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CinePlay Changelog

What's new in CinePlay 1.7.3

Nov 1, 2023
  • Fixed an issue where vertically flipping a video would horizontally flop it too
  • Performance improvements
  • General bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

New in CinePlay 1.7.2 (Mar 24, 2022)

  • Click the media file's duration to toggle between duration and time remaining
  • Improved performance of hoverscrub thumbnails
  • Fixed an issue where the playhead could jump elsewhere after deleting a marker
  • Fixed an issue where the file extension could appear incorrectly in the export dialog
  • Fixed an issue where it may not be possible to step to the next frame in some instances
  • Minor bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

New in CinePlay 1.7.1 (Nov 19, 2021)

  • Fixed an issue that could cause annotations embedded in exported frames to be misaligned

New in CinePlay 1.7 (Mar 12, 2021)

  • M1 Mac and macOS 11 Big Sur compatibility
  • UI refresh with better support for Retina Macs
  • Hoverscrub thumbnails are now cached, which should improve performance when scrubbing with very large files or slow drives
  • Various small tweaks and polish, particularly to Kollaborate integration

New in CinePlay 1.6.5 (Aug 11, 2020)

  • Improved scrubbing performance
  • Fixed several issues with Kollaborate Synced Sessions not working correctly
  • Minor bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

New in CinePlay 1.6.4 (Mar 1, 2020)

  • Improved compatibility with macOS 10.15 Catalina
  • CinePlay no longer treats the "Elapsed Time" display as if it was just timecode with a different start point. This fixes an issue where CinePlay may have produced different time output compared to QuickTime Player X. This doesn't change the default display type, which is Timecode.
  • Fixed an issue with being unable to step frame-by-frame through extremely long movies
  • Fixed an issue where aspect ratio blanking could have incorrect dimensions on macOS 10.15
  • General bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

New in CinePlay 1.6.3 (Mar 1, 2020)

  • macOS 10.15 Catalina compatibility
  • Dark Mode support
  • Minor bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

New in CinePlay 1.6.2 (Oct 2, 2019)

  • Fixed an incompatibility with changes made to realtime / synced sessions on the Kollaborate cloud site

New in CinePlay 1.6.1 (Sep 4, 2019)

  • IMPORTANT: This version is required to register the software and older versions will no longer register with our website. This doesn't affect you if you've already registered it to your computer and only applies to new registrations.
  • Improved drop-frame timecode compatibility
  • Improved memory usage
  • Fixed several timecode issues that could occur when exporting files
  • Fixed an issue where exported files could have no file extension if you deleted it from the filename
  • Minor bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

New in CinePlay 1.6 (Jul 23, 2019)

  • Playheads can be ganged either from the start of the file (this is the previous behavior) or from an arbitrary point within each file
  • Override timecode start position for a movie by going to Edit > Modify Timecode Start
  • Various tweaks to rewinding / fast forward behavior
  • Fixed an issue where the timecode of exported movies could have an incorrect start point
  • Fixed an issue where the app may not jump to markers correctly
  • Fixed an issue where the movie view may sometimes steal key presses away from textboxes
  • Various minor bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

New in CinePlay 1.5.7 (May 7, 2019)

  • Which file types will automatically open in CinePlay can now be set in the installer and also preferences
  • Fixed an issue where a black line may show to the left of certain videos
  • General bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

New in CinePlay 1.5.6 (Mar 10, 2019)

  • Exported H.264s now have "fast start" enabled to help them play back faster over a network
  • The frame rate of a file's timecode track now overrides its source frame rate
  • Added an Open Cloud File option to the File menu
  • Kollaborate users can no longer download files if they don't have download permissions on the project
  • Improved the reliability of movie export/conversion
  • Fixed an issue where users couldn't unregister if they had already reset their license via our site
  • Various minor bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

New in CinePlay 1.5.5 (Dec 5, 2018)

  • Ganged Playheads - General overhaul with improved accuracy
  • Ganged Playheads - Windows now say "(Ganged)" to make it more obvious when Ganged Playheads is active
  • Ganged Playheads - Windows automatically tile to fit on the screen when entering gang mode
  • Added a menu option to manually tile windows to fit the screen
  • You can now open multiple files at once from the Open dialog
  • Several UI tweaks including new colors for audio waveforms and the in/out range now appears in blue on the timeline
  • Various minor bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

