VidiCore Release Notes

The following items on the list encompass breaking changes, features, and fixes that are relevant for the major release.

This page contains a list of patches we released for this version.

Patch 24.2.10 on 11 Dec 2024

Version information

Component	Version
VidiCore	24.2.10-0-g90e69754f1
VSA Docker Image	24.2.10-0-g76f46b36-24.2.10-20241105.3
Transcoder	24.2.10

Features

Item#	Item
233675	Improve speed of bulky metadata deletion

Fixes

Item#	Item
235207	When including item information in API call for file by ID, deleted items should not be included

Transcoder fixes

Item#	Item
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Patch 24.2.9 on 28 Nov 2024

Version information

Component	Version
VidiCore	24.2.9-0-g7af1a6d280
VSA Docker Image	24.2.9-0-ge1ddee2e-24.2.10-20241105.3
Transcoder	24.2.10

Features

Item#	Item
232887	Delete files in batches
233249	Improve documentation regarding S3 default storage classes in VidiCore storage configuration
232599	Allow automatic restore of S3 files in storages classes “Glacier Standard Retrieval” and “Glacier Deep archive” within VidiCore jobs

Regarding the feature “Delete files in batches”, please refer to the API documentation regarding the new configuration property fileDeletionBatchSize.

Remark: There is a known issue with this parameter in the current version. Users need to set the value to the square root of the value they want to achieve. So if a value of 100 is required, then set it to 10 instead. This will be changed in a future patch release.

Fixes

Item#	Item
234800	StorageSupervisorWorker/Servlet: Threads are blocking each other

Transcoder fixes

Item#	Item
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Patch 24.2.8 on 08 Nov 2024

Version information

Component	Version
VidiCore	24.2.8-0-g19ee72f227
VSA Docker Image	24.2.8-0-g87e3cd97-24.2.10-20241105.3
Transcoder	24.2.10

Features

Item#	Item
	<none>

Fixes

Item#	Item
234198	Bulky metadata cannot be retrieved when specifying item via external id
233699	Too much data delivered when retrieving item metadata via path parameter and specifying attributes on a field group or timespan
234332	Subtitles are not rendered when using POST /API/sequence/render
234155	Copying or moving files with the same S3 bucket fails on files bigger than 5GB
233694	Performing file search crashes when no hits are requested
234256	Clustering: Change timeout for cluster quorum loss to 40 seconds and make it configurable
234302	Clustering: StorageSupervisorWorkers should stop decently on cluster quorum loss
234335	`POST /API/item/{{itemId}}/sequence/render` should support multiple source tags

Transcoder fixes

Item#	Item
232587	Wrong orientation on portrait videos in CR3 format
234252	Improve proxy transcoding speed

Patch 24.2.7 on 21 Oct 2024

Version information

Component	Version
VidiCore	24.2.7-0-g9378b8f032
VSA Docker Image	24.2.7-0-g13015ca0-24.2.9-20241018.4
Transcoder	24.2.9

Features

Item#	Item
	<none>

Fixes

Item#	Item
233654	`CONFORM`/`TRANSCODE` job ends with `FINISHED_WARNING` when destination storage is S3
233428	Multiple effects of the same type on the same segment do not work when rendering a `SequenceDocument`

Transcoder fixes

Item#	Item
232879	Shape deduction of video files sometimes reports binary components instead of video components
232879	Ensure processing of footer partition in shape deduction
231715	Wrong colors on MXF encoding
233608, 232441	Always send `X-Vidispine-Mutable-Range` header when writing to block storages to avoid “Operation PUT-multi failed with status code 500” errors
233772	Transcoder randomly produces block artifacts
	Avoid segmentation faults due to invalid input buffer size

Patch 24.2.6 on 30 Sep 2024

Version information

Component	Version
VidiCore	24.2.6-0-g015c26eb77
VSA Docker Image	24.2.6-0-g81aa75af-24.2.5-20240919.1
Transcoder	24.2.5

Features

Item#	Item
	<none>

Fixes

Item#	Item
233151	Cannot update placeholder notifications
232939	Item deletion fails if the item has more than 64K bigtext entries
219292	file search can return entries with id null and state UNKNOWN

Transcoder fixes

Item#	Item
	<none>

Patch 24.2.5 on 19 Sep 2024

Version information

Component	Version
VidiCore	24.2.5-0-gafd8803340
VSA Docker Image	VSA: 24.2.5-0-g33f86416-24.2.5-20240919.1
Transcoder	24.2.5

Features

Item#	Item
	<none>

Fixes

Item#	Item
232704	Metadata notification for enumeration values return empty values when using enum IDs
232096	BulkyMetaData On FileSystem Prefix Missing
232086	Item effective locks are not written to the Index consistently
229032	Mismatch between Consumer selector and messages on JobFeedback Queue (Growing DLQ)
208208	Inherited metadata are not returned when using certain types of content paths

Transcoder fixes

Item#	Item
232276	Transcoder fails: POP took too long, job stalled
231018	Confusing / incorrect audioComponent metadata

Patch 24.2.4 on 18 Sep 2024

This version is corrupt and should not be used for any reason.

