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Release notes 9.6 (current)

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Version 9.6.22 – 2022/12/05

FEATURES

Common

  • Added support for Birddog P4K camera. P110 and P200 have been declared with the same properties, those may not work as expected.
  • Added support for Axis Q6078-E camera
  • Added support for Panasonic HE145
  • nVidia Quadro P620 can now handle 3 simultaneous encodings. We allow this starting from driver version R525 U2 (527.27) (current driver as of this release)
  • Added Windows’ performance counters to watch FPS and signal validity from perfmon and similar monitoring softwares. They can be found under the category "Multicam AV Performances"

Debriefing

  • Added option to choose the audio output device from a new “Settings” window, accessible through the gear icon
  • (If running within Multicam Suite) Added option to mute the live output preview while Debriefing is open

BUGFIXES

Common

  • Fixed the Exit button in Composer not being active when it is first displayed.
  • Removed Blackmagic audio devices from audio preview choices as they can’t be used in this context

Api

  • Fixed 500-Internal Server Error being returned when changing the active presets bank while Radio is running in MAN mode

Assist

  • Assist messages now check that there isn’t already a scene operation in progress (take, clear, update) before acting. If so, the assist message “Take Scene” is ignored.

Radio

  • Fixed auto-titling toggle not de-activating the feature

Studio

  • Added a confirmation when clicking on the “Edit composer file” before starting Composer while a Composition is live. Validating the question will untake the Composition first.

Version 9.6.21 – 2022/11/22

FEATURES

Common

  • Added support for Canon CR-N700

Api

  • Added a camera controller featuring a reset function to reset the pan/tilt head on some cameras

BUGFIXES

Common

    • Fixed some video resolution issues on Magewell. Video could get distorted in some cases

Assist

    • Fixed live speaker/panel row not being rendered with a red background when multi-delete mode is active

Version 9.6.20 – 2022/10/25

FEATURES

Api

  • Added API call to configure recording split duration

Pilot

  • Removed invalidation of preset when detecting a change in position or camera property

BUGFIXES

Common

  • Loss of Panasonic camera notification after a redetection
  • Better display of audio gain in AudioMixer, gain is not clipped anymore.
  • Fixed recording UI settings is not in sync after cancelling edition of recording codec.
  • Fixed case where video signal was declared invalid, although it is. Now, when video becomes invalid, trying to get state in loop until it becomes valid again.
  • Fixed NRE when trying to restart a video source with audio signal.

Titler

  • Fixed crash when trying to move a Titler zone below 0 using move buttons.

Version 9.6.19 – 2022/10/10

BUGFIXES

Common

  • Better connection error detection on Panasonic cameras: this means that a module will now fail to start if one of the two required connections can’t be created instead of failing silently and misbehaving during operations.
  • Better handling of bad video hub data retrieved: it’ll result in incorrect data being ignored but not interrupting a whole initialization or discarding change notifications.
  • Fixed crash when switching from a hybrid camera configuration to a PTZ one

Radio

  • (hotfixed in 9.6.18.1) Fixed non-cleared variables if a variable isn’t provided through Netia, Multicam REST and David Systems DigasVR Connection
  • Fixed Dhd ECP disconnection

Version 9.6.18 – 2022/09/26

FEATURES

Common

  • Updated how we detect that we reached the expected position on Panasonic AW-UE150 when using software presets. This impacts both E-LEARNING/TRACKING and PILOT.
  • When mixer FPS drops are detected, we now restart external audio sources. Outputs will also be restarted a few ticks later.

Radio

  • Refactored how playout variables are handled internally. This is only a reliability change to ensure that every playout follows the same rules. There are no new features yet and won’t impact a client.
  • Refactored Clyde console to internally use a mapping. There are no new features yet and won’t impact a client.

BUGFIXES

Common

  • Fixed adding/removing a media in a live medialist at certain positions with respect to the live item making it impossible to stop a currently playing media.
  • Fixed Polyscope devices not being detected when using the “re-detect” feature every other time.
  • Fixed restarting audio sources not re-applying the proper audio levels.
  • Fixed live audio preview level (in Studio, Radio etc…) being impacted by the Editor’s audio level.
  • Fixed cameras using COM ports defaulting to IP port (for model supporting both communication modes) on each Multicam startup or going into the settings.
  • Fixed the output format in the Audio/Video input settings not being editable when Multicam is running without a multi-room license.

