What's New for 1.6

The Makito X4 Decoder Version 1.6 introduces the following new features and enhancements to existing capabilities: 

• Argon Design Update: This version includes an enhanced user interface to provide a more streamlined and intuitive experience.
• Stream Monitoring Features: A number of additional stream monitoring features are now available, including bandwidth charts for all stream types, audio level meters, and graphs tracking skipped, replayed, and displayed frames.
  See Navigating the Dashboard
• Linear PCM Audio: The Makito X4 Decoder can now receive uncompressed audio in the format of SMPTE 302M Linear PCM, and output it over SDI as Embedded AES.
• PID Filtering Support: Users can now filter packet identifiers from incoming MPEG-TS streams from the Web UI or the CLI.
  See Configuring Streams, Stream Settings and stream
• Surround Sound Support: This version can decode and output AC3, E-AC3 and MPEG surround sound. 
  See Audio Decoding and Surround Sound Audio

• SRT Path Redundancy: To help avoid glitches and interruptions on video outputs, dual-NICs can be configured to include a redundant transport path in SRT streams.
  See Configuring SRT Path Redundancy

• New Statistics Available: The percent of CPU and Memory Usage can now be viewed through the Web Interface or the Command Line Interface.
  See 'System Monitoring' in Navigating the Dashboard, or cpuinfo.
• Automatic Login from Management Software: Users utilizing centralized management software(s), e.g. Hub 360, can now use secure web tunnelling to log in to their Makito X4 Decoders automatically.