Patch 24.2.3 on 27 Aug 2024

Version information

Component	Version
VidiCore	24.2.3-0-g13a94ea7ea
VSA Docker Image	VSA: 24.2.3-0-gdd3cc1af-24.2.3-20240808.1
Transcoder	24.2.3

Features

Item#	Item
	<none>

Fixes

Item#	Item
232107	Copying FileSequence does not work anymore
232240	Helm chart deployment fails when using system names with dashes

Transcoder fixes

Item#	Item
230796	Mosaic effect doesnt work with Anamorphic Video
230991	Render generated wrong output video
230187	Job VSATransfer2925 failed and VSA goes offline

Patch 24.2.2 on 08 Aug 2024

Version information

Component	Version
VidiCore	24.2.2-0-g618f0863d8
VSA Docker Image	24.2.2-0-g8559c955-24.2.1-20240704.1
Transcoder	24.2.1

Features

Item#	Item
230371	Rework Copy / Move command in VidiCore/VSA
228503	VidiCore/VSA: Support hardlinks

Fixes

Item#	Item
231698	Metadata notifications return empty enumeration values
227465	File is not marked for reindex when state is changed from MISSING to LOST

Transcoder fixes

Item#	Item
	<none>

24.2.1 16 Jul 2024

Version information

Component	Version
VidiCore	24.2.1-0-g9e23eeb9b9
VSA Docker Image	24.2.1-0-g10fa9591-24.2.1-20240704.1
Transcoder	24.2.1

Features

Item#	Item
	<none>

Fixes

Item#	Item
230813	VidiCore fails to receive SQS message from S3 buckets after running for some time
231292	Offloading of file transfers to VSA via `enableTranscoderTransfer` does not work any more
229550	Offloading of file hashing to VSA via `enableTranscoderHash` does not work any more

Transcoder fixes

Item#	Item
	<none>

Release 24.2.0

Version information

Component	Version
VidiCore	VidiCore: 24.2.0-0-g774397e5d9
VSA Docker Image	VSA: 24.2.0-0-gff720baf-24.2.1-20240611.1
Transcoder	24.2.1

VidiCore Prerequisites

For more information on the prerequisites, please check the Prerequisites section of the API doc:

Link to VidiCore Prerequisites.

Features

Use AWS move command for S3 file move operations (ticket 229938)

VidiCore now uses the native AWS API move command to move files inside an S3 bucket.

Optimisations for bulky metadata for waveform and loudness information (tickets 229848 & 229526)

Waveforms and loudness information are stored in the table t_bulkymetadata with a reference to t_bigtext or a file on a storage for the payload.

VidiCore 24.2 changed the structure for this data in a way that only one dataset for per type is stored for one item (instead of multiple entries in previous versions). This improves the performance when reading the data. Other improvements are implemented to further speed up the offloading offloading the data from the database table to files on a storage.

The corresponding API calls are compatible between the current and older versions.

See https://apidoc.vidispine.com/24.1.2/system/property.html#vsvar-bulkyMetadataPackingKeyPrefixes for configuration options and how to restore the previous behaviour.

OpenSearch improvements

OpenSearch HTTP client timeout configuration (ticket 229558)

The HTTP client timeout for OpenSearch can now be configured as a configuration property.

See https://apidoc.vidispine.com/latest/system/property.html#vsvar-opensearchConnectionRequestTimeout and https://apidoc.vidispine.com/latest/system/property.html#vsvar-opensearchSocketTimeout

Use alias when creating OpenSearch index (ticket 229528)

When creating a new OpenSearch index, VidiCore automatically creates an alias with the given name and uses it to access the index. Existing indices w/o alias will continue to work.

Allow parallel execution of facet search against OpenSearch (ticket 229152)

Multiple facet search operations con now be executed in parallel to speed up the execution time of these requests.

To enable the feature see https://apidoc.vidispine.com/latest/system/property.html#vsvar-opensearchParallelFacetSearch

Set representative thumbnail when receiving thumbnails (ticket 229403)

VidiCore now sets the representativeThumbnail and representativeThumbnailNoAuth metadata fields when receiving thumbnails via the API (e.g. via a VidiFlow agent). This attribute can be used on user interfaces to show a thumbnail for an item.

It is possible to configure which thumbnail is set as representative thumbnail - see https://apidoc.vidispine.com/latest/system/property.html#vsvar-representativeThumbnailPosition.

Support non-AWS S3 buckets for VaaS transcoders (ticket 202802)

Non-AWS S3 buckets that do not support generate temporary credentials (e.g. Wasabi storage) are now also supported when VidiCore is using a VidiNet SaaS transcoder (previously only on-prem VSAs where supported). See https://apidoc.vidispine.com/24.1.2/system/property.html#vsvar-s3CredentialType.

Support Metadata Trigger for Metadata fields in Metadata Groups (ticket 227518)

Changes on metadata fields within groups now send metadata change notifications.

Other improvements

Use groups in MetadataGroupSearchOperatorType for group search endpoint (ticket 225384)
Verify and document PostgreSQL auto vacuum functionality (ticket 228096)

Fixes

Fixes
Item#	External#	Item
230212		Inconsistency in file naming between full and partial exports
229385		Storage rule sometimes doesn't trigger a `COPY_FILE` job
229360	SUP-7013	Sending notifications to AWS SQS queues gets stuck after a while
229220		Entities with an expired deletion lock cannot be deleted
229181		Extend logging for `ElasticSearchIndexCruncherWorker`
229126		Add documentation for creating libraries with many items
197289	VS-4751	Entries for removed files remain in `t_indexlog`
229856		Prevent deployment of VidiCore helm chart with initial password "admin" for admin user
229239		metadata fields `representativeThumbnail` and `representativeThumbnailNoAuth` are configured as "do not index" when created by the `/APIinit` call. Existing field definitions are not modified. Consider changing them and re-indexing items to reduce the search index size.
229229		Do not store fields for retrieval in OpenSearch (set `store=false`) on a freshly created index. Existing OpenSearch mappings are not modified. Consider changing them and re-indexing all entity types to reduce the search index size.
228440		Improve stability of ssh connection between VidiCore and the VSA, e.g. when uploading files in hybrid scenarios
228047		Improve growing file handling on GCP storages