SAFARI Montage® 4.4.x Release Notes

Product Release Information

Product:   SAFARI Montage
Version:   4.4.x
Initial Release:   4.4.8
Release Date:   02/02/2011
Customer Support:   http://www.safarimontage.com/support/

Introduction

This document contains the release notes for SAFARI Montage 4.4.x. This is a full release of the SAFARI Montage System and the following sections provide details to its release.

New in This Release

  • Academic Standards and Correlations
    • State standards updates to all 50 states and the District of Columbia
    • Addition of National Common Core Standards
    • Updated Correlations for all SAFARI Montage packaged media, supporting the latest State and National Common Core Standards
  • SAFARI Montage Selective Video Streaming
    • Ability to set the order of display on the Dashboard
  • Pathways SM™ Module
    • Additional projector support in Pathways SM Button Set Management
      • Promethean EST-P1
      • Epson 450Wi
      • BenQ MX711
      • Optoma TW775
      • Optoma TX785
      • Optoma TX542-3D

Supported Content Packages

Video
  • K-8 Core (2010)
  • 9-12 Core Content
    • 9-12 Core
    • 9-12 Expansion
  • K-12 Core (2010)
  • K-12 Super Core
  • 9-12 Super Core
  • Additional Schlessinger Media® K-8 (2010)
  • Additional Schlessinger Media 9-12 (2010)
  • K-6 Supplemental (2011) - UPDATED
  • Eyes on the Prize
  • Career Clips¹
  • BestQuest Teaching Systems®
    • Algebra'scool®
    • Math'scool®
  • Almanac Newsreel
  • National Underground Railroad Freedom Center®
  • Reading Rainbow®
  • The Video Encyclopedia Of The 20th Century®

Still Images
  • Schlessinger Image Library
  • World Factbook
  • Paintings by the Masters
  • Digital Resources From NASA - UPDATED
  • IRC: History Pictures
  • IRC: California History Pictures
  • Atlas of The United States Maps - NEW
  • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Photographs - NEW
Audio Clips With Supporting Still Image
  • IRC: History Pictures
  • IRC: California History Pictures
  • Digital Resources From NASA - UPDATED

Interactive
  • Visual Dictionary

Installation and Upgrade Notes

4.4.8 Release Details

  • SAFARI Montage Media Player
  • Known Issues and Workarounds
      Issue Number Issues Affected Module Affected Operating System Affected Web Browser Solution
        Bulk Media Upload and File Validator does not support .FLV and .SWF file formats CreationStation™ Any Any Individually upload each file format.
      3044 WAN titles are not automatically converted on remote servers and EdCast subscribers Managed Home Access H.264 Auto Converter Windows XP
      Windows Vista
      Windows 7      		 Internet Explorer® 7 – 8
      Firefox® 3.0 – 3.6      		 Known issue with no current workaround.
      3006 The search field for LDAP groups is not available when “Use Attribute for LDAP Groups” has been enabled Admin Any Any Known issue with no current workaround.
      3005 LDAP Groups panel display issue in Firefox Admin Any Firefox 3.0 – 3.6 Use any supported versions of Internet Explorer or Safari web browsers.
      3002 Going full browser restarts FLV playback in embedded preview player SMMP OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
      OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard)      		 Safari 4.x
      Safari 5.x
      Firefox 3.6      		 Known issue with no current workaround.
      2956 Automatic playlist playback does not play MP4 content titles when WMV package is assigned on OSX clients Playlists OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
      OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard)      		 Safari 4.x
      Safari 5.x
      Firefox 3.6      		 Known issue with no current workaround.
      2951 Pausing video playback for 5 minutes or more, then resuming playback will cause the web browser to stop responding Web Links Windows XP
      Windows Vista
      Windows 7      		 Internet Explorer 7 – 8
      Firefox 3.0 – 3.6      		 Restart web browser.
      2913 SVS Stream does not play after changing URL Streaming Windows XP
      Windows Vista
      Windows 7      		 Internet Explorer 7 – 8
      Firefox 3.0 – 3.6      		 This results from a delay due to database caching. Wait 20 minutes for the cache to update, use the SAFARI Montage Media Player, or disable the DB Cache.
      2910 Full screen opens in embedded browser with Windows Media Player in Firefox Playback Windows XP
      Windows Vista
      Windows 7      		 Firefox 3.0 – 3.6 Use SAFARI Montage Media Player or Internet Explorer with Windows Media Player.
      2895 Clicking the Control CMC button returns a Script Error Pathways SM Windows XP
      Windows Vista
      Windows 7      		 Internet Explorer 7 – 8
      Firefox 3.0 – 3.6      		 Close the device remote, reopen the device remote and click Control CMC.
      2859 Bulk Media File Validator does not recognize Bulk Web Link URL formatting Web Links Any Any Web links are not be supported by the Bulk Media File Validator.
      2836 Internal database error appearing for reservations that are assigned to deleted devices Pathways SM Any Any Add another stream to reservation or delete the current reservation.
      2831 QuickTime full screen opens behind SAFARI Montage window Playlists OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
      OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard)      		 Firefox 3.6 Click on the QuickTime window to bring to front.
      2830 Audio issues with QuickTime 7.6.6 on Windows Playlists Windows XP
      Windows Vista
      Windows 7      		 Internet Explorer 7 – 8
      Firefox 3.0 – 3.6      		 Use SAFARI Montage Media Player or reinstall QT version 7.6.5.
      2829 No video playback with QuickTime 7.6.6 in Safari browser Playlists OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
      OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard)      		 Safari 4.x
      Safari 5.x      		 Use SAFARI Montage Media Player or any supported version of Firefox.
      2823 Playlist keyword search is returning JavaScript error in IE8 Playlists Windows XP
      Windows Vista
      Windows 7      		 Internet Explorer 8 Wait for page to finish loading before performing a keyword search.

    • Notes

    ¹ Requires SAFARI Montage Media Player for playback

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