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# VideoCharger version 7.1 - 5648-B60.                                 *
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# APAR: IY31962 DEX consumes CPU resources                             *
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PTF(s): U483971

FULL PROBLEM DESCRIPTION
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TCP Streaming may cause dex to comsume excessive CPU cycles under
certain conditions.

FILESETS:   avs.de.rte 7.1.0.11

SUPERSEDED PTFS:
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IY31931 unable to load content

Unable to load content to a VideoCharger server on a machine
running AIX 5 Maintenance Level 2.

Unable to load content to a VideoCharger server on a machine
running AIX 64 bit kernel.


IY31017 closing playlist leaves one stream active

When using playlist player, the streams play correctly, however, one stream
is left active when player is closed.

IY26458 Last frames of Quicktime video not played.

Provide fix for problem where final frames of some Quicktime content
are not rendered by player.


IY26459 Certain Quicktime content generates error in event log

Highly Fragmented data elements in Quicktime content caused buffer overflow
condition that resulted in certain packets not being transmitted.
This condition also generated error entries in error log.

Closing of Quicktime Stream before completion resulted in errors.


IY24695 Corrects error in HTTP Streaming response

Correct an error in HTTP header returned by VideoCharger server for
HTTP streaming request. This error prevented content from
HTTP streaming to certain browser types.

IY23468 QT Perf fixes, Runaway DEX fix, Unable to Play QT after vsload

QT Performance fixes,
DEX process consumes CPU,
Unable to Play QT after vsload until vsparse again.

IY20210 Vserver core file at shutdown

Fixes for Vserver core dump at shutdown

IY19437 Correct Bandwidth Loss

Under certain condition Quicktime streams would not release
allocated bandwidth. As a result bandwidth reservation would
be miscalculated. This PTF repairs error in releasing bandwidth
reservation associated with Quicktime streams.

IY18931 msExport API addition

This service provides a new MS API, msExport that allows
asset to be moved from server to client using FTP protocol.

IY18686 Playlist fixes

Contains fixes that support playlist operations.

1) Fixed playlist logging errors in dex
2) Fixed playlist problem error when switching from one entry to next entry.

IY17509 UDP Streaming Quicktime assets containing "#" sign

Server changes to support UDP Streaming Quicktime assets containing "#" sign in asset name with Microsoft Internet
Explorer 5.x browsers (clients).

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS 
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(1) Download the file "avs.de.rte_7.1.0.11.bff"
in binary mode into an empty directory on your VideoCharger server.

(2) Logon as user 'root'.  Stop the VideoCharger Server by
using the command "stopsrc -cg vs".  Type the command 
"lssrc -g vs" to verify that all the processes have stopped.

(3)Apply the update using the command "smitty update_all".
For "INPUT device / directory for software" specify the 
directory in which you saved the .bff file.
        
(4) On the "Update Currently Installed Software to Latest Level" panel,
press the 'enter' key to start the installation program.    

(5) After installation has completed successfully restart the VideoCharger
server by using the command "startsrc -g vs" at the command prompt.