July 15 Updates - Build 6085

[Kai Pradel]

No rest for the wicked! Two big new feature updates this week
(Transcriptions and Streaming) plus a laundry list of enhancements. Oh
yes, and we managed to weed out some more nasty nasty bugs. Thanks to
all of you who helped us identify problems and suggested new features.

Bug Fixes:
- Fixed a bug where user preferences for the delivery of annotations
would not save properly
- Fixed an issue with workspace assignment for newly created users
- Accounts upgrading from Home or Office to Hollywood can immediately
use ftp and don't have to save user preferences again
- Many bug fixes and improvements to video playback controls (see
below)
- Fixed an error that appeared in the library if no assets were
present
- Implemented improved metadata extraction from uploaded files
especially for correctly capturing dimensions and duration
- Fixed a bug that would sometimes prevent a metadata from being
copied from one workspace to another
- Fixed a bug that would not return the user to the workspace after
right-clicking "Return to Workspace"

New Features:
- True streaming in MediaSilo: users with large files will see a
significant improvement in the ability to seek and play back large and
long video files. If streaming video is blocked due to firewalls,
stream will default to progressive playback on normal http 80 ports.
- Launched beta of transcription service. Free during beta. Learn more
at http://knowledgebase.mediasilo.com/questions.php?questionid=49.
- Added "User.GetCurrent" function to API
- Added "Transcript" metadata field. Moving the mouse over this field
reveals an excerpt of the transcript.
- Added Transcript to tooltip in a workspace
- Added "View Assets" permission. This allows a workflow whereby many
contributors can upload footage through MediaSilo but not see any
files contributed by others.
- Added "Transcription Service" permission. Users with this permission
will be able to request transcripts.
- Implemented right-click delete function in lineups
- Right-click deleting in a workspace view now deletes all selected
assets

[kingeroo]

1 question re: transcription service...

what type of file is the transcription offered as?
is it embedded into the video file or attached as a downloadable TXT,
PDF, or DOC file?

thanks!

[Kai Pradel]

You can export log notes as PDF, CSV, and HTML. We will offer
additional formats along with the release of our captioning service.

Kai

[kingeroo]

ok, got the t-scripts back.

from what i can tell the transcripts are only visible/accessible if i
go into the Transcription Services/View Jobs/Completed section and
double-click on a video file.
this loads the clip into a new viewer window where the transcripts are
noted along with the video file. there is an export function there.
when i export to PDF format i get a multi-columned PDF file w/missing
video thumbnails and each response transcribed in the last column but
the formatting of the PDF is not the best. the transcripts column is
really skinny and hard to read.

can i change this formatting at all?

thx.

[Kai Pradel]

Kingeroo,

We will improve the PDF output format, especially if thumbnails are
not present. Currently, we do not create thumbnails for clips
transcribed by our service. We will be adding that in the near future.
You can export as CSV or HTML. The latter format will be improved as
well.

Thanks for your feedback.

Kai

[Amy King]

Great, thanks for the friendly and prompt responses - our clients love
the workspace so far!

Sent from my iPhone
...excuse the tYpos!
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Amy King
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