LnuPlay news

In connection with the new version, a number of new features will be introduced. Here are some of the most important points:

• Bug fixes galore – a lot has happened over the years and bugs have been squashed.
• Increased accessibility – better and updated support according to VCAG, including the ability to switch contrast and support for audio interpretation.
• New look on My Media – An improved look and with smoother functions. This also applies to other pages within play.lnu.se. We can now also get the more modern look in Moodle - My Media.
• Translate your metadata – Now you can offer metadata in both Swedish and English, meaning things like title and description can be written in two languages ​​and are translated if someone switches languages ​​on play.lnu.se
• Edit and publish directly from upload – Now you don't have to go to the edit page to add metadata and choose possible publication when you upload. Also works with mass uploads.
• Improved and expanded document attachment options – you will be able to attach more types of files (*.pdf;*.doc;*.docx;*.ppt;*.pptx;*.xls;*.xlsx;*.csv;*.txt;) to your files that viewers can both view on the page and download. You can also share links to documents.
• Document attachments in playlists – Now playlists can also have documents attached to them and they are displayed directly in the player as an index list.
• Video quizzes in Moodle – Now users see when grades are sent to the gradebook and are notified of any problems.
• Recycle bin for users – when you discard a film, it now ends up in a recycle bin so you can undo it later
• Personal Analytics page with summary – get a summary of all your media on an analysis page where you can see trends and popular media
• Stitching – stitch together media files into a new film file. Now you can cut several films into a new film
• Audio and reels player – a dedicated audio player for those of you who use audio files in LnuPlay. Imagine what a podcast looks like with a cover image and only controls. In addition, a new player for small, short videos that are presented in a modern way (Reels).
• Built-in retention service – we can now set up rules for how media that are not used should be removed. You as the owner always have control.
• Possibility to connect Kaltura partner services – there are companies that deliver additional services that can now be acquired to expand the use of media, for example new editors with animation capabilities. Of course, this involves a cost, but the possibility is there.
• Live broadcasts can be re-broadcasted – This is mostly for our media production unit, but now live broadcasts can take place simultaneously on play.lnu.se and, for example, on a Facebook page.
• Quizzes can be included in playlists – If you have made a video quiz, it also works in playlists now.
• Unpublish your films that others have published – If you have given a colleague the right to publish (co-publisher), you can now unpublish films yourself from places where that person has done this. This was not possible before.

In connection with the new version, a number of new features will be introduced. Here are some of the most important points:

• Bug fixes galore – a lot has happened over the years and bugs have been squashed.
• Increased accessibility – better and updated support according to VCAG, including the ability to switch contrast and support for audio interpretation.
• New look on My Media – An improved look and with smoother functions. This also applies to other pages within play.lnu.se. We can now also get the more modern look in Moodle - My Media.
• Translate your metadata – Now you can offer metadata in both Swedish and English, meaning things like title and description can be written in two languages ​​and are translated if someone switches languages ​​on play.lnu.se
• Edit and publish directly from upload – Now you don't have to go to the edit page to add metadata and choose possible publication when you upload. Also works with mass uploads.
• Improved and expanded document attachment options – you will be able to attach more types of files (*.pdf;*.doc;*.docx;*.ppt;*.pptx;*.xls;*.xlsx;*.csv;*.txt;) to your files that viewers can both view on the page and download. You can also share links to documents.
• Document attachments in playlists – Now playlists can also have documents attached to them and they are displayed directly in the player as an index list.
• Video quizzes in Moodle – Now users see when grades are sent to the gradebook and are notified of any problems.
• Recycle bin for users – when you discard a film, it now ends up in a recycle bin so you can undo it later
• Personal Analytics page with summary – get a summary of all your media on an analysis page where you can see trends and popular media
• Stitching – stitch together media files into a new film file. Now you can cut several films into a new film
• Audio and reels player – a dedicated audio player for those of you who use audio files in LnuPlay. Imagine what a podcast looks like with a cover image and only controls. In addition, a new player for small, short videos that are presented in a modern way (Reels).
• Built-in retention service – we can now set up rules for how media that are not used should be removed. You as the owner always have control.
• Possibility to connect Kaltura partner services – there are companies that deliver additional services that can now be acquired to expand the use of media, for example new editors with animation capabilities. Of course, this involves a cost, but the possibility is there.
• Live broadcasts can be re-broadcasted – This is mostly for our media production unit, but now live broadcasts can take place simultaneously on play.lnu.se and, for example, on a Facebook page.
• Quizzes can be included in playlists – If you have made a video quiz, it also works in playlists now.
• Unpublish your films that others have published – If you have given a colleague the right to publish (co-publisher), you can now unpublish films yourself from places where that person has done this. This was not possible before.

Version 5.108.602

This update is primarily about support for the new player, version 7, a trash can, and a few other small things. The rest are upgrades "under the hood" that you won't notice (other than making it more stable).

• Brand new player with better features
• New way to integrate accessibility features such as subtitles directly into the player
• Recycle Bin - when you discard a media item from My Media, it ends up in your Recycle Bin for a period of time where you can undo the removal. After a while, however, the trash is also deleted and that's it!
• Ability to create subtitles directly in Kaltura's text editor. Before, you first had to upload a subtitle file to work with it.

