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OnTheAir Video Express Changelog

What's new in OnTheAir Video Express 3.6.6

Jul 11, 2018
  • IMPROVED: Scrubbing in the playlist directly or in the popover window now have the same behaviour (will be blocked when next clip is buffered)
  • FIXED: Stream Deck: The skip to previous and next icons are now properly enabled
  • FIXED: Playlist: An issue that could happen when files had the "Grey" tag
  • FIXED: Detlatacst Cards: The reference input preference is now properly saved

New in OnTheAir Video Express 3.6.4 (May 1, 2018)

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

New in OnTheAir Video Express 3.6.2 (Nov 4, 2017)

  • NEW: 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
  • IMPROVED: Added new preferences when controlling the playback with ATEM Production Switchers
  • IMPROVED: When using the "Contact Support" feature, there is not anymore that 7MB limit for logs
  • FIXED: UI issues with macOS 10.13

New in OnTheAir Video Express 3.5.4 (Jun 27, 2017)

  • FIXED: issue with the ATEM control that did not work anymore.
  • FIXED: issue when multiple devices using the same name were connected. (For example multiple UltraStudio 4K, or multiple AJA Io 4K)
  • FIXED: crash when playing wav files
  • FIXED: audio issues in 1080i29.97 when using the SMART engine with AJA devices
  • FIXED: issue when a clip was offline and then became online. You could not drag and drop it.

New in OnTheAir Video Express 3.4 (Feb 22, 2017)

  • 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)

New in OnTheAir Video Express 3.3.13 (Dec 3, 2016)

  • 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

New in OnTheAir Video Express 3.3.12 (Oct 19, 2016)

  • 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

New in OnTheAir Video Express 3.3.9 (Mar 30, 2016)

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

New in OnTheAir Video Express 3.3.8 (Mar 15, 2016)

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

New in OnTheAir Video Express 3.3.2 (Dec 17, 2015)

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

New in OnTheAir Video Express 3.2.9 (Aug 28, 2015)

  • General Stability and performance improvements
  • Added the support for Alias files
  • Added the support to drag and drop folders from finder
  • Fixed an issue with Thumbnails that would not be displayed
  • Fixed a possible crash in Scheduler

New in OnTheAir Video Express 3.2.8 (Jul 24, 2015)

  • 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"

New in OnTheAir Video Express 3.2.6 (Jun 19, 2015)

  • General Stability and performance improvements
  • 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
  • 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
  • You can now open the schedule file when you double-click on the schedule path at the bottom of the schedule window
  • 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
  • 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

New in OnTheAir Video Express 3.2.2 (Mar 25, 2015)

  • General Stability and performance improvements
  • Added support for CC CEA-708 output also on some Blackmagic-Design devices (only on the 4K devices)
  • Added support for AJA drivers 12.x and later
  • Added the automatic detection of Blackmagic-Design devices being connected/disconnected from computer
  • Added a "Reverse Field Order" attribute for each clip
  • Added support for versioning and autosave
  • Added the ability to drag and drop a playlist into another playlist (clips are added, does not create a "nested playlist"). Playlists supported: OnTheAir Video Express 1 & 3, OnTheAir Video 2 & 3 and OnTheAir Live.
  • Added to display the QuickTime metadata in the inspector
  • Improved the Log window performances, logs are not repeated anymore and logs older than 30 days are deleted (not as-run-logs)
  • Improved performances on slow files
  • Used a workaround to fix the issue of logo overlay in YUV on a Mac mini in OS 10.10
  • Fixed possible issues when there was an exception in the AppleScript (OTAV only)
  • Fixed playback issues with some MPEG2 and H.264 files
  • Fixed issues with AAC HE audio files
  • Fixed some clip end behaviour issues when in Cue mode
  • Fixed possible issues with the scheduler (OTAV only)

New in OnTheAir Video Express 3.2.1 (Mar 19, 2015)

  • General Stability and performance improvements.
  • Added support for AJA drivers 12.x and later
  • Added the automatic detection of Blackmagic-Design devices being connected/disconnected from computer
  • Added a "Reverse Field Order" attribute for each clip
  • Added support for versioning and autosave
  • Added the ability to drag and drop a playlist into another playlist (clips are added, does not create a "nested playlist"). Playlists supported: OnTheAir Video Express 1 & 3, OnTheAir Video 2 & 3 and OnTheAir Live.
  • Added the display of QuickTime metadata in the inspector
  • Improved the Log window performances, logs are not repeated anymore and logs older than 30 days are deleted (not as-run-logs)
  • Fixed possible issues when there was an exception in the AppleScript (OTAV only)
  • Fixed possible issues with the scheduler (OTAV only)

