Release Notes for Transcode, Transcode Pro in Vantage 6...TXC-4325: Properties of XDCAM HD 420 MOV now display correctly in QT player TXC-4324: MP4 outputs containing AAC-LC audio

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© 2014 Telestream, Inc. Release: January 15th 2014

Release Notes for Transcode, Transcode Pro in Vantage 6.2

About This Release The Vantage 6.2 release includes updated components for Vantage Transcode, Transcode Pro products. This release includes a number of format additions, as well as several bug fixes. Some of these updates may also affect the Flip Decoder input option of the Multiscreen Flip action and the IPTV VOD Flip Action. Note: The Vantage 6.2 release includes Media Transcoding & Analysis release 2013.22.

Installation in a Vantage Environment

Updated Transcode and Transcode Pro components are automatically installed as part of a Vantage 6.2 installation.

Note: If your maintenance has expired and you upgrade your Vantage system, it will not function after the upgrade. Vantage 6.2 requires you to obtain a new license from Telestream if your maintenance expiration date is January 6th, 2014 or earlier. Your maintenance expiration date can be found in the Licenses section of the Vantage Management Console, or you can contact [email protected] to verify that your maintenance is current and to obtain the new license.

! NOTE: Please test before upgrading your production environment It is always advisable to run a separate copy of this new build, staging your production workflow in a test environment, before updating your Vantage production server. Telestream can provide you with a limited license in order to configure and qualify this new release in a test environment prior to upgrading your production server. For assistance email Telestream Support [email protected] or call our technical support team at 877-257-6245 (North America), +1-530-470-2036 (Europe, Africa and the Middle East) or +1 530-470-1300 (International).

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New Features in this Release The following new Transcode, and Transcode Pro features are available in the Vantage 6.2 release.

QuickTime Decoder UI When the QuickTime decoder is explicitly selected in the Flip configuration UI, a checkbox is now available to allow the user to select between QuickTime based legacy mode decode or the new Telestream based decode technology. This supersedes the registry setting that was required in previous versions and allows the selection to be made on an action by action rather than a per-machine basis. Elementary Stream Encoder A new elementary Stream encoder has been added to the Transcoder. This will create MPEG2, H.264 or AVC-Intra elementary video streams, along with WAV audio output files. Telestream Decoder A new “Telestream” decoder option is available in the decoder selection drop down. This decoder provides an alternate means for decoding transport stream files, and will handle files with mixed audio essences, including Mpeg1 Layer2, AAC, AC3, AES and DolbyE audio. This decoder will also handle MPGX files from Sony PetaSite systems.

Avid Support This release supports integration with Avid Interplay 3.0 and Media Composer 7.0 using the AAF encoder. Note: The TransferEngine 3.0 and Send to Playback 3.0 installers will be available after the main Vantage release.

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Fixed in this Release The following reported issues have been verified as fixed in Vantage 6.2:

TXC-4742: XDCAM 50 to AAF DNxHD will now preserve captions

TXC-4715: TIFO correctly observes mark in and mark out points

TXC-4690: MXF - Application Specification Encoder for AS-11 preserves the values from a Metadata Shim from xml

TXC-4687: ProRes Sources that failed to encode to AAF DNxHD now work correctly

TXC-4677: Frame Rate for DNxHD 23.976 MXF outputs is now correct

TXC-4672: Audio now extracted correctly from problematic source file

TXC-4623: Timecode Burn-in filter is now backwards compatible

TXC-4613: Frame rate now written correctly in MXF DNxHD direct converts

TXC-4604: Resolved issue when trimming based on source timecode.

TXC-4593: Avid AAF encoder now preserving 708 captions correctly in DNxHD output

TXC-4590: Timecode can now be detected from AVCHD .MTS files

TXC-4585: Invalid input profiles for MXF AS-11 direct converts now cause an error

TXC-4583: Changed P2 “Product Name” metadata value to “P2”

TXC-4582: It is no longer possible to make audio-only outputs in the P2 encoder

TXC-4577: TIFO encoder now encodes correctly at all allowed frame rates.

TXC-4576: Problematic QuickTime files now decode correctly

TXC-4570: Added support for 8-bit and 10-bit Nuke/Smoke DPX sources

TXC-4557: Removed invalid interlacing options from the MXF AVC Proxy encoder

TXC-4554, TXC-2517: 16:9 Aspect Ratio checkbox for Omneon IMX outputs now works

TXC-4518: GXF encoder is now setting frame rate and scan-type data correctly for SD outputs

TXC-4512, TXC-4491: Fixed issue that caused certain encode actions to pause for several minutes

TXC-4502: Removed double colon in the user-configurable TC burn-in filter

TXC-4494: AAF encoder will now report an error for file names that are too long

TXC-4493: Fixed intermittent failure in Avid AAF encoder

TXC-4483: Fixed intermittent RPC errors when decoding certain MP4/MOV sources

TXC-4480: Canon 5D camera sources now decode correctly

TXC-4475: Preservation of 10bit data from QuickTime sources no longer requires registry change

TXC-4441: Identify actions now works with .R3D input files

TXC-4426: Last x264 command-line parameter is no longer ignored

TXC-4413: Problematic ProRes sources now decode

TXC-4402: Fixed audio issue in AAF Encoder when ANC preservation was enabled

TXC-4397: Added Image Sequence Decoder support for multiple sequences in the same folder