Conf

  • Fixed Tesira BiAmp connection freezing the interface when incorrect settings are applied or the system is simply not running.

Assist

  • Fixed Pause on last frame not considering the media as still live. This fix was in 9.6.17 hotfix 1.
  • [Remote] Fixed a few issues which resulted in scenes not being visible in Assist or being displayed more than once after too many connection refresh and (re-) starting Studio on the Multicam host
  • [Remote] Fixed logger configuration to follow what’s used in Multicam
  • [Remote] Fixed an exception that could happen when refreshing the connection while simulatenously closing Studio.

Studio

  • Editing a speaker/panel row which includes an image will now display only the path after the edition is saved.

Version 9.6.17 – 2022/09/12

FEATURES

Common

  • Added a “pause on last frame” medialist chaining mode (the media stays on the PGM on its last frame)
  • Audio source stability monitoring is done with a greatly reduced error margin
  • Fixed layout of the controllers mapping: instead of extending horizontally infinitely, the mappings will wrap to a new line. A horizontal scrollbar has been added too in case wrapping is not possible.

Assist

  • Added media renaming: this can be triggered by double clicking on the media’s name area

Titler

  • Added auto-refresh of an RSS source based on a file. It now also supports the “ttl” tag (expressed in full minutes, between 1 and 1440 which is a day)

BUGFIXES

Common

  • Fixed video input signal not being tagged as valid if it’s a bit long to initialize
  • Fixed in/out of a media not being correctly cloned when cloning a media
  • Fixed impossibility to use a SPIRIT Remote since 9.6.13
  • Fixed iris position not being updated on Polyscope babycam when modifying the position from the webpage
  • Fixed streaming error when a WMV or SRT stream is declared and active

API

  • Fixed obfuscated reboot action name

Assist

  • Media clones are now inserted right after the cloned media (instead of being added at the end)
  • Fixed a Medialist that could get reset back to the state it was when first launched. This is an extremely rare scenario and was triggered by a hard failure of another sub-component.
  • Fixed scolling issues when drag and dropping: the first container (medialist or panel data) no longer scrolls automatically when dragging something else than item residing in said container
  • Fixed in point of a media not being correctly set if it is farther in the media than the out point when opening the editor (“in process” Assist only)
  • Fixed a possible double click on TAKE when switching from a scene with titler elements using a fade out (rare scenario, requires a very long fade out on a titler element)
  • Fixed ability to click on TAKE/UPDATE ALL/CLEAR when quickly selecting another scene while a TAKE was already in progress (rare scenario, requires a very long fade out on a titler element)

Studio

  • Removed unused “refresh” button in the RSS live pane

Version 9.6.16 – 2022/08/25

FEATURES

Common

  • Added Information-level logging of record switches
  • It is now possible to set up the ISO rec to record the audio embedded in the source without adding the audio to the mix.
  • Enabled audio source configuration even if audio is not used in one of the final mixes.
  • Added configuration of the final audio mix format (sample rate and bitrate). This setting is next to the video output format in each room’ settings page.
  • Added ability to auto-restart the last active module/room combination when Multicam didn’t shutdown manually (meaning that closing the application from the dashboard will not trigger this new setting)

Assist

  • Improved spellchecker to support “as you type” checking instead of full word checking

Radio

  • Force reconnection to a DHD ECP console whenever we receive an empty packet.

API

  • Added a System controller with a Shutdown component. This route can be used to either reboot or shutdown the system.

BUGFIXES

Common

  • Fixed black video in the PGM when the desired source to put in the mixer was inactive. The PGM will be black as long as the source is unavailable, but it’ll correct itself when a valid signal is received
  • Enforce safety of the record stopping process. This fixes internal GPU encoder count going in the negative when a “stop record” api request is repeated too quickly.
  • Fixed non-saved configuration of the PC Input ISO rec

Radio

  • When switching between rooms with different playouts, Radio Program Receiver cache is cleared. This is only valid when we’re almost certain the playouts are different, so it applies to any playout which configuration features some address. This means that only the “David Systems DigaSystem VR Connection” playout supports this feature currently

Version 9.6.15 – 2022/08/16

FEATURES

Common

  • Rework the “Advanced camera settings” window layout so that Panasonic cameras’ controls no longer flows out of screen

Radio

  • Added a milliseconds delay to apply locally to the replica console. This will allow to adjust to an observed frame latency in the video pipeline between the two Multicam.

