Release Date: June 20th, 2023

Overview

Cablecast 7.5.6 addresses issues discovered in the public release of Cablecast 7.5.4.

See the release notes below for a full list of issues addressed.

• CC-4284 Autopilot Does Not Remove Events For Schedule Events With Missing Assets
  • Fixed an issue where Autopilot would not remove events that had missing playback assets. The events are now properly removed until the required asset is made available and Autopilot is re-sent.
• CC-1648 CablecastCG Player Now Periodically Updates Background Audio Playlist While Playing
  • In previous versions the CablecastCG player used by VIO servers and the CablecastCG Desktop Player would load the Background Audio Playlist on the channels initial load. With this update the player will now receive regular updates with the current playlist allowing changes to the Background Audio Playlist while the channel is playing.
• CC-3153 Autopilot Does Not Save All Send Report Messages
  • Fixed an issue that caused Autopilot to treat many messages as identical, causing them to be excluded from the report. This could lead to Failed autopilot sends with no relevant failure messages about the cause.
• CC-3245 Support For Google Analytics 4 [GA4]
  • Internet channels can now be configured to use a Google Analytics 4 Measurement ID to report analytics to Google Analytics.
• CC-3710 Putting a # in a file name will cause it to fail when trying to move, copy or VOD it.
  • Fixed an issue where a file would not transfer to another server or VOD when a '#' value was used in the file name.
• CC-3755 Internet Channels Display TRT In Seconds
  • Fixed an issue where a Show's TRT was displayed in seconds instead of timecode.
• CC-3862 CG Background Audio Drops Out
  • Fixed an issue where CG background audio could stop during playback.
• CC-3914 Uploaded Assets Can Fail and Break Future Uploads
  • Fixed an issue where uploaded assets could fail to transfer to a destination FileStore and the left over failed asset would break future uploads.
• CC-3919 Cablecast Cloud Services Main Menu Heads Up Display Now Shows Last Communication Time
  • Changed the timestamp used in the Main Menu for Cablecast Cloud Services Last Checkin. Previously the timestamp displayed was the last time Cablecast rotated its temporary access credentials which happens every 12-24 hours. Now the time displayed is the last time Cablecast communicated with Cablecast Cloud Services which is typically every 5 to 10 minutes.
• CC-3985 Thumbnail Generation Can Be Assigned To Wrong Server
  • Fixed an issue where Cablecast would try to generate thumbnails on a server that did not have access to the Asset.
• CC-4005 Internet Channels Fail To Load Default Site If Initial Internet Channel Has Been Deleted
  • Fixed an issue where Cablecast would not load a default internet channel if the systems first Internet Channel had been deleted.
• CC-4029 Internet Channels Shouldn't Filter CGExempt Shows By Default
  • Fixed an issue that prevent CG Exempt shows from being included in Internet Channels. CG Exempt Shows are now allowed in Internet Channels and can optionally be excluded by modifying the Saved Searches used for Site Content, Galleries, or Slide Shows.
• CC-4046 Internet Channel Other Sites Uses Incorrect Root Address
  • Fixed an issue that caused Internet Channels to incorrectly redirect to non Reflect URLS when linking to other Internet Channels.
• CC-4047 [REFLECT+] - Channel Sync Is Not Frequent Enough
  • ​​​​​​​Improved the frequency at which Internet Channels sync non-Show metadata such as Site colors and logos to Reflect+.
• CC-4049 New NDI Network Stream not saving on Cablecast
  • ​​​​​​​Fixed an issue where the "Save" button would be greyed out when adding a new NDI network stream.
• CC-4071 Offline Caption Not Reporting Usage
  • Fixed an issue with Cablecast Closed Captioning where offline jobs would not report their usage to Cablecast Cloud Services.
• CC-4183 Re-Index Jobs Not Created if No Playback Links Found
  • ​​​​​​​Fixed an issue where processing of file indexing jobs could get blocked if one of the jobs was unable to access the file on a playback file store.
• CC-4216 Thumbnail Jobs Creation Can Loop Due To DB Error
  • ​​​​​​​Fixed an issue with thumbnails where a thumbnail job could be submitted multiple time for processing.
• CC-1784 CG Background Audio Is Not Random
  • CG background audio list is now random when the channel loads.

NOTE: If you are already on Cablecast 7.3+ look for your update notification in Cablecast. See Software Updates for additional info.

If you are not on Cablecast 7.3+ and wish to request this update, contact Cablecast Support by opening a ticket through the help center support.cablecast.tv or by emailing support@cablecast.tv