TXC-4351: Added support to the MXF AS-11 Encoder for 1 channel of audio per audio stream

TXC-4348: Added ability to maintain preserve source timecode, to MXF AS11 outputs

TXC-4346: Added "user configurable" Timecode burn-in feature in Multi-core and LS Video Processors

TXC-4345: Removed invalid HE-AAC 6-channel output profiles from the MPEG4 and IPTV encoders

TXC-4344: Using User Selectable timecode burn-in no longer adds additional burn-in fields

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TXC-4336, TXC-4207: Transcode of Growing TIFO from MAC pipeline no longer terminates prematurely

TXC-4331: Encoding HE-AAC audio with invalid configuration now causes an error

TXC-4325: Properties of XDCAM HD 420 MOV now display correctly in QT player

TXC-4324: MP4 outputs containing AAC-LC audio now play in VLC and QuickTime

TXC-4306: CC3 data is now preserved when coming in from certain QuickTime source files

TXC-4302: AAC audio-only sources now transcode

TXC-4295: Start of media timecode is now always correct on Avid AAF outputs

TXC-4291: Added decode support for AVCHD MTS files created with Canon C300 cameras

TXC-4283: Problematic MTS source files will now decode correctly

TXC-4280, TXC-4038: Fixed issue that could cause Program Stream and GXF encodes to haveno video in output.

TXC-4268, TXC-3196: Fixed issue decoding captions from some SD GXF files

TXC-4264: Fixed bug in Timecode burn-in if no frame rate was selected

TXC-4263: Drop frame option no longer causes Timecode burn-in filter to crash if “time” mode is selected

TXC-4257: Direct converts to FCP IMX fail from QT sources now succeed

TXC-4246: Fixed failure decoding Quantel 720P MXF source.

TXC-4229, TXC-4161: MP4 sources with widths not divisible by 16 now decode correctly.

TXC-4225: Fixed bug with new audio speed-up filter that caused very slow transcodes.

TXC-4220: MP4 outputs (H264 encoder) are generated correctly when fast-start is enabled

TXC-4215: Supported Avid QT reference source files now decode correctly

TXC-4209: LXF files now playout on older Nexio servers

TXC-4206: Fixed issue extracting captions from certain PitchBlue sources

TXC-4196: Removed "Low Delay" flag from MPEG outputs

TXC-4194: Fixed issue that caused A/V sync problem when submitting EDL trims from Portal

TXC-4181: Added option to disable GOP timecode insertion in the MPEG-PS encoder

TXC-4172: MXF AS-11 output can now be imported to DPP Metadata Application

TXC-4122: Fixed broken 1080i to 720p speed-up feature in Legacy video processor

TXC-4078, TXC-4068, TXC-4040: MXF AVC Proxy Specification is now fully supported

TXC-4064: Fixed issue that caused progress indicator stay at 0% for some Transport Stream sources

TXC-4034: Added ability to create MXF OP1A outputs with stereo audio tracks

TXC-3999: Problematic QT H.264 sources now decode correctly

TXC-3995: Added Checkbox to allow 32-bit Legacy Header support in the WAV encoder

TXC-3869: Problematic AVCIntra sources now direct convert successfully

TXC-3856: Added features to improve x264 quality at very low bit rates

TXC-3849: Fixed memory leak in DV-AVI Liquid encoder

TXC-3711: Added ability to create audio-only MP4 files with AAC audio

TXC-3651: Added option to insert captions in DNxHD user data in the Avid AAF Encoder

TXC-3402: Fixed progressive A/V sync issue going to 23.976 fps MXF outputs

TXC-3326: Identify correctly returns frame rate of MOV wrapped XDCAM sources

TXC-3291: Identify now correctly reports codec type for EVS files

TXC-3290: MXF Encoder no longer creating video stream for audio only outputs

TXC-3276: For FCP Encoder, added additional progressive frame rates to XDCAM HD

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TXC-3176: Fixed intermittent failures in Examine & Flip actions with certain QT AVC Intra sources

TXC-3147: Fixed error when attempting to trim first frame of XDCAM source with EDL

TXC-3132: Added support for up to eight channels of audio in the EVS Encoder

TXC-3074: Added the bit-rate box to MP4 encoder outputs

TXC-2996: Fixed intermittent failures in Avid AAF encoder when processing certain MP4 sources

TXC-2911: IPTV/H264 Encoder using Multipass no longer creates an output file for each pass

TXC-2607: Omneon source timecode is now preserved when user-data creation is unchecked

TXC-2518: Fixed bug that caused Seachange BML Encoder to run very slowly

TXC-2435: Burn-in Timecode filter is now working when encoding to QuickTime H.264

TXC-2401: Audio-only MXF file creation is now supported

TXC-2218: Certain FCP and MP4 Encoder outputs cannot be decoded in the old QT Decoder

TXC-812: Added SEI-Message caption support to the MP4 Encoder

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New Known Issues in this Release The following new issues havebeen reported since the Vantage 6.0 Release: General Transcoding Issues

