Case Study: Tour de France 2014 (starring MovieRecorder)
FCP.co have published a great article on the use of MovieRecorder together with Final Cut Pro X and the AJA Io 4K at the Tour de France. The article is very detailed, and will be of great help for anybody looking for a user story of a workflow using Final Cut Pro X as the editing solution, and MovieRecorder to perform edit-while-ingest.
Read it here.
RELEASE: MovieRecorder 3.0.8
What’s new in version 3.0.8 ?
- General Stability and performance improvements
- Added the possibility to drag a source to a viewer
- Added the possibility to drag a destination to a pod to enable it
- Better error logging upon starting M|80 input
- Warning if the selected format is different than the incoming one for the M|80
- In M|80, you can now enable a source even if there is no valid incoming signal
- Improved Video card timecode accuracy for AJA cards
- Improved Application timecode accuracy for AJA and Deltacast cards
- Fixed an Audio distortion with AJA Io 4K
- Fixed issue with selected destinations that got deselected in the scheduler
- Fixed crash when starting a recording with invalid / missing settings
- Fixed possible crash when closing a file recorded in Classic mode
NLESystems to demonstrate high capacity multichannel ingest using Softron's M|80
Softron participates with NLESystems Inc. to demonstrate high capacity multichannel ingest using Softron's M|80. Come to see it in action at the NLESystems Expo on September 3rd 2014 at 12:00 pm. Hosted at Burbank Coast Anabelle Hotel.
Manufacturers joining the event include Apple, AJA, G-Technology, Sonnet Technology, ATTO and Softron Media. Each of the manufacturers will demonstrate their latest Thunderbolt Technology that will streamline your productivity.
Register here.
RELEASE: OnTheAir Live 1.2.14
What’s new in OnTheAir Live 1.2.14 ?
- General Stability and performance improvements
- Fixed an issue with some playlists that could not be saved
RELEASE: OnTheAir Video Express 3.1.16, OnTheAir Video 3.1.16
What’s new in version 3.1.16 ?
- General Stability and performance improvements
- Improved Scheduler
- Fixed issues after scrubbing in cue mode
- Fixed some issues with Blackmagic-Design Cards (playback halts and restart when CPU usage was too high)
- Fixed memory leak when using logos
RELEASE: OnTheAir Node 3.1.14
What’s new in OnTheAir Node 3.1.14 ?
- General Stability and performance improvements
- Fixed memory leak when using logos
- Fixed an issue with some H.264 files going off sync
- Fixed an issue with some MPEG2 files not playing at the correct speed
- Fixed some issues with Blackmagic-Design Cards (playback halts and restart when CPU usage was too high)
- Added support for MPEG1 files
- With T-Tap the HDMI output is automatically
- We now have a log when the drivers are not in the supported version
RELEASE: MovieRecorder 3.0.1
What’s new in version 3.0.1 ?
- General Stability and performance improvements
- Added support for Closed Captioning record with AJA cards (not yet compatible with other cards)
- Added preallocation on Xsan Volumes
- Added support for 10-bit Preview
- Added support for Video card TC source for AJA cards (was already working with other cards in earlier version)
- Improved timecode accuracy
- Improved logs and warnings when there is an issue with a source or destination (drop frame, disk too slow...)
- Improved the log window (now can sort by source and destination)
- Improved behaviours of Timers and Schedules
- Fixed H.264 NTSC issue because (the profile used did not support the width)
- Fixed issue with Classic movies in 720p
- Patch to fix memory leak issue on some graphics cards (some Radeon cards created massive memory leaks. They have been black-listed)
- Source preview now works in headless mode
RELEASE: OnTheAir Video Express 3.1.12, OnTheAir Video 3.1.12
What’s new in version 3.1.12 ?
- General Stability and performance improvements
- Fixed an issue with some H.264 files going off sync
- Fixed an issue with some MPEG2 files not playing at the correct speed
- Added support for MPEG1 files
- With T-Tap the HDMI output is automatically
- We now have a log when the drivers are not in the supported version
RELEASE: OnTheAir Live 1.2.13
What’s new in OnTheAir Live 1.2.13 ?
- General Stability and performance improvements
- Fixed a possible hang when the currently playing file was deleted
RELEASE: OnTheAir Video Express 3.1.11, OnTheAir Video 3.1.11, OnTheAir Node 3.1.11
What’s new in version 3.1.11 ?
