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System Factors• New64-bitMediaServer8Storageproceduresnowsupport
thedownloadofindividualhigh-resolutionfilesgreaterthan2GBinsize.(Requires64-biteditionsoftheOSandSQLServer).
• Nowsupportsserver-sideconnectivitytotheMediaServer8systemviaWindowsintegratedauthentication.
• NewconcurrentusersessionmanagementmatchesthebehavioroftheSCCMediaGridclient.UsersarenowimmediatelydisconnectedfromtheMediaServer8systemwhenevertheSCCwebclientbrowserwindowisclosed,andassuchisnolongerrequiredtologoutinordertoreleasetheconcurrentuserlicenseforusebyotherusers.
• Configurableidletime-outsettingsenhancedtoprovideoptionsfor30,60,90,120minutes,ornever.Anewdialogalertsuserswhentheidletimeoutisabouttoexpire,allowingthemtochoosetostayconnectedortoallowthesessiontoexpire.
• SupportforlatestversionsofInternetExplorer,Safari,Firefox,ChromeandbothMacintoshOSXandWindowsplatforms.
SCC Web Client Site (Enhanced)• TheSCCWebClientisnowmulti-siteaware.Fromthe
loginpageusersareabletoselectfromalistofsites,orsetadefaultsitefromtheURL,orhavethedefaultsitesetautomaticallybasedontheirlogin.
• Theselectedsitevaluedetermineswhichlibrariesareavailableforsearchbythatuser.
• Theselectedsitevalueautomaticallypopulatespopuplistswithsitespecificvaluesforpublication,edition,sectionetc.,aswellasreporter,photographer,editoretc.
• Ifenabled,theuserhastheoptionofselectingoneormoreadditionalsitesinordertoperformanaggregatesearchformultimediacontentfromothersitesstoredwithintheMediaServer8system.
• Whenadditionalsitesareselected,popuplistsaredynamicallymodifiedtoincludelistvaluesfromtheotherselectedsites.
• Thelibrarylisthasnowbeenreplacedbyaseriesofcheckboxesforeach“MediaType”.ThesecheckboxesoperateinconjunctionwiththeSitelistinordertoautomaticallytargetMediaServer8librariesconfiguredindividuallybysiteandbymediatype.
• NewinlinecalendarprovidescompatibilitywithiOSoperatingsystems.
Lucene Search (Enhanced)• SupportfortheSCCLuceneType3SearchandIndexing
engineinstalledandoperatingin“Distributed”multi-servermode,whichisafeatureofMediaServer8.
• NewLucenequeryoptionsallowstheusertoenable/disablewordstemmingandcasesensitivity.
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• LuceneBooleansearchoperatorsAND,OR,NOTarenowcaseinsensitive.
• DefaultLucenesearchbehaviorcannowbeconfiguredtoassumean‘AND’oran‘OR’betweensearchterms.
• Maximumsearchhitlimitnowconfigurableperloggedinuser,viatheSCCMediaServer8usermanagerapplicationandsnap-inforActiveDirectory.
• NewSavedSearchfunctionalityallowsLucenesearchestobesavedandrecalledfromanyotherworkstationseparatelyforeachsearchformandbasedonuserlogin.
Table Valued Attributes (New)• AddsadvancedsearchanddisplaysupportforthenewSCC
“TableValuedAttribute”(TVA)columntypeprovidedbyMediaServer8.
• LikeotherSCCMediaServerattributes,TableValued
Attributescanbeaddedtoanyexistinglibraryforthepurposeofstoringcontent.InthiscasetheTVAattributeactuallyreferencesasecondary“child”library,whereeachvaluecontainedintheTVAlistelementmapstocolumnswithinindividualrowsintheTVAchildlibrary.
• ValuesfromeachTVAlistelementcanbeindividuallysearchedaccordingtoeachvaluesdatatype(integer,date/time,textetc.)andeachcolumnsortedlogically.InfacttheTVAattributebehavesjustlikeaseparatetablebutallwithintherealmoftheparentlibrary.
Results Record Sorting (Enhanced)• TheSCCWebclientnowallowsmulti-columnresultstobe
sortedinascending/descendingorderbyclickingthesorticonatthetopofeachattributecolumnintheresultsdisplay.
• Newmulti-levelsortingoptionallowsresultstobesortedbymultipleattributes,eachofwhichineitherascendingordescendingorder.
Cloud Storage (New)• IncludedwiththeCloudStorageModule• InterfacestoMicrosoftAzureCloudStorageServicesand
providestheabilityforhigh-resolutionmultimediafilesand/orhigh-resolutionpreviewscontainedwithinaMediaServer8systemtobeautomatically,andasabackgroundprocesstotallytransparenttotheuser,migratedtotheAzurecloud.
• Incorporatesasophisticatedretrymechanismintheeventthataninternetinterruptionoccurswhilehigh-resfilesarebeingdownloadedfromthecloud.
• Uponrequestfordownload/deliveryoftheserecords,theMediaServer8systemautomaticallyretrievesthehigh-resfiledirectlyfromtheAzurecloud(server-side)andpipesittotheuser–andthenkeepsitaroundlocallyinacachedirectoryforapreferredperiod.