TXC-4977: In AAF Encoder 23.976 proxies, audio does not play in MediaComposer

TXC-4962: In AAF Encoder 23.976 proxies appear partially off-line in Interplay

TXC-4945: Slate detection will not produce Drop-Frame Timecode

TXC-4938: 16 bit VPL auto down-convert masking is incorrect

TXC-4937: Timecode discrepancy on P2 MXF encodes

TXC-4936: Specific STL file fails transcode with Screen Subtitling Filter

TXC-4935: Certain WMV sources are failing with MS action and flip decoder

TXC-4934: MXF AVC Proxy files we make cannot be decoded with production transcoders

TXC-4933: Flip decoder: FLV sources cause failures and incorrect output color

TXC-4932: Flip decoder: Color issues with some Omneon sources

TXC-4931, TXC-4930: Vantage P2 output does not preserve timecode

TXC-4928: Transcode of specific MP4 source file results in output with bad A/V sync

TXC-4927: Video fade filter doesn't work if 3:2 pull down filter is also used

TXC-4925: Audio not decoded correctly from certain MTS files

TXC-4924: Color issue decoding specific source with Multicore or Lightspeed Video Processor

TXC-4923 : AAF DNxHD output shows Black border in Media Composer from certain sources

TXC-4922: AAF Encoder Interplay is slower writing to ISIS 7000 than the Transfer Engine

TXC-4921: MXF IMX D10 Encoder does not insert captions with the “Caption Insertion Filter”

TXC-4919: Video not preserved from certain source file

TXC-4915: XDCAM 422 mov Transcode to FCP H264 w/cfg file causes Memory leak

TXC-4911: Tachyon LXF MPEG-2 encodes are hanging at 2% until timeout

TXC-4903: Encoded WEBM files haveno audio

TXC-4901: Uncompressed AVI encoded outputs over 2GB won't play out

TXC-4900: QT ProRes source files don't transcode if there are over 16 Channels of Audio

TXC-4898: Slate detection in Examine detects 2 pop as spot

TXC-4895: Specific MP4 files will not successfully transcode to MPEG-1

TXC-4873: Discrepancies in Audio Levels between Source (PCM) and Output (AC-3) files

TXC-4871: x264 qpmax setting will freeze the output

TXC-4869: Avid AAF DNxHD encoder: captions delayed or not present in outputs w/ specific ProRes sources

TXC-4866: Keyframe encoding is very slow.

TXC-4865: Unexpected results from Black detection in Examine

TXC-4861: Quality issue going from HD to SD using RGB video processor

TXC-4860: MP4 source transcoded to Omneon outputs havebad audio

TXC-4859: Ability to decode Video only MXF source files

TXC-4858: Unable to extract captions from certain MXF source files

TXC-4857: VITC Synthesized on IMX not detected by certain downstream systems

TXC-4856: Certain wmv files fail/hang when transcoding to MP4/x264

TXC-4855: Sony Content browser 2.2 rejects Sony XDCAM 422 file from Flip

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TXC-4851: Certain ProRes MOV sources are dropping audio after transcode

TXC-4846: Vantage output files are rejected by MS Playready encrypter

TXC-4845: 10 bit precision not preserved going from DNxHD to ProRes

TXC-4835: Empty space in MP4 files made in TSEDL workflows

TXC-4834: AS-11 is not creating uniquely named on output files

TXC-4825: A/V sync issue with specific customer sources.

TXC-4822: 10 bit precision not preserved going from AVC Intra to ProRes

TXC-4821: Timecode burn-in displays seconds as fast as frames

TXC-4814: Issue with decoding certain wmv source files.

TXC-4813: Caption decode issue from QuickTime DV source file (use fallback)

TXC-4811: Avid AAF H.264 proxy shows A/V sync issue in Interplay access

TXC-4810: Avid AAF encoder hangs at 99% until time-out with WMV v9 source

TXC-4809: Interlaced DNxHD MOV file is being Identified as Progressive

TXC-4807: File durations not preserved in some Omneon to Omneon transcodes

TXC-4799: Decoding certain K2 source files gives outputs with bad audio

TXC-4786: Down Convert filter has incorrect black Level on Letterbox selection

TXC-4785: Certain WMV(vc-1) sources transcode slowly

TXC-4784: Captions from Mpeg2 720p Source file won't preserve into Mpeg2 PS 1080i output

TXC-4782: MP3 to MP2 audio transcoding hangs at 0%

TXC-4779: Decoding of certain 53 minute ProRes source produces 10 minutes of output video

TXC-4778: Problems extracting captions from certain Transport Stream sources

TXC-4776: Identify action hangs forever on broken MP4 source files (doesn’t time out)

TXC-4774: Memory leak when transcoding certain customer sources files to Program Stream

TXC-4755: mp4 encoder does not add audio language tag

TXC-4754: Duplicate frames in XDCAM output

TXC-4753: Keyframe encoder on Lightspeed server hang at 0%

TXC-4752: Analyze doesn't read correct codec information from QT DV25 sources

TXC-4743: A/V sync issues with certain PitchBlue source files

TXC-4740: MP4 sources crash direct converting video only in ES encoder

TXC-4730: For Elementary Stream encoder MPEG-2 codec, encode always fails if "Specify VBV settings" is selected

TXC-4728: Visual Artifacts on outputs when using Multi-core/Lightspeed VPL & Civolution Watermarking filter.

