Release Notes for Cisco Digital Media System, Version 3.5

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Release Notes for the Cisco Digital Media System, Version 3.5

Contents

Introduction

New Features

New and Changed Information

Cisco DMS Servers as Appliances

Open and Resolved Caveats

Related Documentation

Obtaining Documentation

Cisco.com

Product Documentation DVD

Ordering Documentation

Documentation Feedback

Cisco Product Security Overview

Reporting Security Problems in Cisco Products

Product Alerts and Field Notices

Obtaining Technical Assistance

Cisco Technical Support & Documentation Website

Submitting a Service Request

Definitions of Service Request Severity

Obtaining Additional Publications and Information

Release Notes for the Cisco Digital Media System, Version 3.5

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Revised: December 4, 2006, OL-11507-02

CDC Date 12/4/2006

Contents

These release notes describe the following topics:

•Introduction

•New Features

•New and Changed Information

•Open and Resolved Caveats

•Related Documentation

•Obtaining Documentation

•Cisco Product Security Overview

•Product Alerts and Field Notices

•Obtaining Technical Assistance

•Obtaining Additional Publications and Information

Introduction

These release notes describe bug fixes and new features for the following components of the Cisco Digital Media System (DMS) version 3.5 software:

•Video Portal Version 3.5

•Digital Media Manager (DMM) version 3.5

•Digital Media Reporting Tool version 3.5

•Digital Media Encoder 1000

New Features

The Cisco Digital Media System Version 3.5 (DMS) has the following new features:

Cisco Digital Media Manager:

•Ability to encode a live event into a Windows Media live stream and archive it as a WMV file

•Ability to encode a live event and archive it as a Flash/FLV file

•Ability to transcode (convert) AVI and MPEG2 files into Windows Media format

•Encoder controls from within DMM, as follows:

–Schedule

–Start/stop

–Monitor

–Customize

•Upgrade path from DMS 3.4 to DMS 3.5

Cisco Video Portal:

•Firefox and Internet Explorer support for on-demand QuickTime video streams in MOV and MPEG4/H.264 format

•Live support with Windows Media content, allowing portal users to:

–Watch live events

–Add scheduled events to custom playlists

–Search for live events

New and Changed Information

This section describes new and changed information about this release of Cisco DMS.

Cisco DMS Servers as Appliances

Cisco DMS servers are available only as appliances with the DMS software pre-loaded. Table 1 lists the available configurations.

Table 1 Available DMS Configurations

Configuration	DMM 3.5	Video Portal 3.5 + Video Portal Reports 3.5
500 Concurrent User Sessions	MCS-7835-H1	MCS-7825-H2
1,000 Concurrent User Sessions	MCS-7835-H1	MCS-7835-H1

Table 2 lists the client hardware and software requirements for operating components of the Cisco DMS, DMM 3.5 and Video Portal 3.5.

Table 2 Client Hardware and Software Requirements

Video Portal Template	Required Browser Plugin(s)	Supported Browser
Flash only	Flash 8 or later	Windows: Internet Explorer 6.0, Firefox 1.5.0.6 Linux/UNIX: Firefox 1.07 Apple Macintosh: Safari 2.0, Firefox 1.5.0.6
Flash/Windows Media	Flash 8 or later and Windows Media 9 or later	Windows: Internet Explorer 6.0, Firefox 1.5.0.6
Flash/RealPlayer	Flash 8 or later and RealPlayer 10 or later	Windows: Internet Explorer 6.0, Firefox 1.5.0.6 Linux/UNIX: Firefox 1.0.7 Apple Macintosh: Safari 2.0, Firefox 1.5.0.6
Flash/QuickTime	Flash 8 or later and Quicktime 7.1 or later	Windows: Internet Explorer 6.0, Firefox 1.5.0.6 Apple Macintosh: Safari 2.0, Firefox 1.5.0.6

Table 3 lists the browser requirements for Video Portal Reports (VPR 3.5).

Table 3 Video Portal Reports (VPR 3.5) Browser Requirements

Platform	Browser
Windows	•Internet Explorer 5.5 minimum, with Adobe SVG Plug-in 3.0 or later •Firefox 1.5.0.6 or later
Linux/UNIX	•Firefox 1.0.7 or later
Apple Macintosh	•Firefox 1.5.0.6 or later

Open and Resolved Caveats

Table 4 lists outstanding caveats in Cisco DMS 3.5. Table 5 lists caveats resolved since the previous release.

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Note To obtain more information about known caveats, access the Cisco Software Bug Toolkit at http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/Support/Bugtool/home.pl. (You will be prompted to log in to Cisco.com.)

