What is Video on Demand?

Video Ondemand Streaming is a technology that allows users to watch video content whenever they want, without having to download or store it on their devices. Users can access video content from various platforms, such as websites, apps, or smart TVs, and stream it over the internet. VOD has many purposes, such as entertainment, education, communication, and marketing, and is used for a wide range of different content such as movies, TV shows, documentaries, live events, webinars, tutorials, podcasts, and more.

The main purpose of Video Ondemand Streaming is to provide convenience and flexibility to users. Users can choose what they want to watch, when they want to watch it, and how they want to watch it. Users can also pause, rewind, fast-forward, or skip the video content as they wish.

Why use VOD in Cloud Video?

Cloud-based video on-demand streaming can handle large amounts of data and traffic, without compromising the quality or speed of the video. By using cloud object storage services, there is also a much reduced risk of data loss or corruption. Cloud-based VOD streaming can also save money and resources, by eliminating the need for expensive hardware, maintenance, and staffing requirements.

What Features does MediaCP Cloud VOD offer?

• Easy to use Media Manager with drag-and-drop support to upload your library of media
• Automatic cloud-based transcoding, packaging, and playback in adaptive formats
• A publicly available hosted page to playback a video or playlist of videos
• A publicly available hosted CMS to playback multiple videos
• Video Analytics providing unique viewer numbers and bandwidth consumption
• Global Streaming via CDN to anywhere in the world
• Brandable and Customisable Video Player

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Whats new in MediaCP 2.13?

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Notices

• [CentOS 7] NginxRtmp TV is currently not supported on CentOS 7 operating systems as the included ffmpeg version is too old to support Liquidsoap 2.1.2.
• Downtime is expected when upgrading from 2.12 or older for NginxRtmp services where Transcoding Profiles are enabled. This will last only for the duration of the upgrade.
• The ABR link format of {slug}_abr/{slug}_abr.m3u8 for NginxRtmp services is now discontinued and the master m3u8 playlist will now include all profiles. For example https://domain.com:19360/live_abr/live_abr.m3u8 will now be https://domain.com:19360/live/live.m3u8

Release notes

Features

• Audio Player Autoplay option in Public Page Config
• Crossfade Threshold to prevent short files from using crossfade
• Post-installation Thank you page with links to documentation and resources
• System Config option for Stream Proxy default on all audio services
• Flussonic 23.06 Compatibility

Improvements

• Icecast services now display username and mount point on How to Connect
• System Config option for Stream Proxy default on all audio services
• Admin Username & Password added to Widgets & Links for Audio services
• Added Overview link to the media service listing page in the dropdown
• CentovaCast Migration improvements
• Video Service Overview to display Bandwidth & Transfer in GB
• Increased timeouts on Playback Report Download
• Block Nginx-Rtmp TV Channels on CentOS 7 due to liquidsoap incompatibility
• Reduced queue check interval and allow async execution for better performance

Bug Fixes

• MCP-1458 Resellers are unable to assign “Custom RTMP” option for stream targets
• MCP-2196 SSL warning is incorrectly displayed when Icecast SSL is disabled and secure proxy is enabled
• MCP-2261 Automatically restart Shoutcast 2.6.1 service to update ssl certificates
• MCP-2345 UI error when ‘logged as customer’ for both customers and resellers
• MCP-2416 Setting Playlist Weights to a number higher than 10 is not successful
• MCP-2418 User account files are not deleted through RPC API (WHMCS)
• MCP-2419 User limits for Flussonic services are not working correctly
• MCP-2420 Output from system commands is incorrectly displayed to front end
• MCP-2423 Title updates in Shoutcast 2 server not displayed when empty artist meta field on tracks
• MCP-2427 NginxRtmp TV Channels are not automatically restarted if failed or system is restarted
• MCP-2429 NginxRtmp error log is growing due to PHP warnings regarding DISABLE_CACHING
• MCP-2430 DJ is not being displayed when connected to liquidsoap
• MCP-2432 Old Track history is not being deleted appropriately leading to performance degredation
• MCP-2433 All listener IP addresses being added into SHOUTcast reserve file incorrectly
• MCP-2435 Running autossl command should first remove the /certs/DOMAIN.crt before creating a symlink
• MCP-2437 Removing port from panel url returns invalid url error
• MCP-2438 Translations missing
• MCP-2440 Shoutcast + GEOlocking Miniplayer and public link not using proxy link. User is not being authenticated
• MCP-2442 Moving audio files or folders into other folders in the media manager is not working
• MCP-2443 New OS’s only mapping localhost to ipv6
• MCP-2444 Mountpoint AAC encoding is set to default instead of specified value on centovacast migration
• MCP-2445 Icecast Directory missing after Centovacast migration
• MCP-2448 Turning off and on liquidsoap autodj gets stuck and has to be killed
• MCP-2449 Centova migration only imports icecast mountpoints with autodj configured
• MCP-2454 Non-audio files that make there way into a playlist causes AutoDJ to stall and play silence
• MCP-2458 Changing Mountpoint AAC Encoding is not possible
• MCP-2460 Audio gap between short files played by AutoDJ

