Release Notes

• Some UI looks in Mojave
• Playback continues for some corrupted files with problematic frames at the end
• MPEG 4 files can now be decompressed again (note that this is not H.264 we are talking about but MPEG-4)
• Inspector does not stay in "front" anymore when application goes in background
• Issues in inspector when playing growing "Classic" QuickTime movies from MovieRecorder
• Possible crashes when using Live inputs with Blackmagic-Design devices in NTSC world
• AJA: Issues with internal key

• Playback continues for some corrupted files with problematic frames at the end
• MPEG 4 files can now be decompressed again (note that this is not H.264 we are talking about but MPEG-4)
• Possible crashes when using Live inputs with Blackmagic-Design devices in NTSC world
• AJA: Issues with internal key
• Some possible issues when accessing OTACG Server with the REST API, or from OnTheAir Node's CG plugin

• Open .csv files and map the fields to create a playlist
• Added support for ATEM Television Studio Pro 4K
• AJA: Issue when using reference input
• NDI: In DEMO mode, when pausing video, it would flash the demo frame
• Duration issue with some mpg files (would show a duration longer than what it actually is
• A/V Desync when playing some mpg files
• Issue in macOS 10.11, playlist could seem empty, but they were not

Release Notes for OnTheAir Video and OnTheAir Video Express 3.7.2

• Added support for AJA Io 4K Plus (this required us to upgrade to the latest SDK)
• Performances with UHD decompression
• Updated a few libraries and SDK used
• Added a preference for the behaviour when space bar is pressed (pause or resume playback)
• A few issues (mainly cosmetic) with Mojave
• The duration of some MXF files (for example the ones created by MovieRecorder 4) is now correct
• Selecting the OnTheAir Video input in preview on the ATEM could stop the playback of a clip
• Possible crash when using 'Contact Support' on a computer not connected to the web

Release Notes for OnTheAir Video 3.7.2 only

• Added "AppleScript" preference pane to "preauthorize" OnTheAir Video to control other applications using AppleScripts
• Added support for CC embedded in MXF XDCAM files
• Added support for CC embedded in MOV H.264 files
• Added "CLIP STOP" logs in as-run-logs to improve accuracy of log analyzer
• Memory leak with Live inputs using direct link
• Error outputting to some Blackmagic-Design devices with files containing CC
• CC was not supported on Deltacast devices

Release Notes for OnTheAir Video and OnTheAir Video Express 3.6.6

• Scrubbing in the playlist directly or in the popover window now have the same behaviour (will be blocked when next clip is buffered)
• Stream Deck: The skip to previous and next icons are now properly enabled
• Playlist: An issue that could happen when files had the "Grey" tag
• Detlatacst Cards: The reference input preference is now properly saved

Release Notes for OnTheAir Video 3.6.6 only

• Added support for CC in MPEG files
• Live Input: An issue when the format of a Live input would change (when auto detect was on)

Release Notes for OnTheAir Video and OnTheAir Video Express 3.6.4

• Added support for Stream Deck
• When modifying the Audio gain, it is also modified when playing the clip in inspector
• Added a preference to enable/disable the premultiplied output (when ARGB Keying is enabled)
• NDI output names now use the application name (was previously using the computer's Bonjour name)
• AJA devices: routing to Composite or component output
• When a document is in "bakcground", the "already played" cells are a bit darker (easier to read)
• The naming of some video devices (when using 2 identical cards in one computer it could have been confusing)
• Issues with some mp3 file when playback format was set to 59.94p

Release Notes for OnTheAir Video 3.6.4 only

• Added support for Closed Captioning CEA-608 with SD files (paid option required)
• Issues with playlist absolute start time when automatic start time was enabled

• Added the ability to play H.265 (HEVC) files with hardware acceleration. Requires macOS 10.13 or later and a Mac using a 6th generation core intel processor or later
• Added new preferences when controlling the playback with ATEM Production Switchers
• When using the "Contact Support" feature, there is not anymore that 7MB limit for logs
• UI issues with macOS 10.13

Warning:Version 3.6.2 now requires:macOS 10.10 or later. Blackmagic-Design drivers 10.9.5 and later

This is a minor release, but with a major change: It now comes with an installer. Because of Gatekeeper, we had to provide an installer.

