Release Notes. This is BATON Standard version 7.2 for installation on Windows 64-bit platform.

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1 BATON Windows Standard November 2017 This is BATON Standard version 7.2 for installation on Windows 64-bit platform. The details of features added in BATON Standard version 7.2 are listed in the following sections: New Features Enhancements Improvements Procedure for installing BATON is available in BatonStandardInstallationGuide.pdf. BATON help is available as an online help. After BATON installation, click the help icon available on BATON s home page. The BATON API help is available as BatonAPIHelp.pdf. Toll Free no.: (1-877) BATONis ( ) Page 1

2 New Features Formats Support Video Quality Checks Audio Quality Checks Formats Support Flickering Speech Presence Skewed Black Bars Program Loudness Speech Gated Field/Frame Distortion AC3 Audio Checks Mapping Sections Image Quality Checks Data Checks Container File Format Skewed Black Bars Define Criteria MXF File Features MPEG-2 Transport Features MP4 Features Container Description Checks Elementary Audio/Video Checks DRM Techniques CDP Length MPEG-2 Video H.264 Video DRM Techniques Verification Options Verification Report BATON System Settings Common Settings Container Settings Audio Settings MXF Settings Conformance Settings Conformance Checks BATON Verification Report Task Manager Settings Mail Server Conformance Checks Page 2

3 Enhancements Format Support Video Quality Checks Audio Quality Checks Formats Support PSE Video Flash Black Bars Motion Jerk Video Signal Level Telecine Loudness Language Image Quality Checks Data Checks Container File Format Checks Black Bars Burnt In Text MPEG-2 Transport MXF File Features Elementary Audio/Video Checks Video Description Checks Container Description Checks HEVC Video Features Bitrate Check PID Order Combination Checks Baton UI Test Plans Combination Checks BATON UI Test Plan Tags Comparing Container and Elementary Metadata Importing/Exporting Test Plan Test Plan Settings Task Search Content Location Video Settings Audio Settings Task Search Content Locations Manual Schedule Smart Folders Templates Explore Tab Schedule Time Atomic File Transfer Support Added Explore and Browse folder Smart Folder Scanning File Naming Convention Templates Report Templates Alerts Verification Tasks Report Templates Test Plan Alert System Alerts Tasks in Progress Verification Report BATON Services User Account Management Test plan Level Correct Option Navigation Key Support Conformance Checks Database Manager User Account Page Conformance Check Improvements Video Quality Checks Video Description Checks Data Checks Color Banding Defective Pixels Telecine Chroma Change Video Dropout Subtitles Scan Order Caption and Subtitle Alignment Page 3

4 1 New Features 1.1 Formats Support IMSC1 Subtitiles Adaptive Transport Stream DNxHR 444 codec HEVC Stream Type 0x27 (in Transport stream) Support added to verify secondary IMF/DCP packages To know more, refer Online Help > Introduction to BATON > Formats Supported 1.2 Video Quality Checks Flickering Check added to detect flickering artifact in a video. To know more, refer Online Help > Understanding BATON > Understanding Checks in BATON > Video Quality Checks > Detecting Flickering Skewed Black Bars Check added to detect skewed black bars in a video. To know more, refer Online Help > Understanding BATON > Understanding Checks in BATON > Video Quality Checks > Detecting Black Bars Field/Frame Distortion Check added in video dropout to detect frame artifacts arising due to distortion in luminance and chrominance signals of video data. To know more, refer Online Help > Understanding BATON > Understanding Checks in BATON > Video Quality Checks > Detecting Dropout Mapping Sections Support added for mapping m3u8 Bitrate as criteria in test plans with MPEG-2 Transport as container. To know more, refer Online Help > Setting Up Baton > Setting up Test Plans > Editing Existing Test Plans > Editing Sections > Mapping Sections 1.3 Audio Quality Checks Speech Presence Check added to detect Speech Presence in audio tracks. To know more, refer: Online Help > Understanding BATON > Understanding Checks in BATON > Audio Quality Checks > Detecting Speech Presence. Page 4

