Release Notes

!!! NEW requirements:

• Mac OS 10.10.5 or later (10.9.5 is no longer supported)
• AJA Drivers 12.4.2 or later
• Deltacast Drivers 5.21 or later !!!
• No changes for Decklink (10.3.1 or later).

Check the system requirements page for MovieRecorder.

Release Notes for MovieRecorder 3.5

• Updated video devices SDK and frameworks
• Edit metadata remotely
• Counter token in custom naming schemes: place the counter token where you want
• Some tokens in custom naming schemes can now be formatted differently (Year, Month, Day, Counter)
• Edit end time or duration of scheduled recordings while they are taking place
• Display 20 Viewers (4x5)
• Added more controls with Contour Shuttle to control VTRs
• Added support for metadata of Borneo MAM
• Added support for .m4v extension when recording to H.264
• When in DEMO mode, remote recorders will now show DEMO at the end of their name (to avoid confusion and issues)
• AJA cards now appear/disappear in the list of playback devices when the device is connected/disconnected
• When recording to Classic with XDCAM, there are no more issues with long durations (but this is not recommended still)
• TC track now use the fps of the video input not of the TC source (improves behaviour for users with Audio LTC source)
• The menu "Contact Softron Support..." now gathers the unified logs of macOS Sierra
• Some issues with scheduled recordings
• Issues with scheduled recordings on Daylight Savings time days
• Audio mapping issues when configuring AVpresets
• Timecode accuracy when recording to Segmented destination in XDCAM (2 frames offset)
• When recording in p50 or p59.94 for more than 9 hours there were incompatibility with the QuickTime file format. We have thus now limited the maximum duration to 9 hours.
• Issues with JPEG2000 when recording to interlaced formats
• Metadata Sidecar file is now generated also for Scheduled and VTR recordings

• Support for the "Touch Bar"
• AppleScript to get the current track information
• Drag & drop issue with Presets
• Some positions of the MIDI popover

New driver requirements for Deltacast cards: You should use drivers 5.21 or later. Check the System Requirements.

Release Notes for all 3 applications

• Updated video devices SDK and frameworks (this is the main reason for the version number change)
• The menu "Contact Softron Support..." now gathers the unified logs of macOS Sierra
• Read performances on some network drives
• Scrubbing on some files
• Duration of still images was ignored
• Some DNxHD QuickTime MOV files were indicated as not valid
• Playback of some H.264 files
• Playback of some ProRes files on network drives

Release Notes for OnTheAir Node 3.4

• REST API: Added the ability to reload the schedule using a path
• CC is now also working for 720p and 1080p
• AJA cards now appear/disappear in the list of playback devices when the device is connected/disconnected
• Error reporting when controlling Node via REST API
• Internal and External Key opacity are now done on Alpha
• DNxHD 440 RGB files in a YUV output
• Issues with the NodeCG plugin
• HDMI output with AJA Io 4K
• Issues with the REST API when using playlists
• Audio Issues with AJA devices (we can now only select a minimum of 6 channels)

Release Notes for OnTheAir Live 3.1

• Connection/Disconnections with OnTheAir Node
• Issues when the media received from Node had some "nil" values

Release Notes for OnTheAir Manager 3.1

• Added EPG plugin for New Zealand
• LED status of backup Node is now the same as the main Node
• Some possible issues when importing playlists and schedules
• Issues when the media received from Node had some "nil" values

Release Notes for OnTheAir Video and OnTheAir Video Express 3.3.13

• Fixed a crash when copy/paste into a playlist without selecting a clip
• Fixed a crash when using DNxHD in ARGB 10bit format
• Fixed HDMI output with AJA cards in UFC mode
• Fixed value of out point in inspector

Release Notes for OnTheAir Tools 1.31

• Fixed printing of Log Analyzer reports is not blank anymore

• Sync issues when logging past midnight
• Setting channels for audio LTC

• Send Clips, Markers, and Playlist to Final Cut Pro X XML. Supports the new feature to "update events" in Final Cut Pro X 10.3, so when you add more clips or markers or modify your playlist, it will update the event instead of creating a new one. (Requires Final Cut Pro X version 10.3)
• REST API to create markers remotely from any browser
• Added the ability to select a different Apple ProRes codec for your recording session (used to be only Apple ProRes 422)
• Overlay in the Viewers when you are at the beginning or end of a session
• You can now display more viewers on smaller screens

• Some Menu items have been renamed for better clarity
• Projects being stuck in "loading" in OnTheAir CG Server
• Issues when scrubbing and pausing in OnTheAir CG Server (mainly through the REST API)
• When controlling OnTheAir CG Server via the REST API, some frequent calls or replacing items could create issues

