# MK.IO Beam Release Notes ## 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/packager/parameters/hls-or-dash-over-cmaf/#compatible-cpix-ext-key) - BEAM ISO to support Servers with hardware RAIDed Disks. See [RAID and FakeRAID configuration](/beam/system-admin/iso-installation/raid-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.