Version 9.6.14 – 2022/08/02

FEATURES

Common

  • Added an option to remember the virtual joystick state

Assist

  • Added an option to enable spell check in Assist. The language used is managed by Windows’, not by Multicam.
  • It is now possible to edit a live titling entry; the PGM will be refreshed accordingly once the input is validated.

Radio

  • Added a pseudo-console which reacts to the microphones currently live on the PGM on another Multicam. This requires the Assist license to be active on the server which is replicated.

API

  • Medialist API v2 is now tagged as obsolete, a V3 is in the works but not yet released. It won’t be possible for both to exists together, and the V2 will be removed as V3 is released.

BUGFIXES

Common

  • Failure to initialize an IP video source will trigger a retry before failing.

Assist

  • Fixed “select next media on clear” option. It now correctly selects the media after the live one, instead of the media after the selected one

Radio

  • Fixed radio error’ing out when changing the scenes’ set in the settings. (Bug introduced in 9.6.13)

Version 9.6.13 – 2022/07/06

FEATURES

Common

  • SPIRIT Remote’s backlit buttons can be used for “HOLD” type actions (pan at fixed speed, etc..) starting from remote’s firmware 1.0.50

Pilot

  • Entering/leaving the settings will no longer change the state of the live interface and animations (sequences, transitions) will continue to play while in the settings.

BUGFIXES

Common

  • Adding many medias at once is now done the main thread (included in a 9.6.12 hotfix)
  • Deleting many medias at once is now done the main thread (included in a 9.6.12 hotfix)
  • Fixed an extremely rare concurrency issue in the video mixer which could result in a camera not being visible in the output, but being considered live by the software (included in an early 9.6.12 hotfix)
  • Fixed new file browser not using our “most recent used” approach

Assist

  • Fixed medias’ list ordering not being synchronized with Multicam when adding medias without a media being selected (included in a 9.6.12 hotfix)
  • Fixed empty panels’ lines being impossible to created or drag and drop
  • Fixed medias listed in Assist even if they were deleted prior to starting Studio/Radio
  • Fixed crash when simultaneously starting and stopping a media from both the API and Studio at once

API

  • The “play” media routes’ responses didn’t correctly send the correct position when the media is already playing: instead of sending the media’s IN point, it sent the current position.

Radio

  • Fixed an initialization issue when starting Radio in a room using a connection to a playout with a scene set previously active that doesn’t match the last scene set used by this room. This could happen when using various scenes files in Studio or in another Radio room.

Pilot

  • Fixed inverted sequence/transition on a Panasonic UE150 in ceiling mode (included in a 9.6.12 hotfix)

Publisher & recording auto-copy

  • Fixed an error when trying to delete the copied file for an in-progress publish which is cancelled. The target file could stay in an extremely rare case

Version 9.6.12 – 2022/06/20

FEATURES

Common

  • Added support for Panasonic AW-UE100. Includes auto-framing.
  • Upped media removal timeout to 10 seconds

Assist

  • Improved amount of information visible in the “scenes” page (reduced scene’s thumbnails, reduced empty space, scrollbars are bigger)

Radio

  • Axia Pathfinder settings are now performed per-mic: GPO and contact are to be set individually
  • Internal changes to Rami and AudioDetector Remote

Studio/Radio

  • Exiting studio will wait until pending operations are complete. Currently: mass addition and mass removal of medialists items

BUGFIXES

Common

  • Main API no longer shows controller specific to radio playouts (this do not impact the Radio API at all)
  • Fixed incorrect initialization of the input manager when one of the sub-systems failed to initialize correctly. This generated a Studio crash and made it impossible to select cameras in Radio/Conf
  • Fixed wrong input mappings in Pilot if some cameras couldn’t be piloted (example: in a 3 cam room, if the second cam was unavailable, the CAM2 button would set the piloted cam to CAM3 instead of doing nothing, and the CAM3 button would do nothing)