5 1.3.2 Program Loudness Speech Gated Check added to analyze the loudness of speech gated content. To know more, refer: Online Help > Understanding BATON > Understanding Checks in BATON > Audio Quality Checks > Detecting Program Loudness Speech Gated AC3 Audio Checks Complete support for logging/checking metadata of Dolby AC3 Audio added: o Check added to detect the type of A/D converter technology used to capture the PCM audio. To know more, refer: Online Help > Understanding BATON > Understanding Checks in BATON > Elementary Audio Video Essence > AC3 Audio Features > Detecting Audio Product Information. o Check added to detect presence of audio production information like mixlevel and room type present in AC3 metadata. To know more, refer: Online Help > Understanding BATON > Understanding Checks in BATON > Elementary Audio Video Essence > AC3 Audio Features > Detecting Analog To Digital Type Converter. o Check added to detect if the information in the bitstream is protected by copyright. To know more, refer: Online Help > Understanding BATON > Understanding Checks in BATON > Elementary Audio Video Essence > AC3 Audio Features > Detecting Copyright Bit o Check added to detect if the programme is encoded in Dolby Surround EX, Dolby Pro Logic IIx or Dolby Pro Logic IIz. To know more, refer: Online Help > Understanding BATON > Understanding Checks in BATON > Elementary Audio Video Essence > AC3 Audio Features > Detecting Dolby Surround Ex Mode o Check added to log different types of Downmix Levels. To know more, refer: Online Help > Understanding BATON > Understanding Checks in BATON > Elementary Audio Video Essence > AC3 Audio Features > Detecting Downmix Level o Check added to detect presence of compression gain values with respect to user-specified values. To know more, refer: Online Help > Understanding BATON > Understanding Checks in BATON > Elementary Audio Video Essence > AC3 Audio Features > Detecting Line Mode Compression Gain o Check added to detect if the Bitstream is original or a copy of some other Bitstream. To know more, refer: Online Help > Understanding BATON > Understanding Checks in BATON > Elementary Audio Video Essence > AC3 Audio Features > Detecting Original Bitstream o Check added to detect the PF Mode Compression Gain for an AC3 audio essence. Page 5

6 To know more, refer: Online Help > Understanding BATON > Understanding Checks in BATON > Elementary Audio Video Essence > AC3 Audio Features > 1.4 Image Quality Checks Skewed Black Bars Check added to detect skewed black bars in an image. To know more, refer Online Help > Understanding BATON > Understanding Checks in BATON > Image Quality Checks > Detecting Black Bars 1.5 Data Checks Define Criteria Support added to set criteria for Closed Captions in Data Section. To know more, refer Online Help > Setting Up Baton > Setting up Test Plans > Editing Existing Test Plans > Editing Sections > Mapping Sections 1.6 Container File Format MXF File Features MCA Metadata Properties: Check added to detect MCA metadata Properties in MXF File. To know more, refer Online Help > Understanding BATON > Understanding Checks In BATON > Container File Formats > MXF File Features > Detecting MCA Metadata Properties. Material Package Identifier: Check added to detect Material Package Identifier Properties. To know more, refer Online Help > Understanding BATON > Understanding Checks In BATON > Container File Formats > MXF File Features > Detecting Material Package Identifier Support added to set criteria for MXF section in Container Section. To know more, refer Online Help > Setting Up Baton > Setting up Test Plans > Editing Existing Test Plans > Editing Sections > Mapping Sections MPEG-2 Transport Features Support added to detect PID and Table ID values in MPEG-2 Transport stream. To know more, refer Online Help > Understanding BATON > Understanding Checks In BATON > Container File Formats > MPEG2 Transport Features > Detecting PID To Table ID Map MP4 Features Support added to detect Field order using Fiel Atom. To know more, refer Online Help > Understanding BATON > Understanding Checks In BATON > Container File Formats > MP4 Features > Detecting Field Order Page 6

7 1.7 Container Description Checks CDP Length Support added to detect CDP length. To know more, refer Online Help > Understanding BATON > Understanding Checks In BATON > Container Description Checks > Detecting CDP Length 1.8 Elementary Audio/Video Checks MPEG-2 Video Check to detect presence of SMPTE328M added. To know more, refer Online Help > Understanding BATON > Understanding Checks in BATON > Elementary Audio Video Essence Checks > MPEG-2 Video > Detecting SMPTE328M Timecode H.264 Video Support added to detect the number of reference frames required to decode each picture. To know more, refer Online Help > Understanding BATON > Understanding Checks in BATON > Elementary Audio Video Essence Checks > H.264 Video > Detecting Reference Frame Count 1.9 DRM Techniques Support added for different encryption techniques by specifying map of key and content key as an input in csv format. To know more, refer Online Help > Setting Up Baton > Setting Baton Environment > DRM Techniques 1.10 Verification Options Common Settings Support added to analyze Adaptive Transport Stream content as a single package. To know more, refer Online Help > Setting Up Baton > Setting Test Plan Verification Options > Verification Settings > Common Settings > Analyze Adaptive Transport Stream Content as Single Package Container Settings Support added to apply format specific section to all essence files in a package. To know more, refer Online Help > Setting Up Baton > Setting Test Plan Verification Options > Verification Settings > Container Settings > Apply Format Specific section to all essence Audio Settings Support added for SOM detection in Partial Analysis mode. To know more, refer Online Help > Setting Up Baton > Setting Test Plan Verification Options > Verification Settings > Audio Settings > Automatic Start of Media Detection (SOM) Page 7

