January 24, 2023

• We fixed a bug that prevented you from viewing any Adobe Illustrator files in MediaSilo. To make sure your file is viewable, please select “Create PDF Compatible File” when you save the file in Illustrator. 
• You can once again download a video file’s proxy from Recent Items and the Search results page. Just right click the file and select “Download proxy” from the options menu. 
• When you rename files in list view in Recent Items and the Search results page, the new name is now saved properly. 
• When you play a watermarked video, the correct timecode is now displayed in the video player. 
• In Projects, we fixed an issue with list view that resulted in blank space at the bottom of the page. Now, more space is dedicated to your list of files, and page controls are displayed properly at the bottom.
• We fixed a bug that displayed some images in landscape orientation instead of portrait. 
• We made improvements to the thumbnail carousel that appears at the bottom of the page whenever you open a file. Now, the file that’s currently selected will remain in the center of the carousel. This makes it easier to browse projects or folders with dozens or more files by showing you which files come before and after your current selection. 
• When you log into MediaSilo for the first time, the app now saves your thumbnail display preference. For new users, the “Fill Asset Thumbnails” setting is now off by default, but you can update it at any time. Just click your profile image in the bottom left corner and select My Profile > Preferences. 
• Lastly, we fixed a heading in Administration that read, “Workspace Security Settings,” instead of “SMTP Email Server Setup.” You can set up SMTP by going to Administration > Settings > Email. 

January 17, 2023

We fixed a bug in the MediaSilo extension for Premiere Pro and other Adobe apps, which was prompting SSO users to enable MFA. MFA requirements do not apply to users who log in with SSO. 

January 12, 2023

• When you import files from a Review Link, you can now import to any project in your workspace by searching for the project’s name. Before, you could only search the first fifty projects in the Import window. 
• Administrators can once again export a user list of up to 500 users as a .csv or .xls file. Just click More > Export Users on the Users page in Administration. 
• You can now select users in Administration and then add them to a new distribution list (Actions > Add users to a Distribution List > Create New). Before, a bug prevented the new distribution list from saving properly. 
• When you add users to a new distribution list in Administration, you have the option to export the list as a .csv file. This file now displays user names and emails, instead of just user ids. 
• As an administrator, you can add users to your workspace without inviting them to any projects. In this case, the confirmation message now says, “Users successfully added,” instead of “Invitations successfully sent.” 
• In Administration, you can now select users from different pages of the user list and then perform a bulk action, such as changing the users’ status, without crashing the app. 
• We fixed an issue with the carousel gallery in Spotlights and Presentations. Now, clicking the scroll arrow does not skip over any items in the gallery. To prevent this issue from happening, you can no longer enter a “Scroll” number that is higher than the “In View” number in your gallery settings. 
• When you create a playlist, double clicking the “Create” button now results in one new playlist instead of two. 
• We fixed a bug in the Feed that incorrectly labeled certain links as expired, when they were in fact active. 
• You can once again delete files in list view by selecting the files and hitting the Delete key on your keyboard. A pop-up window will ask you to confirm this action. 
• When you play an audio file, a waveform graphic is now displayed in the audio player, instead of a black screen. 
• In list view, an audio file’s thumbnail image is now represented by a waveform graphic, instead of a blank tile. 
• In the Manage Project Team window, a role with a long name will no longer stretch the width of the role dropdown menu. 
• If your workspace uses several custom roles, you can now scroll through the entire list of roles in the Manage Project Team window. Before, some roles were not visible when assigning a new user to a project. 
• The “Add to Bin” option is now working in the project tree in the left sidebar. 
• When you create a visible watermark template for your project, the new template is now saved correctly. The name of the template is displayed in the watermark template menu. 
• We fixed a bug in the watermark editor that crashed the app whenever you entered your own color code. 
• For Safari users, choosing the “Upload Folder” option no longer allows you to select more than one folder, since you can only upload one folder at a time using this method. You can still upload multiple folders at once by dragging them directly from your computer into a project. 
• You can now download the MediaSilo desktop app as a .pkg file. This way, Mac users can install the app (and keep it up to date) without the administrator permission required by a .dmg file. 
• As a Windows user, you can now install and update the MediaSilo desktop app without needing administrator access to your computer. Before, you could only install the app for “all users,” which requires an administrator password. Now, you can choose to install the app “only for me,” which does not require an administrator password. If the app was already installed on your computer before today’s release, then an administrator password is still required to install updates. To make sure you can update the app as a non-administrator user, an administrator must first uninstall the app. Then, you will be able to install the app and any future updates. 
• The MediaSilo desktop app now reopens automatically after you install an update to the app on your Windows computer. 

