DPE Content Manager 3.x
DPE Content Manager 3.x
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What is new in DPE Content Manager

Version 3.5

Docker Image for Release 2026.2.0

Drag & drop of groups includes/resolves group member metadata on-the-fly

  • Needed for hybrid use cases

Configurable AutoLogout

  • Automatically logout after N seconds of user inactivity (no mouse or keyboard)

  • Set parameter ContentManager|AutoLogout = <value in seconds>

Support for Windows Authentication

  • Automatically logon with Kestrel or NTLM

  • Requires AD-synced users

  • Requires enabled DpeNanoServices

  • See Preparing settings.json

Sending entries from CM to CAE clipboard via menu

Important Bugfixes

  • OIA-10492 On‑The‑Fly Waveform Creation was not Triggered by Player (needs updated DPE/Nano backend also)

Version 3.4

Docker Image for Release 2026.1.0

Configure Docker Image via environment variables

Define Relationships between entries (Entry Hooks)

Bugfixes

  • RCE: drag and drop from player or clip area onto timeline item was broken since 3.2.5

Version 3.3

Collaborative text editing (and no file locking anymore)

  • Also see Collaborative Text Editing

  • Note: Collaborative Text Editing does only work when using Content Manager 3.3 (or newer)

    It is not available when using Database Manager (DBM), editing a RTF in DBM still locks the doument

Docker Image for Release 2025.3.0

Version 3.2

Docker Image for Release 2025.2.0

  • https://docker-registry-public.davidsystems.com/dpe-contentmanager:release2025.2.0

Bugfixes, speed improvements and small features

Version 3.1

  • Bugfixes

Version 3.0

Independent deployment and maintenance

  • Starting with version 3.x, ContentManager is an independent, standalone web application that can be hosted in any web server and on any platform

  • ContentManager can be updated and maintained independently from the service backend

  • We provide a ContentManager docker image for easy, containerized deployment

  • ContentManager is not part of the DPE setup anymore, which previously installed web frontends and web services as one monolithic application inside Microsoft IIS

Improved table search and overview

  • Keep table selection when searching for tables

  • Spot all selected tables easily

  • See selected table(s) in tab header

Entry grid context menu (right click on entry)

Faster metadata editing

  • In-place edit of title in grid

Speech-to-text Support

  • CAE-like S2T experience in details pane

  • Play head and text position/selection are linked

  • CAE-like shortcuts work in S2T area

  • Adding Speech-to-text component

Improved Audio Player

  • Playback speed can be changed (in details pane), e.g. 0.5x or 2.0x

  • Larger and redesigned control buttons (that will soon be used in all DAVID web applications)

Details Pane Templates

Other

  • Table and user specific content facets

  • Support for automatically setting MusicID

Redirection