This month's release notes include:
Zype Streaming Platform
NEW
- Introduction of new storage policies for uploaded, pre-processed video content. Customers can choose to use Zype for long-term storage of their uploaded, pre-processed video content. Account Owners can set time-based retention policies for uploaded videos. Learn more in our recent Announcement: New Storage Policies for Video Uploads.
- Allow support for numeric characters in zObject custom attribute keys
- New log "Property Changelog" provides the ability to view information about changes to your Zype Property account resources. You can view changes made by individual users and the updates that occurred
- Ability to directly generate Roku BIF thumbnails efficiently to help optimize transcoding workflow when streaming to the Roku platform
FIXED
- Issue with "Paused" consumer subscriptions being activated before the resume date in rare cases
- Problem with the loading of analytics data in Zype Analytics dashboard in certain circumstances
- Issue that prevented formatted text and styles from being used in zObject descriptions
Zype Playout
NEW
- Playout programmers can automatically add interstitial content into dynamic blocks, improving both ad revenue and the user experience
- For customers using Zype CMS for video ingestion and scheduling in Zype Playout, we've enhanced reliability and reduced time it takes to make asset from CMS available for use in Playout
- Ability to add thumbnails for Live Assets within Playout by pasting a CDN backed URL to the Live Asset for Roku Channel EPG. This update makes the Playout EPG compliant to Roku Channel specifications.
- In-product message notifications appear when channels are missing certain programming elements due to scheduling errors or programming scenarios: Gap detection, Empty Dynamic Block, Pending Transcode Jobs, Disabled Items, Track Item Longer Than Asset.
- Ads a "duration=integer" parameter option to the Playout XMLTV EPG to allow duration to be expressed as an integer instead of the default floating point value
FIXED
- Issue where in rare cases trackItem occurrences were not reflected correctly when creating or updating a scheduling rule for a dynamic block
Zype Apps Creator
NEW
- All Apps Creator customers have been successfully upgraded to the latest version of Apps Creator (Gen 2). This transition enhances the platform's capabilities, offering improved features and support to customers, thereby ensuring they have access to the latest technology and services.
- Ability to send the CMS Video ID along with all Video Events to Google Analytics 4 for Web, iOS, tvOS, Roku, and Android platforms
- Support for 14-day free subscription trial period for all platforms
- Subscription tiers are now synchronized between Zype CMS and Zype Apps Creator to ensure proper content access and playback functionality across all endpoints for subscribed users.
- Ability to propagate the GDPR Consent macro to SSAI Playback URL for Web, CTV, Roku, Android TV, Android, and iOS/tvOS platforms
- Apps Creator supports Facebook SDK for measuring app events
FIXED
- Content Access & Playback
- Resolved an issue where locked subscription content in Zype CMS was not honored under specific conditions
- Corrected lock on Simlive content not being honored
- Resolved an issue where subsequent search result items were unplayable after playing the first item
- Resolved an issue where a dummy video played instead of showing an error when content was unavailable or inaccessible
- Fixed an issue where live content in the Guide section could not be played after dismissing the player
- Fixed freezing of video playback on low-end Roku TV devices
- Fixed unexplained increase in player requests
- User Interface and Display
- Fixed the "You have no saved items" message briefly displaying in the Guides section
- Corrected the "CC" button appearing on some content in tvOS unnecessarily
- Fixed missing Summary header when the Duration header was visible in the "More" section
- Hyperlinked web URL in the Interstitial and "More" screens
- Episode number is now correctly displayed as metadata on the Interstitial screen
- Fixed video titles being truncated in the "Continue Watching" feed
- Corrected 'Watch Trailer' text being truncated
- Fixed truncated timelines in the EPG UI
- Duration now correctly shows as "1 hr" instead of "1 hr 0 min"
- Added missing "Close" button to the shortened link screen
- Standard Grid headers now appear bold, per design specifications
- Resolved UI issue where "0 min remaining" displayed when content was fully watched
- Summary header is now correctly displayed in the "More" section of video details
- Fixed truncated text on the "Login" button label
- "No content" cases are now handled elegantly across all theme types
- Search and Navigation
- Fixed most search results disappearing once one result was played
- Resolved the issue where users couldn't exit "Live Channel" to the Main Menu on Apple TV App
- Addressed the issue where users had to click more than once to initiate a search from the search button UI
- Platform-Specific Improvements
- Fixed content under "Continue Watching" being inaccessible on Roku for certain apps
- Addressed issue with AutoPlay enabled from the Apps Creator dashboard not functioning on Roku
- Notifications menu item no longer appears on iOS when no notification flag is present in Extras
- Resolved inconsistent item ordering between iOS and Android
- Resolved issue with the "Continue Watching" playlist showing blank on AndroidTV, Apple TV, and Android
- Fixed an issue where the interstitial screen was shown before playing a live event
- Fixed app crash when offline podcast content was played
- Added X (Twitter) login to Apps Creator Android apps as a Social Login option
- Account and Entitlement Management
- Resolved issue with Consumer Entitlements from Zype CMS not being honored correctly in Apps Creator
- App store entitlements are now correctly captured for all apps
- Resolved issue where content playback screen is displayed instead of saving content after account creation
- Fixed app crash loop after "unsaving" content
- Resolved issue with incorrect thumbnails being displayed in the Favorites section
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