Azure-Media-Services-Explorer

Azure Media Services Explorer is a test tool for Windows that does upload, download, process, encode, package, and stream assets and live channels with Azure Media Services using the AMS .Net SDK and the REST API. Source code is also provided.

This version is Azure Media Services Explorer v5 for the new AMS v3 API.

You can run AMSE for v2 and AMSE for v3 side by side on the same PC. This is recommended for several reasons : for example, media reserved units cannot be managed with v3, and some v2 objects are not seen in v3 (live channels and programs).

For more information regarding the changes between v2 and v3, read this article.

Please report bugs or crashes here (please mention v5 version) or contact [email protected].

Version 5.0.6.0 (July 17, 2019) brings the following features and improvements :

• Custom block size to leverage Azure Storage high-throughput for video file upload
• Support for DRM token replay prevention (preview)
• Job creation UI update
• Application upgraded to .Net Framework 4.7
• AMSE string in REST request user-agent
• Bug fixes

Azure Media Services Explorer is a test tool for Windows that does upload, download, process, encode, package, and stream assets and live channels with Azure Media Services using the AMS .Net SDK and the REST API. Source code is also provided.

This version is Azure Media Services Explorer v5 for the new AMS v3 API.

You can run AMSE for v2 and AMSE for v3 side by side on the same PC. This is recommended for several reasons : for example, media reserved units cannot be managed with v3, and some v2 objects are not seen in v3 (live channels and programs).

For more information regarding the changes between v2 and v3, read this article.

Please report bugs or crashes here (please mention v5 version) or contact [email protected].

Version 5.0.5.0 (July 4, 2019) brings the following features and improvements :

• Support for time trimming when submitting a job from a transform (for MES presets)
• Redesign of the job submit UI, transform info UI, job info UI, Transforms/Jobs panel UI
• Fixes an issue when filtering assets based on assetid
• Adds support for filtering assets using a beginwith method on asset name
• It's now possible to select the locator in the UI when playing back an asset
• Displays the streaming URLs when a live output has been created and no data has yet arrived in it
• Bug fixes

Azure Media Services Explorer is a test tool for Windows that does upload, download, process, encode, package, and stream assets and live channels with Azure Media Services using the AMS .Net SDK and the REST API. Source code is also provided.

This version is Azure Media Services Explorer v5 for the new AMS v3 API.

You can run AMSE for v2 and AMSE for v3 side by side on the same PC. This is recommended for several reasons : for example, media reserved units cannot be managed with v3, and some v2 objects are not seen in v3 (live channels and programs).

For more information regarding the changes between v2 and v3, read this article.

Please report bugs or crashes here (please mention v5 version) or contact [email protected].

Version 5.0.4.1 (June 12, 2019) brings the following features and improvements :

• Support for Premium Live encoder when creating a live event. This encoder supports up to 1080p and 30 frames per second
  • Live event creation UI updated with default preset info
• Redesign of locator creation UI to support associated filters
• Number of filters and publication expiration now displayed in asset list
• Media SDK update to latest version
• Bug fixes

Azure Media Services Explorer is a test tool for Windows that does upload, download, process, encode, package, and stream assets and live channels with Azure Media Services using the AMS .Net SDK and the REST API. Source code is also provided.

This version is Azure Media Services Explorer v5 for the new AMS v3 API.

You can run AMSE for v2 and AMSE for v3 side by side on the same PC. This is recommended for several reasons : for example, media reserved units cannot be managed with v3, and some v2 objects are not seen in v3 (live channels and programs).

For more information regarding the changes between v2 and v3, read this article.

Please report bugs or crashes here (please mention v5 version) or contact [email protected].

The following features are implemented using the new v3 API:

• Interactive authentication (subscription browsing and manual input) with an option to force the user selection.
• Service Principal authentication (output of CLI) with encryption of secret
• Live Event and Live Output operations, including new options (low latency, non vanity)
• Streaming Endpoint operations
• Storage attach/detach
• Simple Transform creation (video and audio analyzer, and pre built MES presets) and job submission
• Support for http(s) sources for jobs
• Clear streaming locator only
• Asset information with blobs display and management
• Asset upload and download
• Account and asset filters
• Authentication for Azure National clouds
• Dynamic encryption for clear AES key
• Display of DRM keys

Major missing features (to be developed):

• Advanced dynamic encryption/DRM support
• Advanced transform creation
• Export of asset to another AMS account

Version 5.0.3.0 (June 3, 2019) brings the following features and improvements :

• Support for face detector preset
• Major update on content protection for AMS v3 :
  • More info for content protection in asset info (streaming policy, content keys, content key policy)
  • When creating a locator: support for all predefined streaming policies (except FairPlay), with setup of options for PlayReady and Widevine for CENC policy
• Bug fixes : interactive token renewal, filters are back in streaming endpoint selection, download only locator display fix
• Solve an issue with High DPI screen and Live tab

Azure Media Services Explorer is a test tool for Windows that does upload, download, process, encode, package, and stream assets and live channels with Azure Media Services using the AMS .Net SDK and the REST API. Source code is also provided.