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Whats new in MediaCP 2.12?

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Important Notices

• Upgrades from version 2.10 or earlier may include downtime of AutoDJ services during the upgrade process. The upgrade process may also take some time to complete depending on the number of audio media content uploaded to the MediaCP and the speed of your disk + cpu processor. If you are concerned about the time that it will take to update then we recommend first testing the upgrade on another system by following our backup & restore guide

Improvements

• MCP-2375 Audio Upload File Type check to revert to extension if “application/octet-stream”
• MCP-2390 Improved performance of cover art fetching
• MCP-2403 Report liquidsoap version in health check
• MCP-2405 Administrator capability to delete log files from UI
• MCP-2406 Increase timeout on Playback Report
• MCP-2367 Detect OpenVZ usage within Health Check and report failed check

Bug Fixes

• MCP-2307 Search function does not work on mobile phones in version 2.12.2
• MCP-2330 Flussonic bandwidth recording incorrectly
• MCP-2365 Audio scheduling events with a missing parent relationship is unable to be deleted
• MCP-2378 Empty Icecast passwords should not be accepted
• MCP-2387 Liquidsoap process not always shutting down when terminated from WHMCS
• MCP-2402 Shutdown of processes is being force killed (kill -9) without waiting for a graceful stop first
• MCP-2404 Repeat protection may cause unexpected playout results for scheduled playlists

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Whats new in MediaCP 2.13?

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Notices

• [CentOS 7] NginxRtmp TV is currently not supported on CentOS 7 operating systems as the included ffmpeg version is too old to support Liquidsoap 2.1.2.
• Downtime is expected when upgrading from 2.12 or older for NginxRtmp services where Transcoding Profiles are enabled. This will last only for the duration of the upgrade.
• The ABR link format of {slug}_abr/{slug}_abr.m3u8 for NginxRtmp services is now discontinued and the master m3u8 playlist will now include all profiles. For example https://domain.com:19360/live_abr/live_abr.m3u8 will now be https://domain.com:19360/live/live.m3u8

Release notes

Features

• MCP-547 ClientExec billing integration module
• MCP-1154 Add Blesta module support
• MCP-2371 Implement User related API methods

Improvements

• MCP-2373 Stream Target profiles should be enabled by default with limit set to 5 by default
• MCP-2375 Audio Upload File Type check to revert to extension if “application/octet-stream”
• MCP-2384 Recently played track history should fallback to service history instead of database where autodj is not started
• MCP-2390 Improved performance of cover art fetching
• MCP-2395 Update liquidsoap to 2.1.4 for improved AutoDJ & TV Channel functionality
• MCP-2400 NginxRtmp Health Check for Liquidsoap version
• MCP-2403 Check & Report liquidsoap version in health check
• MCP-2367 Detect OpenVZ usage within Health Check and report failed check
• MCP-2405 Administrator capability to delete log files from UI
• MCP-2406 Increase timeout on Playback Report