December 15, 2022

This week’s release resolves a timeout issue with our Adobe extension and improves the experience around importing files from a Review Link. Here is an overview of the updates we released: 

• You can update a video’s poster frame from either list view or grid view. Before, opening the “Edit poster frame” window from list view would lead to the app crashing. 
• Importing files from the second page of a Review Link no longer results in an error message. 
• In a Review Link with multiple files, a shield icon now indicates if a file is watermarked. 
• We added clearer messaging to the Import window to inform you of any importing restrictions. For example, you cannot import a watermarked file or a file contained in a folder. 
• The MediaSilo extension in Premiere Pro and other Adobe applications will no longer time out after twenty minutes of inactivity. 
• For Android users, downloading files from a Review Link for offline viewing is now working correctly in our mobile app. 

December 7, 2022

Here are the bug fixes we released today:

• We fixed a setting in the “Add Users” window that controls a user’s access to Spotlight. Now, if the Spotlight setting is off, a new user will not have access to Spotlight features in MediaSilo. 
• We replaced an outdated logo that appeared when SSO users encountered a login error on mobile devices.

November 30, 2022

This week, we made the project browsing experience more customizable, and we simplified how you upload a new version of a file. Here is an overview of the updates we released:

• You can now resize, rearrange, or hide the columns in project list view. These features were already available when viewing files inside a project, and now we’ve added them to the Projects home page.
• When you are viewing a file in Projects, you can now upload a new version by going to the Versions tab in the right drawer and clicking the blue plus button.
• We fixed a bug in our desktop app that prompted SSO users to enable MFA on their accounts. MFA requirements do not apply to users who log in with SSO. 
• We fixed a visual defect with our desktop app’s icon. Before, the icon looked distorted in list view on Apple devices with an M1 chip. 
• You can now assign a brand-new custom role to a user without having to reload the page. Before, assigning a newly created role would result in an error message. 
• When you assign users to projects via the Administration page, selecting a role with a long name will no longer shift the layout of the “Add users to project” window.
• When you view a file in Projects, you can upload a new version by dragging and dropping a file from your local computer onto the file you are viewing. This method of uploading a version now redirects you to the newest version, instead of getting stuck on a loading screen.
• If your workspace has hundreds of users, the user lists you export from Administration will no longer contain duplicates.  
• The app no longer crashes when you try to add a visual watermark to a forensic-watermarked project. 
• In MediaSilo Go, downloading files for offline viewing is now working correctly. Before, the files disappeared from the Downloads section when you closed and reopened the app.

November 10, 2022

One of our most requested features is now available: list view for folders. For any team that uses long folder naming conventions, this feature lets you see a folder’s entire name as you browse your projects. We also added support for .svg files and made it easier to access a list of the files you’ve uploaded and downloaded. Here is an overview of today's updates:

What’s New

• List view is now available for folders in Projects, so you can see long folder names without having to hover over the folder icons. To switch between list and grid view, click the toggle in the top right corner of the page. 
• Now, you can reopen the window that displays your uploads and downloads. Just click the icon with the up and down arrows in the navigation bar to open and close the window. In our desktop app, this window contains all the files you upload and download. In the browser version of MediaSilo, the window contains the files you upload and tracks the progress of any watermarked downloads. To see all your downloads, please check your browser’s download manager. 

Fixes and Improvements

• We added .svg files to our list of supported image file types. 
• You can once again apply forensic-only watermarking to your projects. This means you can protect your videos with a forensic watermark, a visible watermark, or both. If you want to automatically apply any of these options to new projects, go to Administration > SafeStream > Watermark Settings. To watermark an individual project, go to the SafeStream section in your project settings. 
• In Administration, the “Add Users'' window now checks for duplicate emails, so you won’t enter the same email more than once. 
• The “Add Users” window now alerts you when you are five or fewer users away from your user limit and when the limit has been reached.
• In list view, you can once again select a combination of files and folders by holding the Command key on a Mac or the Control key on a PC and then clicking the files and folders you want to select.
• We fixed a bug in list view that prevented you from deselecting files. 
• The option to export spreadsheets from Insights is now working correctly. Before, a bug caused the “Export” button to re-export your previous export. 
• When you open a file in Projects, the file no longer flashes on the page before it finishes loading. 
• In some cases, you might share a file in a public Review Link and then watermark the project that contains the file. When you edit the Review Link, you are now asked to enter link recipients to ensure your audience can view the watermarked content. Once you save your changes, the “Send Link” and “Copy Link” buttons will appear. 

