Azure-Media-Services-Explorer

Azure Media Services Explorer is a tool for Windows that does upload, download, process, encode, package, and stream assets and live channels with Azure Media Services. Source code is also provided.

A general description is available here and there is a blog post on live encoding and Explorer.
Contact: [email protected]

This update brings the following features and improvements :

• Google Widevine license delivery update : packaging is enabled by default, and the JSON license template is visible and editable
• Optimizations for large number of jobs running. Code has been optimized to monitor only visible jobs and increase the job polling time when needed. This should dramatically improve performances for accounts with a large number of running jobs
• Thumbnails generation is now available in Media Encoder Standard UI. The thumbnail generation option in the menu has been moved from AME to MES processor
• Date/time range filtering. A date/time range can be specified for the assets, jobs, channels and programs queries.
• It's now possible to change the encoding preset on an existing live channel
• Asset filters copy option. When a program is cloned or an asset is duplicated, there is an option to copy the asset filters. (time start and end values are reset when doing program cloning)
• Icons update
• Bug fixes

Azure Media Services Explorer is a tool for Windows that does upload, download, process, encode, package, and stream assets and live channels with Azure Media Services. Source code is also provided.

A general description is available here and there is a blog post on live encoding and Explorer.
Contact: [email protected]

This update brings the following features and improvements :

• Google Widevine license delivery support (public preview). See this announcement. Feature will continue to improve in the coming releases
• Dynamic encryption wizard update. UI has been fully revisited.
• Content keys and token keys are displayed with a button, to increase security
• Possibility to select Microsoft Edge, Microsoft Internet Explorer or Google Chrome for asset playback
• More checks on asset sources for Indexer task
• Media Services SDK updated to 3.5.2
• Bug fixes

Azure Media Services Explorer is a tool for Windows that does upload, download, process, encode, package, and stream assets and live channels with Azure Media Services. Source code is also provided.

A general description is available here and there is a blog post on live encoding and Explorer.
Contact: [email protected]

This update brings the following features and improvements :

• New bulk ingest manifest feature (in transfers tab). Useful if you want to upload assets with an another client application (like Aspera or Signiant). Upload is decoupled from Azure Media Services asset creation. Any application that copies files to Azure Storage can be used.
  • a new UI to select files or folder to upload, and to organize the destinations assets
  • support for local storage encryption before the upload
  • tested with Cloudberry Explorer
• Support for new Media Processors (private preview)
• Adds two audio only profiles for Media Encoder Standard (MES)
• Support for Hyperlapse with a speed of 1 (stabilization)
• Optimization for large number of assets or jobs
  • This version has been tested on a media services account with 200 000 assets
  • Some client side queries are disabled with an account with more than 10 000 assets or 5 000 jobs
  • Better performances for jobs and assets delete processes
• More checks (channel and program names, channel properties, Streaming endpoints creation), file overwrite warning before download
• Bug fixes (channel name sorting, PlayReady relative date, etc)

Azure Media Services Explorer is a tool for Windows that does upload, download, process, encode, package, and stream assets and live channels with Azure Media Services. Source code is also provided.

A general description is available here and there is a blog post on live encoding and Explorer.
Contact: [email protected]

This update brings the following features and improvements :

• New asset download to local dialog box. The tool can create folders based on the asset name or asset Id and open them when download is completed.
• Better performance to display assets details in the grid (cache in memory)
• Optimization for large number of assets or jobs. Search in assets/jobs/channels/programs are now done on all items, not the last 1000 items (queries have been rewritten to be executed by the back-end when possible). This version has been tested on a media services account with 11000 assets. New option to display programs for all channels.
• When playing-back a content, user can select multiple filters and the no audio-only mode for HLS, and see the preview of the URL. See the recent blog post regarding these new features.
• New software update UI. Explorer can auto update when a new release is published. Released notes are displayed.
• Azure Storage settings dialog box (to activate metrics, and change the default storage in order to allow byte range access for progressive download)
• Option to Delete all visible assets, or to delete all visible jobs
• More tasks details in job reports.
• JSON and XML syntax check in Premium Workflow, MES and in multi processors dialog box
• Task option in multiple processors, option to process all visible assets
• Price is displayed for MES jobs
• Live archiving uses now JSON presets
• New updated Media Services documentation (5 CHM files), link to released notes
• Requires .NET 4.6
• Bug fixes

Azure Media Services Explorer is a tool for Windows that does upload, download, process, encode, package, and stream assets and live channels with Azure Media Services. Source code is also provided.

