Zixi Documentation Updates
46 min
20 October 2026
Most of the changes below are related to the Oct 20 ZEN Master release
New Documentation
Updated Documentation
- All docs under Adding ZEN Master Sources
- Most docs under Targets
- TAMS and Zixi (adding information about TAMS versions)
28 August 2026
New Documentation
- Some tips for using this documentation site most effectively
Updated Documentation
- Server Settings (Broadcaster)
- Added explanation of Import/Export buttons
- Added explanation of Import/Export buttons
13 August 2026
New Documentation
- Understand how Broadcaster licensing works
- Documented ZEN Master's 2 egress IP addresses for those who need to whitelist them for incoming data
Updated Documentation
- Added new Time Left field
28 July 2026
- Many ZEN Master docs updated, including adding sources, channels, and targets
2 July 2026
New Documentation
12 June 2026
New Documentation
- A complete guide to status and error messages for sources
- Using Terraform to set up a Broadcaster on
Updated Documentation
- Added note on how encrypted streams are marked in the Matrix
- Added info on how to merge HTML Overlays with the stream (requires the HTML Overlay Plugin)
- Added information on how to encrypt the SRT output
- The document incorrectly implied that the streams in the failover group must be identical in content; that is not the case
29 May 2026
New Documentation
- Understand how to create HTML Overlays and how they get added to videos during transcoding
1 May 2026
New Documentation
- Multi-page guide to using the new version of Zixi's app for sending streams to a Broadcaster directly from your iOS device
10 Apr 2026
This week's updates are most the for the April 7 ZEN Master release.
New Documentation
Updated Documentation
- Add note that Elemental MediaStore is no longer an option
27 Mar 2026
New Documentation
- Two new sections in our Troubleshooting guides
Updated Documentation
- Added section on Creating a Self-Signed Certificate to:
- General
20 Mar 2026
New Documentation
- Guide to the AWS setup required to issue AWS SSM commands from ZEN Master
Updated Documentation
- Updated for newer versions of Linux, with downloadable scripts to simplify the process
13 Mar 2026
New Documentation
- An explanation of the how the CPU and Memory graphs are derived and their purpose
- Errors and troubleshooting issues in Broadcaster and ZEN Master are now in their own section of the documentation - any bookmarks should automatically redirect to the new locations
17 Feb 2026
New Documentation
Updated Documentation
- Requirements (for DPDK in Broadcaster)
- Added instructions for playing source inline
- Updated for TAMS targets
- Updated for TAMS target
- The following docs updated for SCTE-35 Modification Profiles
13 Feb 2026
New Documentation
- Adding some missing documentation for Broadcaster
Updated Documentation
- The following docs were updated to clarify latency statistics and that changes to latency on a live source do not take effect until the stream is restarted
30 Jan 2026
New Documentation
Updated Documentation
16 Jan 2026
New Documentation
9 Jan 2026
New Documentation
Updated Documentation
- Added release notes for v18.9
- Added explanation of the file path
12 Dec 2025
New Documentation
Updated Documentation
- Requirements (for DPDK)
5 Dec 2025
New Documentation
21 Nov 2025
Documentation for the November 18th ZEN Master Release
New Documentation
- Pull and Push options separated into different docs
Updated Documentation
- The majority of docs under this topic have been updated for new or changed fields
- Targets
- The majority of docs under this topic have been updated for new or changed fields
31 Oct 2025
New Documentation
- Explains what to do in case of an issue with a source or a target that are on different Broadcasters and cannot reconnect after recovery or failover.
22 Oct 2025
Updated Documentation
- Updated for 21 Oct 2025 (v18.8.46391) release
- Updated for options to positions WebVTT captions
17 Oct 2025
Updated Documentation
- The following documents were updated to add new Error Concealment options (see Improving Stream Resiliency: Error Correction and Concealment for details on Error Concealment):
- The following documents have updates to input fields:
10 Oct 2025
New Documentation
- Explanation of how Error Concealment prevents catastrophic failures downstream, how it is implemented in ZEN Master and Zixi Broadcaster, and how, for Zixi protocol sources, it works with FEC and ARQ to provide maximum stream resiliency
Updated Documentation
- Added explanation of how to calculate an appropriate value for CBR padding
19 Sep 2025
New Documentation
- How to page through the event log using the ZEN Master API
Updated Documentation
- The following docs were updated to provide a clearer explanation of Max Bitrate and advice on setting a value
12 Sep 2025
Updated Documentation
- Release notes for Broadcaster v18.7.46333
- All docs in the section updated with detailed explanations and instructions for setting up DPDK
29 Aug 2025
New Documentation
Updated Documentation
- Updated for logo insertion
- Many Adding Source documents updated for a new Ignore Monitoring PIDS advanced field, and several to reflect that Frame Thinning is now a checkbox
- Advice on configuring Max Bitrate values for ZEN Master sources or Broadcaster inputs
1 Aug 2025
New Docmentation
- New major section on using the Zixi Customer Portal
- Overview of updating the Broadcaster password in the Broadcaster and ZEN Master, and instructions on resetting the Broadcaster password back to its original value if you have forgotten it
- How to update the password for a Broadcaster in Zen Master
Updated Documentation
- Adding missing steps on entering the API user/password and selecting an SSH key
- Updated required CUDA version
11 July 2025
New Documentation
- Create a failover source using the ZEN Master API with Postman
- New features and improvements for all v18 releases
- New features and improvements for all v78 releases
4 July 2025
New Documentation
- Get started with the ZEN Master API by creating a source, channel, and target both by using Postman and using a Python script
Updated Documentation
- Updated steps to reflect best practices for saving Postman variables
27 June 2025
Updated Documentation
- Updated this section to include documentation for the ESNI Decisioning User Guide
13 June 2025
New Documentation
- Steamlined and simplified the home page to make it easier to get to where you want to go.
- Here we will list all Zixi product updates, with release notes.
- Zixi Documentation Updates (this page)
- Here we will list all updates to Zixi Documentation every week or two.
- ESNI (Event Scheduling and Notification Interface) is a framework that manages and automates event-based switching and feed distribution across IP networks. Zixi utilizes ESNI coordinates when and where specific video feeds are delivered. The ESNI service is a paid add-on to ZEN Master.
- The Zixi ESAM Agent is an additional software installation on the server hosting a Zixi Broadcaster that adds two key feature sets:
- The ability to interface with & act on an externally hosted scheduling service such as ESNI (SCTE 224) using SCTE 35 messages or based on wall clock time
- The ability to interface with & act on an externally hosted POIS (SCTE 130 part 5) SCTE manipulation or conditioning service.
- Common Broadcaster errors explained, with guidance on how to resolve them.
- Commone ZEN Master errors explained, with guidance on how to resolve them.
Updated Documentation
- Updated the Docker file used to build the Docker image.
- Quick Start Guide updated to reflect current product features.