Since the release of MovieRecorder 3.3 in November, it is possible to add metadata to your recordings. The following document explains briefly the integration with Cantemo which provides intuitive and streamlined media management solutions. Its flagship product, Cantemo Portal™, is used by content creators and owners to intuitively manage their media.
Solutions Brief: Cantemo & Softron workflow
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Jan
2016
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RELEASE: OnTheAir Video Express & OnTheAir Video 3.3.4
21
Jan
2016
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What's new in OnTheAir Video and OnTheAir Video Express 3.3.4 ?
- NEW: Preferences in ATEM control to set if the next clip should be automatically cued when the source is not selected anymore
- FIXED: Drag and drop between playlists was sometimes not working anymore
- FIXED: Decompression of some MXF files
- FIXED: Playback issue with some "segmented" movies that were not encoded until the end
- FIXED: Fixed IMX field dominance detection in MXF files
RELEASE: OnTheAir CG 3.1.2
21
Jan
2016
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WARNING: If you control OnTheAir CG from OnTheAir Node, you should upgrade also OnTheAir Node to version 3.3.3 or later as we use a new authentication system in the OnTheAir CG REST API.
What's new in OnTheAir CG 3.1.2 ?
- NEW: End animations are now played even on items that are set to "Stay Forever"
- IMPROVED: Project will only be updated when modification date changes
- FIXED: When a Ticker folder is not set to "Stay Forever", but the project is Looped in CG Server, the ticker will start again from the beginning.
- FIXED: In OnTheAir CG Server, even if you open a project with the same UID as another opened project, it will be attributed a new UID
RELEASE: OnTheAir Node 3.3.3, OnTheAir Live 3.0.5, OnTheAir Manager 3.0.3
21
Jan
2016
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What's new in OnTheAir Node 3.3.3 ?
- IMPROVED: OnTheAir CG 3 plugin. WARNING: you need to upgrade OnTheAir CG Server to version 3.1.2 or later!
- FIXED: Decompression of some MXF
- FIXED: Playback issue with some "segmented" movies that were not encoded until the end
- FIXED: Fixed IMX field dominance detection in MXF files
- FIXED: Playback Status incorrect when initialising engine with the REST API
What's new in OnTheAir Live 3.0.5 and OnTheAir Manager 3.0.3?
- IMPROVED: Scrubbing in the inspector
- FIXED: Memory issues with the inspector
- FIXED: Current position time information
- FIXED: UI issues in Inspector
RELEASE: MovieRecorder 3.3.5
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Dec
2015
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- Fixed an issue where the timecode source could revert back to Videocard timecode for BlackMagic devices.
RELEASE: OnTheAir CG 3.1.1
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Dec
2015
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What's new in OnTheAir CG 3.1.1 ?
- NEW: It is now possible to edit the format of digital clocks
- NEW: It is now possible to modify the url of a Movie via AppleScript (it was already possible via the REST API)
- FIXED: Some UTF-8 characters were not properly displayed. Note that some text items may now have shifted a little bit vertically, so check your projects with text alignments after the update.
- FIXED: Some issues in 10.9
RELEASE: OnTheAir Video Express & OnTheAir Video 3.3.2
17
Dec
2015
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What's new in OnTheAir Video and OnTheAir Video Express 3.3.2?
- FIXED: UI issue when no monitor connected to the computer
- FIXED: Problems when importing vpls playlists with missing information in the XML
- FIXED: Issue if a clip had no url set
- FIXED: Possible issues with the ATEM plugin
RELEASE: MovieRecorder 3.3.4
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Dec
2015
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This version just fixes an issue with Closed Captioning in some cases with Blackmagic-Design devices.
Price changes in January 2016 !
07
Dec
2015
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New UPRGRADE PRICES
When we released our various upgrades for OnTheAir Node, OnTheAir Video, OnTheAir Video Express, and MovieRecorder, we set different upgrade prices which were determined by the date when the license was purchased and the options acquired. We also set an introductory upgrade price for OnTheAir CG.
On January 1, 2016, almost two years after the introduction of these upgrades, we are changing the requirements and the prices for the upgrades. Instead of the various upgrade prices, the upgrade procedure and pricing are being streamlined. You will find the new upgrade prices at the bottom of each of the product's pages.
Temporary prices dropped
On January 1st, 2016, we will also change the temporary promotional price of OnTheAir Studio, as well as the temporary upgrade price from OnTheAir CG 1 to OnTheAir CG 3.
So now is a good time (before the end of the year) to upgrade if you still have old versions. Please note that we will no longer provide free support for older versions. Additionally, compared to these older versions, there are a number of things that have been greatly improved and new features added, so there are a lot of compelling reasons to upgrade !
RELEASE: OnTheAir Node 3.3.2, OnTheAir Live 3.0.2, OnTheAir Manager 3.0.2
01
Dec
2015
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What's new in OnTheAir Node 3.0.2 ?
- FIXED: Some possible issues with image and logo playback
What's new in OnTheAir Live 3.0.2 ?
- IMPROVED behaviour when no Local Media Folder set in preferences (Local Media Not Found)
- FIXED: Misplaced playback icon when thumbnails are not shown
- FIXED: Attributes not always displayed after application going in background
- FIXED: Absolute start time is now correctly set
- FIXED: Some leaks with the inspector
What's new in OnTheAir Manager 3.0.2 ?
- IMPROVED behaviour when no Local Media Folder set in preferences (Local Media Not Found)
- FIXED: Some leaks with the inspector
RELEASE: MovieRecorder 3.3.3
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Dec
2015
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What's new in MovieRecorder 3.3.3?
