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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Features |
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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 |
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. |
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. |
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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