Previous releases and features

This section lists features and updates introduced in previous product releases.

External keyboard control for the touch screen
Status light indicator support for select models of Kuando BusyLight and Delcom Product's USB HID status indicators
Email address lookup for Kaltura ad hoc events

Secure Reliable Transport (SRT) streaming protocol support
HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) streaming protocol support
MPEG-DASH streaming protocol support
Additional HLS (pull) options to configure the segment size and playlist duration
Mutliple multicast publishers support in the same Pearl-2 channel and the ability to start and stop the publishers
Adding pre-existing recordings to an Automatic File Upload (AFU) queue
Changed some status fields on the Admin Panel's Info page and changed the bitrate status to now show the total combined bitrate of the video plus audio.
Enhanced streaming error messages

Extend certain admin privileges to operators
NDI 4.1 support on Pearl-2
Monitor status of file transfers using touch screen and cancel file transfers using the Admin panel
Added support for Kaltura's lecture capture plus live event type

Local Admin panel access using a USB keyboard, mouse, and monitor connected directly to Pearl-2 plus a built-in virtual keyboard, multiple keyboard language layouts, and support for touch screen monitors
NDI Alpha channel support on Pearl-2 plus the option to ignore timecodes
Assigning Pearl-2 a unique device name, description, and location
Using a Kaltura application token to register Pearl-2 as a remote recorder
Selecting a video output source using the touch screen

Kaltura ad hoc event details and configurable event schedule refresh interval
Panopto support for ad hoc event authentication from Pearl-2's touch screen using credentials for external identity providers
Panopto ad hoc event folder selection from the Pearl-2's touch screen
Automatic user logout when an ad hoc event ends
International character support in channel names, layout names, video and audio input names, text overlays, and recorded file names. For a list, see International character support
Epiphan Discovery Utility support deprecation

Full Panopto integration
Kaltura ad hoc event creation using the touch screen
Toggle Temperature/CPU load on the touch screen
Automatic EDID verification of connected sources upon start up
USB tethering removed
Confirmation before AFU queue file deletion
Kaltura users who are only defined in MediaSpace are allowed to start unsheduled ad hoc events using both the touch screen and the Admin panel (4.9.0h)

Traffic shaping to improve video output quality when streaming over a Gibabit Ethernet network to 10/100 Mbps set-top boxes. If the API is used for traffic shaping, see the Technical Notes for your Pearl-2 model for instructions. They're available from the product resources page on the Epiphan.com website.
Improved video smoothness of the HDMI outputs
We improved the smoothness and quality of interlaced video from SDI inputs

AV synchronization improvements of RTSP streams and loopbacks.
Improved synchronization and performance of 4K sources on SDI and 4K HDMI port.
Fixed the Wowza custom streaming option.
Improved the recognition of AV.io SDI capture cards when they are first plugged in.
Fixed a hot plug issue affecting the detection of interlaced 1080i signals from certain camera models (for example, Sony HDR-CX180, HDRCX190, and Panasonic HC-VX980M).