A general description is available here and there is a blog post on live encoding and Explorer.
Contact: [email protected]

This update brings the following features and improvements :

• Support for Widevine Modular DRM header insertion for DASH output with Common Encryption. There is now an option in the tool to add a Widevine header when adding a dynamic encryption policy. A license acquisition URL can be optionally specified (a third party service is needed to deliver the licenses, see this blog post).
• Update to the way Azure Media Player is called for Widevine protected content (protection=widevine or protection=drm)
• New asset file Edit feature in asset info/asset files. For example, a manifest or a subtitle file can be directly edited on-line
• Added a button to pass XML data to Premium Workflow Encoder processor (to set transcodeSource or setRuntimeProperties data)
• Media Services SDK updated to 3.5.1
• Bug fixes
• rereleased 3.30.0.0 to 3.30.0.1 to fix an issue with empty Widevine URL

Azure Media Services Explorer is a tool for Windows that does upload, download, process, encode, package, and stream assets and live channels with Azure Media Services. Source code is also provided.

A general description is available here and there is a blog post on live encoding and Explorer.
Contact: [email protected]

Please read the today's Azure Media Services new services and partnerships at IBC 2015 and the blog post on sub-clipping and live archive extraction with Media Encoder Standard.
And since today, you can encode Apple ProRes and QuickTime source videos with Media Encoder Standard!

This update brings the following features and improvements :

• Sub-clipping and live archive extraction is now available in the tool
• New dialog box to select the streaming endpoint, filter and format before playing a content or coping the streaming URL to clipboard
• Update to Live Encoding (custom preset)
• Update to the Media Encoder Standard interface (new option to trim the source, update to the JSON settings for sub-clipping)
• Various improvements (note that default locator duration is now 10 years)
• Several critical bug fixes

Azure Media Services Explorer is a tool for Windows that does upload, download, process, encode, package, and stream assets and live channels with Azure Media Services. Source code is also provided.

A general description is available here and there is a recent blog post on live encoding and Explorer.
Contact: [email protected]

This update brings the following features and improvements :

• Code updated to use Media Services SDK v3.4.0.0 and Visual Studio 2015
• The new installer checks the requirement for .NET 4.5.2
• Moved all API calls from REST to .NET SDK for asset and global filters
• New options to search in Id or name of assets, asset files, locators, jobs, channels and programs
• Option to specify the manifest name for live programs
• Dynamic encryption updates: an external AES key server can be configured, and it's possible to use the same key (key id) for several assets (AES or PlayReady)
• Added support for Premium Live Encoding (in private preview)
• Fixes to subclipping (currently in private preview)
• UI updates and bug fixes

Azure Media Services Explorer is a tool for Windows that does upload, download, process, encode, package, and stream assets and live channels with Azure Media Services. Source code is also provided.

A general description is available here and there is a recent blog post on live encoding and Explorer.
Contact: [email protected]

This tool is now available as a package on Chocolatey.

This update brings the following features and improvements :

• Asset information export to Excel. You can now export assets data to Excel (asset name, ID, streaming URL, expiration) then use Excel to analyse the data (with a pivot table). Please give us some feedback!
• Update to the logging window (timestamps and more details)
• Switched to JSON presets for Media Encoder Standard which is now GA.
• Subclipping support (currently in private preview)
• UI updates
• Several bug fixes

Azure Media Services Explorer is a tool for Windows that does upload, download, process, encode, package, and stream assets and live channels with Azure Media Services. Source code is also provided.

A general description is available here and there is a recent blog post on live encoding and Explorer.
Contact: [email protected]

This update brings the following features and improvements :

• Content protection:
  • support for OpenID Connect Discovery Document URL
  • support for importing a PlayReady policy XML file
• New Channel and Program cloning features : channels and programs can be cloned to another Media Services account. For a program, locators can be cloned (with same GUID if the destination account is in another region), and dynamic encryption and delivery settings can be replicated too.
• Improvements to dynamic manifests. Track filtering can be imported from another filter
• Multiselection for asset files operations
• New copy options for asset copy/merge
• Watch folder workflow: output assets are renamed
• Performance improvement and bug fixes (UI, dynamic manifest, live archive copy, content protection)

Azure Media Services Explorer is a tool for Windows that does upload, download, process, encode, package, and stream assets and live channels with Azure Media Services. Source code is also provided.

A general description is available here and there is a recent blog post on live encoding and Explorer.
Contact: [email protected]

This update brings the following features and improvements :

• Update to Dynamic Manifest Filters (using the REST API)
  • New controls to set timings in Day/Hour/Min/Sec with a slider for asset filters (Raw mode still possible)
  • Asset filter reads now the manifest to determine the content duration, scale and timestamp offset. Tested with live streams and archives
  • Supported FourCC codecs are listed, track filtering sample has been updated
  • New icons, and a way to edit the filters from the menus
• Fix a critical display/performance issue with the asset grid

Azure Media Services Explorer is a tool for Windows that does upload, download, process, encode, package, and stream assets and live channels with Azure Media Services. Source code is also provided.

