagrams • Active Broadcaster/client IP now logged on Pull Target connection • Fixed SRT graphs showing values too large by a factor of 1 million • Fixed an issue with creating PID Mapping sources that have custom pass rules • Fixed an issue with SRT target stuck in Pending/Error states • Various UI Improvements