Explorer 3.20.0.0

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• Generic processor has been replaced by Multiple processors UI.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