New in CinePlay 1.5.4 (Oct 11, 2018)

  • Improved support for H.265 / HEVC
  • Fixed an issue where timecode could sometimes be 1 frame off
  • Playback stability improvements
  • Minor bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

New in CinePlay 1.5.3 (Jul 31, 2018)

  • Added Shift+number shortcut keys for marker colors
  • You can now seek through the movie by scrolling with the trackpad/scroll wheel
  • Exporting clips with in and out points set now includes the in/out timecodes in the filename
  • Exported still frames now show the frame position in the timecode format you selected in the View menu (timecode, elapsed time or frames)
  • CinePlay now remembers the previous marker color chosen and defaults to it when creating new markers
  • The Markers window now scrolls and selects the new marker when you add one from the player
  • CinePlay now remembers the last-chosen still image format
  • Improved the visibility of black markers in the timeline
  • Fixed an issue where the marker edit popup may still appear even if you hold down Shift to suppress it
  • Fixed an issue that could cause TIFFs to be exported incorrectly
  • Fixed an issue where annotations would refuse to save
  • Minor bug fixes, tweaks and improvements

New in CinePlay 1.5.2 (May 29, 2018)

  • Added an option to auto-pause when adding a marker
  • Improved the readability of plain-text comment output
  • Fixed an issue where image sequences could import as a single frame
  • Fixed an issue where editing a marker in the Markers pane could show black text against a black background
  • Fixed an issue where the file extension in the Trim dialog was automatically selected when it shouldn't have been
  • Minor bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

New in CinePlay 1.5.1 (Apr 7, 2018)

  • CinePlay now displays more detailed information in the Metadata tab of the Info window
  • Selecting a marker by clicking on it or using the arrow keys now also selects it in the Markers window
  • Non-standard audio sample rates (e.g. 48.048kHz) now display correctly
  • Fixed an issue where jumping to a specific timecode position could be inaccurate with very long QuickTime movies
  • Fixed an issue where the marker edit window may not appear correctly for chapters
  • Added a Clear Cache for Current File option to the Help > Troubleshooting menu
  • Replaced Growl with native Notification Center alerts
  • Various small fixes and tweaks

New in CinePlay 1.5 (Feb 9, 2018)

  • IMPORTANT: CinePlay now requires macOS 10.10 or higher
  • We've overhauled CinePlay to be more accurate and reliable when seeking and navigating
  • Support for importing and exporting DaVinci Resolve marker EDLs
  • Movies without timecode tracks but with Adobe timecode metadata will now have the timecode correctly recognized in CinePlay
  • Fixed an issue that could prevent markers being edited
  • Fixed several memory leaks
  • Many other fixes and tweaks

New in CinePlay 1.4.4 (Jan 12, 2017)

  • Flip / rotation is now taken into account when exporting movies
  • Hover thumbnails now take into account the default rotation of the movie
  • Flip / rotation settings are now stored on a per-movie basis
  • Fixed an issue where movies could resize incorrectly when viewing a playlist in full screen
  • The name of the current file is now shown when playing a playlist in full screen
  • If you choose Fit to Screen (Cmd+3) during playback of a playlist, all files in the playlist will fit to the screen regardless of their intrinsic size
  • Fixed a crash that could occur when closing a file
  • Various other bug fixes, tweaks and improvements

New in CinePlay 1.4.3 (Oct 18, 2016)

  • Ability to set a default marker color
  • Press Shift+M to add a marker without showing the marker edit dialog (local files only)
  • Added 14:9 and 1:2 masks
  • Stability improvements
  • Various minor fixes, tweaks and improvements

New in CinePlay 1.4.2 (Aug 3, 2016)

  • Added a thumbnail preview when hovering over the timeline (local files only)
  • When deleting a marker from the Markers window, the next marker along is now selected automatically
  • Fixed an issue where video could not be flipped
  • Fixed an issue where the app could display an Open dialog even when a movie loaded at startup
  • More accurate frame stepping
  • Improved timecode accuracy
  • Various other fixes and tweaks

New in CinePlay 1.4.1 (May 30, 2016)

  • Fixed an issue that could make it impossible to register or unregister the app.

