Shaka Streamer v0.5.0

0.5.0 (2021-10-01)

• Command-line argument style changed (dashes instead of underscores)
• Multi period support for DASH
  (#43)
  (#78)
  (#91)
• Multi period support for HLS
  (#43)
  (#83)
  (#91)
• LL-DASH support
  (#88)
• Require Python 3.6+
• Require Shaka Packager v2.6+
• New shaka-streamer-binaries package for binary dependencies;
  add argument --use-system-binaries to use your system-installed deps instead
  (#60)
  (#87)
  (#92)
• Fix framerate detection for mixed-framerate content
  (#90)
  (#93)
• Fix cloud upload errors for S3
  (#67)
• Report clear error if an input track does not exist
  (#89)
  (#94)
• Fix orphaned subprocesses using CTRL-C
  (#46)
  (#96)
• Add webcam and microphone support on Windows
  (#95)

Shaka Streamer v0.4.0

0.4.0 (2021-08-26)

• Fix shutdown of cloud upload
• Improve the formatting of minimum version errors
• Fix several issues with Ubuntu 16.04 and Python 3.5
• Add --skip_deps_check to bypass version checks on dependencies
• Increase preserved segments outside of the availability window, improving HLS
  playback in Shaka Player
• Require Shaka Packager v2.5+
• Add AV1 support
  (#10)
• Drop raw_images input type
  (#25)
• Fix duplicate transcoder outputs with multiple audio languages
• Fix resolution autodetection boundary cases
• Add support for extracting text streams from multiplexed inputs
  (#53)
• Improved type-checking and type annotations
• Fix install commands in docs
  (#56)
• Fix various test failures and test-runner bugs
• Fix packaging failures with long-running content
  (#64)
• Add raw-key support
  (#21)
  (#63)
• Add support for ac3 and ec3
  (#37)
  (#69)
• Fix running tests from any directory
  (#49)
  (#71)
• Add config file with Apple's HLS recommendations
  (#70)
  (#72)
• Add support for HEVC video codec
  (#74)
• Restrict WebM formats to DASH, omit from HLS
  (#18)
  (#80)
• Automatic frame rate reduction
  (#77)
• Fix missing members in docs, auto-link to types in config docs
• Change the documentation theme
• Set channel count as an input feature, downmix as needed
  (#38)
  (#84)
• Add Windows support
  (#8)
  (#85)
• Add HTTP url output support
  (#82)
• Fix accidental live-type DASH output in VOD mode

Shaka Streamer v0.3.0

0.3.0 (2019-10-18)

• Added autodetection of frame rate, resolution, interlacing, track numbers
• Added support for custom resolutions and bitrates (#5)
• Added hardware encoding on macOS (#23)
• Added support for NVENC-backed hardware encoding on Linux
• Fixed several issues in the docs, including installation instructions
• Complain if ffprobe is missing (#35)
• Fix PyYAML deprecation warning and YAML loading vulnerability (#35)
• Fixed resolution name (1440p vs 2k)
• Updated default bitrates
• Added definition of 8k resolution
• Now rejects unsupported features in text inputs (#34)
• Fixed cloud upload for VOD (#30)
• Added webcam support on macOS (#29)
• Make common errors easier to read
• Fixed early shutdown and missing files (#32)
• Added a check for gsutil and for cloud destination write access
• Speed up VP9 software encoding
• Fixed rounding errors in width in HLS playlist (#36)

Shaka Streamer v0.2.0

0.2.0 (2019-10-14)

• Comprehensive docs now on GitHub Pages: https://google.github.io/shaka-streamer/ (#22)
• Fixed orphaned processes on shutdown (#20)
• Improved cloud upload performance (#19)
• Added a setting for debug logging (#12)
• Fixed support for 6-channel audio (#6)
• Added support for arbitrary FFmpeg filters (#4)
• Added support for setting presentation delay (#3)
• Added support for setting availability window (#2)
• Added support for extracting a small time range for VOD (#1)
• Added support for external commands that generate input streams
• Added support for push to Amazon S3 (gsutil supports both GCS and S3)
• Added a quiet mode
• Added control over output paths
• Fixed output filename consistency, issues with multiple languages
• Fixed issues with mapping multiple inputs
• Flattened pipeline config format

v0.1.0

This is the first public release of Shaka Streamer! 🎉

This initial release was the work of @vickymin13 and @prestontai. Many thanks to both of them for their hard work and dedication! It has been wonderful having them on the team.