Changelog

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In this changelog is a short comparasion with latest stable release 220504

SRT library updated to v1.5.1
Option statsout=FILE to write SRT receiving/transmitting stats to the CSV file. This file can be processed using https://github.com/mbakholdina/srt-stats-plotting.
Supports the standard address format, such as srt://example.com?passphrase=12345. If your address contains the # symbol in the streamid option, it should be changed to %23. For example: srt://example.com?streamid=%23!::r=LaminorTV,m=request
Better receiving stability
option oheadbw - recovery bandwidth overhead above input rate. Default: 25
options sndbuf and rcvbuf to tune transmitting and receiving buffer size

Virtual adapters is an option in the Adapter settings for easy setup streams:

MPTS streams: you may define address of the MPTS stream and scan it to append all channels separately. Read more
CI adapter: you may configure channels descrambling with external CI adapters like DigitalDevices Octopus Twin CI or TBS6900. Read more
SAT>IP adapter: this is replacement for the SAT>IP checkbox in previous versions. Read more
SAT>IP: increase receiving buffer size
SAT>IP: more log for HTTP connection errors

For multistandard adapters available option for manual frontend selection - fe_device. This can be found in the web interface: Adapter options -> Advanced -> FE Device
Scan DVB adapters before Astra start

Input:

HLS input supports M3U8 with URLs without scheme. For example: //example.com/media/001.ts
Bitrate syncing by DTS/PTS timestamps instead of PCR. (many HLS streams has corrupted PCR values)

Output:

Rewrited authorization algorithms for better performance (moved from Lua scripts to the C-core)
HTTP Backend authorization supports redirects
Check IP list in HTTP authorization before other methods
HLS Output sends empty TS file if file is not found (was 404 error, but some ffplay based players sends many requests trying to reload it)
Option Settings -> HLS -> Session Timeout to customize time when session should be closed on inactive

Ignore invalid TS files on Input (previous versions restarted receiving)
Option src=IP to specify UDP multicast source address for IGMPv3. Example: udp://[email protected]:1234#src=192.168.88.100

Change EIT type with enabled remux_eit option. If EIT tsid is not equal to the tsid option defined in the MPTS settings, then EIT type will be changed from actual to other

Option interval=SEC for InfluxDB address to define sending intervals. Default is 60 second. For example: https://example.com:8086#interval=5
app_mem_kb in the Process status API. Process memory usage in kilobytes
video_count and audio_count in the Stream status API

Option delay for slave-mode to start process with delay. Default 3 seconds. Example: astra -c slave.conf -p 8000 --slave "http://master:8000#delay=10"

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Web Interface from als.cesbo.com integrated into Astra binary file (als.cesbo.com not used anymore)
Option to set a custom path to the web interface. This can be found in Settings -> General -> Custom Path. For example, with the path secret, the interface will be available at http://example.com:8000/secret/
Option to modify port for the web interface. This can be found in Settings -> General -> Custom Port. This option customizes the port value defined in the -p option. Also supported local interface address, such as 127.0.0.1:8000 - the web will be available only on localhost
Option Settings -> HTTP Play -> Path to TV Screenshots - attach channel screenshots to the cards on dashboard
Description for channel
Modal dialogs to configure stream and adapter settings

Moved a lot of code from Lua scripts to the Astra Core for better performance
Astra checks port for API and Web interface to prevent launching same process twice
Update OpenSSL to v1.1.1t
Integrate LibUV v1.44.2 (preparing for switching from internal event processing to libuv)