Myriad AutoImporter v6 - Version History

v6.3.5 2nd April 2024

Dropbox/OneDrive: Filenames were not always being correctly processed into Titles.

No new features or significant changes.

Importer Groups:

When you export a Dropbox or OneDrive group, you are now asked if you want the account details to be exported into the file as well. Choosing No will remove them from the settings that are exported.

File Import: If multiple files were found to have changed within a specified folder, they were wrongly being imported in reverse order.

OneDrive Support:

Myriad AutoImporter can now import directly from OneDrive so you no longer need to install and configure the OneDrive client. When you first configure the Importer Group you will be asked to login to OneDrive and then grant Myriad access to your account to download files. Myriad does not store your username and password, only a special secure 'token' that grants this instance of Myriad access to your onedrive files.
Each AutoImporter Group uses it's own OneDrive 'token' so each group can download from a different account if nescessary.

Add Importer Group Wizard: The "browse" button was not being enabled when adding a local file or network based importer group.
FTP Sources: New files would not be downloaded from the FTP Server and would show an "invalid cast" exception.
Podcast Sources: These would fail to download if the title of the Podcast Episode contained certain invalid filename characters such as the pipe character ( | )

Add New Group: There is an all new Add Importer Group wizard that walks you through the process of adding a new Group. This dramatically simplifies the process for the majority of users. You can still go direct to the full window by clicking the "Add new Importer Group (Advanced)" menu option instead.
The folder that the AutoImporter Logs are stored in has changed from (DataLocation)\Logs\MediaAutoImporter6 to (DataLocation)\Logs\AutoImporter6

Dropbox Support:

Myriad AutoImporter can now import directly from Dropbox so you no longer need to install the Dropbox windows software. When you first configure the Importer Group you will be asked to login to Dropbox and then grant Myriad access to your account to download files. Myriad does not store your username and password, only a special secure 'token' that grants this instance of Myriad access to your dropbox.
Each AutoImporter Group uses it's own Dropbox 'token' so each group can download from a different dropbox account if nescessary.

AutoImporter now requires at least one Stations to have a Station Enabler. If you already have a Station Enabler code for your station then there is no further action required and Myriad AutoImporter will run straight away.
If you don't currently have a Station Enabler code, please contact hello@broadcastradio.com for more information.
Station Enablers are available free of charge to all existing stations who have a full Myriad Playout license.

FTP download: Added additional support for some rarer versions of "Passive" mode FTP servers.
Media Import: Replacing a media item on the MediaWall with a transport file was not correctly moving the previous version into the recycle bin.

HTTP and Podcast Groups: After stopping an HTTP or Podcast Group, all other groups of the same type would fail to import anything further, showing an "ObjectDisposed" message, until AutoImporter was restarted.
Remote editing of Groups: If you edited your Importer Groups remotely, but one or more of the groups had an invalid configuration (for example a missing file path) then AutoImporter would display a message on screen and not complete it's autorestart until you clicked the OK button. Instead, AutoImporter now silently restarts and displays the error message in the event log at the bottom of the window.

Podcasts: There is a new option that allows you to configure an AutoImporter group to automatically download the latest episode of a specified Podcast.
An Importer Group that is configured to check every X seconds can now additionally be set to import files if the system time is between a specified start and end time in the hour - for example, only download a Traffic update between 40 mins and 50 mins past the hour. You can also set this to stop checking for the remainder of the period once an item has succesfully been imported.
You can now set the Importer to look for the Media ID at the END of the filename instead of the start.

The AutoImporter now has a REST API to allow you to start and stop Importer groups remotely as well as check the running status. More details are available on the Help menu.

Media Import: In some very unusual situations, an audio file would not have the leading silence autotopped correctly resulting in the Start being set to exactly 1 second into the Media Item.

No new features or significant changes.

No new features or significant changes.

Format Support: Myriad now can now additionally import from 24bit and 32bit audio files, even up to 96kHz.
Importing Media: When importing media items, the original location, format and duration is now added to the User Security notes field so you can see more information about the original audio.