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Avalon 7.

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Avalon 7.6 includes major significant changes to the media player, dependency upgrades in addition to a set , and a variety of bug fixes and minor improvements.

Upgrade Guide: See the Upgrading Avalon 7.5 6 to Avalon 7.67 page for upgrade instructions.

Notable Updates

  • Rails 7 and Ruby 3
  • Long filenames can now be viewed in full on the Manage Files edit page
  • Fix for missing files in the Google Drive adapter for Browse Everything
  • Updated build of the Structural Metadata Editor
  • Bug fixes for the media player
    • Minor updates to IIIF manifest generation

    Updates and Changes

    • Ramp, a general-purpose media player designed for use with IIIF manifests, replaces the existing MediaElement.js-based player
    • Improvements to accessibility that bring user-facing Avalon pages up to WCAG 2 Level AA conformance
    • Application speed has been greatly improved on the Playlist and Item page
    • Multiple caption files can now be associated per media file, and language can be assigned for each caption file
    • Transcripts can be marked as "machine-generated" to appear differently in the UI
    • New "Add to Playlist" form provides greater flexibility when adding media to playlists
    • "Series" added as a new descriptive metadata field that also appears as a facet for browsing
    • Many fixes for UI/UX on iOS and Android devices
    • Fix for an extension error in some transcript files when downloading
    • Previous and Next buttons added to the media player for easier navigation between sections
    • Transcript component automatically scrolls along with media playback
    • Searching in the Timeline listing has been changed to allow for friendlier, fuzzier matching
    • Updates to IIIF manifest generation
    • Support for reCaptcha v3
    • Support for Solr 9
    • Changes to collection admin page permissions forms
    • IIIF Authentication has been removed from publicly accessible items
    • Structural Metadata Editor now displays video when available
    • Managers can now be added to the Editor role for a collection
    • Rake task added for cleaning up stray files from encoding with FFmpeg
    • A new administrative facet allows filtering by item access level

    Full release notes are available at https://github.com/avalonmediasystem/avalon/releases/tag/v7.6.

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