TXC-4727: TIFO source will cause too large MP4 h.264 output

TXC-4719: Captions out of Sync after transcode of MXF XDCAM source file

TXC-4718: Unable to decode Certain QuickTime audio only files

TXC-4716: TSEDL Fill black levels are coming out 30, instead of 16

TXC-4712: Media Expansion in YUV VPL will create a Green Bumper/Trailer on output.

TXC-4689: Identify won't detect all audio channels of ProRes sources

TXC-4688: DolbyE auto detection doesn't recoginze all PCM tracks

TXC-4685: Black Detection results are off by 1 frame at start, and get progressively worse

TXC-4678: Label produced by Examine: Black Detection does not match the Black Detection label template in the VMC

TXC-4674: Media Trim filter will produce unexpected results when using an Omneon source and "Source Timecode Trimming"

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TXC-4669: IMX mov transcoded to IMX mxf in Multi-core/Lightspeed VPL cause green frame at end of file

TXC-4665: Keyframe encoder set to Legacy takes 5-6 X real time to complete.

TXC-4641: MP4 x264 outputs hAVIng issues with "Pseudo-streaming" in JWplayer

TXC-4638: Keyframe encoder often hangs with BPAV MP4 sources

TXC-4630: Certain Mp4 source file transcodes with A/V Sync issues

TXC-4629: Inverse Telecine not working with Multicore and Lightspeed Video processors

TXC-4624: Decoding FFMpeg x264 source results in bad frames on output

TXC-4622: D-10 IMX MOV direct converts to D-10 MXF fail

TXC-4620: MXF DNxHD files made with Preserve SMPTE 436 track enabled produces outputs which have no index information in the header

TXC-4619: Unable to create VIDEO only files from MP4 sources in ES encoder

TXC-4610: The Identify and Examine actions do not properly identify a media file if it's interlaced and top field first

TXC-4609: Avid AVCI50 MOV files havecorrupt video when doing a DC in AAF encoder

TXC-4606: X264 Preset "UltraFast" in LightSpeed mode results in a transcoder crash

TXC-4603: Omneon Direct Converts change SOM timecode from original SOM

TXC-4601: AFD insertion on SD outputs not placing data on both fields

TXC-4600: Failure on Mpeg2 High@High files that are TSEDL submitted

TXC-4598: Incorrect index tables in certain MXF OP1a outputs

TXC-4597: 1080 50i XDCAM QT ref sources from Avid, with cuts, fail to transcode

TXC-4594: Issue decoding certain XDCAM MOV files

TXC-4592: DVCPRO50 with embedded audio doesn't generate 4 audio channels

TXC-4589: Audio channels 17-32 of Vantage output based on ProRes source are corrupted / mapped incorrectly

TXC-4587: Inserting 608 captions to FCP H.264 produces a corrupt output video

TXC-4581: Incorrect headers for HE-AAC audio in IPTV/H264 (Media Info)

TXC-4579: IPTV/h264 configuration error message for invalid AAC setup

TXC-4575: Media Expansion fails with customer’s LXF source file

TXC-4574: Certain WMV source files transcode with A/V Sync errors

TXC-4561: Issues with proxy audio playback on Interplay Central

TXC-4560: TSEDL workflows do not preserve captions from MOV

TXC-4558: No option in FCP encoder to select the PAR for the output

TXC-4556: Unable to select 486 Height resolution in Custom FCP Encoder

TXC-4552: Timecode not preserved going from Pro-Res SD to Omneon IMX

TXC-4542: 608 to 708 up conversions create bad 708 captions with certain source files.

TXC-4541: Timecode not preserved from XDCAM EX Mp4 sources

TXC-4538: Captions not decoded from P2 source

TXC-4536: FCP x264 with Captions enabled creates an unplayable output in QuickTime Player X

TXC-4535: Intermittent audio issue with VOD outputs using certain customer source

TXC-4530: Examine hangs at 99% with certain MXF XDCAM source file

TXC-4522: FCP IMX Direct Convert is failing with particular source

TXC-4500: Black level on automatic letterbox filters not correct

TXC-4498: VOD/MPEG-2 Direct Convert from specific source is extremely slow

TXC-4489: Specific XDCAM source file with 16 ch BWF audio creates a memory leak issue

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TXC-4486: Flash 8 (CBR,VBR) Multi-Threaded transcodes crash

TXC-4482: Avid Vortex outputs are corrupt in YUV/LS/TACH processor modes

TXC-4481: VOD outputs are not Quad-Byte Aligned

TXC-4477: Specific J2K/MXF OP1a source causes Flip, Analyze, and QC action to hang.

TXC-4476: Avid AAF: Intermittent timeouts w/ XDCAM 422 HD Direct Convert workflow.

