The following table describes the main changes to the documentation for AWS Elemental Live. For notification about updates to this documentation, you can subscribe to an RSS feed.
| Change | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|
The user guide now includes a note to clarify a constraint with AWS Elemental Conductor Live. You can't use AWS Elemental Conductor Live to set up SMPTE 2110 inputs that use NMOS or to produce SMPTE 2110 outputs that use NMOS. | April 10, 2023 | |
Starting with version 2.25.0, Elemental Live supports delivery of an HLS output to an AWS Elemental MediaPackage channel that uses MediaPackage v2. The HLS output delivered to MediaPackage v2 is typically (but not necessarily) part of a glass-to-glass low latency workflow. | April 10, 2023 | |
We fixed an error where we referred to the upstream system as the SRT caller. With an SRT input, the upstream system is always the sender and the SRT listener. Elemental Live is always the receiver and the SRT caller. | November 10, 2022 | |
The guide has been revised to clarify that AWS Elemental Live supports both RTMP push and RTMP pull inputs. | September 23, 2022 | |
The section on implementing output locking and epoch locking has been completely revised. | July 15, 2022 | |
We have removed information about using SWF with motion graphic overlays. Adobe no longer supports Flash Player. Adobe has blocked Flash content from running in Flash Player. We strongly recommend that you not implement SWF in motion graphic overlays. | July 5, 2022 | |
The information in this section has been updated to incorporate information about the latest improvements to video quality. | June 6, 2022 | |
The guide now includes information about performance expectations for Elemental Live appliances, including ways that you can measure and optimize it. | June 6, 2022 | |
This list has been revised to remove CFF captions. The CFF fomat hasn't been supported since Elemental Live removed support for the Ultraviolet output container. | May 27, 2022 | |
This section now includes information about using the REST API to insert a splice insert, specifically on the day that the clocks change to or from Standard Time. | May 27, 2022 | |
Revised license requirements for this codec because decode isn't supported. | April 28, 2022 | |
The user guide now includes information about the existing chunked transfer feature. This feature contributes to ultra-low latency in outputs. | February 11, 2022 | |
This section (which was formerly called Interleave 2SI inputs) has been revised to include the relevant L8xx appliances that can support this input. | January 10, 2022 | |
There is an update to the section on the sources and input types that are supported for SCTE-35 and SCTE-104 messages. The table is now up to date with version 2.23.2. | January 7, 2022 | |
This section has been revised to fix a mistake. The source can include up to 16 channels, not 8 channels, as previously specified. | January 7, 2022 | |
The guide now includes information about add-on packages that you can purchase. | December 15, 2021 | |
Elemental Live now supports the ability to convert Nielsen watermarks to ID3 metadata. | December 6, 2021 | |
The guide now includes information about inserting Nielsen watermarks into the output. | December 6, 2021 | |
The guide includes information about virtual input switching using SCTE-35 messages (introduced in version 2.20.2) and virtual input switching through synchronous ESAM messages (introduced in version 2.23.0). | November 10, 2021 | |
Starting with version 2.22.4, Elemental Live supports RTSP inputs. The guide now includes information about the uses of this input and about the supported video and audio codecs. | October 7, 2021 | |
The tables for supported input codecs have been revised to specify which input types support Dolby Digital Plus with Atmos. | October 7, 2021 | |
The tables for supported input codecs have been revised to specify which input types support Dolby Digital Plus with Atmos. | October 7, 2021 | |
The tables for supported output codecs have been revised to specify which output types support Dolby Digital Plus with Atmos. | October 7, 2021 | |
The guide includes information about audio output encoded with Dolby Digital Plus with Atmos. Previously, AWS Elemental Live supported this output only as passthrough. Starting with version 2.20.4, there is also support for converting an audio source to Dolby Digital Plus with Atmos. | October 7, 2021 | |
Starting with AWS Elemental Live version 2.20.3, there is a new implementation of Dolby Vision color space. The color space section of the guide has been revised to include Dolby Vision. | October 5, 2021 | |
The section on handling color space has been completely revised. | October 5, 2021 | |
The user guide now includes information about using an HTML5 asset in a motion graphic overlay. This feature was introduced in Elemental Live version 2.21.0. In addition, the existing information about the other methods for inserting motion graphic overlays has been redesigned, but there are no changes to the functionality. | September 23, 2021 | |
The guide has been updated to clarify that the source filter lines in SDP files are optional. | September 9, 2021 | |
You can now set up so that Elemental Live assigns a static ID to the receivers in an SMPTE 2110 input. | August 25, 2021 | |
We have completely revised the information about types of output media and output codecs that Elemental Live supports. We have also moved the information to a section in the Outputs chapter. | August 18, 2021 | |
We have completely revised the information about input types and input codecs that Elemental Live supports. We have also moved the information to a section in the Inputs chapter. | August 18, 2021 | |
We have completely revised the information about input types and input codecs that Elemental Live supports. We have also moved the information to a section in the Inputs chapter. | August 18, 2021 | |
Starting with version 2.22.2, Elemental Live supports delivering a TS output using the SRT protocol. | August 11, 2021 | |
The guide now includes information about working with SRT inputs. | July 23, 2021 | |
The information about setting up a SMPTE 2022-6 input has been reorganized. | July 23, 2021 | |
The SCTE-35 section has been revised to fix some errors. In particular, references to RTSP and HDS outputs have been removed because these output types are no longer supported. Also, screenshots have been removed. | July 19, 2021 | |
Starting with version 2.22.1, Elemental Live supports inclusion of a trick-play track in an HLS output group. This track follows the Image Media Playlist specification, version 0.4. The guide has been updated to include this feature, and to include the existing feature for implementing trick-play using an I-frame only manifest. | July 7, 2021 | |
The section on ingesting SMPTE 2038 has been completely revised to better describe the behavior. In addition, new information about the passing through custom data has been added. | July 7, 2021 | |
Revision for bonded interfaces in SMPTE 2110 and SMPTE 2022-6 | The user guide has been revised to clarify that if you implement redundant inputs (with SMPTE 2110 or SMPTE 2022-6) or redundant outputs (with SMPTE 2110), you can't have a bonded interface on the Mellanox card or the 25Gb card. | June 28, 2021 |
Starting with version 2.22.0, Elemental Live supports the ability to produce WebVTT output captions by converting object-based source captions that are in DVB-Sub or SCTE-27 format. Elemental Live uses OCR (optical character recognition) to perform this conversion. The section on supported captions and the section on working with captions have been revised. | June 18, 2021 | |
The section on handling color space has been completely revised. In addition, the section includes information for working with Dolby. | June 15, 2021 | |
The user guide now includes sections about the existing support for SMPTE 2110 inputs and SMPTE 2110 outputs. | June 5, 2021 | |
First release of the 2.25 software version. | February 5, 2021 |