Bug Fixes

• MCP-2307 Search function does not work on mobile phones in version 2.12.2
• MCP-2365 Audio scheduling events with a missing parent relationship is unable to be deleted
• MCP-2368 Unable to change video player from service page
• MCP-2372 API methods for suspend and unsuspend return 404
• MCP-2378 Empty Icecast passwords should not be accepted
• MCP-2379 Updating Panel URL does not correctly change host address
• MCP-2380 Asterix in nginx-rtmp password may cause connection issues when used with FMLE via vMix encoder
• MCP-2387 Liquidsoap process not always shutting down when terminated from WHMCS
• MCP-2389 Flussonic Stream Targets should not display option for Live Stream Only on TV Channels since it is not supported
• MCP-2393 logrotate.service should not be placed on CentOS 7
• MCP-2394 FTP Password missing from interfaces
• MCP-2402 Shutdown of processes is being force killed (kill -9) without waiting for a graceful stop first
• MCP-2407 Track Cover Art is not displayed when not using AutoDJ

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Whats new in MediaCP 2.12?

Read more about What’s new in MediaCP 2.12.

Important Notices

• Upgrades from version 2.10 or earlier may include downtime of AutoDJ services during the upgrade process. The upgrade process may also take some time to complete depending on the number of audio media content uploaded to the MediaCP and the speed of your disk + cpu processor. If you are concerned about the time that it will take to update then we recommend first testing the upgrade on another system by following our backup & restore guide

Improvements

• MCP-2351 Flussonic 23.01 Compatibility
• MCP-2349 Remove Wowza Player since player.wowza.com is now deactivated
• MCP-2336 WHMCS module to support PHP 8.1
• MCP-2297 Hide Icecast XML Config from Customers
• MCP-2301 Validate license key before saving over database value on invalid license page
• MCP-2323 Mount Point URL should always include a name and not just a single forward slash for compatibility with shoutcast 2
• MCP-2325 Multiple Forward slashes should be prohibited in Mount URL configurations
• MCP-2341 MediaCP 2.12 Stable should use liquidsoap 2.0.6

Bug Fixes

• MCP-2328 Audio Services appearing Off Air while online
• MCP-2368 Unable to change video player from service page
• MCP-2280 [regression] Source IP address is not displayed on Audio Overview when there is no AutoDJ on Icecast 2 KH
• MCP-2284 Service overview is displaying the word ‘test’ next to customer initials
• MCP-2316 Customers being suspended for exceeding disk space without actually doing so.
• MCP-2324 Bandwidth & Storage limits of 5120 shows as 6 GB on Service Listing but 5 GB on Service Overview
• MCP-2329 Recreate ftp command skips over icecast_kh services
• MCP-2338 Ubuntu 22.04 OpenSSL issues with PHP
• MCP-2339 Reseller name is not being displayed in the service overview
• MCP-2340 Upgrading from version 2.5.4 results in an error as the backup_path variable does not exist
• MCP-2350 Update Stations link in Version page is a 404
• MCP-2352 Hash tags in NginxRtmp passwords are incompatible
• MCP-2355 FFMPEG on Ubuntu 22.04 may seg fault when connecting to the network and requires nscd package

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The Media Control Panel includes comprehensive features for operating a Radio Station with SHOUTcast or Icecast including real-time updated central service overview, user friendly interfaces,and  powerful AutoDJ features with Performance reports to meet your stations obligations.

Radio Station Operation Preview

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Audio Service Overview

The Service Overview for SHOUTcast and Icecast services is now completely overhauled with a dynamically updated Station overview. We’ve added a Recently Played component and replaced Google Maps. 

Media Track Management

Drag and drop media from your desktop, then edit the meta data and covers directly from our new modern interface.

Playlists & Tracks

Managing your playlists is now easier then ever with our modern playlist builder you can now build your playlists by drag and dropping entire folders, albums, artists or individual tracks.

Jingles

Jingles playlists can be configured in 3 different play styles, by tracks, minutes or hourly on the minute. Jingles can be configured to play at a specific time, or interval, and even interupt the currently playing track.

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Schedules

A scheduling calendar is now available to plan your stations broadcast, featuring comprehensive recurring options. Programmes can even be scheduled to start exactly at a specific time and interrupt any existing content.

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Live Broadcast Recording

Live broadcasts streamed through the AutoDJ platform can automatically be recorded into a folder structure representing the year, month and day.

Widgets

Important service URLs as well as the audio player embed code are now included in a new Your Station tab of Widgets & Links. Several new widgets are now available and existing widgets have been improved.

