Haivision Media Platform
Welcome to the documentation for Haivision® Media Platform. The Haivision Media Platform helps you organize, manage and share secure, high quality live and on-demand video to every employee, on any screen – desktops, monitors and mobile devices – anywhere.
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Note
Documentation for older versions of Haivision Media Platform are only available as PDFs.
Available Documentation
Title | Description |
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| Important Notice | Includes default credentials and network settings for the hardware server. Postcard shipped with the appliance or available through the Download Center on the Haivision Support Portal. |
Provide the steps to install and connect the hardware server or virtual machine instance and sign in to the HMP web interface. | |
| Explains how to navigate and use the web interface to capture and share video content. | |
Explains how to set up, configure, and manage HMP systems for system integrators and administrators with administrative privileges. | |
Technical references for creating your own interface or integrating third party management systems with HMP (using the REST API), or for accessing HMP via a command-line interface. | |
| Haivision Product Security Guide | Describes the security features available across the Haivision product line, including application security, interoperability security, and network ports and protocols. Only available on the Haivision Support Portal. |
| Release Notes | Lists fixes between versions, as well as known issues. Only available on the Haivision Support Portal. |
| Using the Console UI with Haivision Hardware | Explains how to use the console user interface (UI) to perform basic system administration tasks and network tests on Haivision hardware devices. |
What's New for 3.6
The Haivision Media Platform 3.6 release adds the following new features:
| Enhancement | Affected Topics |
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Added HEVC and 4K support for Play 2000B and Play 4000 Set-Top Boxes playback. For Play 1000 and 2000A STBs, HEVC/4K content is not supported and is filtered out of the library and EPG views. Added 4K support for browser playback. Note Due to lack of browser support, HEVC playback in the browser is not supported. However, other functions of the HEVC sources in the browser are supported (e.g., recording sessions, scheduling sessions). |
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| Added ability to filter the Devices list by STB device type. |
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| For peer-to-peer stream playback in the browser, added P2P statistics in the diagnostics overlay. |
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| Added ability to set the font size for messages sent to set-top boxes. |
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The Legacy Flash-based player will be removed and no longer supported in a subsequent version of HMP. As of HMP 3.6, you can no longer change from the Modern HTML5 player to the Legacy player. |
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| Changed default value of UPN Clain Identity field to values used in HMP 3.2. |
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| Added a warning notice that appears in Administration pages when the built-in user account passwords have not been changed since the last upgrade (or since initial installation). | N/A |
Added support for HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS). | N/A |
| Play 2000 and Play 4000 STB firmware upgraded with numerous fixes and performance improvements. | N/A |
| Compatible with latest version of Haivision P2P (v2.2.1). | N/A |
Note
These features vary by product edition and license.