New in CinePlay 1.4 (May 23, 2016)

  • OS X 10.11 El Capitan Split View support
  • CinePlay now uses the new Kollaborate authentication API. It will import your previous logins so no user action is required.
  • Added 2:1 and 2.39:1 aspect ratio masks
  • New option: remember a movie's last size when reopening
  • In and out points are now remembered when reopening a file
  • Markers now reorder themselves chronologically in the Markers window when you change their timecode
  • Fixed several issues where modifying a marker in the player would not immediately update the Markers window and vice versa
  • Additional minor bug fixes, tweaks and improvements

New in CinePlay 1.3.1 (Dec 16, 2015)

  • Support for exporting additional ProRes variants
  • Fixed an issue that could cause subwindows to hide in certain circumstances
  • Audio no longer scrubs when jumping directly to a specific point in a video during playback

New in CinePlay 1.3 (Nov 19, 2015)

  • Audio scrubbing (can be switched off in preferences)
  • Waveforms are now displayed for audio files
  • Support for detecting timecode in BWAV files
  • Added an option to set the default timecode format for audio files
  • Added support for exporting markers to DVD Studio Pro chapter lists
  • Improved drop-frame timecode support
  • Overlay windows are now hidden when full screen or switching to another movie
  • Optimized how Kollaborate credentials are shared between our apps (you might be prompted to approve keychain access upon first launch)
  • Full screen playback UI no longer auto-hides if the mouse is hovering over it
  • Fixed an issue that could cause the UI to not appear in full screen
  • Improved playback performance
  • Various other bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

New in CinePlay 1.2.5 (Sep 28, 2015)

  • OS X 10.11 El Capitan compatibility

New in CinePlay 1.2.4 (Sep 18, 2015)

  • Added 2x and 32x forward/reverse speeds
  • Pressing J and L now ramps up and down forward / reverse speeds
  • Better responsiveness when closing a movie
  • Improved playback performance
  • Improved parsing of partial timecodes
  • Extremely small movies can no longer be viewed at half size
  • Stability improvements
  • Various other tweaks and fixes

New in CinePlay 1.2.3 (Aug 11, 2015)

  • FCP and Avid marker lists can now be imported
  • Added a keyboard shortcut to copy the current timecode position to the clipboard
  • Timecode display settings are now respected in the timecode hover and Info window
  • Fixed an issue that could cause the user interface to not appear when moving the mouse in full screen
  • Fixed an issue where the timecode overlay could appear off-screen when choosing the View > Half Size option
  • Fixed an issue where playback would start at the beginning if it reached the end and the user seeked somewhere else and started playing
  • Fixed a hang that could occur when closing a movie
  • CinePlay no longer asks to convert movies that are corrupt
  • Numerous UI tweaks
  • Various other bug fixes and improvements

New in CinePlay 1.2.2 (May 21, 2015)

  • Annotations can be embedded in exported frame images
  • Support for larger Kollaborate thumbnails
  • Your last playback position in Kollaborate is now remembered across apps and browsers
  • Improved compatibility with Marker Import
  • General bug fixes, tweaks and improvements

New in CinePlay 1.2.1 (Apr 22, 2015)

  • Mattes can now be burned into frame exports
  • Ganging no longer persists between app launches
  • Added shortcut key to cache current file
  • The icons for in and out points have been swapped to be more in line with other apps
  • Spellchecking / autocorrect now enabled when editing markers
  • Fixed an issue where markers may not display if they are too close to one another
  • Fixed an issue where the annotation bar stays on screen if the marker is deleted
  • Fixed an issue where you could not delete markers from Markers window
  • Various improvements to Kollaborate cloud functionality
  • General bug fixes, tweaks and improvements

New in CinePlay 1.2 (Feb 25, 2015)

  • Major playback architecture overhaul
  • Support for playing back image sequences
  • Annotations - Draw over the image to illustrate your comment
  • You can now host Kollaborate Synced Sessions in CinePlay
  • Metadata is now shown in the Info dialog
  • Remote files can be downloaded
  • Activity window allows you to queue up encoding or downloading tasks for a file
  • Kollaborate features have been moved to the Cloud menu
  • Kollaborate movies can be cached for fast local playback
  • Kollaborate - Files can be approved or rejected directly within the app
  • Kollaborate - Browser now shows file status
  • Hover over timeline to show timecode
  • Option to make full screen UI show constantly
  • Pause on marker option
  • Fixed an issue that could cause safe areas to appear incorrectly for 4:3 movies
  • Fixed safe areas disappearing when clicking the green button to maximize an already maximized window
  • Many other tweaks and fixes

