VIMP 6.5.0

This new release includes a whole bunch of new features and improvements. Learn more!

Important notes:

  • Find an overview of the new features in our VIMP 6.5 blog post.
  • Also read our technical notes containing important information of the upgrade.
  • This update requires version 15 of the SourceGuardian Loader. Click here for information on updating the SourceGuardian Loader for your Linux distribution.

 

Please download the new version within your personal download area.

 

Changelog:

  • New: Dark skin for the Ocean template

  • New: Two-factor authentication (2FA)

  • New: Redesigned livestreaming server module (including HA & failover, housekeeping, and user roles)

  • New: Server grouping in cluster mode

  • New: Optional media encryption

  • New: Improved syslog with SIEM support (Monolog integration with push and pull)

  • New: Auditor role and new permissions

  • New: LDAP mapping for user fields

  • New: SAML mapping for user fields

  • New: Nextcloud integration for media delivery

  • New: Revised URL signing

  • New: Additional permissions for sharing of own media

  • New: Support for registering multiple users with the same email address

  • New: New API methods for controlling media downloads

  • New: Deactivation of alternative media delivery without framework (since it no longer offers any added value compared to regular delivery)

  • New: Digital signatures for installer and updater files

  • New: Configurable session lifetime setting

  • New: Optional email tokens for additional media owners

  • New: Task for resetting orphaned transcoding processes

  • New: The new RTE replaces CKEditor and TinyMCE Editor

  • New: Configurable rate limit for form submissions

  • New: The minimum requirement for PHP has been raised to version 8.2

  • Improvement: Visibility of private playlists for administrators has been disabled

  • Improvement: Some hard-coded links to external services were still pointing to http instead of https URIs

  • Improvement: Running the install task or installer in existing VIMP installations can no longer cause the database to be reset

  • Improvement: Activity logging has been expanded

  • Improvement: Updating various component libraries

  • Improvement: Various security optimizations

  • Improvement: Updated and replaced various third-party libraries

  • Improvement: Optimized the startup behavior of the server task

  • Improvement: Optimized the license key query

  • Improvement: Improved logic for displaying hidden media in playlists

  • Improvement: Removed the obsolete userTimezone cookie

  • Improvement: The VIMP Docker images now use FFmpeg 9

  • Fix: Resolved a potential issue with the autoloader

  • Fix: Resolved an issue with the input filter for text fields related to URIs and hex values

  • Fix: Resolved an issue with adding media to a playlist via the API

  • Fix: Resolved an issue with deleting third-party playlists using the administrator role

  • Fix: Resolved an issue with the display of the “Forward” and “Back” buttons in Albums and Media

  • Fix: Resolved an issue with caching configuration variables

  • Fix: Resolved an issue with counting learning media marked as “deleted”

  • Fix: Resolved an issue with playing audio media in learning courses

  • Fix: Resolved an issue with transcoding learning media

  • Fix: Resolved an issue with playing HLS learning media

  • Fix: Resolved an issue with deleting learning courses

  • Fix: Resolved an issue with the correct media count after removing media from a channel via the API

  • Fix: Resolved an issue with disabling automatic quality selection in the player

  • Fix: Resolved an issue with the display of the audio embed player

  • Fix: Resolved an issue with the FFmpeg version detection for FFmpeg 9 and snapshot builds

  • Fix: Resolved an issue with the thumbnail generation in the video editor as of FFmpeg 5

  • Fix: Resolved an issue with the WebM transcoding

  • Fix: Minor design and i18n optimizations

 

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