Radio/Conf

  • Fixed wrong camera used for composition’s PGM out if the camera desired by the AI is already live in a composition with a fixed camera only

Radio

  • Fixed reconnection issue with the following consoles/playouts: Axia Pathfinder, Wheatstone SLIO, Shure MXCW
  • Fixed CPU usage when going out and back in settings a few times, with a specific scenes link configuration
  • Links matching the “Any” program kind are now included when trying to find a fallback link
  • Fixed a silent error when using a variable trigger without setting the variable’s name

Version 9.6.11 – 2022/05/23

FEATURES

Assist

  • Copy/paste of Speaker entries. Either by shortcut or by drag and drop between panels. Note, you can paste in other panel if new panel contains columns with same name.
  • New speaker entry is added right after selected element (if any)
  • New medialist entry is added right after selected element (if any)
  • Added an alert and a visual indicator when a medialist contains too many elements.

SPIRIT remote controller

  • Added Iris adjustment using knob.
  • Added visual feedback for button mapped to exposure auto/manual toggle

BUGFIXES

Common

  • Fixed crash that may occur when initializing medialist

Pilot

  • Fixed PILOT not starting when a SPIRIT remote controller was detected

Assist

  • Fixed Assist remote cannot be started since 9.6.10

Radio

  • Cancelling a reframing made with auto-framing correctly reset preset

Version 9.6.10 – 2022/05/06

FEATURES

Common

  • Added support for SPIRIT Remote’s OLED displays on some commands
  • Added support for Contour Shuttle Xpress and ProV2
  • Added an input binding to trigger a “go home” action
  • Added input speed and ramp factors to the advanced camera’s UI
  • Focus jog input now adjust the focus in percent mode by default, and with raw values in the alt mode

API (check the embedded SWAGGER page for details)

  • Added a route to pause RADIO’s program automation: api/v2/radio/automation/running
  • Added a route to force RADIO’s program variables’ values (partially using PUT or in whole using POST): api/v2/radio/automation/variables
  • Added a route to clear RADIO’s program variables’ values (with DELETE verb): api/v2/radio/automation/variables

Titler

  • Added a “rewind on TAKE” option to tickers

Radio/Conf

  • Sped up workspace creation for large number of microphones
  • Added an “Instantaneous activation” mic policy: this one doesn’t implement mic activity build-up nor decay: a mic is either active or not, period.

Conf

  • Added a new Conf director which understands “Request to speak” for console supporting it

Pilot

  • Added support Canon CR-X300

BUGFIXES

Common

  • Fixed input settings’ UI incorrect after unbinding a “ramp” action

Pilot

  • Reverted “Animations are no longer stopped when entering Settings” as it can’t work as expected
  • Fixed Pilot only stopping animations on the first 3 inputs

Version 9.6.9 – 2022/04/25

FEATURES

Common

  • The “Info” dialog now shows each devices’ IP when a room input uses multiple ones.
  • Added support for the new SPIRIT remote.
  • Added support for per-camera speed, ramping and direction
  • Added support for SPIRIT head and sliders/columns ramping
  • Added support for CyanView Cy-RCP. It can be setup from the AUDIO/VIDEO settings.
  • Fixed system init page displaying errors out of screen in some cases.

Pilot

  • Animations are no longer stopped when entering Settings (revert in hotfix, cannot be done so easily)

BUGFIXES

Common

  • Fixed Magewell input sometimes getting forced in 4:3 display mode
  • Fixed possible crash when using the clipboard if the clipboard is locked by another process.

Radio

  • Fixed option to get out of reframe mode not changing the workspace use mode
  • Fixed a rare crash that would happen during simultaneous multiple updates of variables during setup
  • Fixed Digas VR Connection variables being cleared upon each new message

Version 9.6.8 – 2022/04/11

FEATURES

Common

  • Replaced integrated file browser by Windows Explorer.
  • Added support of Canon CR-X300 camera
  • Added MulticamLogPrefix environment variable to customize name of log files.
  • Log computer memory usage at startup of Multicam and when memory consumption alert is detected
  • Log computer uptime when memory consumption alert is detected
  • Log all calls made to Multicam API

Radio

  • Added option to go back to default workspace and exit ReFrame mode when ending edition of a preset

Assist

  • Better switch between two scenes containing a medialist: wait for Titler items fade out before stopping medialist
  • When editing a speaker, set focus to first edition field

