New Features

Advanced Media Properties

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• Control how images and videos scale inside a placeholder
• Control how images and videos align in a placeholder
• Control what happens to video media if shorter than placeholder duration

Dynamic Scene Duration

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• Shorten the duration of a scene
• Use the duration of a media asset to shorten a scene

Metadata API

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• Metadata API enables enquiring about scenes, libraries, storyboards and placeholders
• Use Metadata API to upload or replace scenes programmatically

API Documentation Released

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• The full API v2 documentation is now available
• Generate videos with Storyboard or Scene API
• Manage your library with Metadata API

Bug Fixes

Player

• Player on mobile didn't show the timebar and player controls when video was set to auto start. Fixed
• Closed Captions didn’t start automatically when playing a video on mobile devices. Fixed
• Vertical player now works on iPhones

Analytics

• Statistics were not reported properly for videos shorter than 30 seconds. Fixed

Storybuilder

• User no longer gets redirected while on quick form or tools download pages

API

• Soundtrack with external source (http) no longer fails on render