RELEASE: OnTheAir Node 3.5 - Now with NDI™
24 Apr 2017
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NDI™ is exciting, right? It's even better on the Mac! Softron is adding to the excitement by implementing NDI™ in all of our playout applications. Now, thanks to NDI™, you can transfer HD and 4K video over a simple ethernet cable. No need for routers or even SDI cables anymore. All this while preserving the ease-of-use and reliability of our products. 

What's new in OnTheAir Node 3.5?

  • NEW: Support for NDI output
  • IMPROVED: <strong>Important behaviour change </strong>when reaching the end of the last clip in an event, instead of looping back to the beginning of the event, OnTheAir Node will stay on "hold last frame" of the clip.
  • IMPROVED: When a clip is paused, and user does a "skip to next", the playback starts again on the next clip (useful for Live events that were set to pause and that ends)
  • FIXED: Some "growing files" could remain opened even after they have been closed.
RELEASE: OnTheAir Video and OnTheAir Video Express 3.5 - Now with NDI™
24 Apr 2017
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NDI™ is exciting, right? It's even better on the Mac! Softron is adding to the excitement by implementing NDI™ in all of our playout applications. Now, thanks to NDI™, you can transfer HD and 4K video over a simple ethernet cable. No need for routers or even SDI cables anymore. All this while preserving the ease-of-use and reliability of our products. 
 
What's new in OnTheAir Video and OnTheAir Video Express 3.5.1 ?
  • NEW: Support for NDI output
  • NEW: Support for control from Tricaster (when selecting the OTAV input in your Tricaster, playback will start automatically in OnTheAir Video)
  • FIXED: Issue when splitting the same clip multiple times in a row
  • FIXED: Issue with the "K" button to enable/disable keying

 

RELEASE: Multicam Logger 1.4.11
14 Apr 2017
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Multicam Logger, Release Notes

What's new in Multicam Logger 1.4.11 ?

  • FIXED: Issues with GPICommander in Sierra
RELEASE: MovieRecorder 3.5.4
11 Apr 2017
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MovieRecorder, Release Notes

What's new in MovieRecorder 3.5.4 ?

  • IMPROVED: Added extra logs to know the version of drivers, if a monitor is connected, etc...
  • FIXED: Issue introduced in 3.5.2 with the impossibility to use a modifier key in recording name field
  • FIXED: Issue with the custom counter tokens

What's new in MovieRecorder 3.5.2 ?

  • NEW: Added a "custom" autosplit duration
  • NEW: Added the ability to set a custom "Reel Name" to the QuickTime timecode track (set in the metadata popover)
  • NEW: Added a preference to set the "Quality" of the previews. This can help to ease up what is required from the Graphics card, specially when using multiple channels
  • IMPROVED: In custom naming, the "sample" can now be displayed on multiple lines
  • IMPROVED: Audio AAC preset now only correctly limit the bitrate to 160 kbps per channel
  • IMPROVED: Check for max bitrate depending on selected H.264 profile level
  • FIXED: When using Deltacast SDI embedded TC, the timecode was set to NDF
  • FIXED: In some rare case encoding could stop if the encoder needed to duplicate frames because the computer did not follow
  • FIXED: In "Classic" destinations, with drop frame timecodes, timecode could be wrong when recording stopped as it was saved as "non drop frame"

 

RELEASE: OnTheAir Video and OnTheAir Video Express 3.4
21 Feb 2017
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OnTheAir Video, OnTheAir Video Express, Release Notes

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

What's new in both applications?

  • NEW: Updated video devices SDK and frameworks (this is the main reason of the version number change)
  • NEW: Added touch bar compatibility
  • NEW: AJA cards now appear/disappear in the list of playback devices when the device is connected/disconnected
  • IMPROVED: The menu "Contact Softron Support..." now gathers the unified logs of macOS Sierra
  • IMPROVED: Read performances on some network drives
  • IMPROVED: Scrubbing on some files
  • IMPROVED: Scrubbing elapsed and remaining times accuracy
  • IMPROVED: Time window size of Timecode information
  • IMPROVED: Internal and External Key opacity are now done on Alpha
  • FIXED: Some DNxHD QuickTime mov files were indicated as not valid
  • FIXED: Playback of some H.264 files  
  • FIXED: Playback of some ProRes files on network drives
  • FIXED: DNxHD 440 RGB files in a YUV output
  • FIXED: HDMI output with AJA Io 4K
  • FIXED: Audio Issues with AJA devices (we can now select minimum 6 channels)

What's new only for OnTheAir Video 3.4?

