2022-06-15

What's Changed

New Features

• Display waveform images from the backend instead of generating them by @Arnei in #695

Usability and Accessibility

• Replaces the arbitrary time estimate after successful processing start... by @Arnei in #671
• Re-design of workflow selection by @Arnei in #444
• Made waveform always fill available height by @Arnei in #621

Documentation

• Get rid of stand-alone naming leftovers by @Arnei in #672
• Update release documentation by @lkiesow in #718

Full Changelog: 2022-03-22...2022-06-15

2022-03-22

What's Changed

Usability and Accessibility

• Automatically Update Translations by @lkiesow in #535
• Keyboard shortcut overview by @naweidner in #547
• Make Translations Work by @lkiesow in #642
• Fixed missing translations by @naweidner in #648

Bug Fixes

• Fix Typo in Workflow by @lkiesow in #548
• Actually Mock Data for Playwright Tests by @lkiesow in #613

Documentation

• Fix links after switching to new organization by @Arnei in #612
• Document Configuration Options by @lkiesow in #643

Full Changelog: 2021-12-10...2022-03-22

2021-12-10

Targets Opencast 10.6

Improvements

• (#518) Playwright testing
• (#532) Changed font on metadata editor
• (#533) Centered Metadata-Page

Usability and Accessibility

• (#435) Remove checkmarks on correct metadata input
• (#441) Display flatline in case of waveform generation error
• (#443) Enlarge scrubber on focus
• (#446) Made successful save more obvious
• (#534) Calendar and Time Input

Bug Fixes

• (#410) Disallow Overwriting Opencast Parameters security
• (#411) Switch to id parameter
• (#432) Fixed videos not loading sometimes when page wasn't cached bug
• (#434) Send POST request sequentially
• (#440) Fix metadata select fields to actually not accept input when set to readonly

Internal

• (#408) Autodeploy Crowdin Keys
• (#409) Simplify display order compare
• (#412) Link Documentation Directly
• (#433) Fixed fontawesome version mismatch
• (#467) Include Build Version
• (#508) Removed Web-Vitals

2021-08-17

Targets Opencast 10.2

New Features

• (#308) New error page
• (#324) New landing page
• (#325) Warn users when leaving with unsaved changes
• (#400) Track Selection

Improvements

• (#313) Improved scrubber handle design
• (#315, #396) Make metadata fields configurable
• (#326) Improved hotkeys on macOS
• (#393) Automate Translation Key Selection
• (#395) Simplify View Selection
• (#399) Better configuration documentation

Usability and Accessibility

• (#305, #306) Keyboard commands to work with the scrubber
• (#311) Added a validator for datetime metadata fields

Bug Fixes

• (#309) Update time when moving scrubber, instead of only at start and end
• (#316) Stopped vertical movement of scrubber
• (#317) Update title in cutting view according to changes in metadata
• (#322) Removed unnecessary scroll bars
• (#323) Fixed preview mode playback not jumping to next non-deleted segment
• (#346) Fixed waveform generation causing error

Internal

• (#403) Switch to Opencast Test Server
• (#401) Simplify Release Scripts

2021-05-20

Notable changes

Visible Improvements

• (#236) Added basic error handling when waveform cannot be generated
• (#256) Fixed waveform generation in Safari
• (#258) Fixed CSS layouting in Safari
• (#260, #263, #303) Fixed a lot of mouse-over text issues

Behind the scenes

• Dependency updates

2021-03-24 (Aimed at Opencast 9.4)

Notable changes

Visible Improvements

• (#205) Added Internationalization framework (There currently is only an english translation)
• (#214) Added metadata editing support (Can be turned of in the editor-settings.toml)
• (#220) Added hotkey support for buttons in the cutting view

Behind the scenes

• Dependency updates

2021-03-05

Notable changes

Visible Improvements

• (#146) Buttons on the finish screen now behave better in smaller resolutions
• (#160) Workflow selection does not ask the user to select a workflow anymore if there is only one workflow
• Various label changes

Bugfixes

• (#167) Fixed a bug where the scrubber could not be moved

Behind the scenes

• Dependency updates
• Fix build with no changes
• Automatic merge conflict checks

2021-01-29 (First release!)

First release of the editor frontend. Covers the following goals

MUST
    We MUST end up with a video editor which is separate from the admin interface
        This includes front-end and back-end
        done
    We MUST be able to cut a video into segments
        done
    We MUST be able to drop cut segments
        done
    We MUST be able to start a workflow at the end
        done
    We MUST make the best effort to be accessible
        partially done
SHOULD
    It SHOULD be able to play a preview version (skip dropped clips)
        done
    We SHOULD allow for multiple media streams
        done
    We SHOULD display a waveform for audio streams
        done
    It SHOULD have sensible tests
        partially done
    We SHOULD allow editing metadata
        not yet
    We SHOULD be able to select workflow options
        not yet
MAY
    We MAY support audio-only files
        done
    We MAY be able to select video and audio streams
        backend only
    We MAY also include this in the admin interface
        not yet
    We MAY be able to extract thumbnails
        not yet
    We MAY be able to split events
        not yet
    We MAY allow to manually create segments
        no (tool from Münster)
    We MAY be able to change the sequence of clips
        no