TXC-4474: Direct Convert of LXF file leads to slow video playout (half-speed) on Nexio server

TXC-4473: Identify after Omneon Monitor doesn't publish Audio Tag Variables

TXC-4469: Chroma location offset problem when decoding certain MTS files in RGB VPL

TXC-4468: Quality issues when upscaling from SD to HD

TXC-4467: Multiple encoding passes crashes in IPTV and H.264 Encoders with QT sources

TXC-4461: Going to Omneon outputs with eight audio channels per file fails

TXC-4459: TC burn in does not scale with output size in 8 bit VPL

TXC-4451: Customer’s Transport streams files are failing to decode on Vantage

TXC-4444: Flash VP6 encoder crashes when using Multi-core Video Processor

TXC-4439: Problems using Media Expansion to insert QuickTime Mov when using Multi-Core or Lightspeed video processing

TXC-4430: AVCHD MTS sources with PCM audio fail to decode

TXC-4429: Identify does not detect audio in MPEG 1 file

TXC-4422: Creating FCP outputs with 708 captions checked, from a source without captions creates an invalid file

TXC-4415: MS Smooth Streaming output from Flip action does not play at the MS Mediaroom platform

TXC-4411: Direct Convert of certain SD mpeg source file creates Video Distortion in output

TXC-4408: Pipeline TIFO file (with DolbyE) transcoded to IPTV results in an output that is missing audio at the end of the clip

TXC-4406: TimeCode burn-in filter "font size" option is ignored

TXC-4405: TimeCode burn-in not working in Multi-Core video processor

TXC-4404: Identify not working on certain QuickTime files

TXC-4401: Timing issue inserting Captions into a 23.976 fps file generated using Tachyon

TXC-4398: QuickTime ref files that reference XDCAM material do not work when there are blank spaces in the timeline.

TXC-4393: Captions/v-chip not preserved going from TIFO to GXF

TXC-4388: DVCProHD file from MXF encoder has one extra frame in output

TXC-4387: Unable to decode MXF Op1a audio only files

TXC-4386: Issues ingesting certain AS-02 J2K files

TXC-4381: Incorrect timecode on Final Cut Pro 24 or 25fps outputs when a drop frame source is used

TXC-4359: Issue decoding Audio from certain MPEG-2 Program Stream sources

TXC-4358: Media Expansion needs to add a valid caption stream for 60 and 24 hz transcodes

TXC-4355: Examine Action not detecting Telecine in certain source files

TXC-4349: Multichannel audio-only TIFO source file fails in Examine and Flip action

TXC-4343: Examine unable to pull SCC from ProRes/DNxHD outputs created by Conform action

TXC-4332: MPEG-2 PS Direct Convert will double the starting timecode if source is non-drop NTSC

TXC-4315: Analyze content duration reported incorrectly for Quantel DVCProHD 720p 5994 MXF files

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TXC-4314: Artifacts in XDCAM HD Outputs

TXC-4310: Avid TE – No Locators with sources that have starting timecode other than 00:00:00:00

TXC-4308: Uncompressed output from Post Producer Conform action causes GP to create output with only green frames

TXC-4305: Motion compensated de-interlacing filter does not work with crop filter

TXC-4304: Timecode not preserved when using Tachyon in Omneon Encoder

TXC-4301: Duplicate characters in caption stream encoded in field encoded h.264

TXC-4300: Burnt-in timecode from certain 720p 59.94 source counts to 39 frames, then resets to 0 for every second

TXC-4299: DV-AVI Encoder is not publishing correct primary file in Axio and RTL containers

TXC-4288: DG 720p clips when flipped to Omneon HD 1080i causes the flip to hang and abort with inactivity timeout

TXC-4284: GXF SD to DVCPRO HD MXF w/ Caption up-conversion to 708 scrambles output's Captions

TXC-4271: For Media Expansion from MOV, luminance on output changes depending on source

TXC-4270: Captions out of sync from certain Pitchblue source file

TXC-4262: Issues direct converting Sony E-VTR D-10 source files

TXC-4247: Examine fails trying to extract a .scc file from a ProRes/TIFO file generated by the Conform action.

TXC-4244: XDS information from Source file is being over-written by SCC insertion.

TXC-4233: Avid Transfer Manger/TransferEngine: IMX Direct Convert fails to play in Media Composer

TXC-4222: DG 7.3: Caption display is missing from 720p file, after transcoding with media trim and media expansion filters enabled

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Other Known Issues in this Release

These are reported issues from the Vantage 6.0 release that have not been verified as fixed in Vantage 6.2. General Transcoding Issues The following general transcoding issues havebeen reported:

TXC-4210: WMV source transcoded to H.264/MP4 w/ stereo audio hangs @ ~25%

TXC-4203: Certain Customer Mpeg-2 PS source files won't Identify Video Codec

TXC-4201: Quality issue with certain MPEG2 HD422 Encodes

TXC-4200: Avid QT reference source files are broken with QT Dib Decoder

TXC-4195: Certain DG 720p sources will crash or produce bad captions when converted to 1080i

TXC-4190: MPEG-2 Elementary Stream encoder creates wrong file references on path preservation

TXC-4189: The field order is acting differently between Legacy, Multicore and LightSpeed in the 360 MAXX HD encoder

TXC-4184: SCC Extraction of Field 2 captions generates unwanted characters on SCC output

TXC-4182: Black Detection w/ Consider Audio enabled gives incorrect Segment End time values

TXC-4155: Captions are no longer preserved by default from DNxHD user data (Contact Telestream support for a work around)