November 8, 2022

We redesigned the grid view on the Projects page to give you more information about your projects at a glance. We also made it easier to view long folder names in Review Links and improved the navigation experience between a file and the project or folder that contains it. Here is an overview of today's release: 

What’s New

• Project grid view has been redesigned to give you the information you need faster. You no longer need to hover over a project to check its size, the number of files in the project, or the number of users. Now, this information and more are immediately displayed on the project tile.  

Fixes and Improvements

• When you open a file in Projects and click the back button in the top left corner (next to the word “Projects”), you now return to your last position on the page. This way, you no longer have to scroll back to the file you just clicked on. 
• We added tooltips to folders in Review Links, so you can hover over a folder with a long name to view its entire name. 
• In Projects, we fixed a visual defect that caused an options menu to be cut off by the folder section at the top of the page. 
• When you navigate to a list of files in Projects or a list of users in Administration, the list no longer flashes on the page before it finishes loading. 
• In the Spotlight section, you can now click the options button on any Spotlight older than one month and choose “Spotlight Insights” to view its analytics. Before, the default date filter in Insights would prevent the analytics from loading. 
• We fixed a bug in Administration that prevented you from saving changes to your link settings in certain cases.
• We resolved an issue that treated emails as case-sensitive, which could result in counting one user as two users. 
• If you open a Review Link in your phone’s web browser, you can now view all the files in the link, instead of being limited to the first 50 files in the link. 
• Administrators can once again export a user list as a .csv or .xls file by clicking More > Export Users in the Users tab in Administration. Before, a bug made this feature fail in certain workspaces. 
• Assets are now loading as expected in Spotlights and Presentations whose access setting is “Workspace users.” 
• We fixed a bug that caused the Usage page to inaccurately display “0 GB” of current storage for some accounts. 

October 13, 2022

This week’s release makes it easier to view your projects and create new ones. We also fixed bugs impacting the Usage page in Administration and full-screen mode in Projects and Review Links. Here is an overview of the updates we released:

Fixes and Improvements

• We streamlined the experience of creating a new project. Now, clicking “New Project” opens a window where you can enter your project’s title and description and upload a custom thumbnail and banner. When you’re done, you’ll automatically go back to the Projects page with your newest project at the top. 
• In list view, project titles and other text are brighter, bolder, and easier to read. 
• In list view, we changed the text in the “owner” column to say “created by.” This is to avoid confusion with the role of project owner, since a project can have multiple project owners. 
• When you right-click on a project in either list or grid view, the options menu now opens with a smooth animation. 
• Selecting “Rename” from a project’s options menu now opens the “Edit Project” window. This provides a clear path for making changes to your project. 
• Project favorites are still displayed at the top of the page, but they are no longer grouped into a separate section to make the project-viewing experience more compact. 
• When you are watching a video in Projects or in a Review Link, your timecode display settings now carry over into full-screen mode.  
• We fixed an issue that prevented some accounts from seeing accurate user and storage totals in Administration. 

September 27, 2022

This week, we more than doubled our list of supported image file types, and we resolved some visual defects in list view. Here is an overview of the release:

What’s New

• For images uploaded after September 27, 2022, we now support additional file types, including .crw, .nef, and .heic. This expands our support of raw image files like .cr2, so you can view even more files (and their thumbnails) in MediaSilo. For a complete list of supported file types, please visit our Knowledge Base.

Fixes and Improvements

• When you tag a file in the right drawer, existing tags are now auto-suggested.
• When you navigate projects in list view, the words “No files found” or “This project is empty” no longer flash on the screen. 
• You can click the three-dots button on a folder, and the options menu no longer overlaps with the gear icon in list view. 
• We fixed a visual defect that cut off a folder’s options menu. This occurred in list view whenever the page contained folders but no files. 
• In Administration, we added messaging that informs you when there are no roles, users, or watermark templates to display. For example, we let you know if no users match your search criteria, and we display an “Add Users” button. 
• When you export a user list from Administration, the statuses in the “MFA” column are now accurate. This way, you know which users have enabled MFA on their user profile and which ones have not. 
• When you add users to your workspace, you can once again paste multiple comma-separated email addresses into the “User emails” field. 
• When you add users to a distribution list in Administration, we no longer auto-suggest distribution lists that you have already entered. 
• In our desktop app, we fixed a bug that resulted in large folders failing to download. In the event that one or more files in a folder fail to download, click the “Export Log” button in the Download window to see which files were downloaded and which ones were not. The improved log now includes a column that provides the file path for each file.