  • NEW: CC is now also working for 720p and 1080p
  • FIXED: Inaccuracy of the "Absolute Start Time"
RELEASE: MovieRecorder 3.5
15 Feb 2017
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MovieRecorder, M-Family, 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.

 

What's new in MovieRecorder 3.5?

  • NEW: Updated video devices SDK and frameworks
  • NEW: Edit metadata remotely
  • NEW: Counter token in custom naming schemes: place the counter token where you want
  • NEW: Some tokens in custom naming schemes can now be formatted differently (Year, Month, Day, Counter)
  • NEW: Edit end time or duration of scheduled recordings while they are taking place
  • NEW: Display 20 Viewers (4x5)
  • NEW: Added more controls with Contour Shuttle to control VTRs
  • NEW: Added support for metadata of Borneo MAM
  • NEW: Added support for .m4v extension when recording to H.264
  • IMPROVED: When in DEMO mode, remote recorders will now show DEMO at the end of their name (to avoid confusion and issues)
  • IMPROVED: AJA cards now appear/disappear in the list of playback devices when the device is connected/disconnected
  • IMPROVED: When recording to Classic with XDCAM, there are no more issues with long durations (but this is not recommended still)
  • IMPROVED: TC track now use the fps of the video input not of the TC source (improves behaviour for users with Audio LTC source)
  • IMPROVED: The menu "Contact Softron Support..." now gathers the unified logs of macOS Sierra
  • FIXED: Some issues with scheduled recordings
  • FIXED: Issues with scheduled recordings on Daylight Savings time days
  • FIXED: Audio mapping issues when configuring AVpresets
  • FIXED: Timecode accuracy when recording to Segmented destination in XDCAM (2 frames offset)
  • FIXED: 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.
  • FIXED: Issues with JPEG2000 when recording to interlaced formats
  • FIXED: Metadata Sidecar file is now generated also for Scheduled and VTR recordings
RELEASE: OnTheAir Studio 3.6
14 Feb 2017
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OnTheAir Studio, Release Notes

What's new in OnTheAir Studio 3.6 ?

  • NEW: Support for the "Touch Bar"
  • NEW: AppleScript to get the current track information
  • FIXED: drag&drop issue with Presets
  • FIXED: Some positions of the MIDI popover
RELEASE: OnTheAir Node 3.4, OnTheAir Live and OnTheAir Manager 3.1
09 Feb 2017
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OnTheAir Live, OnTheAir Manager, OnTheAir Node, Release Notes

What's new in all 3 applications?

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

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

What's new in OnTheAir Node 3.4?

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

What's new in OnTheAir Live 3.1?

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

What's new in OnTheAir Manager 3.1?

  • NEW: Added EPG plugin for New Zealand
  • FIXED: LED status of backup Node is now the same as the main Node
  • FIXED: Some possible issues when importing playlists and schedules
  • FIXED: Issues when the media received from Node had some "nil" values
RELEASE: OnTheAir Video and OnTheAir Video Express 3.3.13
01 Dec 2016
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OnTheAir Tools, OnTheAir Video, OnTheAir Video Express, Release Notes

What's new in 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

What's new in OnTheAir Tools 1.31 ?

  • FIXED printing of Log Analyzer reports is not blank anymore
RELEASE: Multicam Logger 1.4.10
29 Nov 2016
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Multicam Logger, Release Notes
What's new in Multicam Logger 1.4.10 ?
  • FIXED: Sync issues when logging past midnight
  • FIXED: Setting channels for audio LTC
RELEASE: M|Replay 1.0.4
29 Oct 2016
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M-Replay, Release Notes

What's new in M|Replay 1.0.4?

  • NEW: 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)
  • NEW: REST API to create markers remotely from any browser
  • NEW: Added the ability to select a different Apple ProRes codec for your recording session (used to be only Apple ProRes 422)
  • NEW: Overlay in the Viewers when you are at the beginning or end of a session
  • IMPROVED: You can now display more viewers on smaller screens
RELEASE: OnTheAir CG 3.1.5
25 Oct 2016
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OnTheAir CG, Release Notes

What's new in OnTheAir CG 3.1.5 ?