8 MXF Settings Improvements made in ARD_ZDF_HDF compliance in Baton. To know more, refer Online Help > Setting Up Baton > Setting Test Plan Verification Options > Verification Settings > MXF Settings > Compliance Conformance Settings Support added to specify Fatal severity to a conformance check. To know more, refer Online Help > Setting Up Baton > Setting Test Plan Verification Options > Verification Settings > Conformance Settings 1.11 BATON Verification Report Support added for saving Verification Reports in XML format added. To know more, refer Online Help > Understanding Baton > Understanding Baton Verification Report > Managing Reports and Actions > Saving Verification Reports as PDF Excel XML. Support added to specify source of error in BATON verification reports. To know more, refer Online Help > Setting Up Baton > Managing Report Templates > Customizing Sections of Templates Support added to display Section Name (if available) in Error Detail popup for MXF Conformance Checks. To know more, refer Online Help > Understanding Baton > Understanding Baton Verification Report > Analyzing Errors in Verification Report > Using Tabular View > Viewing the Error Details BATON System Settings Task Manager Settings Support added to view tasks scheduled using shared Test Plan(s). To know more, refer Online Help > Setting Up Baton > Configuring Baton System Settings > Configuring Task Manager Settings Mail Server Pure SSL support added to send mails while configuring SMTP server settings. To know more, refer Online Help > Setting Up Baton > Setting Baton Environment > Setting Up Mail Server > Editing SMTP Server Settings 1.13 Conformance Checks Conformance Checks Conformance check is added to cross-check if Continuity Counter in SDTI system items starts with zero. By default, the check is disabled. The ID of this conformance error is Conformance check is added to report an error for a mismatch between Container Duration and Edit Unit count. By default, the check is disabled. The ID of this conformance error is Page 8

9 Conformance check is added in Data section to cross-check the number of CDP packets per ANC frame. By default, the check is disabled. The ID of this conformance error is Conformance check is added in MXF section to report an error if the value of Slice Count in Index table segments in one Index Stream (i.e. with same IndexSID) is inconsistent. By default, the check is enabled. The ID of this conformance error is Conformance check is added in MXF section to report an error if the value of Body SID in Index table segments in one Index Stream (i.e. with same IndexSID) is inconsistent. By default, the check is enabled. The ID of this conformance error is Conformance check is added in Video section for MPEG2 video to report an error if SCTE 20 user data does not precede ATSC A/53 user data when both are transported in a frame. By default, the check is disabled. The ID of this conformance error is Conformance check is added in Data section to report an error if CDP footer is missing in a CDP packet. By default, the check is enabled. The ID of this conformance error is Conformance check is added in Data section to report an error if there is a mismatch between CDP Footer sequence counter and CDP Header sequence counter. By default, the check is disabled. The ID of this conformance error is Conformance check is added in Data section to report an error if an unexpected sequence number is found in CDP Packet. By default, the check is disabled. The ID of this conformance error is Conformance check added to report an error when AU of HEVC video is not PES aligned in transport streams. By default, this check is disabled. The ID of this conformance error is Conformance check added to report an error for MP4 when total segment duration present in an edit list is not equal to the movie duration. By default, this check is disabled. The ID of this conformance error is Conformance check added to report an error when referenced movie file is not found. By default, this check is disabled The ID of this conformance error is Conformance checks added to report an error when there is a mismatch in weighted prediction coefficients for chroma and luma in H264 video. By default, these checks are disabled. The IDs of these conformance errors are 12662, 12663, and Page 9

10 2 Enhancements 2.1 Formats Support HDR support added for ProRes Format. To know more, refer Online Help > Introduction to BATON > Formats Supported 2.2 Video Quality Checks PSE Video Flash PSE Video Flash check enhanced with a setting to report caution messages as warnings. Video Quality Checks > Detecting PSE Video Flash Black Bars Black Bars check enhanced with: a setting to specify minimum duration for black bars. the ability to report black bar letter box and pillar box errors Video Quality Checks > Detecting Black Bars Motion Jerk Motion Jerk check enhanced with the ability to: detect jerks arising due to regular drop in frames. define the frequency of motion jerk errors appearing per second, minute, hour, or in the entire content. Video Quality Checks > Detecting Motion Jerk Video Signal Level Video Signal Level check enhanced: with a setting to apply video signal level filter before the check is executed on the content. to log the time code for minimum or maximum video signal level. Video Quality Checks > Detecting Video Signal Level Telecine Telecine check enhanced with an option to detect change in cadence pattern above a specified threshold level. Video Quality Checks > Detecting Telecine Errors Page 10

