Envivio Halo

Network Media Processor

Version 2.13

Release Notes

October 5
th
, 2012


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Contents

1. RELEASE OVERVIEW .................................................................................................... 3
1.1 Envivio Halo, v2.13 (Build 2.13.00(012)) ................................................................................. 3
1.2 Envivio Halo, v2.12 (Build 2.12.10(008)) ................................................................................. 3
1.3 Envivio Halo, v2.12 (Build 2.12.00(005)) ................................................................................. 3
1.4 Envivio Halo, v2.05 (Build 2.05.00(002)) ................................................................................. 3
1.5 Envivio Halo, v2.00 (Build 2.00.00(019)) ................................................................................. 3
1.6 Migration from previous version .............................................................................................. 4
1.7 Important notice ............................................................................................................................ 5
2. SOLVED AND KNOWN RESTRICTIONS ........................................................................ 6
2.1 Solved restrictions in Halo v2.13.00(012) .............................................................................. 6
2.2 Known restrictions in Halo v2.13.00(012) .............................................................................. 7


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1. Release overview
1.1 Envivio Halo, v2.13 (Build 2.13.00(012))
This version is a major release. This version offers:
- Support for Flash RTMP (push only. Origin server functionality is not available for
Flash).
- Live metadata insertion: new feature that allows insertion of metadata in the output
stream for applications such as Emergency Alert System (EAS), Nielsen.
- Mass configuration tool: GUI has been improved to enable duplication of services, start
or stop all services/outputs at once etc
- IGMPv3 redundancy

1.2 Envivio Halo, v2.12 (Build 2.12.10(008))
This version is a support release.

1.3 Envivio Halo, v2.12 (Build 2.12.00(005))
This version is a major release. This version offers:
- Support for linear ad insertion for HLS and HSS based on SCTE-35 trigger
- Live to file publishing for catch-up TV assets creation
- iOS 5 features support (alternative audio track, I-frame playlist)
- New 1RU form factor (with no change in processing density, input/output capacity)

1.4 Envivio Halo, v2.05 (Build 2.05.00(002))
This version is a minor release. It brings the following new features:
- Customization for OEM partners
- New GOP signaling named ALD (Adaptation Layer DataField)
- Support for HP DL 360 G7 1RU chassis

1.5 Envivio Halo, v2.00 (Build 2.00.00(019))
Halo NMP v2.00 is a major version. This version offers:
- New hardware platform based on a 2RU HP chassis
- Ingest up to 750Mbps of multi-rate TS content
- Up to 50 services processed in parallel

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HLS and Smooth streaming re-formatting
Multi-audio support (up to 4)
Subtitling support for HLS and HSS
User-definable number of GOPs per HLS segment
- Output up to 3Gbps of content
- Built-in origin server
Stream processing
- HLS, Smooth streaming and Flash RTMP formatting. One service can be processed in
both formats in parallel, with a user-definable GOP size for HLS (for smooth streaming,
fragment size is set to 2 seconds)
- Up to 4 audio supported
- Closed captioning for HLS and Smooth streaming
- DVB-Teletext for Smooth streaming
- Halo is compatible with streams from Envivio Muse encoders, and third- party
encoders using other GOP signaling methods such as IDR, ALD (Adaptation Layer
DataField).
Content protection
- Support of AES encryption as specified by Apple
- Microsoft PlayReady DRM support
- Key exchange interfaces for all formats, compatible with Verimatrix, NagraVision,
SecureMedia, Conax (ask Envivio for more details).
- Key rotation in HLS, with synchronization of the keys used when deployed in 1+1
Operations
- 1+1 active synchronization: Processing is synchronized between two Halos deployed in
1+1. This ensures both Halos produces identical chunk, with the same encryption.

1.6 Migration from previous version
Migration from 1.00
- No migration is available as version 2.00 is running over a brand new HW platform
- Configurations files are not compatible
- Licensing is not compatible
Migration from 1.50
- No hardware change: version 1.50 and version 2.00 runs on the same HW platforms
- Software update: not compatible. In addition, it requires flashing a new OS
- Configuration files are not compatible
- Licensing is not compatible

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Migration from 2.xx
- 1RU or 2RU compatible HW
- Migration via SW update (UPD upload)
- Licensing is compatible
- A PLP (Production Loading Procedure) document is provided for each release. It
needs to be followed carefully for successful upgrades/updates.

1.7 Important notice
Licensing
When applying a license, network interfaces should ALL be enabled. Indeed, the license
manager first checks the connectivity, and make sure all the network interfaces are present
(10 for Advanced platform, 12 for Standard platform).

Configuring input and output throughput
Halo v2.00 is designed with a quad-gigabit Ethernet card. 2x Ethernet connectors are used
simultaneously (the 2 remaining are used for redundancy purposes).
The maximum ingest qualified is 750 Mbps total (375Mbps per Ethernet connector).
The same rule applies for the output:
- Halo running on Standard platform: the output load must be balanced between the 2
physical connectors.
- Halo running on Advanced platform: only one 10-Gbe connector is used at a time. No
specific configuration is required for this platform.