BUGFIXES

Common

  • Fixed impossibility to start again initialization after failure because of buttons out of window
  • Fixed a crash on Facebook login dialog

Titler

  • Fixed a crash when speaker/panel contains duplicate field name

Publisher

  • Fixed wrong audio frequency on video export

Assist

  • Fixed non-human readable text instead of Titler group name when configuring importer to an empty group

Version 9.6.7 – 2022/03/29

FEATURES

Common

  • Added H265 codec support for SRT streaming
  • When a memory consumption alert is detected, enumerate the top 8 process using RAM (in the logs only)

Radio

  • Unsecured connections are now allowed for David Systems DIGAS VR Connection

BUGFIXES

Common

  • Fixed impossibility to log off facebook properly
  • Fixed migration issues when updating very old files (Settings and Radio’ settings)
  • Fixed a crash when logging a GPU information when no drivers are installed on a specific motherboard

Titler

  • Only load fonts compatible WPF as an invalid font will make the UI crash

In Situ

  • Fixed “TIMER” button triggering a BlackOut of the output
  • Fixed cropped timer display

Publisher

  • Fixed using the old browser for facebook when an authentication is required during a publishing (not during the workflow creation itself)

Version 9.6.6 – 2022/03/14

FEATURES

Common

  • Optic properties updates are delayed when manipulated from the UI (ie. While you’re moving a focus slider, the cursor won’t be updated by the camera’s real focus position anymore which eliminates an undesirable “ping-pong” effect between UI and camera),
  • Added various system monitoring metrics which can raise yellow and red alerts in the log:
    • CPU load,
    • GPU video decoder load and VRAM usage,
    • Physical RAM pressure and overall RAM usage,
    • Status of LAN connections and availability of internet,
    • Number of plugged monitors,
    • Windows uptime,
    • Available space on each fixed drive,
  • FreeD settings are now only offered for the few devices actually implementing it,

Radio

  • When a TRIGGER reacts to variables, it’ll now only react to values defined in the TRIGGER UI when the matching type is not inverted

BUGFIXES

Common

  • Fixed focus non recalled when restoring a Pilot preset on a Blackmagic URSA
  • The Focus Jog input can now be used in Studio and InSitu

Radio

  • Fixed a crash that could happen when deleting a link with no target set

Pilot

  • Improved sequence on the Panasonic AW-UE150 (both with and without FreeD)
  • Improved sequence’s focus handling on the Panasonic AW-UE150

Version 9.6.5 – 2022/03/01

FEATURES

Common

  • Added auto-framing on Sony BRC-H900
  • Added ability to power off and back on cameras from the “i” button (top right) in Studio, Radio, Conf, InSitu and Pilot modules
  • Communication for input devices is now restricted to their supported communications modes (eg. a Lumens VC-G30 only offers RS-232 while a Spirit Head only offers IP communication)
  • When multiple communications modes are possible, IP is now the pre-selected one instead of RS-232
  • Spirit devices’ speed and accelerations limits may now be dynamically retrieved when a compatible firmware is used

Studio/Radio/Conf

  • Added support for Spirit devices
  • Blackmagic Design Ursa’s optic properties are now stored as part of a preset

Conf

  • Added a microphone activation policy that only targets the latest person talking. When said person stops talking, it’ll activate the previous person talking (if microphone is still active), or a wide preset.
    Warning: This activation policy only really makes sense when microphone activation is based on a manual trigger to enable it. Dynamic voice detection based on levels will result in an atrocious output.

BUGFIXES

Common

  • Correctly implemented Blackmagic Design URSA optic properties
  • Fixed invisible “delete input” button in the settings when adding a “Camera” device to a hybrid input
  • Fixed some VISCA inquiries which were not considered “complete” when they ended up in an error or a timeout
  • Fixed a crash when a Facebook stream dialog is opened and closed without the browser being used

Radio

  • When a connection to a console is lost, we now reconnect almost immediately, and if this fails, we wait increasingly longer. This replaces a flat 10 seconds wait repeated 5 times.
  • Ember+ connection is now properly closed when the server (eg. a Lawo Sapphire) requests connection termination

Conf

  • The URI used to specify a Bosch CCS1000D and Dicentis Wireless is now checked for correctness before trying to use it