11 2.3 Audio Quality Checks Loudness EBU Loudness check enhanced with the ability to define multiple severity. Audio Quality Checks > Detecting Loudness Language Support added to report an error when language is not detected with acceptable confidence. Audio Quality Checks > Detecting Language 2.4 Image Quality Checks Black Bars Black Bars check enhanced with a setting to specify minimum duration for black bars. Image Quality Checks > Detecting Black Bars 2.5 Data Checks Burnt In Text Subtitles check enhanced with a setting to specify minimum duration and percentage of subtitles present in a video sequence. Data Checks > Burnt In Text Features Detecting Subtitle 2.6 Container File Format Checks MPEG-2 Transport Audio PID to Language check enhanced with an option to select more than one language for mapping. Container File Formats > MPEG-2 Transport Features > Detecting Audio PID Language Map MXF File Features Checks added to detect mismatch in SMPTE 328M with other timecodes. Container File Formats > MXF File Features > Comparing Start TimeCodes 2.7 Elementary Audio/Video Checks HEVC Video Features Support added to log/check Preferred Transfer Characteristic. Elementary Audio Video Essence Checks > HEVC Video Features > Detecting Preferred Transfer Characteristics Page 11

12 2.8 Video Description Checks Bitrate Check Support added for Instantaneous Bitrate and Bitrate Mode check for HEVC video. Video Description Checks > Detecting Bitrate 2.9 Container Description Checks PID Order Support added to specify the Optional PID numbers in the file. Container Description Checks > Detecting PID Order Comparing Container and Elementary Metadata Compare Container and Elementary Metadata check enhanced to be performed for all the essence files in package formats. Container Description Checks > Comparing Container and Elementary Metadata 2.10 Combination Checks Combination checks enhanced to: report combination errors based on error rate detect test tone frequency To know more, refer Online Help > Understanding Baton > Understanding Baton > Understanding Checks In Baton > Combination Checks > Verifying Combination Checks 2.11 BATON UI Breadcrumb strip enhanced to specify the folder path for exploring folders. To know more, refer Online Help > Setting Up Baton > Scheduling Files for Verification > Scheduling Files Manually 2.12 Test Plans Test Plan Tags Test Plan enhanced to: store information about the tags show or hide tags support tag sorting and re-ordering To know more, refer: Online Help > Understanding Baton > Setting Up Baton > Setting Test Plans > Tagging Test Plans > Creating Tags for Test Plans Online Help > Understanding Baton > Setting Up Baton > Setting Test Plans > Tagging Test Plans > Setting up Tag Preferences Page 12

13 Importing/Exporting Test Plan Test Plans enhanced to: import tags applied to it. support node for tags applied to an exported test plans. limit selection of more than five test plans at once. import test plans from getting started page. To know more, refer Online Help > Understanding Baton > Setting Up Baton > Setting Test Plans > Exporting Test Plans Online Help > Understanding Baton > Setting Up Baton > Setting Test Plans > Importing Test Plans 2.13 Test Plan Settings Video Settings Support added to specify checking region in terms of pixels. To know more, refer Online Help > Setting Up Baton > Setting Test Plan Verification Options > Verification Settings > Video Settings > Video Quality Audio Settings Audio Track Layout setting enhanced to specify track layouts for 48 and 64 channels. Override Track Layout enhanced to include support for MCA Metadata. To know more, refer Online Help > Setting Up Baton > Setting Test Plan Verification Options > Verification Settings > Audio Settings > Audio Track Layout Online Help > Setting Up Baton > Setting Test Plan Verification Options > Verification Settings > Audio Settings > Override Track Layout 2.14 Task Search User Interface for Advanced task search enhanced. Support added to filter tasks on all tasks page using saved searches. To know more, refer Online Help > Setting Up Baton > Examining Verified and Profiled Tasks > Working with Task Search > Performing Advanced Search 2.15 Content Locations Connection to UNC location enhanced to allow anonymous access. To know more, refer Online Help > Setting Up Baton > Setting up Baton Environment > Registering Content Location > Registering and Connecting to a Folder on a Shared Location Page 13