- NEW: Support for psf formats with the M|family
- NEW: Destination name is not added automatically anymore if file name will be different
- NEW: REST requests to change the path of a destination and group requests to enable/disable destinations (see REST API documentation available upon request)
- FIXED: Some possible name conflicts
- FIXED: XDCAM and HDV GOP size is not correct in PAL
- FIXED: AVPresets preferences pane is now resizing correctly
- FIXED: When duplicating schedules via alt+drag, the duplicated schedule is now disabled
- FIXED: CC icon not shown when Closed Captioning present
Inter BEE 2015
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Nov
2015
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Inter BEE 2015 will be held in Makuhari Messe over three days from November 18 (Wednesday) to 20 (Friday). Ahum-Labs, our Japanese integrator will show the Softron solutions on the Hitachi booth.
NATEXPO 2015
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Nov
2015
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ProVis, our Russian integrator will show the Softron solutions on its booth at NATEXPO 2015 in Moscow which will take place from November 18th until November 20.
SATIS 2015
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Nov
2015
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The SATIS 2015 takes place on 17-18-19 November 2015 in Paris - Porte de Versailles. We'll be on the Village YakYakYak.
RELEASE: MovieStreamer HLS 2.0.3
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Nov
2015
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What's new in MovieStreamer HLS 2.0.3 ?
- NEW: option to deinterlace or not
- IMPROVED: the H.264 hardware encoder available on some Mac (most Intel Core i5 or i7) can now again be used to lower CPU usage
RELEASE: MovieRecorder 3.3
05
Nov
2015
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What's new in MovieRecorder 3.3?
- NEW: Add metadata to your files. Either embedded in the QuickTime file, or as a sidecar file (Axle, CatDV or Cantemo).
- NEW: Record to MXF DNxHD.
- NEW: "Size to fit" option when selecting the number of Viewers. When enabled it behaves as before. When disabled, you can now use the lower right corner of the first viewer to manually set the size that you want it to have. Viewer are thus not automatically resized with the window.
- IMPROVED: Display more viewers at once on a smaller screen (up to 25)
- IMPROVED: When there are issues with remote recorders, the warnings and logs are now displayed.
- IMPROVED: Behaviour when AVC-Intra encoder was too slow.
- FIXED: GPI controls are now processed quicker, and allow to select "No GPI device".
- FIXED: Issue when writing .mov files to an ISIS Volume.
RELEASE: OnTheAir Video Express & OnTheAir Video 3.3.1
05
Nov
2015
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What's new for both OnTheAir Video Express and OnTheAir Video 3.3.1?
- NEW: modify the audio gain for clips
- NEW: control the playback from an ATEM mixer through an IP protocol (no GPI cabling needed anymore)
- NEW: skip to 5 seconds before the end of the clip shortcut (to just check how clips chain): cmd + alt + left or right arrows.
- IMPROVED: the "Revert to" older version of the playlist
- FIXED: some issues with the SD 16:9 resize modes
- FIXED: when replacing clip, attributes are now kept
What's new for OnTheAir Video only?
- NEW: create "Live inputs" (this will either be a real video card input or a direct link from OnTheAir Video or OnTheAir Node) and use those Live inputs as a video clip in your playlist. This greatly simplifies the workflow when you want to handle Live inputs.
- NEW: "Automatically use images as logos" preference. When enabled, if you have in the same folder a png image and a movie file that bear the same name, we will use the png image automatically for the logo of that movie. These png images are then not added to the playlist when doing a drag and drop.
- IMPROVED: Optimisations of the "Smart Resize and Graphics" engine for better performances on smaller computers
Release: OnTheAir Manager 3.0.1
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Oct
2015
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What's new in OnTheAir Manager 3.0.1?
- Added a button to delete schedules and a confirmation window before deleting the schedule.
- Fixed an issue when sending schedule to OnTheAir Node. This could take a long time as too many events were sent.
- Fixed an issue where the files in inspector would show as "Local Media Not Found".
- Fixed an issue when deleting clips in the Media Browser.
- Fixed an issue with the new version notifications that would not work in 10.8.
RELEASE: OnTheAir Live 3.0
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Oct
2015
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OnTheAir Live goes from version 1.2.14 to version 3.0. The reason for that version jump is that OnTheAir Live 1.3.5 still used QuickTime to preview and trim the clip in the inspector. This could be confusing as OnTheAir Live was not able to read some files that OnTheAir Node could, or the other way around. With version 3.0 we now use the same engine for the OnTheAir Live preview as OnTheAir Node 3 uses to playout files. So the files that can be read by both applications are identical. This is a major change in itself which then diserved a major version number change. By using a version 3 we also bring it in pair with OnTheAir Node which is also in version 3.
So there were a lot of changes, but most are "under the hood". But here is what's new for version 3.0 :
- Added the ability to scrub in the timeline of the playlist (hold the cmd key down and click - requires OnTheAir Node 3.3 or later)
- Fixed an issue with Keychain
RELEASE: OnTheAir Node 3.3.1
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Oct
2015
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What's new in OnTheAir Node 3.3.1 ?
- Optimisation of the smart playout engine for better performances on smaller computers
- Added the possibility to modify the audio gain for each clip
- Added the ability to scrub (requires OnTheAir Live 3.0 or later)
- Plugin selection is now saved
- Added notifications when new version is available (users will be notified when the next version is released).
- Updated the plugin for OnTheAir CG 3 with improved connections
- Improved compatibility with El Capitan
- Fixed an issue with the status of the license when using dongles (would should up as DEMO)
- Fixed an issue of the Node remaining in the "Starting up..." status
- Fixed an issue with 16:9 aspect ratios in SD
- Fixed an issue with some codecs shown as "Unknown" in the description in OnTheAir Live or OnTheAir Manager (for example some XDCAM files)