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Performance & Playback Reports

Two new reports have been added which provide information in line with royaly reporting requirements.

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Dark Mode

Dark mode is detected from your device settings and automatically applied throughout the entire software. A dark/light mode toggle is included at the top of the interface next to the language options and persists on the device.

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Whats new in MediaCP 2.13?

Read more about What’s new in MediaCP 2.13.

Notices

• [CentOS 7] NginxRtmp TV is currently not supported on CentOS 7 operating systems as the included ffmpeg version is too old to support Liquidsoap 2.1.2.
• Downtime is expected when upgrading from 2.12 or older for NginxRtmp services where Transcoding Profiles are enabled. This will last only for the duration of the upgrade.
• The ABR link format of {slug}_abr/{slug}_abr.m3u8 for NginxRtmp services is now discontinued and the master m3u8 playlist will now include all profiles. For example https://domain.com:19360/live_abr/live_abr.m3u8 will now be https://domain.com:19360/live/live.m3u8

Improvements

• MCP-2351 Flussonic 23.02 Compatibility
• MCP-2280 [regression] Source IP address is not displayed on Audio Overview when there is no AutoDJ on Icecast 2 KH
• MCP-2349 Wowza Player is removed since player.wowza.com is now deactivated
• MCP-2336 WHMCS module to support PHP 8.1
• MCP-2344 Remote Control Support for VOD Playlist
  

Bug Fixes

• MCP-2337 Service restart required after nginx-rtmp live broadcast
• MCP-2284 Service overview is displaying the word ‘test’ next to customer initials
• MCP-2314 Video public pages are not working for on-demand services
• MCP-2318 Nginx-rtmp not starting after setting limits over 154449 viewers
• MCP-2324 Bandwidth & Storage limits of 5120 shows as 6 GB on Service Listing but 5 GB on Service Overview
• MCP-2329 Recreate ftp command skips over icecast_kh services
• MCP-2334 Pagination missing on (Admin) Customers page
• MCP-2338 Ubuntu 22.04 OpenSSL issues with PHP
• MCP-2340 Upgrading from version 2.5.4 results in an error as the backup_path variable does not exist
• MCP-2343 (AutoDJ & Nginx TV Channels) Liquidsoap FFMPEG is not installed for Debian 11 on new installation
• MCP-2346 AutoSSL fails if certbot is already installed on system
• MCP-2347 Last 30 seconds playing after NginxRtmp Live broadcast is stopped
• MCP-2350 Update Stations link in Version page is a 404
• MCP-2352 Hash tags in NginxRtmp passwords are incompatible

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This version is available on the Latest Release Tier and will be published to Stable Tier very soon.

Whats new in MediaCP 2.13?

Read more about What’s new in MediaCP 2.13.

Notices

• [CentOS 7] NginxRtmp TV is currently not supported on CentOS 7 operating systems as the included ffmpeg version is too old to support Liquidsoap 2.1.2.
• Downtime is expected for NginxRtmp services where Transcoding Profiles are enabled. This will last only for the duration of the upgrade.
• The ABR link format of {slug}_abr/{slug}_abr.m3u8 for NginxRtmp services is now discontinued and the master m3u8 playlist will now include all profiles. For example https://domain.com:19360/live_abr/live_abr.m3u8 will now be https://domain.com:19360/live/live.m3u8

Notable Improvements

• MCP-1273 Nginx-Rtmp TV Station feature
• MCP-1602 Nginx-Rtmp & Flussonic stream logo overlay
• MCP-2195 Video Broadcast Offline Image with auto-retry
• MCP-2200 VAST Advertising for Video Stations
• MCP-2210 Custom Facebook App Integration for Unlimited License
• MCP-2288 Custom Login Background
• MCP-2298 Custom Start/Public Background
• MCP-2219 Display Total Storage used on Customers page
• MCP-2221 Icecast now allows use of DJ user accounts without AutoDJ connectivity
• MCP-2302 NginxRtmp output from transcoding is now frame aligned with correct resolution to increase device compatibility

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MediaCP 2.13 is a Major Upgrade that offers new features to the software with a focus on Video and Branding customisations.

