Changelog

3.0.0 May 9, 2023

This release is performance, optimizations, and refactoring much of the codebase. The app should feel faster, and be more reliable.

The main changes:

• Added supports for Coilpack, including GraphQL, Twig and Blade.
• Changes to tag names.
• Removal of some features and options.
• Updated assets field to find and select existing videos.

Some of the changes include:

• Removing redundant queries and removing a few tables.
• Updated Sync process.
• Added more views with audio-only waveform support.
• Fixes to setting thumbnails.
• Cleaned up general metadata view.
• Add auto-importing of video in entry if not in database.
• Several changes and additions to the internal video object, and resulting JSON outputted through the tag.
• Changed object static.renditions to just renditions.
• Updated and refactored signing keys to reflect Mux’s consolidated key management change.

Several bug fixes, some listed here:

• Fixed bug with test expiration and added related property to json object.
• Fixed bug, missing field in Upload menu.
• Fixed incorrect first time settings warning.
• Fixed import issues and bugs related to SQL type errors.
• Fixed a bug setting the title.
• Fixed a bug that would show errored assets in several views.
• Fixed playback ID generation bug.
• Removed HLS quality levels due to Player removing access.
• Removed webcam and screenshare recording input options.
• Removed unused API methods.
• Removed Tips.

• Removed multiple environments.

• PHP 8.2 compatibility.

• Update dependancies.

Added tags:

• source to object. Live, upload, clip, recording.
• dvr tag loop to access all regular parameters associated with an DVR Asset.
• images tag loop.
• user tag loop.
• expiration tag loop for Test assets.
• time tag loop for when the video was last updated, in different formats.
• updated last time the video data was updated.

Changed Tag Names:

• timeline... to storyboard... on several tags. (naming consistency)
• token_storyboard to storyboard_token (naming consistency)
• token_image to thumbnail_token (naming consistency)
• jpg_token to image_token (webp is now default)
• mux_id to uid.
• mux_status or status to state.
• title to name.

Removed tags:

• max_stored_frame_rate
• max_stored_resolution
• enviroment
• act_url and act_write

2.2.0 Sept 30, 2022

• Fixes and cleanup to :player tag.
• Fixed manual sync issue.
• Realtime: JSON: views_url changed to url.
• Realtime: JSON: Added token to Realtime json output.
• Realtime: Tag: Renamed tag from real_time_url to realtime_url.
• Realtime: Tag: Added realtime_token tag.

2.1.1 Sept 16, 2022

• Fixed tag issue where other meta properties were incorrectly disabled with user.
• Removed mux_title tag. Use asset_title.
• Under the hood, added recordings to JSON tag.
• Removed clip_ids and recording_ids in tags.
• Added clips and recordings to {json} tag response.
• Removed the id param in tag response to avoid confusion that it was a unique webhook ID, and not the asset/live ID.
• Improvements for installation process.

2.1.0 August 25th, 2022

• New: Reconnection slates for live streams.
• New: Control panel now using Mux Player.
• Added API keys check when adding new keys.
• Fixed bugs in Log display. Removed text search. Adjusted layout.
• Updated UpChunk to include dynamic chunk sizing for faster uploads.
• Fixed bugs in template tags and API calls made from templates.

2.0.1 July 29th, 2022

• New: EE CLI support for API methods.
• New: Support for Casting in template Mux Player.
• Fixed importing issues
• Fixed installation issues in some SQL versions.
• Fixed issue with act_url and uploading captions.
• Fixed issue with Player assets in template tags.

2.0.0 July 15th, 2022

Version 2 is a significant rewrite of the core Video methods to allow for signed/secure URL playback and future features.

• New: Signed playback URLs support. Global setting.
• New: Domain restrictions for signed playback.
• New: Real-time views for Mux Data plans that support this feature.
• New: Real-time views to control panel Player view.
• New: Auto-generated closed captioning for live streams.
• New: Waveform viewer/player for audio-only tracks. (Requires Static Renditions).
• New: Upload from a URL to Asset field.
• New: Support for Mux’s custom domains (requires Mux to enable)
• New: Sync Mux Library to EE.
• New: Service for handling video JSON payload.
• New: Enriched JSON response for videos.

• New: Add and manage SRT/WebVTT captions for Assets.

• Added “system” API key requirement in config setup for real-time streaming stats.