BE AWARE: The OnTheAir CG will be installed in a folder named "OnTheAir CG", so you will have to delete the previous versions that were in a folder named "OnTheAir CG 3". Make sure you also remove them from the dock so you actually start with the new version.

A few good news: There are some sample projects and HTML pages provided so you can actually get started with the wonders of the REST API. Get a web developer working on this to see all you can do with that. Contact us for more info if needed.

Release notes for OnTheAir Video CG 3.2.4

• When a Live input from a direct link was not quit properly and it then came back on, there was an audio issue
• When multiple devices using the same name were connected, only one was seen. (For example multiple UltraStudio 4K, or multiple AJA Io 4K)
• Crash when playing WAV files
• Audio issues in 1080i29.97 when using the SMART engine with AJA devices

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.

• Support for NDI output
• Important behavior change: 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.
• When a clip is paused, and the 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)
• Some "growing files" could remain opened even after they have been closed.

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

Release Notes for OnTheAir Video and OnTheAir Video Express 3.4

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

Release Notes for OnTheAir Video 3.4 only

• CC is now also working for 720p and 1080p
• Inaccuracy of the "Absolute Start Time"

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

• 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

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

• Icons when an audio gain or reverse field order has been applied
• When clip is in "hold last frame", the line is not orange anymore (so it is not confused with the pause)
• Issue when scrubbing very quickly after the out point in the timeline
• Unable to drag and drop in playlists after a failed drag and drop
• It is now possible to drag and drop "Live Clips" from one playlist to another
• Some possible issues if the playlist was modified externally (by another OnTheAir Video application or a third party)
• Audio issues with some files
• Issue with the "Contact Support" form which did not send the technical logs

• Preferences in ATEM control to set if the next clip should be automatically cued when the source is not selected anymore
• Drag and drop between playlists was sometimes not working anymore
• Decompression of some MXF files
• Playback issue with some "segmented" movies that were not encoded until the end
• IMX field dominance detection in MXF files

• UI issue when no monitor connected to the computer.
• Problems when importing VPLS playlists with missing information in the XML.
• Issue if a clip had no URL set.
• Possible issues with the ATEM plugin.

Release notes for both OnTheAir Video Express and OnTheAir Video 3.3.1

• Modify the audio gain for clips
• Control the playback from an ATEM mixer through an IP protocol (no GPI cabling needed anymore)
• Skip to 5 seconds before the end of the clip shortcut (to just check how clips chain): cmd + alt + left or right arrows
• The "Revert to" older version of the playlist
• Some issues with the SD 16:9 resize modes
• When replacing clip, attributes are now kept

Release notes for OnTheAir Video only

• 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.
• "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.
• Optimizations of the "Smart Resize and Graphics" engine for better performances on smaller computers

• Added support for Alias files.

• Added a large scrub window when double-clicking on the timeline in playlists
• Improved scrubbing with H.264 that don't use the .mov container
• Fixed an issue when scrubbing on classic file being recorded by MovieRecorder
• Fixed an issue with the "Update Start Time"

• Added a preference to color the whole text of the playlist cells using the Finder tag color.
• Added a preference to color the whole text of the playlists in the schedule window using the Finder tag color.
• Added tooltips in the schedule window to indicate what issue there might be.
• Added a duration to Offline clips.
• Added the ability to search in playlists.
• Added a "Time window" to display simultaneously timing information.
• You can now open the schedule file when you double-click on the schedule path at the bottom of the schedule window.
• When you double-click on a timed playlist in the schedule window, its start time is set to the time it will start in the schedule.
• General stability and performance improvements.
• Fixed issues with the scheduler when there were playlists which started with offline clips or which had only offline clips.
• Fixed an issue with clip unique IDs in playlists.
• Fixed the reverse field order option not being considered.