14 2.16 Manual Schedule Explore Tab Explorer tab enhanced to provide an option to select supplemental IMF/DCP packages for verification. To know more, refer Online Help > Setting Up Baton > Scheduling Files for Verification > Scheduling Files Manually Schedule Time Support added to view the last scheduled time of file. To know more, refer Online Help > Setting Up Baton > Scheduling Files for Verification > Scheduling Files Manually 2.17 Smart Folders Atomic File Transfer Smart Folder settings enhanced with an option to perform atomic file transfer. To know more, refer Online Help > Setting Up Baton > Working with Smart Folders > Configuring Smart Folders > Customizing Smart Folder Settings Support Added Support added to: Support added to use SonyRAW format as a filtering criteria for smart folders. Specify Start Timecode while defining criteria for Pre-QC filters. Select Adaptive Transport Stream as content type while defining criteria on Pre and Post QC filters. Use the drop-down list as a Search Box to make faster selections. To know more, refer Online Help > Setting Up Baton > Working with Smart Folders > Configuring Smart Folders > Configuring Workflow Options > Defining Criteria for Filters Explore and Browse folder Smart folder's Explore and Browse folder functionality enhanced to optimize page load by providing manual expand mode while browsing multiple content locations. To know more, refer Online Help > Setting Up Baton > Working with Smart Folders > Browsing Folders on Content Location Smart Folder Scanning Smart folder scanning mechanism enhanced with options to specify schedule for scanning a particular smart folder. To know more, refer Online Help > Setting Up Baton > Working with Smart Folders > Executing Rules on Smart Folders, and Online Help > Setting Up Baton > Working with Smart Folders > Customizing Smart Folder Settings Page 14

15 File Naming Convention Correct option in Post QC filters enhanced with an ability to choose file naming convention after the file is verified. To know more, refer Online Help > Setting Up Baton > Working with Smart Folders > Configuring Smart Folders > Configuring Workflow Options > Defining Actions for Filters Templates Support added for checking size with maximum allowed size. To know more, refer Online Help > Setting Up Baton > Setting up Templates 2.19 Report Templates Report templates enhanced with: A new built-in template to report all the errors reported during Eyeball QC. the ability to re-order tabs in HTML report. To know more, refer Online Help > Setting Up Baton > Managing Report Templates, and Online Help > Setting Up Baton > Managing Report Templates > Customizing Sections of Templates 2.20 Alerts Test Plan Alert Support added to select version when Creating alert for Test Plan. To know more, refer Online Help > Setting Up Baton > Setting Alerts > Creating Alerts for Test Plan System Alerts Support added to display timestamp in system alerts' reports. To know more, refer Online Help > Setting Up Baton > Setting Alerts > Understanding System Alerts 2.21 Verification Tasks Tasks in Progress Tasks in Progress page enhanced to display Auto QC Result as a default column. To know more, refer Online Help > Setting Up Baton > Examining Verified and Profiled Tasks > Working with Verified Tasks > Customizing Task Information Display 2.22 Verification Report Test plan Level Verification report enhanced to display the level using which the test plan was run for verifying files. Page 15

16 Correct Option Progress bar of correct operation split to display correction and copy. To know more, refer Online Help > Understanding Baton > Understanding Baton Verification Report > Viewing Verification Report > Previewing the Verification Report Navigation Key Support Support added to view errors within a single track using navigation keys. To know more, refer Online Help > Understanding Baton > Understanding Baton Verification Report > Analyzing Errors in Verification Report > Using Tabular View > Viewing the Error Details 2.23 BATON Services Database Manager BATON database Manager enhanced with the ability to be accessed using login credentials. To know more, refer Online Help > Setting Up Baton > Setting up BATON Environment > Managing Access to BATON Services > Configuring Database Settings > Performing Database Management Tasks 2.24 User Account Management User Account Page Interface of User account page enhanced. Title of user account registered in BATON can be edited. To know more, refer Online Help > Setting Up Baton > Setting up BATON Environment > Managing User Accounts > Assigning Roles 2.25 Conformance Checks Conformance Check The conformance error reporting enhanced to not report error for the first CC708 packet even if it does not start from zero. 3 Improvements 3.1 Video Quality Checks Color Banding Color Banding check improved to detect different types of color banding errors Defective Pixels Defective Pixel check improved to detect single pixel errors Telecine Improvement in Cadence Pattern detection algorithm. Page 16

17 3.1.4 Chroma Change Improvement in Chroma Change detection Video Dropout Improvement in unwanted frame and chroma dropout detection Subtitles Improvement done to specify Maximum bounding box. 3.2 Video Description Checks Scan Order Improvements in scan order reporting for MPEG-2 video files. 3.3 Data Checks Caption and Subtitle Alignment The Caption Alignment and Subtitle Alignment checks are available only in L3 Test Plan. Page 17