This version is Azure Media Services Explorer v5 for the new AMS v3 API.

You can run AMSE for v2 and AMSE for v3 side by side on the same PC. This is recommended for several reasons : for example, media reserved units cannot be managed with v3, and some v2 objects are not seen in v3 (live channels and programs).

For more information regarding the changes between v2 and v3, read this article.

Please report bugs or crashes here (please mention v5 version) or contact [email protected].

The following features are implemented using the new v3 API:

• Interactive authentication (subscription browsing and manual input) with an option to force the user selection.
• Service Principal authentication (output of CLI) with encryption of secret
• Live Event and Live Output operations, including new options (low latency, non vanity)
• Streaming Endpoint operations
• Storage attach/detach
• Simple Transform creation (video and audio analyzer, and pre built MES presets) and job submission
• Support for http(s) sources for jobs
• Clear streaming locator only
• Asset information with blobs display and management
• Asset upload and download
• Account and asset filters
• Authentication for Azure National clouds
• Dynamic encryption for clear AES key
• Display of DRM keys

Major missing features (to be developed):

• Complete dynamic encryption/DRM support
• Advanced transform creation
• Export of asset to another AMS account

Version 5.0.1.0 (April 19, 2019) brings the following features and improvements :

• Support for experimental preset for content-aware encoding
• Content keys are now displayed in asset info UI
• Some deadlocks were removed, better management of authentication token renewal
• AMS v2 SDK has been removed from code and binary, AMS v3 and Storage SDKs updated to latest version
• Bug fixes

Azure Media Services Explorer v5 for the new AMS v3 API.
This is a preview version which does not implement all the features. It may crash because not all AMSE code has been migrated to v3 API yet. Do not use this version for production.

You can run AMSE for v2 and AMSE for v3 side by side on the same PC. This is recommended for several reasons : for example, media reserved units cannot be managed with v3, and some v2 objects are not seen in v3 (live channels and programs).

For more information regarding the changes between v2 and v3, read this article.

Please report bugs or crashes here (please mention v5 version) or contact [email protected].

The following features are implemented using the new v3 API:

• Interactive authentication (subscription browsing and manual input) with an option to force the user selection.
• Service Principal authentication (output of CLI) with encryption of secret
• Live Event and Live Output operations, including new options (low latency, non vanity)
• Streaming Endpoint operations
• Storage attach/detach
• Simple Transform creation (video and audio analyzer, and pre built MES presets) and job submission
• Support for http(s) sources for jobs
• Clear streaming locator only
• Asset information with blobs display and management
• Asset upload and download
• Account and asset filters
• Authentication for Azure National clouds

Major missing features (to be developed):

• Dynamic encryption/DRM support
• Display of DRM keys
• Advanced transform creation

Version 5.0.0.21 Preview (March 27, 2019) brings the following features and improvements :

• Critical bug fixes and performance optimizations

Azure Media Services Explorer v5 for the new AMS v3 API.
This is a preview version which does not implement all the features. It may crash because not all AMSE code has been migrated to v3 API yet. Do not use this version for production.

You can run AMSE for v2 and AMSE for v3 side by side on the same PC. This is recommended for several reasons : for example, media reserved units cannot be managed with v3, and some v2 objects are not seen in v3 (live channels and programs).

For more information regarding the changes between v2 and v3, read this article.

Please report bugs or crashes here (please mention v5 version) or contact [email protected].

The following features are implemented using the new v3 API:

• Interactive authentication (subscription browsing and manual input) with an option to force the user selection.
• Service Principal authentication (output of CLI) with encryption of secret
• Live Event and Live Output operations, including new options (low latency, non vanity)
• Streaming Endpoint operations
• Storage attach/detach
• Simple Transform creation (video and audio analyzer, and pre built MES presets) and job submission
• Support for http(s) sources for jobs
• Clear streaming locator only
• Asset information with blobs display and management
• Asset upload and download
• Account and asset filters
• Authentication for Azure National clouds

Major missing features (to be developed):

• Dynamic encryption/DRM support
• Display of DRM keys
• Advanced transform creation

Version 5.0.0.17 Preview (March 18, 2019) brings the following features and improvements :

• Support for multi tenant browsing when adding an account
• Support for Live Output outputSnapTime
• Started implementation of content protection setup when publishing an asset - clear key mode
• Authentication token is now refreshed when expired - this was causing crashes
• Better error management for some live entities operations
• Bug fixes

Azure Media Services Explorer is a test tool for Windows that does upload, download, process, encode, package, and stream assets and live channels with Azure Media Services using the AMS .Net SDK and the REST API. Source code is also provided.