• The Activity and Logs window was sometimes collapsed in Sierra
• Better AV sync when the signal was disconnected from a Blackmagic Design HDMI source
• Clip names in Serial VTR can not be empty anymore
• Encoding performances with DNxHD

• Added support for more audio channel options with AJA and Deltacast outputs
• GPICommander integration (for better compatibility with macOS Sierra)
• Issue with "Finder Label Colors"
• Duration of still images
• Duration of playlists
• Only try to connect to ATEM if the checkbox is enabled
• Playback issues with some files

• Ability to reload a schedule through the REST API using file URL
• A UI issue in Sierra (a window "Do not localize" would show up when starting System Preferences Pane)
• When files were replaced with shorter ones after a schedule was sent, it could incorrectly resume the playback
• Some "good old" .dv files were showing a wrong duration (requires clearing the media database to rescan for the media)
• Issues with the GPICommander plugin, more importantly with the pulses
• Better reconnections to Blackmagic Videohub when it was not present at OnTheAir Node startup
• This version of OnTheAir Node is not compatible anymore with Mac OS 10.8.5.

• Added the ability to control GPICommander through a REST API
• AppleScripts now can send a second parameter: the serial number of the box which is triggering the action
• Compatibility issues with macOS Sierra and El Capitan

WARNING: Some keyboard shortcuts behaviours have been modified, depending on the "focus area".

• Added a keyboard shortcut in playlists to go to 5 seconds before the end of the current or previous clip. This is very useful if you want to check the chain between 2 clips, or the end of a clip. Check the Quick Start Guide for a list of keyboard shortcuts.
• Long recording sessions now open quicker
• Inputs and Outputs names must now be unique to avoid confusion
• Working with full screen mode
• A few keyboard shortcuts
• Issues when leaving Clip names empty

• Some TC discrepancy when using Mac Clock
• Some UI issues in the VTR controls
• Issues when capturing in 4K through HDMI with AJA Io 4K
• Warnings on duplicated schedule events
• UI issue in the Activity and Logs window in macOS Sierra

Softron Media Services has released the first instant video replay solution on the Mac. M|Replay, that’s its name, can record multiple HD channels on one Mac, and instantly replay all channels synchronised to review the important moments. M|Replay is ideal either as a replay server for video production or for example as an adjudication system for referees.

Thanks to its intuitive user interface, the M|Replay application will allow you to instantly replay all the cameras at once to review important moments, and select one camera to view in full screen if needed; while still continuing to record all channels. You can add markers and create clips to be played back immediately or exported at a later time.

M|Replay can be controlled either on screen, with keyboard shortcuts, or with some dedicated hardware controllers, so all the controls are at the touch of a finger.

• Some playback issues of MXF files (could take longer to start reading on some volumes)
• The start of AppleScript in some specific cases

• Support for rich text formatting of text items (portions of the text can use different format). Only for manual text, not for Folder based tickers
• When using left/right keyboard shortcuts in the timeline, it now moves the playhead +- 1 frame instead of moving the item in the preview area
• Playback issues after scrubbing
• Audio issues when the audio output used more than 2 channels

Release Notes for OnTheAir Video Express and OnTheAir Video 3.3.11

• Icons for the audio level and field inversion attributes
• Added support for some AC3 audio tracks (with 1536 as sample size)
• Decompression performances when fps of file is different than fps of output
• Some slow read on long GOP codecs
• Speed for generating thumbnails on long GOP codecs
• Some UI issues in Mavericks

Release Notes for OnTheAir Video 3.3.11 only

• Added a different icon if CC is present in the file, but cannot be outputted (because it is in CEA-608 or format is different than video output)
• Smart engine render performances improved on Mac Pro
• Issues with scheduler that would not start if all the items in the playlists were modified since it was last opened

• View with 49 viewers to be able to control even more remote recorders
• XDCAM recordings would stop recording in some specific scenarios
• Other potential issues with scheduled recordings and rendering of the preview
• When starting MovieRecorder, some Blackmagic-Design devices were showing logs about "no incoming signal", even if there was a signal.

• Added a REST API to be able to control your router using a modern web API
• Communication with OnTheAir Node plugin is now using the REST API, for better reconnections (requires OnTheAir Node 3.3.7 or later, plugin version 1.2.10)
• Added the "Contact Softron Support..." menu
• Issues with "Triton Protocol 64x64" plugin

• When selecting a MovieRecorder TC source, you can now select the source you want to use
• Added some render formats for FCP X export
• AppleScripts can now start and stop logging as well as create new documents
• Issues with GPICommander in ElCapitan
• Issues with MovieRecorder TC sources, reconnections and some frame rates incompatibilities