In Mediasite 8, there have been new features, workflows, and improvements added to Mediasite. Below are the new items discussed in this guide.
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User Experience/Accessibility |
•Added the ability to select theme: Light, Dark, and High Contrast. •Added an updated user interface for the "add presentation" page. •Updated layout and buttons to make more consistent with other applications •Added a play button to presentations in the My Mediasite grid •Added the ability to sort content by views, highest to lowest or lowest to highest •Added the ability to filter search results in My Mediasite by content owner and presentations share with me |
See Select a theme, Adding captions to presentations and Update your user settings |
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Presentation management |
•Presentations with closed captions display a captions label •Added the ability to show only presentations with or without captions •Added the ability to include present time in presentation when sharing a link via email. •Added the ability to download media packages. •Added ability to share presentations and channels using QR codes •Added ability to customize player’s background color or image •Updated user interface for the "add presentation" page. |
See Navigate My Mediasite, Adding captions to presentations and Sharing your presentations with others. |
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Captioning |
•Added support for Mediasite captioning powered by Vidable •Added support for Amberscript captioning service •Added the ability to type in exact start/stop times for individual captions in the caption editor •Added ability to download transcripts •Added ability to add .dfxp file containing multiple languages •Added ability to add multiple caption files in different languages •Add ability to merge and split captions in the Caption Editor using keyboard shortcuts •Added the ability to switch between multiple existing caption languages in the caption editor, and individually edit and save the languages. |
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Channels |
•Added the ability to customize presentation metadata displayed in channel’s thumbnail display •Added the ability to change channel menu bar color •Added the ability to edit some channel settings •Added the ability to share channel using link or QR code •Added ability to download captions, transcripts, media packages, podcasts, and vodcasts from channels |
See Managing channels. |
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Live streaming |
Added ability to stream content from third-party streaming services using RTMP. |
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360⁰ video support |
•Added ability to create presentation by uploading 360⁰ video file (MP4) •Add ability to detect 360-degree videos automatically and to enable or disable 360-degree video playback manually.
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