This version is for AMS v2.
AMSE for AMS v3 can be found here.

A general description is available here, there is a blog post on live encoding and Explorer and also some tutorials.

Contact: [email protected]

Version 4.3.5.0 (February 25, 2019) brings the following features and improvements :

• Corrected file and asset size calculation (now 1 GB = 1000 MB)
• Bug fixes
• Updated offline documentation

Azure Media Services Explorer v5 for the new AMS v3 API.
This is a preview version which does not implement all the features. It may crash because not all AMSE code has been migrated to v3 API yet. Do not use this version for production.

You can run AMSE for v2 and AMSE for v3 side by side on the same PC. This is recommended for several reasons : for example, media reserved units cannot be managed with v3, and some v2 objects are not seen in v3 (live channels and programs).

For more information regarding the changes between v2 and v3, read this article.

Please report bugs or crashes here (please mention v5 version) or contact [email protected].

The following features are implemented using the new v3 API:

• Interactive authentication (subscription browsing and manual input) with an option to force the user selection.
• Service Principal authentication (output of CLI) with encryption of secret
• Live Event and Live Output operations, including new options (low latency, non vanity)
• Streaming Endpoint operations
• Storage attach/detach
• Simple Transform creation (video and audio analyzer, and pre built MES presets) and job submission
• Support for http(s) sources for jobs
• Clear streaming locator only
• Asset information with blobs display and management
• Asset upload and download
• Account and asset filters
• Authentication for Azure National clouds

Major missing features (to be developed):

• Dynamic encryption/DRM support
• Display of DRM keys
• Advanced transform creation

Version 5.0.0.16 Preview (February 4, 2019) brings the following features and improvements :

• Support for Azure national clouds authentication
• Corrected file and asset size calculation (now 1 GB = 1000 MB)
• Major Bug fixes

Azure Media Services Explorer v5 for the new AMS v3 API.
This is a preview version which does not implement all the features. It may crash because not all AMSE code has been migrated to v3 API yet. Do not use this version for production.

You can run AMSE for v2 and AMSE for v3 side by side on the same PC. This is recommended for several reasons : for example, media reserved units cannot be managed with v3, and some v2 objects are not seen in v3 (live channels and programs).

For more information regarding the changes between v2 and v3, read this article.

Please report bugs or crashes here (please mention v5 version) or contact [email protected].

The following features are implemented using the new v3 API:

• Interactive authentication (subscription browsing and manual input) with an option to force the user selection.
• Service Principal authentication (output of CLI) with encryption of secret
• Live Event and Live Output operations, including new options (low latency, non vanity)
• Streaming Endpoint operations
• Storage attach/detach
• Simple Transform creation (video and audio analyzer, and pre built MES presets) and job submission
• Support for http(s) sources for jobs
• Clear streaming locator only
• Asset information with blobs display and management
• Asset upload and download
• Account and asset filters

Major missing features (to be developed):

• Dynamic encryption/DRM support
• Display of policies and DRM keys
• Advanced transform creation

Version 5.0.0.12 Preview (January 11, 2019) brings the following features and improvements :

• Displays capacity used by storage account, and support for storage settings
• Major Bug fixes

Azure Media Services Explorer v5 for the new AMS v3 API.
This is a preview version which does not implement all the features. It may crash because not all AMSE code has been migrated to v3 API yet. Do not use this version for production.

You can run AMSE for v2 and AMSE for v3 side by side on the same PC. This is recommended for several reasons : for example, media reserved units cannot be managed with v3, and some v2 objects are not seen in v3 (live channels and programs).

For more information regarding the changes between v2 and v3, read this article.

Please report bugs or crashes here (please mention v5 version) or contact [email protected].

The following features are implemented using the new v3 API:

• Interactive authentication (subscription browsing and manual input) with an option to force the user selection.
• Service Principal authentication (output of CLI) with encryption of secret
• Live Event and Live Output operations, including new options (low latency, non vanity)
• Streaming Endpoint operations
• Storage attach/detach
• Simple Transform creation (video and audio analyzer, and pre built MES presets) and job submission
• Support for http(s) sources for jobs
• Clear streaming locator only
• Asset information with blobs display and management
• Asset upload and download
• Account and asset filters

Major missing features (to be developed):

• Dynamic encryption/DRM support
• Display of policies and DRM keys
• Advanced transform creation

Azure Media Services Explorer is a test tool for Windows that does upload, download, process, encode, package, and stream assets and live channels with Azure Media Services using the AMS .Net SDK and the REST API. Source code is also provided.

This version is for AMS v2.
AMSE for AMS v3 can be found here.

