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Myriad v4.0.9 Beta Version now available!


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By Peter Jarrett - Tuesday, April 24, 2012 2:12:15 PM

Hi All,

After a huge amount of work, we are very pleased to announce that Myriad v4.0.9 Beta Version is now available as a Public Beta!!

We are today making the following products available for you to evaluate:

- Myriad Playout v4.0

- Myriad AutoTrack Pro v4.0

- Myriad AudioWall AutoImporter v4.0

(We are planning on releasing the usual supporting products like Advert Manager, Remote Voice Tracking etc. over the next few weeks )

 

IMPORTANT: Before you download and install, please make sure you follow these steps:

1) You will need to email sales@psquared.net to request Evaluation License codes for each of the products you want to evaluate. You will also need a Database Enabler Code if you want to use Myriad AutoTrack Pro. You will also need a download Username and Password to access the downloads.

2) You will need to be running Microsoft SQL Server 2008R2 somewhere on your network as Myriad v4.0 uses SQL to store the Station Database (and optionally the Contacts and Users Directory) - see notes below about SQL Server - see http://forum.psquared.net/6244/Installing-and-Configuring-Microsoft-SQL-Server-for-Myriad-v4 for more information.

3) Because Myriad v4.0 shares many of it's Configuration settings with Myriad v3, you should NOT run Myriad v4 on the same PC as Myriad v3 - otherwise your Myriad v3 will suddenly start wanting to access a SQL Server and this was only available in the Myriad v3.6 Enterprise Edition product.

4) This is a BETA product (meaning it may contain issues that cause Myriad to misbehave and is NOT supported by P Squared Technical Support) , you are of course welcome to try it out "on-air", but given the huge number of changes between this and earlier versions of Myriad we strongly recommend against this!

We are very keen to hear your feedback on this product, so we have created 2 discussion areas on these forums. The Myriad v4 Discussion Forum is for discussions about the basic installation and operation of Myriad v4 as well as operational questions about Myriad Playout, AutoImporter and the other Supporting products, whilst the Myriad AutoTrack v4 Discussion Forums is for discussions questions and issues relating to Myriad AutoTrack specific queries such as getting the best from the new features and options in AutoTrack.

It is available now to download from http://www.psquared.net/technical-support/product-support/myriad-support/myriad-4-beta-support.aspx - also available via the Myriad v4 Launch Center on the main P Squared Website.

Over the next few days we will be publishing more information about the new features in Myriad Playout and Myriad AutoTrack as well as some information to help you get up and running with SQL Server Installations.

SQL Server Information:

There are many different types and editions of SQL Server, but Myriad v4.0 has only been tested on Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 and we strongly recommend you use this version. The good news is that Microsoft produce a free edition of MS SQL Server called SQL Server Express and this is available free of charge to all Windows Users. We will be posting more information on installing and configuring SQL Server Express shortly, but you can start downloading it from http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=23650

For more information about installing and configuring SQL Server for Myriad, please see http://forum.psquared.net/6244/Installing-and-Configuring-Microsoft-SQL-Server-for-Myriad-v4
By Peter Jarrett - Thursday, May 10, 2012 5:32:50 PM

Hello all,
  • Myriad Advert Manager v4
  • Myriad Monitor v4
  • Myriad Anywhere v4
  • Myriad Remote Edit Server v4
  • Myriad Remote Voice Tracking v4
All of these are available to download now from the Myriad v4 download section of the website http://www.psquared.net/technical-support/product-support/myriad-support/myriad-4-beta-support/downloads.aspx

All of these incorporate a 30 minute evaluation mode so you don't even need licenses to get going, just the download username and password you already have (email sales@psquared.net if you don't have one!)

There are quite a few new features, particularly in the Advert Manager, but also small tweaks and improvements across all the tools.

These are by no means the "final versions" of any of these products, we definitely have more work planned on all of them - but we wanted to make available these early BETA versions so you can get going asap.

Any questions/comments/etc. please post em here in this forum.

Thanks all!