Kaltura On-Prem Release Ntes Versin: Eagle
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Kaltura On-Prem Versin Eagle: Release Ntes Release Date January 24, 2012 Kaltura On-Prem Editin Kaltura prvides the wrld s first Open Surce Online Vide Platfrm. Over 150,000 media and entertainment cmpanies, enterprises, SMBs, educatinal institutins, service prviders, platfrm vendrs, and system integratrs use Kaltura s flexible platfrm t enhance their websites, web-services, and web-platfrms with advanced custmized vide, pht and audi functinalities. Kaltura s features and prducts enable yu t easily deply custm wrk-flws invlving vide creatin, ingestin, publishing, management, syndicatin, engagement, mnetizatin, and analysis. The Kaltura On-Prem Editin is Kaltura's full featured self-hsted vide platfrm sftware installed n yur wn servers r clud and supprted and maintained by Kaltura. Kaltura On-Prem Versin Eagle Kaltura On-Prem versin Eagle is based n the Eagle release f the Kaltura nline vide platfrm. Versin Eagle prvides new features, infrastructure enhancements, and new API services. Supprted/Tested OS Kaltura On-Prem was tested n the CentOS 6.2/64bit perating system. NOTE: While it is pssible t install Kaltura On-Prem n ther Linux distributins and n a 32-bit server, these cnfiguratins were nt tested by Kaltura. New Features and Capabilities Versin Eagle includes the fllwing main new features and infrastructure changes. New Uplad Tab Uplad and prepare media entries directly frm the main Kaltura Management Cnsle (KMC) menu, regardless f the page yu are wrking n. Uplad Cntrl Manage and cntrl yur uplads, set pririties, track prgress, and cntinue wrking in the KMC while yur uplads cntinue t prcess in the backgrund. In Vide Search Use Kaltura s new In Vide Search API t search fr a specific phrase in a library f vides and find the exact pint in the vide where the phrase appears. Multilingual Captins Uplad captin files directly t the KMC in different languages and frmats. Allw users t select their preferred language and captin setting. Clipping and Trimming Create clips frm existing vides. By setting in and ut Kaltura On-Prem Release Ntes 3
Kaltura On-Prem Versin Eagle: Release Ntes pints, each clip becmes an individual media entry encded in multiple flavrs that can be dwnladed, distributed, and played n any device. Yu can als simply trim the length f a vide. Yu can clip and trim directly frm the KMC. Advertising Insert cue-pints and add mid-rll and verlay ads in any vide. Metadata Imprvements and Related Files Manage multiple metadata schemas and append related dcuments t media entries. Advanced Ingestin Capabilities: Cntrl the rder f ingestin. Create Draft Entries with metadata and attach the vide later. Use yur wn transcders and ingest the utput flavrs t Kaltura. Hst vides at yur preferred lcatin and link t Kaltura. Autmate cntent ingestin using Drp Flders. Seamlessly replace vide assets fr a Kaltura entry. Media is replaced in all live and syndicated players. Fr mre infrmatin, please refer t: Kaltura Management Cnsle (KMC) User Manual, included in the sftware package Kaltura Eagle Release What s New? Features that Require Third Party Integratin Sme features ffered in cnjunctin with the Kaltura On-Prem vide platfrm sftware require integratin with third party sftware r hardware. The table describes the features and the custmizatin and third party sftware that may be required. Premium Feature Akamai HD Netwrk and Apple HTTP streaming Analytics fr capturing CDN bandwidth usage RTMP delivery r adaptive bit rate delivery User gedistributin analytics and/r access cntrl Side-by-side vide and PwerPint Descriptin Requires cntent delivery thrugh Akamai CDN lg integratin is needed (Versin Eagle already is integrated with CDN lgs f Akamai, limelight, level3). Requires CDN/FMS integratin Requires ip2lcatin DB license Ability t shw a dual-head display. Fr example, enable the viewer f interactive lectures t skip between slides and the vide autmatically Required 3rd Party Sftware Akamai CDN accunt CDN accunt CDN r FMS Micrsft 2008 server (See Appendix A: Micrsft Dcument Server Requirements) Kaltura On-Prem Release Ntes 4
Kaltura On-Prem Versin Eagle: Release Ntes Premium Feature Webcam recrder widget HTTPS encryptin fr lgin Single signn (SSO) integratin RTMP frm FMS In Vide Search Live streaming KMC lcalizatin Custm player skins Descriptin seeks the crrect lcatin. Custmizatin includes setting up a licensed windws server and adding required cnversin flavrs. Allws users t recrd vide directly frm a webcam and t add metadata Requires integrating with the custmers' Flash Media Server (FMS). Fr example, FMS/Adbe/Wwza/Red5. Requires the creatin f an HTTPS certificate by the custmer and an integratin effrt Requires integratin with an external authenticatin server t enable external user management and access t already lgged in users. Only fr delivering vide n demand Enables searching acrss all vides in yur system using the Kaltura API and vide captin indexing Live streaming using a different media server than the included Akamai Translatin f all KMC strings, prviding a lcalized experience fr the KMC Custmize the lk, feel, and functinality f the Kaltura player. Required 3rd Party Sftware If FMS, use nly FMS Interactive server v3.5 Yu can install certificates either n the lad balancer r directly n the servers. Prerequisite: authenticatin server details. Fr Red5/Wwza/FMS. Depends n a discvery effrt. Requires designing and cding a search page Fr Akamai, requires cnfiguratin nly. Fr Wwza r any ther CDN, requires a specific integratin prject. Requires a translatr fr all email and KMC texts, and prviding the translated cntent t Kaltura Requires graphic design, which Kaltura can prvide Kaltura On-Prem Release Ntes 5
Kaltura On-Prem Versin Eagle: Release Ntes Knwn Issues Versin Eagle includes the fllwing knwn issues. ID Q 1291 Q 1290 Q 1293 Q 1294 Q 1311 Descriptin Switching t full screen while displaying a pst rll r a mid-rll verlay ad causes the ad t visibly flat t the crrect psitin, instead f immediately reappearing in the crrect psitin. In certain cnditins, switching t full screen mde while displaying an verlay ad causes the verlay ad t disappear. baseentry->add type parameters is deprecated in the API: In the API, the baseentry->add type parameter is nw deprecated and will be ignred. The entry type nw is defined using the entry_type parameter. Different behavirs fr aut-mderatin, depending n which API is used: When a partner is set with aut-mderatin and a new playlist is added: 1. The playlist is aut-mderated if the playlist is added using the baseentry->add API actin. 2. The playlist is nt aut-mderated if the playlist is added using the playlist->add API actin. Resizing the player while paused des nt immediately resize the captins: When a vide with captins is playing, clicking Pause and then changing the screen mde des nt immediately resize the captins t the new screen size. The captins are crrectly resized nly when Play resumes. Kaltura On-Prem Release Ntes 6
Appendix A: Micrsft Dcument Server Requirements Appendix A: Micrsft Dcument Server Requirements Hardware Requirements Minimum 4GB RAM 1x4 CPU Minimum 80GB hard drive Win2k8 Enterprise R2 64 bit Sftware Requirements Installed Micrsft Features.NET 3.5.1 Desktp experience Prerequisite Sftware n the Server XAMPP 1.7.1 n prt 8080 OpenOffice 3.2.1 MS Office Prfessinal 2007 PDF Creatr 1.0.2 (standard installatin) make PDFCreatr the default printer Place RunAffinityCmd.exe in C:\ (Optinal) Mediainf 0.7.29 Kaltura On-Prem Release Ntes 7