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Table 4 Known Caveats

Problem ID	Description	Workaround
CSCsf27269	Uploading two video types at the same time causes both of the fields to be populated with the same file name.	Upload only a single video type at a time.
CSCsf25251	The system cannot play videos using RealPlayer and Windows Media Player when the interstitial sequence contains zero interstitials.	The interstitial sequence must contain at least one interstitial.
CSCsf12812	The video player pauses at the end of the playback.	Always set the duration to the lowest possible value for all media types.
CSCsf16913	When playing Real video on an Apple Macintosh using the Safari browser, the video never loads.	No known workaround exists for this problem.
CSCsf25247	A Java script (JSP) exception is generated when you add a related item to archived video.	Do not edit the archive content.
CSCsf25461	It is possible to schedule a transcoding job in the past.	A transcoding task will be executed at the earliest possible time.
CSCsg44766	The DMM Video Portal Preview popup window does not open in the display.	To view the Video Portal Preview, you must have the pop-up blocker disabled on your browser. •For Firefox users: –Open a Firefox window. –Select Tools > Options –Select the Content tab. –Deselect the check box labeled Block Popup Windows. –Right-click the Allowed Sites button, and add the address of the website you want to allow. •For Internet Explorer users, Windows 2000 SP4: –Open an Internet Explorer window. –Select Internet Options > Tools. –Select the Privacy tab –Deselect the check box labeled Block pop-ups. –Select OK or Apply. •For Internet Explorer users, Windows XP SP2: –Open an Internet Explorer window. –Select Tools > Pop-up Blocker. –Select Turn off Pop-up Blocker.
CSCsg45129	The dashboard shows status for only a single transcoding job at a time.	Status for all transcoding tasks is displayed on the transcoding page.
CSCsg49107	Two identical "test-only" pull configurations are created under certain conditions when adding a new encoder.	Delete one of the "test-only" pull configurations before using it.
CSCsg45123	You cannot stop the transcoding task on the dashboard when there is a scheduled live event.	Unschedule the live event, return to the dashboard, and stop the transcoding task.
CSCsg56309	Automatic duration calculation for Flash/FLV does not work for files bigger than 150 MB.	Manually enter the duration for Flash/FLV files that are bigger than 150 MB.

Table 5 Resolved Caveats  

Problem ID	Description	Workaround
CSCsf27274	No preview image appears in the Video Portal	Always upload the Preview Content file in the Video part form.
CSCsg20496	Deployment from the DMM to the Video Portal fails if any of the deployment locations are blank.	Populate all deployment locations (DMM >> Configuration Manager >> Deploy Locations) with a root file directory and valid root URL path for all media formats (for example, Windows Media or Flash), regardless of which supported media formats are selected.
CSCsf22941	A user with pwadmin access privileges is logged out from the Appliance Administrator Interface (AAI) after changing the pwadmin password	Log in from the AAI again.
CSCsf27284	Any of the instance names used in the past are not reflected visually in AAI	No known workaround exists for this problem.
CSCsf31024	Explanatory text in the Syslog screen has an error. In the area where you can chose between USB or SFTP, the text at the top reads From this menu you can shutdown or reboot the Digital Media Manager. The text should read From this menu you can save the appliance syslog to a USB drive or to a SFTP server	No workaround needed.
CSCsg31375	If the Preview Content File URL field of a video portion is left blank, after three to five deployments the application stops responding.	Always deploy a NoPreviewAvail.jpg or NoPreviewAvil.swf in the video portion.

Related Documentation

Refer to the Cisco Digital Media System Documentation Roadmap for a list of related documentation:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6681/products_documentation_roadmap09186a0080720650.html

Obtaining Documentation

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Cisco.com

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Reporting Security Problems in Cisco Products

Cisco is committed to delivering secure products. We test our products internally before we release them, and we strive to correct all vulnerabilities quickly. If you think that you have identified a vulnerability in a Cisco product, contact PSIRT:

•For emergencies only — security-alert@cisco.com

An emergency is either a condition in which a system is under active attack or a condition for which a severe and urgent security vulnerability should be reported. All other conditions are considered nonemergencies.

•For nonemergencies — psirt@cisco.com

In an emergency, you can also reach PSIRT by telephone:

•1 877 228-7302

•1 408 525-6532

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Never use a revoked encryption key or an expired encryption key. The correct public key to use in your correspondence with PSIRT is the one linked in the Contact Summary section of the Security Vulnerability Policy page at this URL:

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Submitting a Service Request

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To open a service request by telephone, use one of the following numbers:

Asia-Pacific: +61 2 8446 7411
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Severity 1 (S1)—An existing network is "down" or there is a critical impact to your business operations. You and Cisco will commit all necessary resources around the clock to resolve the situation.

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Obtaining Additional Publications and Information

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•Packet magazine is the magazine for Cisco networking professionals. Each quarter, Packet delivers coverage of the latest industry trends, technology breakthroughs, and Cisco products and solutions, as well as network deployment and troubleshooting tips, configuration examples, customer case studies, certification and training information, and links to scores of in-depth online resources. You can subscribe to Packet magazine at this URL:

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•Networking Professionals Connection is an interactive website where networking professionals share questions, suggestions, and information about networking products and technologies with Cisco experts and other networking professionals. Join a discussion at this URL:

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•"What's New in Cisco Documentation" is an online publication that provides information about the latest documentation releases for Cisco products. Updated monthly, this online publication is organized by product category to direct you quickly to the documentation for your products. You can view the latest release of "What's New in Cisco Documentation" at this URL:

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