See full update history here: https://knowledge.kaltura.com/help/kaltura-on-prem-release-notes

Version 5.108.36 contains mostly bug fixes, but there are some news that are interesting.

• Playlists - return to where you left off. When you stop watching a playlist, the system remembers where you were and you will return to the same video in the list next time.
• Draft new media post - you can prepare the media page for a new entry before it's ready to upload. All metadata and information can be entered in advance and the media record saved as a draft.
• Express Capture with screen recording - Kaltura's browser-based recording capability is extended with screen recording capability.
• Appearance Themes - Ability to design the web pages of LnuPlay in a better way. We will come back to what this means.
• Interactive Video - Improvement to allow you to specify a time in the next node/video that the user goes to, not just jumping to next video.

A complete review of bug fixes and news can be found at https://knowledge.kaltura.com/help/regional-cloud-release-notes

Regional Clouds Release 22Q3 - October 23rd, 28th, and 30th

The new version Version 5.104.667 mostly contains a long list of bug fixes and some minor news.

For complete documentation, see https://knowledge.kaltura.com/help/kaltura-on-prem-release-notes

• Publish directly from the editing page - now everything is gathered logically
• Extended embedding capabilities for playlists
• Create new playlist directly from the playlist page
• New table view for my media with more information about publishing
• New Open Beta – Presenters Module - This feature is currently available as an open beta. The new core Presenters module allows every media owner to add application users to the media page (live and VOD), indicating that these users are either appearing in the media, presenting, or just involved in the making of it. This feature is planned to be coupled with the new user profile page which is intended for release at a later date. (Editors note: We are not sure if this applies to all videos, or just live events)

Unfortunately no news for the video editor or Capture yet.

During the weekend of February 7-9 our supplier, Nordu.net, updated the Kaltura platform to version 5.95.06.

The new version will evolve LnuPlay with both new functions and improvements of existing.

With 5.95.06 we also benefit from the bugfixes and minor changes that has taken place between version 5.79 and 5.9.

The key news are:

• Ended support for Kaltura CaptureSpace. With the new serverversion there is no longer any support for the older recorder, Kaltura CaptureSpace. From now on you can only download and use Kaltura Capture (which comes in new, updated version).
• A brand new way of producing interactive videos: Kaltura Interactive Video Paths which enables viewers to make decisions during a media play and interact with buttons in the video leading them to another media or another place in the current. It's a way to stitch together different media to make up a story where the viewer controls the path forward. Read more about it here: https://corp.kaltura.com/products/education/interactive-video/
• Kaltura Express Capture - HTML Webcam Recorder  – A new Big Red Button has been added to the Kaltura Capture suite. This new feature is now available for all KMS and KAF instances. Kaltura Express Capture enables recording content directly from the browser, with no need to install any additional software.
  The Download a Copy option has been added that allows you to download a copy of your recording before uploading and saving it to KMS.
• New Channel type – “Public, Open”: Kaltura has added a new type of public channel. A public channel is a channel that is available to guests just like the galleries (assuming your KMS is open for anonymous users). The ability to add content to the existing public channel was restricted to channel members. The new Public Open channel is opened to any logged in user with the private Only role and above, and can add content to it without being a member of the channel.
• MediaSpace sharing capabilities have been enhanced, allowing end users to share a video while pointing it to a specific time start and/or end time.
• Improvement on displaying where a media is published
• Collaboration, Co-Viewer – A new collaboration type is now available – “Co-Viewer”. This option allows users to share videos with other team members or groups without the need to publish the video or make it unlisted.
• Improvements in the Videoquiz: a new Analytics Table, the ability to Remove Attempts of a user, the ability to allow Multiple Attempts for each quiz, and a brand-new question type – Open Text Question.
• Create hotspots in your videos. You can now create links to show in your video leading to either a web page or to a specific place in your video.
• Express recording via the browser. A new recording function that uses the browser (Only for Chrome and Firefox) directly to record and you don't need to start Capture to make a quick web cam recording.
• Improvements and bug fixes for the editor.
• Prepared for automatic transfer of Zoom meeting recordings.

On December 14th, 2018 our media server was upgraded to a new version; Kaltura version 5.79.19.

With the new version we got some updates and news:

• A new and improved media editor
• A new version of the VideoQuiz editor
• A new recorder: Kaltura Personal Capture (not activated yet) 
• A Flash free interface. Now everything is made to HTML5 standards
• Faster upload (7x faster according to Kaltura)

For a full list of updates and changes, see https://knowledge.kaltura.com/kaltura-mediaspace-5-and-kaltura-application-framework-kaf-release-notes-and-changelog

As of June 2019 the old Kaltura CaptureSpace Desktop Recorder will no longer get updated by Kaltura and we will instead implement the new Kaltura Personal Capture, once we think it's stable enough. It is both simpler to learn, better functionality and also developed by Kaltura. The CaptureSpace app is made by a third party vendor and by making this change Kaltura will have more control over the development.