TXC-4145: Summary elements on FCP outputs occasionally report only 1 audio channel

TXC-4144: MXF XDCAM source causes hanging AS-11 encoder

TXC-4143: Identify filters are not properly detecting audio media properties of Agility TIFO files

TXC-4142: VANC examine filters are not detecting AFD or captions from Agility TIFO files

TXC-4138: Certain DVCPRO HD MXF source file fails to transcode

TXC-4072: WMV 2pass encoding of long assets (over 2 hours) aborts due to inactivity timeout

TXC-4064: Progress bar stays at 0% during Transcode of PitchBlue sources

TXC-4010: Encoding to MXF AS02 - JPEG2000 crashes when using Tachyon Video Processor

TXC-4009: 360MAXX encoder fails when using Tachyon Video Processor

TXC-4003: MXF XDCAM HD 4:2:2 Direct Convert outputs do not play correctly

TXC-3982: Multi-Core VPL hangs on Source Timecode Burn-in with Mpeg Source file

TXC-3971: Identify does not detect several Media properties on MXF wrapped XDCAM HD

TXC-3964: Identify does not read XDCAM codec information

TXC-3955: MXF DVCPRO HD Harris Source file fails to Identify/decode

TXC-3948: GXF 1080 down-converted to GXF SD DV shows artifacts and color shifts on text

TXC-3944: Blocking artifacts when creating MXF XDCAM HD 422 output

TXC-3943: Black Detection will only return values for black segments in the first hour of content

TXC-3938: MXF DNxHD 23.976 outputs won't import into Avid

TXC-3922: Identify Aspect Ratio is incorrect on 16x9 AVI source file

TXC-3921: AVCHD MTS source files w/ AC3 decode slowly and often timeout/fail

TXC-3911: Omneon QT MPEG-2 720p60 timecode being decoded incorrectly

TXC-3909: Timecode from XDCAM EX source not propagating correctly to output or timecode burn in

TXC-3907: VITC burn-in broken in all processor modes

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TXC-3902: Issue decoding WMV1 source file

TXC-3867: WAV file that use WAV_FORMAT_EXTENSIBLE cannot be decoded

TXC-3856: Poor video quality of MP4 outputs at low bitrates

TXC-3853: Vantage AAF Encoder Interplay output longer than 2 hours is not playing in Interplay Access and MediaComposer

TXC-3846: QuickTime DNxHD 23.976 output Timecode is incorrect.

TXC-3821: Vantage DNxHD MOV outputs won't "fast import" into Avid Media Composer

TXC-3813: Blocking artifacts when transcoding DNxHD to XDCAM HD422

TXC-3809: IPV Spectreview output does not create idx3 and idx4 if Specify Multiple Languages is enabled

TXC-3806: Decode speed for AVC-I 100 HD P2 files appears slow

TXC-3797: WMV Two-Pass CBR results in dropped frames

TXC-3755: Missing Avid AAF Interplay output causes a binder viewer error and subsequent actions to fail

TXC-3746: Certain Mpeg2 PS Direct Converted to VOD produces a progressive A/V Sync issue

TXC-3711: Can’t Create AAC Audio only MP4 files

TXC-3694: MXF Application Specification Encoder fails trying to make JPEG 2000 in Tachyon Mode

TXC-3693: AS02 JPEG2000 bit rate controls do not affect changes in the video bit rate

TXC-3685: Encodes to MXF Op1a 720p60 are adding an extra black frame at the end of clips

TXC-3682: Channel mapping is broken on H.264 product

TXC-3665: XDCAM HD output created by TSEDL produces A/V sync issues

TXC-3647: Some Omneon files will not transcode to FCP DVCProHD 720p if 708 captions are enabled

TXC-3636: Audio Fade in/out doesn't work with Audio only source to Audio only outputs

TXC-3634: Burning in Hebrew subtitles will cause mirrored numbers

TXC-3616: Expected P2 MXF encoder output files are not present

TXC-3606: Customer's Mpeg source has A/V Sync after transcode

TXC-3603: Nexio DV SD Transcoding to Omneon SD loses Captions

TXC-3569: Scrambled or missing captions on Tachyon IPTV encodes

TXC-3560: Issues decoding certain QT ref files

TXC-3556: Resize filter in YUV VPL doesn't correctly pad for Letterbox with certain sources

TXC-3529: The default field order option is incorrect for the 360 MAXX HD files. Selecting output field order of Lower Field First fixes the issue.

TXC-3527: Field order option not Available for Grass Valley MXF format

TXC-3520: A/V sync issue applying Media Trim filter to MXF wrapped XDCAM HD422 sources

TXC-3462: Avid SD IMX 30 via QTR to SD GXF not preserving CC

TXC-3448: Transcoding of MXF IMX to H.264 with Media Expansion crashes

TXC-3446: Crushed Whites/Lifted Blacks after transcoding MXF J2K source to ProRes SD

TXC-3436: Omneon QT Direct Convert 'User Data Creation' box does not preserve captions

TXC-3421: Transcoding AVC/MP4 sources with [email protected] Progressive frame rate, creates an output with double the playout speed

TXC-3402: Progressive Sync issue on ProRes [email protected] to XDCAM MXF [email protected] transcode