A general description is available here, there is a blog post on live encoding and Explorer and also some tutorials.

Contact: [email protected]

Version 4.3.4.0 (December 20, 2018) brings the following features and improvements :

• Multiple transfers bug fix
• Updated offline documentation
• Fix to "264 Multiple Bitrate 16x9 for iOS" preset
• Azure Media Hyperlapse was removed from the UI as announced here

Azure Media Services Explorer is a test tool for Windows that does upload, download, process, encode, package, and stream assets and live channels with Azure Media Services using the AMS .Net SDK and the REST API. Source code is also provided.

A general description is available here, there is a blog post on live encoding and Explorer and also some tutorials.

Contact: [email protected]

Version 4.3.3.0 (October 20, 2018) brings the following features and improvements :

• Bug fixes
• Update to AMS 4.2.0 SDKs (for v2 API)

Azure Media Services Explorer is a test tool for Windows that does upload, download, process, encode, package, and stream assets and live channels with Azure Media Services using the AMS .Net SDK and the REST API. Source code is also provided.

A general description is available here, there is a blog post on live encoding and Explorer and also some tutorials.

Contact: [email protected]

Version 4.3.2.1 (July 30, 2018) brings the following features and improvements :

• Fixes an issue with multiple transfers

Azure Media Services Explorer is a test tool for Windows that does upload, download, process, encode, package, and stream assets and live channels with Azure Media Services using the AMS .Net SDK and the REST API. Source code is also provided.

A general description is available here, there is a blog post on live encoding and Explorer and also some tutorials.

Contact: [email protected]

Version 4.3.2.0 (June 14, 2018) brings the following features and improvements :

• Updated Japanese translation
• Visual Studio 2017 /Installshield 2018 project

Azure Media Services Explorer is a test tool for Windows that does upload, download, process, encode, package, and stream assets and live channels with Azure Media Services using the AMS .Net SDK and the REST API. Source code is also provided.

A general description is available here, there is a blog post on live encoding and Explorer and also some tutorials.

Contact: [email protected]

Version 4.3.1.0 (May 25, 2018) brings the following features and improvements :

• Links and doc updated
• Media Services v2 label
• Warning when deleting a policy. Default mode is removal, not deletion
• Bug fixes

Azure Media Services Explorer is a test tool for Windows that does upload, download, process, encode, package, and stream assets and live channels with Azure Media Services using the AMS .Net SDK and the REST API. Source code is also provided.

A general description is available here, there is a blog post on live encoding and Explorer and also some tutorials.

Contact: [email protected]

Version 4.3.0.0 (May 15, 2018) brings the following features and improvements :

• The storage account attachment feature uses the latest management API
  • It is now possible to detach a secondary storage account (if no asset is stored in it)
  • Updated UI
• Update to Content Moderation preset (uses now version 2)
• Remove support for RTP/MPEG-TS live ingest with encoding channels (see the announcement)
• Fixes a bug related to visual overlay with Media Encoder Standard
• Other bug fixes

Azure Media Services Explorer is a test tool for Windows that does upload, download, process, encode, package, and stream assets and live channels with Azure Media Services using the AMS .Net SDK and the REST API. Source code is also provided.

A general description is available here, there is a blog post on live encoding and Explorer and also some tutorials.

Contact: [email protected]

Version 4.2.0.1 (February 9, 2018) brings the following features and improvements :

• Adds support for offline Fairplay license configuration
• New tab refresh button
• Update to asset copy:
  • Support for AAD authentication
  • Option to copy alternate Id
• Adds Enhanced Server Manifest option in MES
• Removes the support for ACS when connecting to AMS accounts

Azure Media Services Explorer is a test tool for Windows that does upload, download, process, encode, package, and stream assets and live channels with Azure Media Services using the AMS .Net SDK and the REST API. Source code is also provided.

A general description is available here, there is a blog post on live encoding and Explorer and also some tutorials.

Contact: [email protected]

Version 4.1.2.0 (November 23, 2017) brings the following features and improvements :

• Minor improvements and several bug fixes (stitching, bad characters in filter tracks..)

Azure Media Services Explorer is a test tool for Windows that does upload, download, process, encode, package, and stream assets and live channels with Azure Media Services using the AMS .Net SDK and the REST API. Source code is also provided.

A general description is available here, there is a blog post on live encoding and Explorer and also some tutorials.

Contact: [email protected]

Version 4.1.1.0 (November 2, 2017) brings the following features and improvements :

• Support for lowest bitrate subclipping
• Update to Redaction media processor (now GA). New blur modes (high, med, low, black, box)
• Update to Media Encoder Standard UI (some checkboxes have 3 states)
• Warning for accounts which use ACS authentication
• Uses the local character separator for CSV export
• Fixes an issue with the player in subclipping, and another issue with asset report
• Additional bug fixes