Nginx-Rtmp Hybrid TV Station

A TV Channel provides capabilities to upload video on-demand content and create a 24×7 broadcast that looks and feels like a live broadcast. The TV Channel feature also boasts capabilities to switch between live and user generated content at any time. Powered by Liquidsoap, our solution for NginxRtmp does not rely on HLS discontinuity hacks and correctly stitches together video content to produce a stable single professional quality broadcast with greatest device compatibility. 

Stream Overlay for Flussonic & NginxRtmp

Upload any image or logo to be directly stitched into the broadcast for display on your website, socials (Stream Targets) or remote destination.

Stream Overlays use transcoding to produce the broadcast with your logo embedded, and this will use additional CPU on your system. We’ve now made the feature simpler to use, without requiring selection of any transcoder profiles to use the feature (it will still use transcoding resources to achieve the result).

VAST Advertising for Video Channels

Monetization is getting paid for the broadcasts you publish online. The more people that watch, the grater your earnings. Broadcasters can generate revenue from their broadcasts by inserting ads at the beginning of the broadcast (pre-roll) and during the broadcast (mid-roll). You can integrate a wide variety of ad servers and ad networks directly with your MediaCP software. Advertisements are displayed Client Side only when using the Video Player and as such advertisements are not published to Stream Targets such as Facebook or Youtube.

The VAST Advertising feature is a Premium feature available for Customers with an Unlimited License.

You can get started and preview the feature with Google IMA Sample Tags.

Custom Facebook App

Traditionally our software provides an automatic integration with Facebook via our own Facebook Apps that we manage. When using our Facebook App to publish video, viewers will see “MediaCP” or our whitelabelled brand name in the “Published by” (screenshot below).

It is now possible for customers with an Unlimited license (with no branding) to configure your own Custom Facebook App with your own branding to use with the MediaCP.

Review our Custom Facebook App Documentation for information on how to get started.

Upload Custom Login Background

Control the design of your Media Control Panel by easily uploading a custom login background from System Configuration. The uploaded image will be automatically converted to an optimised image for quick loading times.

Upload Custom Start Page Background

Icecast DJ accounts without AutoDJ

Icecast services now include the DJ Manager features without requiring Liquidsoap. Users with Icecast KH services can login directly using either the SHOUTcast or Icecast protocols while Icecast 2 must use only the Icecast protocol

Nginx-Rtmp now produces frame-aligned transcoding

We’ve reworked NginxRtmp transcoding and stream publishing and as such it now properly supports frame-aligned transcoding which offers full device compatibility.

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Whats new in MediaCP 2.12?

Read more about What’s new in MediaCP 2.12.

Important Notices

• Upgrades from version 2.10 or earlier may include downtime of AutoDJ services during the upgrade process. The upgrade process may also take some time to complete depending on the number of audio media content uploaded to the MediaCP and the speed of your disk + cpu processor. If you are concerned about the time that it will take to update then we recommend first testing the upgrade on another system by following our backup & restore guide

Notable Improvements

• MCP-2313 Remove mysql param from flussonic installer and ensure that running configuration multiple times does not break flussonic
• MCP-2220 Improved CPU usage of AutoDJ feedback.php
• MCP-2309 Allow primary hostname to be configured with Custom Domains for scenarios where bind ip is used on the primary ip
• MCP-2310 Update software packages
• MCP-2312 Additional index to track_history table for increased performance
• Liquidsoap upgraded to 2.12.1

Bug Fixes

• MCP-2133 Debian/Ubuntu OS not detected if lsb-core not installed (minimal builds)
• MCP-2262 Connecting/disconnecting Wowza Stream Targets via API results in error regarding systems_class not found
• MCP-2269 PHP Notice: Constant IS_WINDOWS already defined in ScanMedia.php
• MCP-2270 Bandwidth history displaying months in alphabetical order.
• MCP-2277 Audio Tracks on second page of Playlist Media tab are not being displayed
• MCP-2283 Audio Media sorting by name with numbers is not sequential
• MCP-2308 Reporting is creating a temporary table even if all results are cached
• MCP-2311 Users are unable to scroll through available media in VOD player
• MCP-2321 PHP Vary headers blocking nginx cache leads to large performance hit

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