  • IMPROVED: Some Menu items have been renamedfor better 
  • FIXED: projects being stuck in "loading" in OnTheAir CG Server
  • FIXED: Issues when scrubbing and pausing in OnTheAir CG Server (mainly through the REST API)
  • FIXED: when controlling OnTheAir CG Server via the REST API, some frequent calls or replacing items could create issues
RELEASE: MovieRecorder 3.4.14
24 Oct 2016
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MovieRecorder, Release Notes

What's new in MovieRecorder 3.4.14 ?

  • FIXED: The Activity and Logs window was sometimes collapsed in Sierra
  • FIXED: Better AV sync when signal was disconnected from a Blackmagic Design HDMI source
  • FIXED: Clip names in Serial VTR can not be empty anymore
  • IMPROVED: Encoding performances with DNxHD
RELEASE: OnTheAir Video Express & OnTheAir Video 3.3.12
19 Oct 2016
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OnTheAir Video, OnTheAir Video Express, Release Notes

What's new in OnTheAir Video and OnTheAir Video Express 3.3.12 ?

  • NEW: Added support for more audio channel options with AJA and Deltacast outputs
  • IMPROVED: GPICommander integration (for better compatibility with macOS Sierra)
  • FIXED: Issue with "Finder Label Colors"
  • FIXED: Duration of still images
  • FIXED: Duration of playlists
  • FIXED: Only try to connect to ATEM if the checkbox is enabled
  • FIXED: Playback issues with some files
RELEASE: OnTheAir Node 3.3.10
18 Oct 2016
Filed in:
OnTheAir Node, Release Notes

What's new in OnTheAir Node 3.3.10 ?

  • NEW: Ability to reload a schedule through the REST API using file URL
  • FIXED: A UI issue in Sierra (a window "Do not localize" would show up when starting System Preferences Pane)
  • FIXED: When files were replaced with shorter ones after a schedule was sent, it could incorrectly resume the playback
  • FIXED: Some "good old" .dv files were showing a wrong duration (requires to clear the media database to rescan for the media)
  • FIXED: Issues with the GPICommander plugin more importantly with the pulses
  • IMPROVED: Better reconnections to Blackmagic Videohub when it was not present at OnTheAir Node startup
  • WARNING: This version of OnTheAir Node is not compatible anymore with Mac OS 10.8.5.
RELEASE: GPICommander 2.2.1
18 Oct 2016
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GPICommander, Release Notes

What's new in GPICommander 2.2.1 ?

  • NEW: Added the ability to control GPICommander through a REST API
  • NEW: AppleScripts now can send a second parameter: the serial number of the box which is triggering the action
  • FIXED: Compatibility issues with macOS Sierra and El Capitan
RELEASE: M|Replay 1.0.2
29 Sep 2016
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M-Replay, Release Notes

What's new in M|Replay 1.0.2?

  • WARNING: Some keyboard shortcuts behaviours have been modified, depending on the "focus area".
  • NEW: 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.
  • IMPROVED: Long recording sessions now open quicker
  • IMPROVED: Inputs and Outputs names must now be unique to avoid confusion
  • IMPROVED: Working with full screen mode
  • FIXED: A few keyboard shortcuts
  • FIXED: Issues when leaving Clip names empty
RELEASE: MovieRecorder 3.4.12
27 Sep 2016
Filed in:
MovieRecorder, Release Notes

What's new in MovieRecorder 3.4.12?

  • FIXED: Some TC discrepancy when using Mac Clock
  • FIXED: Some UI issues in the VTR controls
  • FIXED: Issues when capturing in 4K through HDMI with AJA Io 4K
  • FIXED: Warnings on duplicated schedule events
  • FIXED: UI issue in the Activity and Logs window in macOS Sierra
M|Replay is now available
08 Sep 2016
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M-Replay, New Applications, Release Notes

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.

RELEASE: OnTheAir Node 3.3.8
29 Aug 2016
Filed in:
OnTheAir Node, Release Notes

What's new in OnTheAir Node 3.3.8 ?

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