TXC-3399, TXC-3392, TXC-3383: Issues when direct converting XDCAM and DV to Avid AAF encoder

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TXC-3365: IPTV/H.264 multi-pass crashes with QT sources

TXC-3355: Specific GXF source with MPEG-2 HD cannot be flipped

TXC-3309: 16 Bit Windows Media Audio WMA contains 24 Bit for some bitrates

TXC-3293: MXF XDCAM UI audio only lets you select a minimum of 4 channels

TXC-3292: Captions are lost if Source File has a Bumper/Header without a caption track

TXC-3277: Caption insertion fails with SCC files with "Byte Order Mark” at start

TXC-3203: AAF Encoder - DNxHD 36 1080p @ 23.976 & 25 gives error in Media Composer

TXC-3196: Issue decoding captions from an SD GXF source file

TXC-3192: Video only WMV/VC-1 source file fails going to Flash9 or WebM codecs

TXC-3179: AAF encoder issues with Unicode filenames

TXC-3176: Random Failures within Examine & Flip actions on customers Source AVC Intra MOV files

TXC-3172: Decoding GXF 1080i source has A/V Sync on output

TXC-3163: H.264 encode fails on IMX50 TIFO sources from Avid playback service

TXC-3147: TSEDL output will lose first GOP instead of the first frame

TXC-3134: Issues Decoding 720P AVC-Intra from MXF sources

TXC-3123: When doing a DNxHD encode with the Final Cut/Avid Encoder, alpha channel is added to output file

TXC-3123: All DNxHD MOV outputs show alpha channel present in Avid Editors

TXC-3119: ProRes 4:2:2 source hangs in Avid AAF>AVC Intra>Avid Interplay/Media Composer workflows

TXC-3100: Intermittent missing essence in last frame of MXF XDCAM output

TXC-3096: TSEDLs referencing P2 AVC Intra MXF files cannot be direct converted with MXF Application Specification AVC Intra Direct Convert codec

TXC-3096: Direct convert of P2 AVC Intra sources to AS-02 and AS-11 output fails

TXC-3067: ProRes & XDCAM Final Cut direct converts not retaining Field Dominance for FCP ingest

TXC-3011: Multithread Flash VP6 encodes will fail when using Multi-core Video Processor

TXC-2995: A/V sync issues when transcoding ReutersSat sources

TXC-2991: Can't extract video from a particular MP4 source file

TXC-2973: Issue with SMPTE 2052 file creation

TXC-2959: SAF files fail to direct convert to Seachange encoder

TXC-2922: RGB broadcast levels option in Color Space filter is not being applied when selected

TXC-2915: Captions decoding & VITC Synthesis don’t work with Multicore and Lightspeed video processors

TXC-2908: Crash when Direct Converting AVC Intra sources to GXF

TXC-2901, TXC-2900: Issues with field order detection in Examine

TXC-2891: IPTV encoder MPEG-1 Layer 2 direct converts always fail

TXC-2880: Omneon AS-02 AVC Intra 720p60 50Mbit doesn't play out on the Omneon server

TXC-2868: Output file duration is incorrect when using QT Interstitials in Media Expansion

TXC-2860: Issues decoding 720p DVCProHD from Avid Playback Service

TXC-2834: Media Expansion "Insert Black Frames" havehigh luma values

TXC-2785: Using Move action for the P2 Encoder outputs doesn't work

TXC-2767: Transcode of Video-only Mpeg 2 Program Stream files fails

TXC-2753: TSEDL files with fills fail to direct convert to DV50 in MXF encoder

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TXC-2742: Issues with TSEDLs referencing DV essence clips

TXC-2740: Flip actions with Source Timecode Burn-In enabled hang when processing MOV sources

TXC-2689: Timecode is not extracted correctly from XDCAMHD sources with a SMPTE 436 VANC track

TXC-2685: Quality issues with Grass Valley MXF files

TXC-2631: When encoding audio at bitrates greater than 192 Kbps in the Flip IPTV encoder, audio may drop out when playing the output stream

TXC-2608: FCP Direct Convert of ProRes [email protected] video leads to A/V sync issue

TXC-2528: Text Overlay filter not working correctly on Windows Server 2003 R2 x64

TXC-2518: Seachange BML encoding is very slow

TXC-2506: Errors delivering MXF IMX 30 and IMX 40 files to Sony XDCAM Drive

TXC-2435: Burn-in timecode is not working when going to QuickTime H.264

TXC-2422: MXF DVCProHD encode is creating one additional track

TXC-2396: IPTV/x264 with Lightspeed video processor creating bad outputs on Full Raster 1080 outputs

TXC-2289: K2 MXF D10 transcoding to WMV randomly produces files without audio or with corrupt video

TXC-2272: MXF/IMX files fail to produce audible audio when 8 channels of audio is selected

TXC-2237: A/V sync issue using FCP H.264 Configuration File Import Encoder

Encoder Backwards-Compatibility Issues When importing workflows from previous versions of Vantage, new features will not appear in your Flip actions unless you rebuild them. Generally, however, these actions will still function correctly. The following actions haveknown issues with backwards compatibility and should be re-built when upgrading from versions prior to Vantage 4.0:

TXC-1479: Smooth Streaming Encoder is not backwards compatible.

