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System Factors• New64-bitMediaServer8Storageproceduresnowsupport

thedownloadofindividualhigh-resolutionfilesgreaterthan2GBinsize.(Requires64-biteditionsoftheOSandSQLServer).

• Nowsupportsserver-sideconnectivitytotheMediaServer8systemviaWindowsintegratedauthentication.

• NewconcurrentusersessionmanagementmatchesthebehavioroftheSCCMediaGridclient.UsersarenowimmediatelydisconnectedfromtheMediaServer8systemwhenevertheSCCwebclientbrowserwindowisclosed,andassuchisnolongerrequiredtologoutinordertoreleasetheconcurrentuserlicenseforusebyotherusers.

• Configurableidletime-outsettingsenhancedtoprovideoptionsfor30,60,90,120minutes,ornever.Anewdialogalertsuserswhentheidletimeoutisabouttoexpire,allowingthemtochoosetostayconnectedortoallowthesessiontoexpire.

• SupportforlatestversionsofInternetExplorer,Safari,Firefox,ChromeandbothMacintoshOSXandWindowsplatforms.

SCC Web Client Site (Enhanced)• TheSCCWebClientisnowmulti-siteaware.Fromthe

loginpageusersareabletoselectfromalistofsites,orsetadefaultsitefromtheURL,orhavethedefaultsitesetautomaticallybasedontheirlogin.

• Theselectedsitevaluedetermineswhichlibrariesareavailableforsearchbythatuser.

• Theselectedsitevalueautomaticallypopulatespopuplistswithsitespecificvaluesforpublication,edition,sectionetc.,aswellasreporter,photographer,editoretc.

• Ifenabled,theuserhastheoptionofselectingoneormoreadditionalsitesinordertoperformanaggregatesearchformultimediacontentfromothersitesstoredwithintheMediaServer8system.

• Whenadditionalsitesareselected,popuplistsaredynamicallymodifiedtoincludelistvaluesfromtheotherselectedsites.

• Thelibrarylisthasnowbeenreplacedbyaseriesofcheckboxesforeach“MediaType”.ThesecheckboxesoperateinconjunctionwiththeSitelistinordertoautomaticallytargetMediaServer8librariesconfiguredindividuallybysiteandbymediatype.

• NewinlinecalendarprovidescompatibilitywithiOSoperatingsystems.

Lucene Search (Enhanced)• SupportfortheSCCLuceneType3SearchandIndexing

engineinstalledandoperatingin“Distributed”multi-servermode,whichisafeatureofMediaServer8.

• NewLucenequeryoptionsallowstheusertoenable/disablewordstemmingandcasesensitivity.


• LuceneBooleansearchoperatorsAND,OR,NOTarenowcaseinsensitive.

• DefaultLucenesearchbehaviorcannowbeconfiguredtoassumean‘AND’oran‘OR’betweensearchterms.

• Maximumsearchhitlimitnowconfigurableperloggedinuser,viatheSCCMediaServer8usermanagerapplicationandsnap-inforActiveDirectory.

• NewSavedSearchfunctionalityallowsLucenesearchestobesavedandrecalledfromanyotherworkstationseparatelyforeachsearchformandbasedonuserlogin.

Table Valued Attributes (New)• AddsadvancedsearchanddisplaysupportforthenewSCC

“TableValuedAttribute”(TVA)columntypeprovidedbyMediaServer8.

• LikeotherSCCMediaServerattributes,TableValued

Attributescanbeaddedtoanyexistinglibraryforthepurposeofstoringcontent.InthiscasetheTVAattributeactuallyreferencesasecondary“child”library,whereeachvaluecontainedintheTVAlistelementmapstocolumnswithinindividualrowsintheTVAchildlibrary.

• ValuesfromeachTVAlistelementcanbeindividuallysearchedaccordingtoeachvaluesdatatype(integer,date/time,textetc.)andeachcolumnsortedlogically.InfacttheTVAattributebehavesjustlikeaseparatetablebutallwithintherealmoftheparentlibrary.

Results Record Sorting (Enhanced)• TheSCCWebclientnowallowsmulti-columnresultstobe

sortedinascending/descendingorderbyclickingthesorticonatthetopofeachattributecolumnintheresultsdisplay.

• Newmulti-levelsortingoptionallowsresultstobesortedbymultipleattributes,eachofwhichineitherascendingordescendingorder.

Cloud Storage (New)• IncludedwiththeCloudStorageModule• InterfacestoMicrosoftAzureCloudStorageServicesand

providestheabilityforhigh-resolutionmultimediafilesand/orhigh-resolutionpreviewscontainedwithinaMediaServer8systemtobeautomatically,andasabackgroundprocesstotallytransparenttotheuser,migratedtotheAzurecloud.

• Incorporatesasophisticatedretrymechanismintheeventthataninternetinterruptionoccurswhilehigh-resfilesarebeingdownloadedfromthecloud.

• Uponrequestfordownload/deliveryoftheserecords,theMediaServer8systemautomaticallyretrievesthehigh-resfiledirectlyfromtheAzurecloud(server-side)andpipesittotheuser–andthenkeepsitaroundlocallyinacachedirectoryforapreferredperiod.