A general description is available here and there is a recent blog post on live encoding and Explorer.
Contact: [email protected]

This update brings the following features and improvements :

• Support for the new Dynamic Manifest Filters (using the REST API)
  • User can create asset filters and global filters
  • A filter can be selected when launching Azure Media Player from Explorer
  • Global filters are managed through a new tab
  • Asset filter can be managed in the asset information box
  • In asset information, Locators tab, a filter can be selected and URLs are updated accordingly
• Adds support for upcoming release of Azure Media Encoder Standard
• Updated to use Azure Media Services and Extensions SDKs v3.3.0.0
• Bug fixes

Azure Media Services Explorer is a tool for Windows that does upload, download, process, encode, package, and stream assets and live channels with Azure Media Services. Source code is also provided.

A general description is available here and there is a recent blog post on live encoding and Explorer.
Contact: [email protected]

This update brings the following features and improvements :

• Support for the new Dynamic Manifest Filters (using the REST API)
  • User can create asset filters and global filters
  • A filter can be selected when launching Azure Media Player from Explorer
  • Global filters are managed through a new tab
  • Asset filter can be managed in the asset information box
  • In asset information, Locators tab, a filter can be selected and URLs are updated accordingly
• Adds support for upcoming release of Azure Media Encoder Standard
• bug fixes

Azure Media Services Explorer is a tool for Windows that does upload, download, process, encode, package, and stream assets and live channels with Azure Media Services. Source code is also provided.

A description is available on http://azure.microsoft.com/blog/2014/10/08/managing-media-workflows-with-the-new-azure-media-services-explorer-tool
Contact: [email protected]

This update brings the following features and improvements :

• Better support for High DPI screens / large text. In some configurations (like the Surface Pro 3), channels and programs in the Live tab were not visible. Project targets .NET Framework 4.5.2.
• Added filtering & search for Channels and Programs
• The storage attach feature supports importing an Azure subscription file
• Notifications in the task bar for long duration operations like transfers, jobs, channel start & reset
• New XML save option in AME Advanced mode
• New menu option to display the parent job (if any) for a selected asset

Live Encoding is now in Public Preview! Check the blog post from Anil Murching http://azure.microsoft.com/blog/2015/05/27/using-azure-media-services-explorer-for-live-encoding/

Azure Media Services Explorer is a tool for Windows that does upload, download, process, encode, package, and stream assets and live channels with Azure Media Services. Source code is also provided.

Full description is available on http://azure.microsoft.com/blog/2014/10/08/managing-media-workflows-with-the-new-azure-media-services-explorer-tool
Contact: [email protected]

This update brings the following features :

• Hyperlapse for Azure Media Services, currently in free Public Preview. This new processor convert first-person videos into time-lapse videos with video stabilization. For more information see http://azure.microsoft.com/blog/2015/05/14/announcing-hyperlapse-for-azure-media-services/
• Update to Live Encoding, currently in Private Preview. The encoding preset is displayed when a live channel is created. The Ad and Slate Control UI has been improved (stream preview and slate preview can be resized, more information is given in the slate preview area). The slate image is verified for compliancy (aspect ratio, size, etc) before uploading it to Azure Media Services.
• Update to Azure Media Encoder UI: description of each preset is now provided.
• Progress bars are only displayed for effective jobs.

Azure Media Services Explorer is a tool for Windows that does upload, download, encode, package, and stream assets and live channels with Azure Media Services. Source code is also provided.

Full description is available on http://azure.microsoft.com/blog/2014/10/08/managing-media-workflows-with-the-new-azure-media-services-explorer-tool
Contact: [email protected]

This update brings the following features :

• Support for Live Encoding, currently in Preview. For more information see http://azure.microsoft.com/blog/2015/04/13/an-introduction-to-live-encoding-with-azure-media-services
  Encoding can be setup when creating a new channel.
  A new Ad and Slate control UI has been added to insert ads and slate on a live channel. It is possible to control several channels at the same time as the dialog is not modal.
• Updated UI for Azure Media Indexer : added support for Spanish language and new configuration options. See http://azure.microsoft.com/blog/2015/04/13/azure-media-indexer-spanish-v1-2/
• Generic processor has been replaced by Multiple processors UI. With this dialog, it is possible to create a job with 5 tasks max. For example, this can be used to create a single job that does indexing, thumbnails generation and encoding of a video file. Then this job can be saved as a Job Template to be used later by the user or by the WatchFolder mecanism.
• New UI to launch an on-premises encoder. There is a new option to launch an on-premises encoder in order to push a live stream to a channel. The command line for ffmpeg or VLC is automatically generated. Wirecast, Adobe Media Encoder and Azure Media Capture are also listed.
• Update to Watch Folder . It is now possible, for each file uploaded with WatchFolder, to process it with a job template, publish it and send an email when the workflow is completed.
• Use the new Media Services and Extensions SDKs 3.2.0.0
• Bug fixes and improvements

Azure Media Services Explorer is a tool for Windows that does upload, download, encode, package, and stream assets and live channels with Azure Media Services. Source code is also provided.