- General Stability and performance improvements
- Added support for IMA Audio
- Added support for uncompressed audio
- Fixed a compatibility issue with files recorded by MovieRecorder 3
- Fixed performance issues with OnTheAir Video and OnTheAir Video Express when dragging a lot of items at once
RELEASE: OnTheAir Node 1.2.37
What’s new in OnTheAir Node 1.2.37 ?
- General Stability and performance improvements
- Fixed an issue with the Videohub Plugin
- Added some logs when receiving new schedules
- Fixed an issue when using the “Contact Support...” feature and having long messages
MovieRecorder 3.0 and M|80 are now shipping !
The long wait for MovieRecorder 3 is over! You can download MovieRecorder 3 from our website, where you will find a FREE DEMO version. Please take a moment to fill out the required
form, to let us know which features are important to you. It will only take a few minutes to fill out and it will greatly help us to build better products. You can watch a
QuickStart video here and read more about it on the
MovieRecorder 3 page.
Softron's M|80 is also now shipping. The M|80 is an 8 ingest hardware & software bundle that connects 8 video inputs via a single Thunderbolt 2 port to a MacPro. It includes 8 x MovieRecorder 3 licenses on one dongle, 1x 8 Input SDI Video card, 1 Thunderbolt 2 Expansion Chassis and 1 Black TB cable - everything for a very affordable price. You can read more info about the M-80 on its
dedicated product page.
So - what's new in MovieRecorder 3 ?
MovieRecorder 3 has some amazing new features such as:
- One application for multi-channel ingest - a beautiful black user interface, with everything available in one window,
- Efficiency - thanks to the fact that it is now a 64-bit application,
- Automatic seamless switching - allows for 24/7 recording. (MovieRecorder 3 will automatically create a new file, frame accurately, based on a duration you establish.)
- Pre-sets to allow users to change their record settings.
- Multiple destinations along with multiple codecs - to allow you to record High Res and Proxy in one folder or to record to two different hard drives. Just select "Destinations." You can have as many destinations as you want for a single source. The only limitation is the processing power of your Mac.
- H.264 and DNxHD support - codecs that were not available in MovieRecorder 2.
- Direct Link - between OnTheAir Video 3 or OnTheAir Node 3 and MovieRecorder 3. Check this video.
In the works !
We have many more things planned for MovieRecorder 3. (Admittedly many of the "must haves" did not make their way into the current release because getting MovieRecorder 3 out the door was too important.) Just so you know what to expect, here is what we plan to release in updates soon:
- Support for more codecs: MovieRecorder 3 currently supports Apple ProRes, DNxHD and H.264. It is a 64-bit application and no longer uses the QuickTime APIs. The QuickTime APIs were used to compress the frames into the various codecs. However, these codecs are no longer available with the AVFoundation framework that is now used. Thus, Softron has to negotiate the rights with third-parties to be permitted to add support for these codecs. Stay tuned to our website because we expect to add more codecs very soon! This will come as a paid option on a per license base.
- Support for MXF and HLS: Currently, when you create a destination, you can only choose a QuickTime destination. MXF and HLS are greyed out. This is something that we know is important and will remedy soon.
- Remote Control: one of the widely used features is the ability to remote control MovieRecorder. That has not been incorporated yet into MovieRecorder 3 because we have some very innovative features that impact remote control and will share these in a near future as well.
- Other features that will be rolled out very soon: Closed Captioning, Audio Mapping, VTR Control, metadata, automatic delete files after a period of time...
MovieRecorder 3 licenses are also valid for MovieRecorder 2 Pro so if there is a MovieRecorder 2 feature that is crucial right now, you can deactivate MovieRecorder 3 and use that feature in MovieRecorder 2. Of course,if you have a dongle it makes it easy - just close one application and launch the other. Above all, remember to provide us feedback and express your opinion of what is important to you - that is why we recommend using the online form.
RELEASE: OnTheAir Video Express 3.1.10, OnTheAir Video 3.1.10, OnTheAir Node 3.1.10
What’s new in version 3.1.10 for all playout applications?