New in OnTheAir Video Express 3.1.22 (Jan 5, 2015)

  • General Stability and performance improvements.
  • Fixed issues when re-reading an invalid schedule
  • Fixed a possible issue with invalid values in XML playlists which could cause a crash when saving a playlist

New in OnTheAir Video Express 3.1.21 (Dec 30, 2014)

  • General Stability and performance improvements.
  • Fixed issues when re-reading an invalid schedule
  • Fixed a possible issue with invalid values in XML playlists

New in OnTheAir Video Express 3.1.18 (Nov 26, 2014)

  • General Stability and performance improvements.
  • Added high fps 4K modes (50, 59.94, 60)
  • Fixed some stutter issues with some H.264 files
  • Fixed an issue with Io XT cards output 2 in 720p and SD

New in OnTheAir Video Express 3.1.17 (Oct 24, 2014)

  • General Stability and performance improvements.
  • Added a log when executing AppleScript
  • Added support for more fps in “Virtual Output”
  • Changed some UI to fit better with Yosemite
  • Fixed potential issues for files that have more than one video track
  • Fixed issue with some still image Alpha Channels
  • Fixed issue with XSD Compatibility
  • Fixed a possible crash when trimming clips in Inspector

New in OnTheAir Video Express 3.1.16 (Aug 12, 2014)

  • General Stability and performance improvements
  • Improved Scheduler
  • Fixed issues after scrubbing in cue mode
  • Fixed some issues with Blackmagic-Design Cards (playback halts and restart when CPU usage was too high)
  • Fixed memory leak when using logos

New in OnTheAir Video Express 3.1.12 (Jul 18, 2014)

  • General Stability and performance improvements
  • Fixed an issue with some H.264 files going off sync
  • Fixed an issue with some MPEG2 files not playing at the correct speed
  • Added support for MPEG1 files
  • With T-Tap the HDMI output is automatically
  • We now have a log when the drivers are not in the supported version

New in OnTheAir Video Express 3.1.10 (Jun 5, 2014)

  • General Stability and performance improvements
  • Added support for AJA Audio routing feature
  • Added an option to “Acquire” AJA cards
  • Fixed a gamma issue when using ARGB with the Smart Resize and Graphics option
  • Fixed a possible performance issue when the logs were written to a network drive
  • Fixed a possible artefact with some codecs (XDCAM, HDV)
  • Fixed an issue with some .mp3 files
  • Fixed an issue with the deactivations on Mac OS 10.8

New in OnTheAir Video Express 3.1.8 (May 24, 2014)

  • General Stability and performance improvements
  • Added support for AJA Audio routing feature
  • Added an option to “Acquire” AJA cards
  • Fixed a gamma issue when using ARGB with the Smart Resize and Graphics option
  • Fixed a possible performance issue when the logs were written to a network drive
  • Fixed a possible artefact with some codecs (XDCAM, HDV)

New in OnTheAir Video Express 3.1.2 (Apr 25, 2014)

  • General Stability and performance improvements
  • Added support for CEA-708 Closed Captioning (using a QuickTime Closed Captioning track)
  • Added support for audio only files
  • Added support for automatic logo overlay (logos placed in the same folder as a video file and using the same name will be automatically overlaid)
  • No more limitations on YUV mode with Nvidia cards

New in OnTheAir Video Express 3.0.8 (Feb 8, 2014)

  • General Stability and performance improvements
  • Fixed an issue when drag & dropping the last clip of the playlist
  • Fixed an issue with some MXF files
  • Added audio output in the inspector when previewing clips
  • Added Keyboard Shortcut alt+O to add offline file
  • Fixed issue with Cue mode and clip end behaviours
  • Fixed an issue when scrubbing before 0
  • Fixed an audio issue when cuing clips
  • The little warning badge is now only shown if the fps are different. Not if the format is different.