Frame rates
Configuration of the service input source: Frame rates are derived from the input sources. If
not present, default values are automatically filled (25 and 30fps, corresponding to DVB and
ATSC system respectively). These default values may not reflect the reality (for instance, a
QVGA stream at half frame rate), and consequently, will need to be edited manually.

1+1 stream synchronization
In order to synchronize two Halos, the outputs must be started, of the same type (HLS, HSS)
with the same output name.

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2. Solved and known restrictions
2.1 Solved restrictions in Halo v2.13.00(012)
Related
bug
Type Component Severity Description / Impact
Identified in
version
Comment / Workaround
29212 Licensing Network card Major With dual 10GE network card, driver
can sometimes be unloaded, leading
to a license missing message
2.10
28288 Processing Alarm Major With high loaded configurations (>50
services), GUI is slowing down
2.10
29118 Output Live to file Major Jobs scheduled with overlap can be
stuck and not finished.
2.12
28380 Input Capture Major Capture is blocked when service name
contains non alpha-numerical
characters
2.10
29108 Live to file Scheduling Major Scheduled jobs configuration is lost
after Halo restart

29790 Compliance GUI Major IE9 prevents from loading upd
update/upgrade files
2.12.00 Downgrade to IE8 for upgrade
procedures.
29117 HLS
encryption
Internal
encryption
Major When using internal HLS encryption,
some keys may not be published with
high loaded configuration
2.10
29669 configuration GUI Major Alternative audio groups cannot be
modified following a modification of
one of its playlist
2.12.01
29767 Alarm Key provisioning
interface
Major Missing alarm upon connection failure
to keys server
2.12.10
29884 Network DHCP Major Switching to DHCP after resetting the
whole configuration creates stability
issue
2.12.10

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Related
bug
Type Component Severity Description / Impact
Identified in
version
Comment / Workaround
29819 Smooth input Major Smooth streaming fragments are not
aligned when using non-full frame
rates input streams
2.12.10
29857 Compliance SCTE-35 Major SCTE-35 markers are modified when
using MPEG2-TS multicast output
2.12.10
29765 performance Origin server Major With smooth streaming only, Halo
achieves 1700 simultaneous
connections instead of 2000
2.12.00
29693 GUI updater Minor GUI is not accessible after an upgrade. 2.12.01 Browser cache has to be cleared
30008 HLS Audio Major With GOP duration greater than
6000ms, audio video synchronization
issue occurs


2.2 Known restrictions in Halo v2.13.00(012)
This table lists the major known issues of v2.13.00 (012).
Related
bug
Type Component Severity Description / Impact
Identified
in version
Comment / Workaround
28726 SNMP SNMP layer Major SNMP layer may fail to send traps to
Network Management System

28861 Input packetization Major With 3
rd
party encoders, AU can be
very small, leading to video skip on
iPad
2.10
28939 Update GUI Major Updater page is still accessible when
enabling access control
2.10
29090 Video
playback
Smooth
streaming
Major Smooth streaming player cache needs
to be empty after an input signal loss
on Halo
2.10
29263 Configuration Live to file API Major Service ID, output ID returned by the 2.12.00

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Related
bug
Type Component Severity Description / Impact
Identified
in version
Comment / Workaround
live to file scheduling API are modified
when re-uploading the configuration
29588 MPEG-TS
output format
Output Major When formatting in MPEG2-TS (and
not HLS nor HSS), fragments not
aligned alarms are raised randomly.
2.12.00
30021 Configuration System Major Loading a system configuration fails
after the configuration in static mode
of an unplugged Ethernet connector
2.13.00
30174 GUI Configuration Major Download of 100 services with IE8 can
fail
2.13 Use of Firefox is recommended
should such an event happens
30183 Alarm Live Metadata
Insertion
Major No alarm is raised when sending a
request with a late UTC time.
2.13.00
30184 Alarm IGMPv3 Major Countinuity Counter errors when
using configuring multicast with
IGMPv3
2.13.00
30194 Compliance Origin server Major Interoperability issues with Windows
8 mobile and Halo (only the first chunk
is played back)
2.12.01
30204 Alarm RTMP Major Alarm input signal lost is raised
when starting an RTMP output with
multiple streams, and without %i
parameter.
2.13.00
30205 compliance IGMPv3 Major Multicast sources are received twice
by Halo, instead of 1 when using IGMP
and source filtering
2.13.00
30226 Alarm Stream
synchronization
Major Stream synchronization alarm is not
raised when a first stream
synchronization happened, and a new
(desynchronized) service is started
2.13.00
30236 Smooth
streaming
Publishing Major Publishing points are stuck in
starting mode upon IIS restart
2.13

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Related
bug
Type Component Severity Description / Impact
Identified
in version
Comment / Workaround
30258 Alarm Alarm Layer Major HLS publishing alarms are sometimes
cleared and raised again
2.13.00
30264 Alarm Alarm Layer Major Sometimes, alarms are not cleared on
Halo (mostly the case for I/O alarms)
2.12.10