Release Notes

Warnings and Important modifications

• As OnTheAir Node is now a "regular" application, and is not started from a system preference pane anymore. To start it use the aliases that are installed in "/Applications/OnTheAir Node/"
• Because what we used previously has been deprecated for security measures by Apple, there is no "auto-start" option anymore. To automatically start the Node with your computer, you should add it to the login items. Currently there is no automatic restart of OnTheAir Node in case of an issue.
• The playback preferences are different than the one of OnTheAir Node 3. So if you switch from one to the other, make sure to change them in both versions.

Release Notes for OnTheAir Node

• Full Compatibility with macOS Big Sur (11.0) or later
• Universal application for better performances on Apple Silicon computers
• Full compatibility of NDI with Apple Silicon computers
• 4K decoding performances improvement
• OnTheAir Node is now a "regular" application. There is no more System Preference Pane. Start it from the Applications folder.
• Secondary Audio Output: Additionally to the video output on the selected video device, you can now also output to another available audio output on your Mac. Works with CoreAudio, so supports the audio devices that are available for macOS (including Dante or MADI).
• Support for OP47 Subtiltling. (Requires the CC option). It is supported either in an MXF file with OP47, or using SRT or .STL sidecar files
• Support for .SRT sidecars files with Closed Captioning. (Requires the CC option)
• Support for SCTE triggers. (Requires the CC option - only when embedded in MXF file, no "manual" trigger)
• Added the ability to perform basic playback controls from the Node user interface, when Node is running a schedule (Pause/resume/stop/resync schedule)

Release notes for OnTheAir Live and OnTheAir Manager

We don't provide a "Intel" version anymore as we now support most codecs that were supported previously. Only the DV codecs will not be ported as the third-party library used will not be ported to Silicon.

• Full Compatibility with macOS Big Sur (11.0) or later
• Universal application for better performances on Apple Silicon computers
• View timecode of file, and added the ability to go to specific timecode by entering a value in the "current position" field

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

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 deserved a major version number change. By using version 3, we also bring it in line with OnTheAir Node, which is also at version 3.

• 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.

• 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

• General stability and performance improvements
• Fixed a possible hang when the currently playing file was deleted

• Added the possibility to put a Node in slave mode (only with OnTheAir Node 3)
• General stability and performance improvements
• When connections to OnTheAir Node are lost and get back, reconnections are now better

• General stability and performance improvements
• Fixed an issue with the Keychain to store passwords
• Fixed an issue which would prevent OnTheAir Live from saving playlists
• Modified the Contact Support menu to better check email addresses and support more special characters

• General stability and performance improvements
• Added the “Help > Contact Support” menu to easily gather all the logs required for support

• Retina Display Ready
• The Inspector and Media Browser now show the TC of the clip (instead of starting from 00:00:00:00)
• The Remaining time now shows the remaining time until the next stop in playlist (if playlist is in chain mode, but one clip has the “stop at end” attribute, it will show the remaining time until that clip)
• General stability and performance improvements
• Changed the warnings when authenticating
• Changed the warning when sending a playlist to a Node running a schedule
• Changed the warnings when trying to play on a Node without being authenticated -> automatic authentication
• Fixed some issues with playlists created with “New From Node”
• Fixed some issues with clips showing as offline OR Thumbnails not present
• Fixed some issues when the Node was disconnecting
• Fixed some issues in the database

IMPORTANT NOTE: The database of OnTheAir Live will be updated automatically, and you won’t be able to revert to an older version of OnTheAir Live without trashing your “OnTheAir Live Local DataSource” folder.

• Added the Export and Import Database feature for migration between versions and backup
• Added a preference to show/hide thumbnails
• Added the possibility to open OnTheAir Video and OnTheAir Video Express playlists (no import needed)
• Added the GPI Commander control feature to trigger the play/stop/pause on multiple playlists (Gang Playout)
• Added a big countdown window (can have multiple)
• Added an Absolute start time option for playlists (if you want to use the playlist in OnTheAir Manager and have an info of when the playlist will start)
• General stability and performance improvements
• Optimize copy/paste
• Fixed an issue with Attributes not being saved properly
• Fixed an issue when Attributes are modified on Node
• Fixed several issues in the in/out section of the inspector
• Fixed an issue with Attributes window in Mac OS Lion
• Removed some logs