MCS Release Notes
Version 1.2.16
** Note -
MCS 1.2.16 is compatible with MCMs 6.3.19 and up and the upcoming MCM 6.5.0. The Operator Console feature is compatible with MCM 6.3.16 and up. The Kafka Agent configuration is compatible with MCM 6.3.17 and up.
** New Features
Support 2022-6 with NMOS.
Support Oracle instance stats in MCS (with MCM 6.3.19)
** Fixes
Source config - Device select does not show the full device name
Version 1.2.15
** Note -
MCS 1.2.15 Is Compatible with MCMs 6.3.14 and up, and future coming MCM 6.5.0. Operator Console feature is compatible with MCM 6.3.16 and up. Kafka Agent configuration is compatible with MCM 6.3.17 and up.
** New Features
Content matching latency measurement - Content matching latency measurement is supported only for TS-based sources.
** Fixes
The source status search filter is not working
MCS 1+1 sync issue on cloud cross-region deployment
**Limitation
Content matching does not support fractional FR conversions (like 25 to 30)
Content matching audio matching is limited to 4 audios.
Content matching capacity is limited to 60 source pairs.
Version 1.2.12
** Note - MCS 1.2.12 Compatible with MCMs 6.3.14 and up, and future coming MCM 6.5.0. Note that the Operator Console feature is compatible with MCM 6.3.16 and up. Kafka Agent configuration is compatible with MCM 6.3.17 and up.
** Fixes
MCS slowness - Issuing MCS commands takes more time than expected to reach MCM.
Addressing Security vulnerabilities (CVEs: 2023-0286, 2021-36159, 2021-22930, 2021-22931, 2021-3711, 2022-37434, 2021-42381, 2021-37701, 2021-39135, 2022-21824, 2021-44531, 2021-3712, 2022-0778, 2018-2503, 2022-37434)
Adding support for Kafka Agent and configuration which exist on the MCM but do NOT exist on the MCS
Layout editor hover icons preventing pressing the align button
ST-2038 Working Mode is missing for the SRT access type
Allow to use space on the Search bar
Source config - Device select does not show the full device name
Mosaic preview bar, always jumping to the far left
Stop all monitor ott show incorrect number of stopped variants
Unknown File Type when uploading MCM FW v2.0.2 to MCM Files on MCS v1.2.1
Version 1.2.1
** Note - MCS 1.2.1 Compatible with MCMs 6.3.14 and up, and future coming MCM 6.5.0. Note that the Operator Console feature is compatible with MCM 6.3.16 and up.
** New Features
** Fixes
MCS Tile Editor the Video Crop Buttons Image (via CSS shading) doesn't match action
No scroll bar in HLS profile list
Smart recording is greyed out from MCS
Multichoice SRT output issue
Unable to open source profile in MCS
**Changes
Change default encoder settings
Version 1.2.0
** Note - MCS 1.2.0 Compatible with MCM 6.3.14 and up
The elastic data format was updated and changed, see data on the changes
** New Features
Reflect custom size cropping in the GUI
Allow disabling the curator in the .env file when using an external Elasticsearch/Opensearch.
Allow to configure the logstash index creation interval in the .env config file to match needs based on data volume.
