> For clean Markdown of any page, append .md to the page URL. > For a complete documentation index, see https://mediakind.ferndocs.com/beam/release-notes/llms.txt. > For AI client integration (Claude Code, Cursor, etc.), connect to the MCP server at https://mediakind.ferndocs.com/_mcp/server. # MK.IO Beam Release Notes ## MK.IO Beam 1.15.0.5 28th September 2026 ### New features * Support for key rotation with fallback for fMP4 mezzanine * Support Beam on XOS Large V2 Server * Support Beam on XOS XL V2 Server * Reception gateway features enabled on the Essentials UI * Added an optional additional transport stream output for reception decode channels ## MK.IO Beam 1.14.0.1 4th September 2026 ### New features * Support for reception workflows using the Essentials UI * Automatic CPIX key rotation. See Key Rotation * BEAM ISO to support Servers with hardware RAIDed Disks. See RAID and FakeRAID configuration ## MK.IO Beam 1.13.0.7 21st August 2026 ### New features * Addition of an RT (reliable transport) failover group for high availability distributed deployments * Manual CPIX key rotation ## MK.IO Beam 1.12.0.7 17th July 2026 ### New features * Essentials UI for new customers only * Ability to change the audio line-up on a Receiver service without interruption in the video output for SDI output only * Null Packet Removal from Multiplexer transport stream output bitrate allowing users to remove NULL packets (PID 0x1FFF) from the MPEG transport stream output ## MK.IO Beam 1.11.0.4 2nd July 2026 ### New features * SMPTE ST 2110 end to end latency reduced to match SDI performance * Packager - CPIX key and credential support * Support for multiple UHD ST2110 outputs on a single Mellanox card ## MK.IO Beam 1.10.0.2 29th May 2026 ### New features * Add Support for 100G ST 2110 Network Card in MK.IO Beam * Add support for ConnectX-6 Lx EN Adapter Card * Make 3pp software persistent over upgrade * Ability to enter a Stream ID for a SRT session ## MK.IO Beam 1.9.0.5 24th April 2026 ### New features * Configuration of IP settings of bonded interfaces on the UI * Creation and deletion of VLAN interfaces on the UI * Configuration of IP settings of VLAN interfaces on the UI * Configuration of route metrics on the UI to allow support for multiple default gateways * Configuration of jumbo frames on the UI to simplify configuration of JPEG-XS encode * Configuration of static routes on the UI * 8 tuners supported on the 4-port RF input card (Digital Devices SX8) * Add information from Dell SupportAssist to Beam support package ## MK.IO Beam 1.8.0.3 27th March 2026 ### New features * Add H.264 High to the list of Contribution codecs * Removal of the four service limitation for SMPTE ST 2110 output * Support for down conversion modes: 1080i to 720p, 1080P to 720P, 720P to 1080i, UHD to 1080i, UHD to 1080P, UHD to 720P * Beam with distributed headends including Packaging * Static routes configuration now retained on upgrade ## MK.IO Beam 1.7.0.4 27th February 2026 ### New features * ST2022-6 output over IP * UI configuration support for HTTPS Proxy * Add Support for Multi-Payload SMPTE ST 2110-40 VANC Reception * Reception – support for super low delay mode for 1080i video sources * Packager redundancy in Beam using a failover group * MK.IO should pick up RF cards from Beam appliances and add them to the ‘Device’ page similar to ‘IP’ and ‘SDI/ASI’ * BEAM with HA Head ends - Support for Multiplexer redundancy ## MK.IO Beam 1.6.0.5 30th January 2026 ### New features * Support for router control for headend deployments of MK.IO Beam * HDR/SDR custom Look-up Table (LUT) upload and selection * It is now possible to enable/disable Packaging on the MK.IO Beam UI * CPIX integration using HMAC for live events and linear channels * Include alarms exposed to Prometheus so they can be viewed on a remote Grafana instance * Support for UHD decode over SMPTE ST 2110 output * BEAM with HA Head ends - Support for Packager and EL on separate servers * Provide HTTPS access to Packaged output * Splicing now supported in Distributed Head end deployments ## MK.IO Beam 1.5.0.4 27 November 2025 ### New features * Introduction of the X20 server * Live to live splicing is now supported * Support for backup and apply of device configurations from MK.IO ## MK.IO Beam 1.4.0.3 31 October 2025 ### New features * Support for high availability headend deployments with Live Encoding * Support for SD resolutions with SMPTE ST 2110 output * Improvements to decode latency * Bonding capability for all ports ## MK.IO Beam 1.3.0.0 9 October 2025 ### New features * Introduction of X40 server * Support for multiple CI option cards in a single chassis * Software decode supports HDR to SDR dynamic range conversion * Software decode support for additional sub-sampled resolutions for 720p- and 1080i-based content * Support for running MK.IO Beam in a VM for controller use cases on ESXI virtualization * Support for installing the MK.IO Beam software ISO via BMC or iDRAC * PTP, clock source and IGMP parameters can be configured on the UI * Network status information available on the UI ## MK.IO Beam 1.2.0.1 5 August 2025 ### New features * Introduction of C30 and H70 servers * Server pair 1+1 redundancy for headends * Support for multiple Digital Devices RF input cards in a single chassis * Receiver service support for AMD CPUs * Simplification of JPEG-XS encode configuration * Support for ASI output on Dektec DTA-2127 ## MK.IO Beam 1.1.0.2 23 June 2025 ### New features * Support for E50 and E60 servers for contribution encode and headend use cases. * 4:2:2 8-bit and 10-bit progressive and interlaced H.264 and H.265 HD software encode. * RF input and SDI output via Dektec DTA-2127 RF input option card. * 4:2:2 and 4:2:0 H.265 UHD software decode. * 4:2:2 10-bit SMPTE ST 2110 output with software decode. * The Dektec DTA-2178 8-port SDI option card is now supported with reception. It is possible to output up to 8 baseband outputs with one Dektec DTA-2178 card and more with multiple DTA-2178 cards. * Hostname, IP, NTP, firewall zones, DHCP and DNS parameters can be configured on the MK.IO Beam web UI. * New “Super Low” decode delay mode introduced for lower latency decoding. * Server health monitoring now available. * Support for active-backup redundant bonded network management interfaces.