Pilot

  • Fixed Pilot keeping too many web browser connections active
  • Fixed a silent error when trying to play a sequence on an input which have had less devices than before (eg. when playing a sequence created using a slider, but where the slider has since been removed)

Version 9.6.4 – 2022/02/14

FEATURES

Common

  • Improved stability of communication with Canon CR-N500 and CR-N300 cameras
  • Improved “keep alive” implementation on Spirit devices

Radio

  • Active DHD variables will now be displayed with a red border in the settings interface

BUGFIXES

Common

  • Fixed error when starting a module with a sleeping Canon CR-N500
  • Fixed an error that could happen when downloading an image from an RSS titling source
  • Improved medialist’s elements’ removal by augmenting the timeout; this should reduce or eliminate the risk of ghost medias remaining due to a failed removal

Version 9.6.3 – 2022/02/02

FEATURES

Common

  • Added support for Canon CR-N300
  • Added key binding to power on/off a camera’s motors
  • Added key binding to power on/off all cameras’ motors
  • Attempt at working around stucked medias

Pilot

  • Added an option to shutdown devices’ motors when exiting Pilot and power them on when started

Radio

  • Implemented a generic REST API as a playout. The API documentation link is shown when you select this playout.

BUGFIXES

Common

  • Fixed initialization concurrency issues of Canon CR-N series which would result in incomplete shutter and gain values

Radio

  • Fixed auto-titling disabling itself when leaving Radio or entering the settings (bug introduced in 9.5.13)
  • Fixed a crash that would happen if trying to delete a link which had not been bound to a scene or scenes’ list

Conf

  • Registry key SystemDefaultTlsVersions is now forced to “1”. This fixes communication with Bosch Dicentis.
  • Updated Bosch Dicentis SDK to 3.40
  • Fixed Bosch Dicentis clean-up that would result in a zombie Multicam process

Pilot

  • Fixed Pilot not starting if an audio preview is declared
  • Fixed concurrency error if a camera’ subdevices raises multiple errors at once
  • Fixed Pilot creating a secondary window each time a user would go in and out of settings

Version 9.6.2 – 2022/01/17

FEATURES

Common

  • Added support for Canon CR-N500

Conf

  • Updated Bosch Dicentis supported version to 3.30. This change may not be retro-compatible.

Radio

  • Added support for David Systems Digas VR Connection
  • When deleting a link, the scene’s name is now displayed again instead of the ID

BUGFIXES

Common

  • Added a check when starting Multicam to detect the bad initialization of recorders/streamers (was part of 9.6.1 hotfix)

Radio

  • Fixed handling of preset recall errors specifically related to Panasonic that was triggering a LOT more log than needed.

Assist

  • Fixed an exception that could happen if clicking at the wrong time at the wrong place in one of the scene’s elements
  • No longer includes hidden elements when checking the OUT animation time when toggling. This avoid wasting time waiting for elements to disappear when they’re already hidden.
  • Fixed a crash that could be triggered when changing the selected element too quickly in a medialist (was part of 9.6.1 hotfix)

Version 9.6.1 – 2022/01/04

FEATURES

Common

  • Added support for an SRT streaming profile.

Titler

  • Images download now checks the mime type to make sure the extension used locally matches the content.

Studio

  • Improved readability of video inputs’ names when using a high number of inputs.

Radio

  • DHD ECP GPIs can now be used as variables to be referenced in the linker.
  • WinMedia: added support for a song’s release date (the field in the received XML must be named “year”.)
  • You can now specify the ANY link type in the linker configuration. This means that the program type will be ignored when evaluating the link.
    This is particularly useful when used with variables to avoid multiple links declarations for which you want the same behavior regardless of the current program’s type.
  • Now displays the video path for elements other than music.

API

  • Program events and variables are now sent as SignalR notifications (event name: “OnAutomationNotification”.)
  • Added REST route to get the current state of all variables: "api/v2/radio/automation/variables".

BUGFIXES

Common

  • Connecting to facebook now uses a modern browser engine. This fixes logging in facebook for either streaming or publishing videos.

Radio

  • Fixed cloning of links where the target is a scenes list.
  • Fixed link’s conditions checkboxes not always being in the expected state

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