Cutting is silently skipped

[Lars Kiesow]

Hi everyone,

Affected versions:

Opencast 6.5, 7.0, 7.1


Fix Versions:

Opencast 6.6, 7.2


Description:

A bug in the video editor configuration present in Opencast 6.5, 7.0
and 7.1 causes Opencast to always silently skip the video editor and
publish the whole, uncut video.

The problem was introduced by a fix in the default workflows [#944]
and later fixed again by a configuration change therein [#1013]. If
you use the default workflows, please make sure to update to the
latest state of the workflows.

If you use your own workflow and did not adapt the first patch, you
should not be affected by this problem at all.


Mitigation:

To fix the problem, make sure that source and target smil flavor for
the editor workflow operation are identical like it is ensured by the
official fix [#1013].

The problem is also already fixed in the r/6.x and r/7.x as well as
in the 6.6 and 7.2 releases which will be cut later today.

A proper solution not relying on specific configurations and less
error prone is in work and will be added to the upcoming major
Opencast release.

Best regards,
Lars


[#944] https://github.com/opencast/opencast/pull/944
[#1013] https://github.com/opencast/opencast/pull/1013