My Content Collection
Favorite Videos

Current Website Version:

Rover is currently running version 3.18.2

Ver. 3.18.2 - Production Release (2020-03-17)
ff6f11ad

  • Decreased server load by reducing the frequency of LIVE channel checks

Ver. 3.18.1 - Production Release (2020-03-16)
a6eedf57

  • Decreased server load by reducing the frequency of login checks

Ver. 3.18.0 - Production Release (2020-03-13)
ab32c04c

  • Increased the length available for video series descriptions
  • Changed the default NFB.ca landing page from /films to /education
  • Added the ability to add keywords/tags to video descriptions

Ver. 3.17.1 - Production Release (2020-03-06)
722c3dc8

  • Removed link to Curio/NFB PDFs on home page
  • Updated the coat of arms used for videos without thumbnails

Ver. 3.17.0 - Production Release (2020-02-28)
2e5b85dc

  • Removed Download to local server functionality for NFB/Curio videos. These videos are still available for streaming through nfb.ca and curio.ca

Ver. 3.16.0 - (2020-02-20)
0c3ee720

  • No public-facing changes in this release.

Ver. 3.15.3 - (2020-02-07)
082a9c47

  • No public-facing changes in this release.

Ver. 3.15.2 - (2020-01-31)
7c05545c

  • No public-facing changes in this release.

Ver. 3.15.1 - (2020-01-22)
99d3f7bc

  • Fixed issues with subtitle support

Ver. 3.15.0 - (2020-01-17)
b34f2b7e

  • Add the ability to detect subtitle files if there is any

Ver. 3.14.0 - (2019-12-18)
ae96f372

  • Add the ability to search by series description
  • Add the ability to customize the ordering of the search results in a list.

Ver. 3.13.0 - (2019-11-20)
51b14acf

  • Optimize back-end background jobs.

Ver. 3.12.0 - Production release. (2019-10-21)
8b021896

  • No public-facing changes in this release.

Ver. 3.11.0 - Production Release (2019-08-22)
a655b2c4

  • Fixed an issue where IOS device audio was not working. This fix will not take immediate effect as we are still working on re-encoding the problematic videos
  • Added the ability to order videos within a series

Ver. 3.10.2 - Production Release (2019-06-17)
875ad438

  • Fixed an issue with OpenGraph tags on ROVER which prevented the sharing of Rover videos to social media websites, Outlook, etc.

Ver. 3.10.1 - Production Release (2019-06-11)
35cafecc

  • Fixed a bug that was preventing the logging of internal processes

Ver. 3.10.0 - Production Release (2019-05-24)
a98791d9

  • Fixed bugs preventing Rover videos from showing up on ROVER as their ServerVideo records were not being created

Ver. 3.9.0 - Production Release (2019-05-01)
84c290dd

  • Fixed an issue where ROVER would sometimes load without TLS which caused issues with video playback and log ins.

Ver. 3.8.3 - Production Release (2019-03-25)
139dd930

  • Fixed an issue where the debug page would not work unless loaded over https. The http version of the page now redirects to the https version

Ver. 3.8.2 - Production Release (2019-03-11)
01d32606

  • Stability improvements and fixes to background processes

Current Streaming Server Version:

Your streaming server rover-streaming is currently using version: 4.7.0

Ver. 4.7.0 - Production Release (2020-01-23)
7d981cf3

  • Added support for subtitles

Ver. 4.6.0 - Production release (2019-10-28)
fb7f4535

Ver. 4.5.0 - Production Release (2019-08-30)
2b021d14

Ver. 4.4.3 - (2019-06-03)
1b142755

Ver. 4.4.2 - Production Release (2019-05-30)
690b05ae

  • Fixed an issue where some videos with special characters in their file names would not play
  • Renamed the "loop" param to "repeat" on videos
  • Fixed some playback and display issues with Internet Explorer

Ver. 4.4.1 - Production Release (2019-01-17)
9930e1e9

  • Fixed an issue where some servers were not receiving video updates

Ver. 4.4.0 - Production Release (2018-12-12)
f2a2114d

  • Cached a required software dependency locally in case it is missing on the server

Ver. 4.3.0 - Production Release (2018-11-29)
2f39df73

  • Added fix 14 to create and populate the professional videos directory
  • Added fix 15 to rename videos with outdated filenames
  • Added fix 16 to remove some videos mistakenly added to the protected directory

Ver. 4.2.0 - Production Release (2018-11-23)
969234d5

  • Added Gitlab CI/CD Configuration
  • Added release information to server api
  • Re-arranged fields in server api
  • Renamed currentversion to commitnumber
  • Added New Lloydminster External IP

Ver. 4.1.0 - Production Release (2018-11-14)
03339ec4

  • Allows for public access (no BB login required) for some videos
  • Code Cleanup
  • Added Fix 13 to remove extra videos from field servers
  • Modified code to look for environment variables to determine if they are in the staging branch, this is future proofing for CI/CD master branch deployments

Ver. 4.0.1 - Production Release (2018-10-02)
24eb79d9

  • Fixed issue where 18.04 servers could not receive updates

Ver. 4.0.0 - Production Release (2018-09-24)
8d32365b

  • Fixes to VideoJS Player
  • Fixed issue with video playback on IPad

Ver. 3.5.1 - Production Release (2018-06-22)
92eef4b9

  • Fixed an issue where videojs styling was broken in Edge and IE- Fixed several issues regarding video playback via videoJS- Added a "basic" flag to the play video page that forces a raw HTML5 player instead of VideoJS- Modified VideoJS to use a vertical volume bar instead of a horizontal one

Ver. 3.5.0 - Production Release (2018-06-19)
e3a2b7e1

  • Added videoJS for video playback for a more consistent look and feel across devices
  • Added a large play button to the center of the video player, this way if autoplay is blocked by chrome users can easily see how to play a video

Ver. 3.4.0 - Production Release (2018-06-14)
6c38f829

  • Added Teacher Superannuation board IP to auth white-list

Ver. 3.3.0 - Production Release (2018-05-23)
95de5c7d

  • Backend Changes

Ver. 3.2.0 - Production Release (2018-05-14)
ccfe57cb

  • Fixed bug where curio/nfb downloads were not working properly
  • Added PAGC and Harvest City Christian School ips to authentication.rb's whitelisted IPs

Ver. 3.1.0 - Production Release (2018-04-09)
21dd832d

  • Added Google Analytics view tracking to remote servers for more fine grained analytics
  • Fixed a bug where logging in to stream.edonline for home use was not working

Ver. 3.0.0 - Production Release (2018-04-06)
37aaaae7

  • Rewrote NFB/Curio downloading code
  • Made changes to LLoydminster whitelisted ips
  • Added ability for NFB/Curio videos to register themselves on Rover, this allows server specific NFB/Curio videos to appear in Rover searches

Ver. 2.0.0 - Production Release (2018-03-15)
8dcdde32

  • updated version to 9.463
  • code cleanup, moved logic into separate files
  • fixed an issue in api.rb involving active_support
  • Deleted unnecessary files
  • Added a readme