• Added audio_only tag for assets.
• Added button to rotate playback links.
• Added Mux Player example.
• Added Mux Player and THEOplayer examples.
• Added several additional template tags.
• Added URL detection & Import for Asset Input field for when importing URLs in DataGrab..etc.
• Added Max live stream duration.
• Shows length of time left in live stream before creating a new asset.
• Added configuring of live stream reconnect window length as global.
• API: Creation of generated links for playback, renditions and images in the JSON repsonse.

• Each video gets a public and signed URL.

• Fixed some CSS issues in asset listings.

• Fixed typo in clips of 10 second requirement to 1 second.
• Fixed issue with multi-uploading.
• Fixed issue with storyboards not loading in some cases.
• Fixed pagination bug with logs.
• Fixed several issues related to EE caching errors.
• Fixed bug in creating new live streams in a new entry.
• Fixed slow creation of new live streams.
• Fixed rtmp link from “rtmpe” to “rtmps”
• Fixed bug with errors on new live streams.
• Fixed issues and improved support for errored assets.
• Fixed partial issue with asset field weird dragging annimation.
• Changed hls player tag to just be exp:mux:player.
• Changes to how image manipulations are being stored.
• Changes to settings to increase loading performance.
• Version bumps for dependancies.
• Removed per-title encode setting to match Mux’s depreciation.
• Removed playback_ids array from JSON in EE tags to protect public keys.
• Removed file upload for closed captioning for now. Will redo at a later date.
• Removed Reduced Latency Option. Should use standard or LL-HLS (Low Latency).
• Deprecated {mux_title} Is now {asset_title}
• Numerious other misc bugs.

1.4.2 Jan 31, 2022

• Added static renditions to tags.
• Add shortcut paste button to adding videos by ID.
• Added, or split, the front-end API links and keys into read, write, and full for more access control.
• Removed 10 second minimum for clip duration. Now 1 second.
• Fixed bug with field settings in Grid and Fluid.
• Fixed language file issues in field settings.

1.4 Jan 25, 2022

• (Breaking) Change to how API key are entered and stored.
• Added Domain, Referrer Restrictions support (not enabled yet).
• Added initial support for Mux Data (will require adding Data API keys)
• Added basic stats for single videos in Player.
• Added several stats Widgets (EE Pro-only)
• Added VideoJS example.
• Added redundant CDN flag to HLS url.
• Added {env_key} in loop.
• Added filter method for assets, and removed multiple queries during uploading.
• Fixed issue with Live/Active Recordings not showing metadata.
• Fixed thumbnail link issue in hlsjs tag.
• Fixed a bug that generated an EE entry save error when the Live field was empty or unlinked.
• Fixed a typo with cache naming/breaking.
• Fixed user logging bug.
• Rewrite of getting webhook function with improved caching.
• Lots of small bug fixes.
• Improvements to caching logic.
• Version bump Vue, HLS.js

1.1 Dec 2, 2021

• Added asset feature settings to field type.
• Added last_generated to JSON API response. Returns ISO 8601 of the last time PHP generated the response.
• Added toggle for asset field to acceept one or multiple files.
• Sprinkled animation.
• Changing webhook storage to use Filesystem service.
• Fixed fieldtype bug when adding additional live or asset fields.
• Changed passthrough truncation to 255.
• Key generators will now only use numbers and letters.

1.0 Nov 19, 2021

• Added first round of support for live closed captioning.
• Added settings toggles for enabling Asset-related features and views.
• Added Asset Field controls for showing File, Screen Capture, Webcam and Drag and Drop reordering.
• Added update checker to EE store.
• Added removal of saving webhook.json in cache when removing add-on.
• Fixed front-end form template for adding Assets and Live, better error handling, added examples.
• Fixed some Webcam and Screenshare behavior.
• Fixed bug with Grid vs Fluid vs Normal, because they can’t all get along…
• Fixed clipping range bug when actively live streaming.
• Fixed Webhook key generator to only use more URL-friendly characters.
• Refactor CSS with more variables to allow easier customization for front-end asset upload form.
• Hide reset webhook key button when using config file.
• Minor control panel fixes.
• Version bumps of Vue and HLS.
• Added auto-handle maintenance logs.

0.10.0

• Added web camera, and screen recording for uploading to Mux.
• Database change. Mux webhooks are now stored in their own table.
• Uncached Settings.
• Added ability to store raw webhook for debugging.
• Fixed logging bug for php 8.
• Fixes for cleaning up logs.