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Encoder 2.250.0 - 2.256.0

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2.256.0 (BETA)

Released 2025-11-25

Fixed

  • Fixed a bug related to internal storage handling when running on Google Cloud by fine-tuning the retry behaviour.
  • Fixed an issue where certain audio inputs combined with HE-AAC audio configuration could cause failures.
  • Improved 3-pass bitrate distribution for H.265 configurations, reducing failures caused by insufficient bitrate allocation.
  • Fixed an issue that could cause encodings with PassthroughAudio configuration(s) to fail during the "Start VoD Encoding" call.

Known Issues

  • Segment validation is not supported for S3 role based, generic S3 (includes Linode and OCI), and FTP and not for LIVE encodings

2.255.1

Released 2025-11-18

Fixed

  • Fixed a bug that could cause Live HLS manifests to contain wrong EXT-X-PROGRAM-DATE-TIMEvalues.
  • Increased robustness of Live Encodings for cases of corrupt audio input.
  • Fixed a bug that led to A/V drift in case of out-of-order input video packets for Live Encodings.
  • Fixed a bug in the detection of A/V sync issues that caused wrong warnings for Live Encodings.

Known Issues

  • When running on Google Cloud, internal storage operations could intermittently fail due to insufficient retry backoff timing, potentially resulting in unexpected encoding errors.
  • Segment validation is not supported for S3 role based, generic S3 (includes Linode and OCI), and FTP and not for LIVE encodings

2.254.0

Released 2025-11-05

Changed

  • Starting with v2.254.0, on GCP, select previous versions (2.236.0, 2.250.0, 2.251.0, 2.253.0) and all upcoming releases support C4D and N4 instances. Availability may vary by GCP region, so these options might not be offered in all regions. For more information, please contact your regional Customer Success Manager or Sales Representative.
  • Internal stability improvements

Known Issues

  • Live HLS manifests can contain wrong EXT-X-PROGRAM-DATE-TIMEvalues. A fix is included in encoder version 2.255.1.
  • When running on Google Cloud, internal storage operations could intermittently fail due to insufficient retry backoff timing, potentially resulting in unexpected encoding errors.
  • Segment validation is not supported for S3 role based, generic S3 (includes Linode and OCI), and FTP and not for LIVE encodings

2.253.0

Released 2025-10-29

Added

  • [AI Scene Analysis] Added shot-level detail analysis, delivering detailed descriptions and exact timing information for every detected shot. This feature currently has limited availability. If you are interested, please contact your regional Customer Success Manager or Sales Representative.

Changed

  • Improved CEA caption preloading from SRT inputs to enhance handling of captions that are close to each other.
  • Enhanced stability of the 3-Pass encoding process by refining bitrate distribution and preventing rare encoding errors.

Fixed

  • Fixed an A/V sync issue for Live Encodings, that occurred when reading wrong metadata from an unstable input connection.

Known Issues

  • Live HLS manifests can contain wrong EXT-X-PROGRAM-DATE-TIMEvalues. A fix will be provided in encoder version 2.255.0.
  • When running on Google Cloud, internal storage operations could intermittently fail due to insufficient retry backoff timing, potentially resulting in unexpected encoding errors.
  • Segment validation is not supported for S3 role based, generic S3 (includes Linode and OCI), and FTP and not for LIVE encodings

2.252.0

Released 2025-10-21

Fixed

  • VoD: Converting SRT subtitles to CEA608/708 Closed Captions under some circumstances created duplicates that caused some parts of the captions to be only displayed for a very short duration.
  • Fixed an issue where using minimumSegmentLength or minimumFragmentDuration with THREE_PASS and custom keyframe configurations could produce incorrect segment durations.

Added

  • Fail-fasts when configuring minimum_segment_length

Changed

  • Overhauled the internal tooling for Azure Blob storage operations aiming for improved consistency under high load.

Known Issues

  • Live HLS manifests can contain wrong EXT-X-PROGRAM-DATE-TIMEvalues. A fix will be provided in encoder version 2.254.0.
  • Segment validation is not supported for S3 role based, generic S3 (includes Linode and OCI), and FTP and not for LIVE encodings

2.251.0 (STABLE)

Released 2025-10-14

Fixed

  • Fixed potentially missing or incorrectly cut segments for TsMuxings for VoD encodings with combined audio and video streams that have an H264 stream with enabled NalHrd.CBR.
  • Fixed a bug that could have caused generation of multiple instances of EXT-X-CUE-OUT and EXT-X-CUE-IN on the same segment when reading SCTE-35 triggers from the input HLS playlist for Live Encodings.
  • Fixed several minor bugs that could have caused SCTE triggers in DASH manifests to either not be added correctly, to not be removed when they should have been or to not have the correct presentationTime

Known Issues

  • Segment validation is not supported for S3 role based, generic S3 (includes Linode and OCI), and FTP and not for LIVE encodings

2.250.0

Released 2025-09-29

Changed

  • Extend support for minimum segment length in audio streams, including alignment with key frames.
  • Download speeds for Service Account based GCS Input were considerably improved, and are expected to be up to 6 times faster.

Fixed

  • Fixed bug where an MP4Muxing could contain duplicate PTS values in the case of two consecutive IDR frames
  • Fixed FTP and SFTP inputs not working with non-default ports

Known Issues

  • Segment validation is not supported for S3 role based, generic S3 (includes Linode and OCI), and FTP and not for LIVE encodings

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