New in CinePlay 1.1.4 (Nov 20, 2014)

  • Changes:
  • Added 16x fast forward / reverse
  • Shift + Left/Right increments / decrements by 1 second
  • Cmd + Left/Right goes to the previous / next file in a playlist. If no playlist is loaded it goes to the start or end of the movie
  • Improved the display of audio codec names in the Info dialog
  • The timecode start for each timecode track is now shown in the Info dialog
  • Timecode overlay has been enlarged
  • Type numbers over video to automatically show Jump to Timecode dialog
  • Clicking on a frame / movie exported Growl alert takes you to that file in Finder
  • Fixed an issue that could cause a hang when closing a movie
  • Stability improvements
  • Various other tweaks

New in CinePlay 1.1.3 (Sep 17, 2014)

  • OS X 10.9.5 compatibility
  • Stability improvements

New in CinePlay 1.1.2 (Sep 5, 2014)

  • Kollaborate project owners / admins can edit the comments of other users (cloud only; not yet supported for Kollaborate Server)
  • Comments in the Marker window are now multi-line
  • Marker window settings are remembered upon relaunch
  • Fixed an issue where exported frames may not have file extensions
  • Playback view settings are now obeyed when skipping to files in a playlist
  • Many tweaks and changes to the Kollaborate Browser
  • Various other tweaks and fixes

New in CinePlay 1.1.1 (Jul 31, 2014)

  • Markers only enter editing mode when you hover over them
  • Added an option to show the marker when hovering over its icon in the timeline
  • Added an option to show a marker when jumping to it during playback
  • Added Up / Down arrow keyboard shortcuts to switch between markers
  • Added a menu option to delete all markers
  • JKL improvements
  • Fixed an issue where markers may not display in some instances
  • Fixed an issue where it may autoplay even when autoplay is switched off
  • Fixed a crash that could occur when closing a movie in full screen
  • Various other tweaks and fixes

New in CinePlay 1.1 (Jul 22, 2014)

  • Audio file playback support (WAV, MP3, M4A, AIFF)
  • Support for creating and playing back M3U playlists
  • Ganging - sync two or more players together for side-by-side comparison
  • Kollaborate Synced Sessions - Join sessions hosted by other people, allowing them to remotely control your playhead
  • Safe areas are now customizable
  • Previous playback position is remembered (this can be switched off in prefs)
  • Play around frame and play in to out options added
  • Playback loop option
  • Added an option to only play audio from frontmost window
  • Kollaborate file browser now shows dates and file sizes
  • Kollaborate file browser shows which files are unviewed
  • Revisions can be opened in a new window by command-clicking
  • When switching to a different revision, the playhead is set to the same position within the file
  • Press Cmd+Opt+E to export the current frame to the desktop without stopping playback
  • Prevented the screen from dimming during playback
  • Mouse cursor hides in full screen
  • Marker editing dialog is multi-line
  • Overhauled the timecode dialog
  • Added a Trim menu option
  • Fixed an issue where it may be difficult to add a marker in full screen
  • Fixed an issue where it may not be possible to select all text in the marker popup
  • Fixed an issue where export progress may be inaccurate
  • Fixed a crash that could occur when closing a movie
  • Various other bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

New in CinePlay 1.0.1 (May 2, 2014)

  • Movies now autoplay (can be switched off in prefs)
  • Added an overlay to show the current playback speed
  • Added an option to not include audio when exporting video
  • You can now specify shorthand characters (e.g. 02...) and relative frames (e.g. +10) when modifying the current timecode position
  • Improved compatibility with non-standard frame rates
  • Movies larger than the screen are no longer cut off
  • Fixed an issue where controls could get cut off after exiting full screen
  • Users can no longer change colors for Kollaborate comments they are not the author of
  • Fixed an issue where Kollaborate browser thumbnails don't appear until you scroll the window
  • Various UI improvements to the Kollaborate browser
  • General bug fixes, tweaks and improvements