Full description is available on http://azure.microsoft.com/blog/2014/10/08/managing-media-workflows-with-the-new-azure-media-services-explorer-tool
Contact: [email protected]

This update brings the following features :

• Support for Azure CDN activation/deactivation on a Streaming Endpoint. For more information on Media Services and Azure CDN integration, see http://azure.microsoft.com/blog/2015/03/17/announcing-azure-media-services-integration-with-azure-cdn-content-delivery-network/
• New asset copy feature (cloud to cloud). This works for VOD and live archives. Asset(s) can be copied to another Media Services account, including to an account in another Datacenter, to the default storage or to any attached storage. Merging the assets is proposed as an option in the dialog box.
  This feature can be used to replicate the content for backup, high availability or storage migration scenarios.
• Locator management improvement: the expiration date is displayed in the asset grid, and it is possible to sort the assets based on the expiration date. This allows the user to see and extend the locators which expired or will expire soon.
• Support for Media Services in Azure Government datacenters as a new option in the login dialog box. Announcement: http://azure.microsoft.com/blog/2015/03/16/media-services-in-azure-government-datacenters/
• Updated to use Media Services SDK 3.1.0.2
• Bug fixes and improvements

Azure Media Services Explorer is a tool for Windows that does upload, download, encode, package, and stream assets and live channels with Azure Media Services. Source code is also provided.

Full description is available on http://azure.microsoft.com/blog/2014/10/08/managing-media-workflows-with-the-new-azure-media-services-explorer-tool
Contact: [email protected]

This update brings the following features :

• Support for Premium Encoder that has been introduced today in Preview mode (see http://azure.microsoft.com/blog/2015/03/05/introducing-premium-encoding-in-azure-media-services/)
• Improvements when connecting Explorer to Azure datacenters in China: fix an issue with Storage Attachment, fix issues with some features that use the Storage SDK (import and export to Azure, Asset merge/copy)
• bug fixes and improvements

Azure Media Services Explorer is a tool for Windows that does upload, download, encode, package, and stream assets and live channels with Azure Media Services. Source code is also provided.

Full description is available on http://azure.microsoft.com/blog/2014/10/08/managing-media-workflows-with-the-new-azure-media-services-explorer-tool
Contact: [email protected]

This update brings the following features and bug fixes:

• Multiple options for the content key authorization policy. It is now possible to add several options in the content key authorization policy when configuring dynamic encryption. This can be used to support both SWT and JWT tokens for the same key delivery, or deliver a custom PlayReady license based on the claims in the token.
• New UI for test token. When requesting a test token, the end user can select an option of the key authorization Policy, and set the start/end date/time of the test token to generate.
• Update to Azure Media Player support
• Update to static PlayReady packager
• bug fixes and several other improvements

Azure Media Services Explorer is a tool for Windows that does upload, download, encode, package, and stream assets and live channels with Azure Media Services. Source code is also provided.

Full description is available on http://azure.microsoft.com/blog/2014/10/08/managing-media-workflows-with-the-new-azure-media-services-explorer-tool
Contact: [email protected]

This update brings the following features and bug fixes:

• Adds support for Azure Media Player with token support
• New Dynamic Encryption "Wizard"
  • New PlayReady keys input dialog box
  • Adds support for JWT tokens (with symmetric and assymmetric X509 keys)
• A way to remove/delete CENC/AES keys on a asset
• more information on tokens in asset info dialog box
• Remove the encryption of user settings as it causes issues on some PC
• bug fixes

Azure Media Services Explorer is a tool for Windows that does upload, download, encode, package, and stream assets and live channels with Azure Media Services. Source code is also provided.

Full description is available on http://azure.microsoft.com/blog/2014/10/08/managing-media-workflows-with-the-new-azure-media-services-explorer-tool
Contact: [email protected]

This update brings the following features and bug fixes:

• user settings and credentials are now encrypted on disk using RsaProtectedConfigurationProvider
• new tab for storage accounts. Used space information is displayed (if storage metrics have been activated on the storage)
• Added relative date options in the PlayReady Template dialog box
• Added a splash window when connecting to the Media Services account. Minor UI update for the grids
• Task and jobs prices displayed in the Job information dialog box
• code updates and bug fixes