New in OnTheAir Video Express 3.0.3 (Jan 18, 2014)

  • General Stability and performance improvements
  • Improved behavior when changing devices and output formats
  • Fixed wrong behavior when reaching the end of a clip (did not stop)
  • Fixed an issue with some MXF files
  • Fixed a possible crash when scrubbing video

New in OnTheAir Video Express 3.0.2 (Jan 16, 2014)

  • General Stability and performance improvements
  • Improved behavior when changing devices and output formats
  • Fixed wrong behavior when reaching the end of a clip (did not stop)

New in OnTheAir Video Express 3.0.1 (Jan 7, 2014)

  • General Stability and performance improvements
  • Improved behaviour when changing devices and output formats

New in OnTheAir Video Express 3.0 (Dec 27, 2013)

  • General Stability and performance improvements
  • Log and Schedule windows now show the name of the device
  • Still images are not cached anymore
  • Added support for the bypass of Decklink Quad cards

New in OnTheAir Video Express 3.0 Beta 19 (Dec 14, 2013)

  • General Stability and performance improvements
  • NEW: Added MIDI control (only for OnTheAir Video)
  • Added a “resync” method to fix an issue with some Blackmagic-Design configurations
  • Added some tooltips (on “warning sign in playlist, and on red clips to explain the reason)
  • Fixed an issue with the order of the clips when drag and drop
  • Fixed some memory leaks
  • Fixed an issue with some IMX MXF movies
  • Fixed an issue with a frame rate conversion

New in OnTheAir Video Express 3.0 Beta 17 (Dec 10, 2013)

  • General Stability and performance improvements
  • Added MIDI control (only for OnTheAir Video)
  • Added a “resync” method to fix an issue with some Blackmagic-Design configurations
  • Added some tooltips (on “warning sign in playlist, and on red clips to explain the reason)
  • Fixed an issue with the order of the clips when drag and drop

New in OnTheAir Video Express 3.0 Beta 9 (Nov 9, 2013)

  • General Stability and performance improvements
  • Modified user interface (With now 3 details levels)
  • Fixed issues with the Cue mode
  • Fixed issues with the Scrubbing in playlist and inspector
  • Modified the location of the stil image duration (now in the Timeline section of the inspector)
  • Order of the in and out of Decklink Quad and Duo cards is now consistent. Cf this article.
  • Added a choice of log levels

New in OnTheAir Video Express 1.2.11 (Apr 20, 2013)

  • General Stability and performance improvements
  • Fixed a crash that would happen when audio devices would be added or removed (including Airplay with Network changes)
  • Fixed an issue with the display of clip durations for fractional frame rates
  • Reverted the “clip end behaviour” when not in cue mode to “hold last frame” as it used to be
  • Added a “Contact Support” Menu
  • Fixed an issue where it was not possible to quit the application

New in OnTheAir Video Express 1.2.5 (Feb 12, 2013)

  • General Stability and performance improvements
  • Increased performances in some codecs (ProRes and H.264)
  • Prohibit modification of playlist when in chain mode and paused
  • Fixed issues with External Key
  • Fixed an issue when in cue mode, and doing a force switch, the start time was incorrect
  • Fixed a crashing issue with some audio files
  • When jog shuttle window is hidden, the settings are now ignored
  • Improved contrast for playing and selected clips

New in OnTheAir Video Express 1.2.4 (Oct 26, 2012)

  • General Stability and performance improvements
  • Increased performances in some codecs

New in OnTheAir Video Express 1.2 (Aug 9, 2012)

  • General Stability and performance improvements
  • Application now signed for compatibility with Mountain Lion Gatekeeper and additional security for protection against malware
  • Added support for retina display

New in OnTheAir Video Express 1.1 Beta 27 (Oct 4, 2011)

  • General Stability and performance improvements
  • Added Keyboard shortcuts (check the available shortcuts here)
  • Added a jog/shuttle and Playback speed control for Slow motion
  • Fixed an issue with the GPI output action
  • Fixed issues with DVI-HDMI outputs
  • Fixed issues in the in/out section of Inspector
  • Fixed an issue with playlists in chain and loop mode. It would not loop correctly
  • Fixed an issue where the output was green when stopping on Blackmagic cards
  • When you close an inspector window while a clip is playing, it will now stop the audio
  • Fixed some issues with the defaults modes
  • Fixed issues with the keying modes (ARGB mode was not saved, and External Key was not working for Blackmagic-Design cards)