Smooth Streaming Encoder Microsoft Smooth Streaming DRM does not work on older operating systems. DRM encryption libraries from Microsoft only work on Windows Server 2008; please upgrade to this OS if you require PlayReady DRM encryption for Smooth Streaming. For Encoding for Smooth Streaming and other Adaptive Bitrate formats we recommend using Vantage Transcode Multiscreen. TXC-1375 – Smooth Streaming encoder does not support Asian characters in the file names.

QuickTime 7.7 Issues Issues havebeen reported when using the Apple 3GP and Apple MPEG-4 encoders with QuickTime version 7.7 – note that Telestream recommends using QuickTime 7.6.9 as the preferred version. Issues havealso been reported on systems where QuickTime version 7.7 has been installed, even after reverting the QuickTime version to 7.6.9.

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Long Form Content The following issues havebeen reported when encoding long-form content:

Omneon encode actions time out; increasing the time-out will solve the problem

Long-running SeaChange BML SD PAL encode actions may time out; there is no known solution

360 MAXX encode actions time out; increasing the time-out will solve the problem

Final Cut / Avid QuickTime Encoder The following are known issues in this Encoder:

TXC-1249: Minor visual artifacts when encoding to 720p AVC Intra formats H.264 Encoder

TXC-525 – This encoder may arbitrarily switch the ordering of audio streams in the output file. If you are creating multi-stream (i.e. Multi-language) .MP4 files, please use the new MP4 encoder instead. Note: We plan to remove this encoder in a future release. Where possible, use the MP4 or IPTV encoders instead.

Omneon Encoder The following are known issues with the Omneon encoder:

TXC-1927, TXC-1812: Some direct converts are failing in the Omneon encoder.

TXC-2817: Direct convert of 24fps DNxHD sources fails.

TXC-421: Encode to SD Mpeg-2 4:2:2 may cause severe artifacts in the video when encoding to 512 line Mpeg2 outputs.

TXC-1647: Captions are not preserved transcoding from XDCAM HD with 436M to Omneon SD MOV MPEG-2

VOD Encoder (TXC-971, TXC-881) The Transport Stream MPEG-2 user interface allows you to select SCTE-20, Divicom and ATSC captions when encoding 1080 or 720-line HD material. These caption formats are not valid nor supported for HD material, only ATSC/DTV 9600 is supported.

Additionally, attempting to generate a Transport Stream MPEG-2 file with captions enabled will fail if the source does not havecaptions.

Asian / Double-Byte Character Sets This release significantly improves Asian / Double-Byte support. The following are known issues:

TXC-2821: HLS encodes fail when using Japanese versions of Windows.

TXC-2822: Files with Double-Byte filenames do not play on Omneon servers.

TXC-2823: Files with Double-Byte filenames do not play on Grass Valley K2 servers.

TXC-2824: Encodes with the Final Cut/Avid QuickTime encoder fail if output file name has

double byte characters.

TXC-2825: Encodes with the Avid Vortex encoder fail if output file name has double byte

characters.

TXC-2826: Encodes with the EVS encoder fail if output file name has double byte characters.

TXC-1375: Encodes with the Smooth Streaming encoder fail if output file name has double byte

characters.

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x264 Video Codec The following are known issues with the new x264 codec implementation:

TXC-1614: Adaptive B-Frame setting does not have any effect on the encoded bitstream.

EVS Encode

TXC-1640: Encoding to 1372x1080 or 1440x1080 will introduce color shifts.

EVS Decode

TXC-1975/TXC-1726: Audio decode issues from certain EVS sources.

Avid OMF

TXC-1367: Encoding to Avid OMF Interlaced 10:1M PAL will hang.

Avid AAF Encoder The following are known issues with the Avid AAF Encoder:

If credentials, workgroup, or folder names are specified incorrectly, the Vantage job status

indicates the encode succeeded, but the file is not checked into Interplay.

Standalone proxies will not play in Interplay; proxies only work when part of a multi-res clip.

Timecode format (Drop Frame or Non Drop Frame) must match in the Notify action and all Flip

actions in a multi-res workflow.

If doing a standalone encode, the clip symbol in Interplay window will be broken/partial until

the clip is finished encoding.

Simultaneous encodes to Interplay may not use the same output clip name, one of the files will

complete, other(s) will fail.

Encode output filenames cannot have a space at the end; the file won’t get checked into

Interplay. An error will not be reported when this happens.

3GP Encoder TXC-1662: The 3GP encoder may occasionally have a delay before it releases an output file. As a result, any subsequent Move or Delete actions may fail. Please use automated retries to resolve the issue. Seachange Encoder TXC-1644: Converting SD NTSC files to Seachange BML PAL display jerky playback. This can be resolved by instructing the video processor to treat the output as Upper Field First. X264 Command Line Limitations Some x264 command-line parameters are not supported, and must instead be configured in the Vantage user interface. Examples include: bit rate, frame size, lookahead, output file creation and resizing. Contact Telestream Support if you have questions about a specific parameter.

Release Notes for Transcode, Transcode Pro in Vantage 6...TXC-4325: Properties of XDCAM HD 420 MOV now display correctly in QT player TXC-4324: MP4 outputs containing AAC-LC audio

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