Download Constraints (New)• Supportfornewdownloadconstraintsfacility,configurablein

MediaServer8UserManagementutilities.• Twomodesofoperation:“DownloadConstraintByAge”and

“DownloadConstraintByWhere”statement.• TheDownloadConstraintByAgesettingchecksforvaluesin

twoMediaServer8librarydateattributes:“DownloadOnorAfter”and“DownloadOnorBefore”.Thedatevaluesenteredintotheseattributesdeterminethedownloadable“lifespan”ofaMediaServer8record.Whenthislifespanexpirestherecordcanbesearchedanddisplayed(asbefore)butnolongerdownloaded.

• TheDownloadConstraintByWhere”statementappliestoallrecordsinaparticularlibrary,andonlyallowsrecordstobedownloadedthatmatchthecriteriaspecifiedinthe“where”statement.

• TheInlinePDFViewerisnowdownloadconstraintaware.IftheuserdoesnothavepermissiontodownloadthePDFthenthebitmappreviewisdisplayedonthedetailpageratherthanthePDFitself.

• TheSCCImageCropappisnowdownloadconstraintaware.Iftheuserdoesnothavepermissiontodownloadtheimagethenpublishfunctionalityisdisabled.

• DownloadconstraintsapplytobothstandaloneandActiveDirectorybasedMediaServer8users.

Corner Marker Definitions (Enhanced)• NowsupportsMediaServerLibrarynamevariableascorner

markerdefinition.


• Supportsnewdownloadageconstraintsfeature:“downloadable”,“notdownloadable”ascornermarkerdefinitions.

• DateattributesnowsupportuseofToday,Yesterday,Tomorrowvariableswithincornermarkerdefinitions.

Delivery, Publish, Email Commands (New)• Linkstodelivery,publishandemailcommandsnowobserve

MediaServer8downloadconstraints.• Iftheuserdoesnothavesufficientpermissiononthehigh-

resolutionobject,theyarenowwarnedofthisatthetimethedelivery,publishand/oremaillinkisfirstclicked.

• Delivery,Publish,EmailformsnowsupporttheinclusionofaCmdTokenvalueallowingdeliveriestotargetaspecificMediaFactoryDeliveryChannelprovidingincreasedparallelismandperformance.

Record Edit and Create Forms (Enhanced)• Webclientrecordcreateformsnowprovideanoptional

“checkforexistingrecord”featurewhichcanbeusedtoensurethatrecordswithoneormorematchingattributesdonotalreadyexistinthetargetMediaServer8library.Ifmatchingrecordsdoalreadyexist,theuserreceivesapromptallowingthemtomodifythecontentofthenewrecordforresubmission.

• Webclientrecordeditformsnowsupporteditingofmultiplerecordsfrommultiplebrowserwindowsand/orbrowsertabssimultaneously.

Video Player (New)• IncludedwiththeMediaServerVideoSupportModule• Addssupportforarangeofvideoformatsforinsertioninto

theMediaServersystem.

• Themoduleincludesatranscodingservicethatautomaticallytransformsincomingvideofilesintorichmediapackagesconsistingofhighdefinitionvideo,thumbnails,keyframes,andproxiesofvaryingsizeandresolution,readyforinsertion.

• ThemoduleincludesaRichInternetApplication(RIA)Viewer

thatusesstreamingtechnologytoprovideinstantplaybackfromanypointinavideo,andenablingsimplepointandclickframenavigationfromthekeyframesstrip(storyboard)belowthevideowindow.

• SupportsVideoplaybackfromCloudStorage(whenMediaServerCloudStorageModuleisinstalled).

Budgeting/Assignment Module (Enhanced)• Budgetingformsarenowmulti-publicationaware,supporting

multi-siteplanningandgroup-widebudgetingofcontent.

• Budgetresultsdisplaynowsupportstargetedbudgetreportgenerationbyclickingonhyperlinksforrundate,publication,sectionorpage.

• PhotoassignmentformsnowincludeenhancedStartandEndTimepopuplistfunctionality,whichallowsthedurationtobeeasilyviewedwhensettingtimerangevalues.

• ThePhotographer’sscheduleisnowmulti-siteaware,allowingschedulestobemaintainedforphotographer’slocatedatoneormoresites

• ThePhotographersscheduleresultsdisplaycannowbeconfiguredtosupportweekcommencementfromanydayoftheweek.e.g.MondaythruSunday,SundaythruSaturdayetc.


• AnewAssignment/Schedulereportallowsscheduledphotoandvideoassignmentstobeeasilyviewedforanygivenday.

• Clickingonthephotographer/videographernameretrievesallassignmentsforthatpersonforthatday.

• Clickingonthecolorizedassignmentreturnsthatparticularassignmentforsubsequenteditingordetaildisplay.

• NewRevisionHistoryfeatureallowsallchangesmadetoarecordtobetrackedwithbefore/afterchangescompared.

Correction Forms Workflow (New)• NewCorrectionformsworkflowallowsstorycorrection

recordstobeeasilycreated,eitherfromtheparentbudgetrecord,orenteredindividuallyforeachstorybeingcorrected.

• Oncethecorrectionhasbeenenteredandsubsequentlyapproveditisautomaticallydeliveredtothe3rdpartyCMSsystemforpublication.

• Correctionreportscanbeeasilygeneratedforagivenperiod.

Content Upload Tool (New)• Anewcontentuploadtoolallowsmultimediacontenttobe

submitteddirectlytoanSCCassignmentrecord,orsubmittedtoatargetMediaServer8library.

• Theuserisinitiallypresentedwithoneormorecustomizablemetadataformsforcompletionandsubmission,afterwhichatransferappletisthenlaunchedallowingtheusertodraganddropcontenttotheSCCMediaServer8system.