Axinom releases new features and updates for Mosaic and all included service on a regular base. Here is a summary over the last few weeks.
Latest releases:
Per-scene encoding or CAE (Content-Aware Encoding) is a technique used to optimize the size of the encoded output by applying different encoder settings to different parts of the video (scenes). An AI-enhanced solution continuously analyzes content in real-time to determine the best transcoder settings for outstanding video quality and lower bitrates. It's also known as CAE - Content-Aware Encoding or Content-Adaptive Encoding.
Per-scene encoding promises to reduce the output size by an average of 40% (and up to 70%) without compromising visual video quality. But how well it works really?
New release (R113) of Axinom Mosaic is available!
Changes:
Select and Tags components now allow the users to type the value they are looking for and the component will automatically filter the options to match the input. This makes it easier to find the right value, especially in long lists of * options.
Today we successfully completed our planned RabbitMQ Server upgrade from version 3.12.10 to 4.0.3.
We're happy to say that this major version upgrade went almost as smooth as we planned >=]. We opted for a Blue-Green deployment in this specific upgrade as it offered us the least disruption times.
Now all the existing definitions are migrated and unprocessed messages are federated into the new RabbitMQ Cluster, and all services re-connected.
Recently, we've released a number of additional features regarding user authentication in Management System:
Here is a summary for the changes:
Sign-in experience is now more aligned with the industry best practices. Users can directly sign in with their email and password, or select one of the external IDPs (Identify Providers) using the bottons below. Which IDPs can be used on a given environment is configurable (see below).
New release 6.21.0 of Axinom DRM License Service (PlayReady) is available!
Changes:
This is a so called required update that every licensee of the Microsoft PlayReady Server SDK has to incorporate into their Server Applications and Services within six months.
A new video-tutorial explaining how to encode a video with DRM protection using Axinom Encoding and Axinom DRM.
New release (R110) of Axinom Mosaic is available!
It's a maintenance release fixing some issues and adding more consistency.
We recommend upgrading the libraries @axinom/mosaic-ui and @axinom/mosaic-service-common.
How do you create your video tutorials? Here is an example where we used for Axinom Mosaic one of the modern text-to-speech tools: (kudos to Nipuni Madanayake).
How does it sound for you? For me it's still a bit "robotic", but it's a native speaker pronunciation (which is not an obvious thing for a non-UK non-US company). And what is even more interesting for me with my passion for continuous delivery - it allows to create a script, store it in git, and GENERATE the audio during build time - same as what you do with any other software build artifacts.
Now you can make modifications to the original script - they are all nicely trackable through git, and new builds can be produced anytime. Compare with an effort you have to make to record such a screencast yourself.
There is still a part with clicking and screen-recording - remains manual, but we are working on it!
We’re excited to announce that Axinom Portal now offers enhanced self-management features designed specifically for organizations with multiple users. Here’s what you can do: