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Software 6.5.1.13 | June 2013 | 3725-75300-001 Rev. E2

Polycom® RealPresence

® Media Manager

RELEASE NOTES

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Polycom® RealPresence

® Media Manager

6.5 Release Notes

About these Release Notes

Polycom RealPresence Media Manager 6.5 software includes many enhancements to improve

the initial installation, configuration, and ongoing administration tasks. This software release is

available pre-installed on the new Polycom RealPresence Media Manager – Appliance Edition,

for new software installations, and as an upgrade for eligible RealPresence Media Manager

solution customers. In addition to enhancements, this release also offers several new features

and introduces a new license model, described in these release notes and in more detail in

product documentation.

These release notes contain the following sections:

Software Version History

What’s New in Polycom RealPresence Media Manager 6.5 Software

RealPresence Media Manager – Appliance Edition Hardware Specifications

RealPresence Media Manager – Appliance Edition Included Software

RealPresence Media Manager 6.5 Software Edition Hardware Requirements, including

installation and use on virtual machines

RealPresence Media Manager 6.5 Software Requirements

Interoperability of RealPresence Media Manager, RealPresence Capture Station, and

RealPresence Media Editor Software

Interoperability of RealPresence Media Manager 6.5 Software with Partner Solutions

Known Issues in RealPresence Media Manager 6.5 Software

Software Version History

Table 1: Software Version History

Version Release Date Features

RealPresence Media Manager

6.0.4.8 October 2012 New features, corrected issues

6.0.4.9 December 2012 Corrected issues

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What’s New in Polycom RealPresence Media Manager

6.5 Software

Polycom RealPresence Media Manager 6.5 software introduces enhancements to the

installation, configuration, and administration tasks common to all customer scenarios.

RealPresence Media Manager 6.5 software is designed to take the customer from

implementation to providing end-users with a fully managed video content environment with

greater ease than in previous versions.

Several new features are designed to improve the end-user experience, including optimization

for the default browsers on the most popular mobile devices.

RealPresence Media Manager 6.5 introduces a revised software licensing model. The new base

license includes capabilities that were options in version 6.0 and earlier versions.

The RealPresence Media Manager 6.5 solution is available to new customers in three editions:

Polycom RealPresence Media Manager – Software Edition

Polycom RealPresence Media Manager – Appliance Edition

Polycom RealPresence Media Manager – Hosted Edition (North America only)

The RealPresence Media Manager 6.5 software, features, Admin Tool user interface, and end

user experiences are common to all three editions.

Polycom RealPresence Media Manager – Software Edition

The Software Edition is a base software package for installation on your existing physical or

virtual server environment. It requires a compatible Microsoft server operating system, such as

Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows Server 2012, and a compatible Microsoft SQL database,

such as Microsoft SQL 2008 R2, or SQL 2012. The RealPresence Media Manager software can

be installed on one or more servers, based on your architecture and scale requirements.

The base license includes access to standard features for up to 500 concurrent users. You can

add users in blocks of 500 users, up to the capacity of your infrastructure. You can also

purchase and install additional options, such as Microsoft SharePoint integration, separately.

6.0.5.1 February 2013 Support for Polycom® RealPresence

® RSS 4000 version 8.5, new

features and corrected issues

6.5.0.20 Beta April 2013 Enhancements, new features, new software options

6.0.5.6 May 2013 Corrected issues

6.5.1.13 June 2013 Enhancements, new features, new software options

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Polycom RealPresence Media Manager – Appliance Edition

The Appliance Edition is the RealPresence Media Manager solution pre-installed and configured

on a Dell PowerEdge R620 Rack Server. The appliance is preloaded with Microsoft Server

2012, and Microsoft SQL 2012 Express with Advanced Services.

The appliance comes configured to stream media using the integrated Microsoft IIS Media

Services. This provides desktop- and mobile device-compatible live and on-demand streaming

from a variety of sources, including the Polycom RealPresence Capture Station Pro appliance

and Polycom RSS4000 8.5. Windows Media is not included on the appliance.

RealPresence Media Manager Appliance Edition includes the standard features for up to 500

concurrent users. You can add an additional 500 users to meet the RealPresence Media

Manager appliance’s maximum capacity of 1000 users. Expanding beyond 1000 users requires

additional system infrastructure, such as load balancers and higher-capacity Microsoft SQL

servers, and professional services consulting to determine the optimum system architecture.

You can purchase and install additional options, such as Microsoft SharePoint integration,

separately.

Polycom RealPresence Media Manager – Hosted Edition

The Hosted Edition is a private-cloud instance of the RealPresence Media Manager solution,

which is installed, maintained, and updated by Polycom’s hosting team. RealPresence Media

Manager – Hosted Edition is the quickest way to start using RealPresence Media Manager

software, and is ideal for communication with Internet audiences.

Hosted Edition provides an IT-free implementation, with all servers, operating systems,

bandwidth, storage, content delivery, and day-to-day environment maintenance provided by

Polycom as part of the monthly service fee. Additional options, such as Microsoft SharePoint

integration, are available as custom monthly services.

Enhancements

RealPresence Media Manager 6.5 software includes several enhancements to the Admin Tool

to simplify common administration tasks. The automation of many tasks reduces the need to

access Windows Server after installation, including:

Migration of most of the portal/web.config settings from the web.config file (located in the

Portal folder in the RealPresence Media Manager software program files), into the Admin

Tool and the RealPresence Media Manager database. To configure these settings, you

now use the Admin Tool user interface.

The new Copy button, available for most profiles, makes it easy to expand the

RealPresence Media Manager’s scale by duplicating profiles instead of requiring you to

create them from scratch.

The new Manage feature enables you to manage Server Profiles from the Admin Tool,

including viewing the status of services such as Microsoft IIS Media Services and

Windows Media Services.

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Updates and enhancements to the RealPresence Media Manager-Microsoft SharePoint

2010 integration option

Enhancements to RealPresence Media Manager software’s third party transcoding

feature, or watch folder transcoding (not included in the basic installation package)

Workflow improvements to speed up regular administrative tasks

The RealPresence Media Manager 6.5 web portal has several updates and enhancements of

the user experience, optimizations, including:

Support for variable-rate playback on compatible content types and compatible desktop

browsers (see Known Issues in Polycom RealPresence Media Manager 6.5 Software for

complete details about file formats, server profiles, and supported browsers)

Updated support for popular mobile operating systems, including Apple iOS5 and iOS6,

Google Android Honeycomb 3.x, Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0, and Jelly Bean 4.1, and

Microsoft Windows Surface RT

Support for Microsoft Windows 8

Support for Microsoft Internet Explorer 10

Two new time-saving functions available via the web portal when you are logged in as an

admin user:

○ Recycle the app pool resets the application in IIS. This will end all user sessions, and

clear the server’s cache.

○ Clear Cache clears the server-side cache, but leaves existing user sessions intact. You

can use this feature to update content without waiting for the cache to expire on its own.

New Features

RealPresence Media Manager 6.5 software introduces the following new features:

The RealPresence API, which provides programmatic access to the features of the

RealPresence Media Manager web portal. For more information about the API, see

Accessing RealPresence® Media Manager Portals Using the Polycom® Portal Public

REST API.

An optional integration with the Blackboard® Learn™ 9.1 (SP10) learning management

system. The rewritten integration between RealPresence Media Manager 6.5 software

and Blackboard Learn 9.1 software employs both the RealPresence API and the IMS

Global Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) standards.

The New RealPresence Media Manager Software License Model

RealPresence Media Manager 6.5 software is now licensed as a base feature set, and optional

integrations.

RealPresence Media Manager 6.5 software’s new base license includes:

Up to 500 concurrent users

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A concurrent user is any user of Media Manager services, such as the web portal,

streaming media, or the Admin Tool. Any user who accesses RealPresence Media

Manager software services through the API or other integrations is also considered a

concurrent user by the software. For example, 40 users viewing video content through

Microsoft SharePoint via RealPresence Media Manager software are considered 40

concurrent users.

Microsoft Active Directory/Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (AD/LDAP) integration

for flexible permissions management (complex AD/LDAP integrations are not included in

the basic installation package—see you Polycom representative for details)

Web-based Single Sign-on (SSO) interoperability with many popular authentication

platforms (SSO is not included in the basic installation package)

User Evaluation such as in-portal. HTML-based tests, polls and certificates

Media Director, which provides the basis for interoperability with many enterprise and

Internet content distribution networks (CDNs) (Media Director is not included in the basic

installation package)

Uploading of User Generated Content with automatic transcoding, and permission-based

workflow

Mobility transcoding for up to three pooled transcoding servers. The basic installation

package includes one mobility transcode server. Installation of additional mobility

transcoding servers requires additional Windows servers. Installation fees apply.

Third party transcoding, or watch folder transcoding (configuration for use with third party

transcoding is not included in the basic installation package)

Social Share feature for sharing direct content links or creating embed code to use on

external websites (permissions are maintained in both scenarios)

Media Utility for Microsoft Lync and IBM Sametime (neither the installation of the server

components, nor the installation of the client-side utility is included in the basic installation

package)

RealPresence API, a RESTful API with documentation

RealPresence Media Manager 6.5 Specifications and

Requirements

RealPresence Media Manager – Appliance Edition Hardware

Specifications

The RealPresence Media Manager appliance includes the following hardware specifications:

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Table 2: RealPresence Media Manager - Appliance Edition Hardware Specifications

RealPresence Media Manager – Appliance Edition Included Software

RealPresence Media Manager – Appliance Edition includes the following pre-installed software:

Microsoft Windows Server 2012

Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Express

Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5

Microsoft IIS Media Services 7

Microsoft Expression Encoder 4 Pro SP2

Polycom RealPresence Media Manager 6.5 software, preconfigured for first-time use

Polycom Media Service Agent, used by RealPresence Media Manager 6.5 software for

server automation. Content distribution requires a separate license.

RealPresence Media Manager 6.5 Software Edition Hardware

Requirements

The RealPresence Media Manager software application must meet the following minimum

hardware requirements for successful installation of RealPresence Media Manager Software

Edition and associated services:

Polycom RealPresence Media Manager – Appliance Edition

Supplier Dell R620 Rack Server customized for Polycom

Operating System Microsoft Windows® Server 2012

Microsoft SQL 2012 Express

Processor Dual Intel® Xeon™ E5-2670 (8 cores in each processor)

Memory 32GB RDIMM 1333 RAM

Network Intel® Ethernet 1350 QP 1GB

Storage 4 X 1TB 7200 RPM RAID-10 Arrays (Dell PowerEdge RAID

Controller H710)

Optical Drive DVD+/-RW

Mounting ReadyRails II mounting interface, sliding rails

Cable Management Arm

Power Dual Hot-plug, Redundant 120V/750W AC Power Supplies (1+1)

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Table 3: RealPresence Media Manager - Software Edition Hardware Requirements

Minimum Hardware Specification

Processor Intel Xeon 4-core or comparable

Memory 4GB

Local Storage 40GB RAID 1 Partition (OS)

40GB RAID 1 Partition (Apps)

Network 1GB

Recommended Hardware Specification

Processor Intel Xeon 8-core or comparable

Memory 8GB

Local Storage 40GB RAID 5 Partition (OS)

20GB RAID 5 Partition (Apps)

Shared Storage 40GB iSCSI/FC SAN (OS)

20GB iSCSI/FC SAN (Apps)

For RealPresence Media Manger Software Edition deployments, the database and storage

servers must meet the following minimum hardware requirements:

Table 4: Database and Storage Server Hardware Requirements

Minimum Hardware Database/Reporting Services Storage/Repository

Processor Intel Xeon 4-core or comparable Intel Xeon 2-core or comparable

Memory 4GB 4GB

Local Storage 40GB RAID 5 Partition (OS)

50GB RAID 5 Partition (Apps, Data)

40GB RAID 10 Partition (OS)

1TB RAID 5 Partition (Apps, Data)

Network 1GB 1GB

Recommended

Hardware

Database/Reporting Services Storage/Repository

Processor Intel Xeon 8-core or comparable Intel Xeon 6-core or comparable

Memory 8GB 8GB

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Local Storage 40GB RAID 10 Partition (OS)

500GB RAID 10 Partition (Apps,

Data)

40GB RAID 10 Partition (OS)

2TB RAID 10 Partition (Apps, Data)

Shared Storage 40GB iSCSI /FC SAN (OS)

100GB iSCSI /FC SAN (Apps)

Dedicated iSCSI or FC SAN shared

repository for WMS/Smooth

Streaming/Wowza/Web Content

For RealPresence Media Manger Software Edition deployments, the server roles must meet the

following minimum hardware requirements:

Table 5: Server Role Hardware Requirements

Minimum Hardware Windows Media Services Smooth Streaming

Processor Intel Xeon 2-core or comparable Intel Xeon 4-core or comparable

Memory 4GB 4GB

Local Storage 40GB RAID 1 Partition (OS)

250GB RAID 1 Partition (Data)

40GB RAID 1 Partition (OS)

250GB RAID 1 Partition (Data)

Network 1GB 1GB

Recommended

Hardware

Windows Media Services Smooth Streaming

Processor Intel Xeon 4-core or comparable Intel Xeon 4-core or comparable

Memory 8GB 8GB

Local Storage 40GB RAID 5 Partition (OS)

1TB RAID 5 Partition (Data)

40GB RAID 5 Partition (OS)

1TB RAID 5 Partition (Data)

Shared Storage 40GB iSCSI /FC SAN (OS)

2TB shared repository (Data)

40GB iSCSI /FC SAN (OS)

2TB shared repository (Data)

Minimum Hardware Web Content Polycom Media Services Agent (MSA)

for Thumbnailing and Transcoding

Processor Intel Xeon 2-core or comparable Intel Xeon 4-core or comparable

Memory 4GB 8GB

Local Storage 40GB RAID 1 Partition (OS)

250GB RAID 1 Partition (Data)

40GB RAID 1 Partition (OS)

40GB RAID 1 Partition (Apps, Data)

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Network 1GB 1GB

Recommended

Hardware

Web Content Polycom Media Services Agent (MSA)

for Thumbnailing and Transcoding

Processor Intel Xeon 4-core or comparable Intel Xeon 8-core or comparable

Memory 8GB 16GB

Local Storage 40GB RAID 5 Partition (OS)

1TB RAID 5 Partition (Data)

40GB RAID 5 Partition (OS)

250GB RAID 5 Partition (Apps, Data)

Shared Storage 40GB iSCSI /FC SAN (OS)

2TB shared repository (Data)

40GB iSCSI /FC SAN (OS)

2TB shared repository (Data)

Note: Storage Area Network Protocols

Servers can be deployed over Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) or Fibre Channel (FC) Storage Area Networks (SAN).

Virtual machines

RealPresence Media Manager can be installed on virtual machines (VM) to simplify

maintenance, disaster recovery, and expansion. Virtual machine environments can over-share

resources across VM instances, affecting the responsiveness of CPU-, RAM- and disk-intensive

applications like RealPresence Media Manager.

The following Virtualization platforms have been identified as compatible, but because

performance is heavily influenced by actual deployment configurations, each environment must

be reviewed and certified by professional services after installation. You need an existing

support contract with your virtualization provider and or the ability to resolve issues that are

unique to virtualized environments. The use of management systems to govern and report

against virtual hosts is highly recommended. Open Source virtualization platforms and non-

affiliated internet based third-party cloud providers are not supported without validation and

written authorization from Polycom Global Support Services.

Table 6: Supported Virtualizations

VMware

Supported Versions vSphere v4.x and 5.x Standard or above

Management vCenter

Product Reference http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/windows-server/hyper-v.aspx

Performance Best Practices http://www.vmware.com/pdf/Perf_Best_Practices_vSphere5.0.pdf

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VMware

Memory Management http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/techpaper/network-io-latency-perf-vsphere5.pdf

Network I/O Latency http://www.vmware.com/resources/techresources/10256

Reference http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/windows-server/hyper-v.aspx

Microsoft

Supported Versions Hyper V 2008R2 SP1

Management Microsoft System Center 2012 VMM

Product Reference http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/windows-server/hyper-v.aspx

Citrix

Versions Xen Server v5.5, v5.6, and v6.0

Management XenCenter

Product Reference http://www.citrix.com/English/ps2/products/subfeature.asp?contentID=2300456

RealPresence Media Manager Software Installation Software

Requirements

You need the following software to complete an installation of RealPresence Media Manager

6.5 software:

Microsoft Windows Server 2012

Windows 2012 does not offer a Windows Media Services role. To use RealPresence

Media Manager software with Windows Media Services, you need an external server,

such as Windows Server 2008 R2.

Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition 64-bit and Enterprise Edition 64-bit are also

supported

Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition does not support Windows Media Services

multicast, and cannot be upgraded to provide this support. If WMV multicast is necessary,

install Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition.

Note: 32-bit Operating Systems are Not Supported

32-bit operating systems are not supported in RealPresence Media Manager 6.5 software.

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Microsoft SQL Server 2012 or SQL Server 2008 R2

Microsoft Internet Information Services 7 or later

Microsoft IIS Media Services (Smooth Stream)

Windows Media Services for installations on Windows Server 2008 R2

Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5

Microsoft Expression Encoder 4 Pro SP2 (3 full license keys are provided with the

purchase of RealPresence Media Manager software for H.264 encoding)

Interoperability of RealPresence Media Manager,

RealPresence Capture Station, and RealPresence Media

Editor Software

The following table contains the interoperability and tested compatibility between RealPresence

Media Manager software, RealPresence Capture Station software, and RealPresence Media

Editor software. The table uses the following abbreviations:

RealPresence Media Manager PRMM

RealPresence Capture Station PRCS

RealPresence Media Editor PRME

Table 7: Interoperability and Tested Compatibility

Software Version Tested Interoperability

With

Tested with

Current Version

N (Tests Passed)

Tested with N-1

Version (Tests

Passed)

RealPresence

Media Manager –

Software Edition

6.5.0.35 PRCS, PRME,

Modules

PRCS 6.5.1.14

PRME 6.5.0.8

PRMM 6.5.0.35

Modules

PRCS 6.0.1.14

PRME 6.0.1.4

RealPresence

Capture Station

Pro Appliance

6.5.1.14 PRMM,

standalone

IIS/Stream Server

PRCS 6.5.1.14

PRME 6.5.0.8

PRMM 6.5.0.35

Modules

PRMM 6.0.5.1

PRME 6.0.1.4

RealPresence

Capture Station

Portable Pro

Appliance

6.5.1.14 PRMM,

standalone

IIS/Stream Server

PRCS 6.5.1.14

PRME 6.5.0.8

PRMM 6.5.0.35

Modules

PRMM 6.0.5.1

PRME 6.0.1.4

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Software Version Tested Interoperability

With

Tested with

Current Version

N (Tests Passed)

Tested with N-1

Version (Tests

Passed)

RealPresence

Capture Station

Software

6.5.1.14 PRMM,

standalone

IIS/Stream Server

PRCS 6.5.1.14

PRME 6.5.0.8

PRMM 6.5.0.35

Modules

PRMM 6.0.5.1

PRME 6.0.1.4

RealPresence

Capture Station

Option for iOS

devices and

Smooth Streaming

(IIS Server

required, not

included)

6.5.1.13 PRCS PRCS 6.5.1.14 PRCS 6.0.1.14

RealPresence

Capture Station

Option for use

with Blackboard.

(BlackBoard

integration may

require custom

PGS services)

6.5.1.13 PRCS PRCS 6.5.1.14 PRCS 6.0.1.14

RealPresence

Media Editor

software.

Requires

Implementation

and 1 Year

Premier License

6.5.0.8 PRCS, PRMM,

standalone

IIS/Stream Server

PRME 6.5.0.8

PRMM 6.5.0.35

PRCS 6.0.1.14

PRMM 6.0.5.1

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Interoperability of RealPresence Media Manager 6.5

Software with Partner Solutions

The following table contains the interoperability and tested compatibility between RealPresence

Media Manager software and partner solutions.

Table 8: Interoperability of RealPresence Media Manager Software with Partner Solutions

Interop Product Interop Product

Version

Date of Last Test

with PRMM 6.5

Notes

Blackboard Learn 9.1 Service Pack 10 April 2013

Digital Signage: Scala API 1.2 April 2013

Digital Signage: X20 API 1 April 2013

Distribution: Microsoft

Windows Azure

2012 April 2013

Distribution: Blue Coat

Director

SG-ME 5.4.2.5 May 2013

Distribution: Cisco Deprecated Not supported by PRMM

6.5

Media Player: Adobe Flash 11 May 2013

Media Player: Apple

QuickTime

7.7.2 May 2013

Media Player: Microsoft

Silverlight

3

Media Player: Microsoft

Silverlight

4

Media Player: Microsoft

Silverlight

5 May 2013

Media Player Microsoft

Windows Media

12 May 2013

Media Server: Adobe Flash 5 May 2013 Supports progressive

streams only

Media Server: Helix 14.3 Deprecated Not supported by PRMM

6.5

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Interop Product Interop Product

Version

Date of Last Test

with PRMM 6.5

Notes

Media Server: Microsoft IIS 4.1 May 2013

Media Server: Microsoft

Windows

9.6 May 2013

Media Server: Wowza 3.5.2 May 2013

Media Utility: IBM

Sametime

8.5.2 May 2013

Media Utility: Microsoft

Lync

4 May 2013

Microsoft Expression

Encoder

4.0.4 May 2013

Riverbed

Polycom RSS 4000 8.5 May 2013

Polycom RealPresence

Capture Server

1 May 2013 Preliminary testing

completed with PRMM 6.5

Microsoft SharePoint

Server

2010

Microsoft SQL Server

Reporting Services

10 May 2013

Tandberg Content Server 5 May 2013

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Known Issues in Polycom RealPresence Media Manager

6.5 Software

Note: 32-bit Operating Systems are not supported

32-bit operating systems are not supported in RealPresence Media Manager 6.5 software.

The following known issues persist in RealPresence Media Manager 6.5.1.14 software:

Issue When scheduling a live RealPresence Capture Station event or RSS4000 event in

RealPresence Media Manager Admin Tool, the event will appear as expected in the

RealPresence Media Manager Portal's Upcoming Event portlet as expected, however,

even after the event has begun, the content item in the Upcoming Event portlet is not

available for viewing.

In the RealPresence Media Manager Admin Tool, clear the portal’s cache or recycle the

app pool.

In the RealPresence Media Manager Portal, log in as an admin user and clear the

portal’s cache or recycle the app pool.

21931 Thumbnails for User Generated Content (UGC) uploaded to a Polycom Media Services

Agent (MSA) are missing the web dir in the relative path and will not be visible in the

portal.

21929 When an image is uploaded using UGC, the uploader does not upload the width and

height metadata for the image.

Scan in the image content, which uses a bitmap decoder that retrieves all the metadata

and automatically enters it as image properties.

21927 When scheduling an RSS event, selecting and saving a Content Source Profile (CSP)

which is not associated with the Content Creation Profile (CCP) you are using, causes a

validation error.

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Use a CSP that is associated with the CCP.

21925 The user alias password and confirm password fields allow more than the 50-character

maximum.

21908 When scheduling events, the Rebroadcast checkbox is selected when there is no

rebroadcastable content.

Clear the Rebroadcast checkbox manually.

21860 After upgrading from RealPresence Media Manager 6.0 software to 6.5, the port number

is missing in URLs.

Add the port number manually.

21879 When changing Style Profiles, changes to the Advanced Search Link Font do not appear

to have taken effect in the Admin Tool, but are reflected in the portal.

21827 Add DistributionUrlRequired check while saving Distribution profile with distributrion

21899 H.264 bitrates streaming from the RealPresence Capture Server are not supported in

RealPresence Media Manager 6.5 software.

21900 .mov format video uploaded from iOS devices to RealPresence Media Manager software

as User Generated Content sometimes display upside down in thumbnails.

Replace the thumbnails manually in the RealPresence Media Manager Admin Tool

Issue User accounts created during installation of Microsoft SQL Server are denied

authentication on login.

Select Mixed Mode Authentication during installation of SQL Server or configure it in the

SQL Server 2012 Setup dialog box if SQL Server is already installed.

21518 Content with a # in the filename returns an error when pushed to a Scala server via the

Digital Signage Servers list.

21545 Content will display with inconsistent behavior on Android devices when switching to full

screen, including skipping to the end of the video and stopping, and restarting from the

beginning of the video.

21560 RealPresence Media Manager scheduler service will attempt to transcode a previously

transcoded .wmv file when pushed to X20 server via Digital Signage Sync.

10963 Admin Tool>Network Resources>Content Source Profile (RSS): alter credentials doesn’t

clear from the bottom section

13369 When scanning MP4 content from a RealPresence Media Editor presentation, the MP4

qualifier duplicates in the URL in RealPresence Media Manager if it was originally

included in the RealPresence Media Editor Flash Server URL. For example, it might look

like rtmp://qastaging:1935/vod/MP4/mp4:mp4:mediafilename.mp4

When creating a Streaming Server Profile in RealPresence Media Manager, do not pass

the MP4: qualifier.

21587 0.5x, 1.5x, and 2x playback speeds are inaccurate.

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