MK.IO Beam Release Notes

MK.IO Beam 1.12.0.7

17th July 2026

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

2nd July 2026

29th May 2026

24th April 2026

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

27th March 2026

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

27th February 2026

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

30th January 2026

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

27 November 2025

31 October 2025

9 October 2025

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

5 August 2025

23 June 2025

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.