Download Constraints (New)• Supportfornewdownloadconstraintsfacility,configurablein
MediaServer8UserManagementutilities.• Twomodesofoperation:“DownloadConstraintByAge”and
“DownloadConstraintByWhere”statement.• TheDownloadConstraintByAgesettingchecksforvaluesin
twoMediaServer8librarydateattributes:“DownloadOnorAfter”and“DownloadOnorBefore”.Thedatevaluesenteredintotheseattributesdeterminethedownloadable“lifespan”ofaMediaServer8record.Whenthislifespanexpirestherecordcanbesearchedanddisplayed(asbefore)butnolongerdownloaded.
• TheDownloadConstraintByWhere”statementappliestoallrecordsinaparticularlibrary,andonlyallowsrecordstobedownloadedthatmatchthecriteriaspecifiedinthe“where”statement.
• TheInlinePDFViewerisnowdownloadconstraintaware.IftheuserdoesnothavepermissiontodownloadthePDFthenthebitmappreviewisdisplayedonthedetailpageratherthanthePDFitself.
• TheSCCImageCropappisnowdownloadconstraintaware.Iftheuserdoesnothavepermissiontodownloadtheimagethenpublishfunctionalityisdisabled.
• DownloadconstraintsapplytobothstandaloneandActiveDirectorybasedMediaServer8users.
Corner Marker Definitions (Enhanced)• NowsupportsMediaServerLibrarynamevariableascorner
markerdefinition.
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• Supportsnewdownloadageconstraintsfeature:“downloadable”,“notdownloadable”ascornermarkerdefinitions.
• DateattributesnowsupportuseofToday,Yesterday,Tomorrowvariableswithincornermarkerdefinitions.
Delivery, Publish, Email Commands (New)• Linkstodelivery,publishandemailcommandsnowobserve
MediaServer8downloadconstraints.• Iftheuserdoesnothavesufficientpermissiononthehigh-
resolutionobject,theyarenowwarnedofthisatthetimethedelivery,publishand/oremaillinkisfirstclicked.
• Delivery,Publish,EmailformsnowsupporttheinclusionofaCmdTokenvalueallowingdeliveriestotargetaspecificMediaFactoryDeliveryChannelprovidingincreasedparallelismandperformance.
Record Edit and Create Forms (Enhanced)• Webclientrecordcreateformsnowprovideanoptional
“checkforexistingrecord”featurewhichcanbeusedtoensurethatrecordswithoneormorematchingattributesdonotalreadyexistinthetargetMediaServer8library.Ifmatchingrecordsdoalreadyexist,theuserreceivesapromptallowingthemtomodifythecontentofthenewrecordforresubmission.
• Webclientrecordeditformsnowsupporteditingofmultiplerecordsfrommultiplebrowserwindowsand/orbrowsertabssimultaneously.
Video Player (New)• IncludedwiththeMediaServerVideoSupportModule• Addssupportforarangeofvideoformatsforinsertioninto
theMediaServersystem.
• Themoduleincludesatranscodingservicethatautomaticallytransformsincomingvideofilesintorichmediapackagesconsistingofhighdefinitionvideo,thumbnails,keyframes,andproxiesofvaryingsizeandresolution,readyforinsertion.
• ThemoduleincludesaRichInternetApplication(RIA)Viewer
thatusesstreamingtechnologytoprovideinstantplaybackfromanypointinavideo,andenablingsimplepointandclickframenavigationfromthekeyframesstrip(storyboard)belowthevideowindow.
• SupportsVideoplaybackfromCloudStorage(whenMediaServerCloudStorageModuleisinstalled).
Budgeting/Assignment Module (Enhanced)• Budgetingformsarenowmulti-publicationaware,supporting
multi-siteplanningandgroup-widebudgetingofcontent.
• Budgetresultsdisplaynowsupportstargetedbudgetreportgenerationbyclickingonhyperlinksforrundate,publication,sectionorpage.
• PhotoassignmentformsnowincludeenhancedStartandEndTimepopuplistfunctionality,whichallowsthedurationtobeeasilyviewedwhensettingtimerangevalues.
• ThePhotographer’sscheduleisnowmulti-siteaware,allowingschedulestobemaintainedforphotographer’slocatedatoneormoresites
• ThePhotographersscheduleresultsdisplaycannowbeconfiguredtosupportweekcommencementfromanydayoftheweek.e.g.MondaythruSunday,SundaythruSaturdayetc.
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• AnewAssignment/Schedulereportallowsscheduledphotoandvideoassignmentstobeeasilyviewedforanygivenday.
• Clickingonthephotographer/videographernameretrievesallassignmentsforthatpersonforthatday.
• Clickingonthecolorizedassignmentreturnsthatparticularassignmentforsubsequenteditingordetaildisplay.
• NewRevisionHistoryfeatureallowsallchangesmadetoarecordtobetrackedwithbefore/afterchangescompared.
Correction Forms Workflow (New)• NewCorrectionformsworkflowallowsstorycorrection
recordstobeeasilycreated,eitherfromtheparentbudgetrecord,orenteredindividuallyforeachstorybeingcorrected.
• Oncethecorrectionhasbeenenteredandsubsequentlyapproveditisautomaticallydeliveredtothe3rdpartyCMSsystemforpublication.
• Correctionreportscanbeeasilygeneratedforagivenperiod.
Content Upload Tool (New)• Anewcontentuploadtoolallowsmultimediacontenttobe
submitteddirectlytoanSCCassignmentrecord,orsubmittedtoatargetMediaServer8library.
• Theuserisinitiallypresentedwithoneormorecustomizablemetadataformsforcompletionandsubmission,afterwhichatransferappletisthenlaunchedallowingtheusertodraganddropcontenttotheSCCMediaServer8system.