Make logstash index creation interval configurable (currently hardcoded to 1 day)
Expose logstash pipeline files outside logstash container
Add additional output plugins into Logstash container. (Datadog, GCP Storage and GCP PubSub)
** Fixes
MCM upgrade of SW and FW via MCS not working as expected
Unable to batch import JPGs into MCS - in 1+1 redundancy only
MCS is not configuring MCM's NTP/DNS when MCM is first added or upgraded
PTP needs to be reconfigured upon system start-up
Cannot Add SNMP Agent to Keep Alive severity
The clock color works wrong
2110 - Audio-Only inputs have not been handled correctly in MCS
2110 sources bitrate is not shown in source status in MCS
Rescan of Source with Merge option breaks the ability to monitor
MCS uncompressed output missing config
in the encoder configuration layouts tab, when pressing the side arrow to go to the next output, no layouts appear
Unable to turn off SRT Low Latency via MCS
In MCS Tile Editor the Video Crop Buttons Image (via CSS shading) doesn't match the action
**Changes
ELK stack upgrade to 8.x
Elastic data structure changed to nested
application_status.json: "path_match": "info"
channel_statistics.json: "path_match": "components"
channel_statistics.json: "path_match": "receivers"
content_matching.json: "path_match": "audio"
encoder_statistics.json: "path_match": "senders"
encoder_statistics.json: "path_match": "senders.networks"
system_keep_alive.json: "path_match": "image"
Version 1.1.4
** Note - MCS 1.1.4 Compatible with MCM 6.3.1 and up
** New Features
Stop OTT streams with Errored Certificate (Compatible with MCM 6.3.8 and up)
Audio silence event (Compatible with MCM 6.3.8 and up)
** Fixes
MCS 1+1 issue around layout change for bridged sources
**Changes
Add changeable Threshold to event 536 to MCS
Version 1.1.3
** Note - MCS 1.1.3 Compatible with MCM 6.3.1-7
** Fixes
Delays on layout change
MCS imports st2022-6 sources as ST2110 type
ST2022-6 Audio mapping does not support > 8ch
Penalty box issues - Configuration validation was added
Sources under MCS penalty box control stayed in the penalty box after decay time ended.
Frozen sources in the penalty box and in Mosaic outputs
After the upgrade, the Main and backup MCS failed to run any schedules and no routes were able to be made
Issue with a video background on a mosaic in MCS
MCS GUI reporting wrong audio PIDS
Version 1.1.2LA (limited availability)
** Note - MCS 1.1.2 Compatible with MCM 6.3.1, 6.3.3
** New Features
Add Nielsen channel configuration and thresholds in MCS
Add Format selection for TR-08 sender
** Changes
Change default value "HLS Index Generation Interval" to 1 min - Requires MCM 6.3.3
MCS API 5.0/5.1 - Updating VLAN type interface over 5.0
** Fixes
Sources under MCS penalty box control stayed in the penalty box after decay time ended.
After the upgrade of MCMs to 6.3.1 and MCS to 1.1.1, the previews of outputs on MCS stopped working
Encoder filtering requires full name entering
Zixi - Subsequent Scans with the same host URL aren't added to MCS
MCS no longer allows colors for backgrounds in Mosaics - Requires MCM 6.3.3
Can't add mcm device with multiple license server entries
Unable to add a new MCM, Error: You must provide selection conditions in order to find a single row
Network error message when configuring CDI sender
Can't use 2 license server URLs in the MCS as in the MCM
Source configuration - Scan and monitoring issues
Device configuration Editing access for URL, UN and PW
Version 1.1.1
** Note - MCS 1.1.1 Compatible with MCM 6.3.1
** New Features
Security - support for TLS 1.2. note that TLS 1.0/1.1 is now disabled
Some UI improvement
** Changes
KMS naming was updated - Changed Cipex KMS to ATD-C, API 5.0 use CPIX & 5.1 uses ATD-C. Backward compatibility with the old MCM version that uses API 5.0 was tested.
API 5.1 added
** Fixes
Fixed response to API/5.0/channels/command/monitoring/enable has changed in the latest version of MCS
Fixed issue with NMOS routes in "Primary Only" that rejected by MCS
Fixed issue with the restart of redundant MCS server causes sync of stale config
Fixed situation where the Main server is sending a channel update to one particular MCM, and then the Backup server is sending another update about a second later, and then back to the Main.
Fixed issue when a video takes minutes to appear in Mosaic
Fixed issue when duplicate layouts (copy entry button) don't work
Fixed issue with editing live HLS layout
Fixed issue with GUI flickering when a large number of windows opened
Fixed the issue of deleting an object in the tile editor resets the resolution parameter
Fixed Outputs Encoder Configuration issues
Version 1.0.0
** Note
MCS 1.0.0 Compatible with MCM 6.0.7 and higher
** Changes
Elastic search endpoint is configurable during installation - please refer to the MCS Installation chapter of MCS documentation for details.
** Fixes
Threshold Sets deleted after adding backup MCS
Audio Output doesn't work on Bridge with MCS
Improve the query response time
MCS - News scan task GUI Issue
Split left and Split right tiles are shown as a full image