- General Stability and performance improvements
- Added support for AJA Audio routing feature
- Added an option to “Acquire” AJA cards
- Fixed a gamma issue when using ARGB with the Smart Resize and Graphics option
- Fixed a possible performance issue when the logs were written to a network drive
- Fixed a possible artefact with some codecs (XDCAM, HDV)
- Fixed an issue with some .mp3 files
- Fixed an issue with the deactivations on Mac OS 10.8
What’s new in version 3.1.10 for OnTheAir Node only?
- Fixed an issue with logos being inverted
- Fixed an issue with the installer
- Added compatibility of slave mode with scheduled playout
- Added an AJA audio routing attribute
RELEASE: MovieRecorder 2.5.19
What’s new in MovieRecorder 2.5.19 ?
- General Stability and performance improvements
- Added Timecode Buddy Server source (to support the connection of multiple channels to one Timecode Buddy)
- Fixed an issue with Drop Frame TC in VTR control
- Fixed an issue with XDCAM EX and HDV codec
- Fixed some memory leak issues (warning at the time of writing there are still issues with 10.6.8 and 10.9.2. we currently recommend working with 10.7.5 or 10.8.5)
RELEASE: OnTheAir Video Express 3.1.3, OnTheAir Video 3.1.3
What’s new in version 3.1.3?
- General Stability and performance improvements
- Added support for CEA-708 Closed Captioning (using a QuickTime Closed Captioning track)
- Added support for audio only files
- Added support for automatic logo overlay (logos placed in the same folder as a video file and using the same name will be automatically overlaid)
- No more limitations on YUV mode with Nvidia cards
RELEASE: OnTheAir Node 3.1
This is the first official release of OnTheAir Node 3 with the Smart Playout Engine (SPE). Some have been released before and it is already 3.1 version because the engine that is built in there is the same as the one of OnTheAir Video, and we wanted the build numbers to correspond between the 2 applications. OnTheAir Node has thus the same stability with an engine already in use at hundreds of installations worlwide.
With the Smart Playout Engine built in, OnTheAir Node 3 now has all its bells and whistle, see below the major new features in this version compared to the previous version using the NAVI playout engine.
Note that OnTheAir Node 3 is compatible with the previous versions of OnTheAir Live and OnTheAir Manager.
What’s new in OnTheAir Node 3.1 ?
- More codecs supported (it would be easier to say what we don’t support then list all the codecs we support
- Built-in support for MXF
- Built-in support for DNxHD
- Fixed Logo overlay and HD options now built in the standard license
- Smart Automatic Resize (mix & match multiple file resolutions to the output with a high quality resize)
- Dynamic Graphics Overlay (optional - coming soon)
- Closed Captioning CEA-708 Support (optional)
- Multiple outputs with AJA cards
- Support for Deltacast Cards...
- Support for a “Virtual Output” (No need to have a video device to stream as you can playout to a virtual output, and stream with MovieRecorder 3 thanks to the direct link between the 2)
- Direct Link to MovieRecorder 3 for easy recording/streaming (no need for an additional video card, the frames are sent from one application to the other running on the same Mac). MovieRecorder 3 is not yet available but will be released soon.
- ATEM plugin to control ATEM routers directly from the playout through an ethernet connection
- Master-Slave mode (for easy redundancy)
- New REST API
RELEASE: Multicam Logger 1.1.13
What’s new in version 1.1.13?- Added compatibility with Final Cut Pro 10.1
- Added support for Timecode Buddy
- Fixed an issue with the FCP 7 and Adobe Premiere exports
RELEASE: OnTheAir Node 1.2.36
What’s new in OnTheAir Node 1.2.36 ?
- General Stability and performance improvements
- Fixed an issue when suing the “Contact Support...” feature when no internet connection available
- Fixed an issue when sending a new schedule or resynchronising with long “delays” (difference between scheduled and real start time)
RELEASE: OnTheAir Video Express 3.0.8, OnTheAir Video 3.0.8
What’s new in version 3.0.8?
- General Stability and performance improvements
- Fixed an issue when drag & dropping the last clip of the playlist
- Fixed an issue with some MXF files
- Added audio output in the inspector when previewing clips
- Added Keyboard Shortcut alt+O to add offline file
- Fixed issue with Cue mode and clip end behaviours
- Fixed an issue when scrubbing before 0
- Fixed an audio issue when cuing clips
- The little warning badge is now only shown if the fps are different. Not if the format is different.