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CatDV Standard Changelog

What's new in CatDV Standard 12.1.9

Nov 23, 2018
  • Fix an issue with SAML login on the Mac. Fix an issue with exporting metaclips to Avid via AAF. Other minor fixes to audit log panel, saving field definitions to the server, FFmpeg parser, and reading DV AVI files. Fix signing certificate for Windows installers.

New in CatDV Standard 12.1.8 (Sep 27, 2018)

  • Various fixes and improvements to the Advanced Exporter, including ability to override more advanced options, improvements to previewing the command line, and an issue with burnt-in text stopping when the next file starts. Various JavaScript improvements. Fix an issue with handling C300MkII folder structure. Fix an issue with localization. Rename "Remote ID" to "Clip ID", and add new calculated "Geotag" column. Fix an issue with importing preferences files and saving fields to the server. Fix an issue where there might still be delays when "Avoid checking files are online" option is selected. Avoid character in Send To Premiere. Other minor fixes.

New in CatDV Standard 12.1.7 (Jul 16, 2018)

  • Fix spell checker dictionary (which previously omitted plurals, past tenses, etc.). Fix "Avoid checking files are online" option (to speed up opening catalogs if files are on a slow network share). The red/green online status indicators have a new dark green "not checked yet" state, and there is a new Media > Check Online Status command to update the status. Fix path issue with Disk Space Tool on Windows. Sign disk image on Mac. Minor JavaScript fixes and improvements. Fix issue with leading zero timecode not always appearing when it should. Allow title slate when exporting Apple ProRes movie (Mac). Allow HTML formatting and URLs in calculated fields. Fixes to the native player, including speeding up opening certain files. Fix NullPointer errors when connecting to legacy server. Add .IIQ as known RAW image format. Fix an issue with PNG watermarks on Windows. Fix an issue where files could sometimes be kept open when extracting thumbnails. Fix an issue where hi-res thumbnails were always created from first frame (which is often black) rather than poster frame. Fix an issue saving smart folders to the server.

New in CatDV Standard 12.1.6 (Jul 9, 2018)

  • Improve linking to Avid MediaFiles when importing AVB file. JavaScript improvements. Various fixes to Advanced Exporter (if frame rate isn't known, when using QuickTime intermediate decode, when exporting to VOB, behaviour of the 'Test' button, expanding clip variables, optimise use of intermediate files, etc.). New option to export a hires still as well as a proxy movie (for use with web client). Fix creating subclip of clip that spans midnight. Fix related to "hidden" checkbox. Fix updating clips using XMLv2. Fixes to sequence player (slow opening of certain files, seeking to end of clip, etc.). Add support for choosing which audio track(s) to play. Fixes to thumbnail extraction and exporting stills. Exporting XMLv2 should include custom catalog and marker fields. Other minor fixes.

New in CatDV Standard 12.1.5 (May 14, 2018)

  • Add support for exporting audio only files and still images, automatically use an intermediate decoder if necessary, and rename Segment Exporter to Advanced Exporter. Various fixes and improvements to the sequence player, including playing audio when scrubbing backwards. Add support for linked picklists (defined in the web admin interface). Ensure only valid XML is generated by removing illegal characters such as nulls from metadata field names and values or writing them as x00. Update spell checker dictionary. Update FFmpeg to 3.4.2. Other fixes related to: Apply Timecode Offset, Find Similar, sending proxy paths to Premiere, saving and loading field definitions to the server, evaluating javascript variable expressions, hardware acceleration if QuickTime is not installed on Windows, importing certain still image files, loading catalogs containing lots of thumbnails from the server, "scale not to exceed" frame size option, Reanalyse Media incorrectly updating import date, using Verbatim Logger on metaclips, building tree being slow, and exporting to AAF.

New in CatDV Standard 12.1.4 (Apr 5, 2018)

  • Fixes to playback of certain files with new sequence player. Add support for views (defined in the web interface) specifying a sort order. Fix date chooser sometimes being replaced with a pick list. New preferences option to fetch all thumbnails by default when performing a server query. Fix related to event marker summary view. Fix related to "combine duplicates" import option. Fix handling of DV AVI files, and of long MOV/MP4 files. Add support for cleaning up duplicate field definitions on the server. Several fixes related to importing complex FCPX XML files. Improvements to editing sequences with multiple tracks (next/previous interesting time takes into account enabled tracks, shift click a track to "solo" it, option to display tool tip text in the timeline). Other minor fixes.

New in CatDV Standard 12.1.3 (Apr 5, 2018)

  • Change default media playback rules to prefer new sequence player over QuickTime. Add new FFmpeg importer so we can read MP3 files etc. without QuickTime. Change the segment-based exporter so it's a new top level exporter rather than an option off the FFmpeg exporter. Add support for exporting Apple ProRes files, including 4444 XQ, to the segment exporter (Mac only). Add support for transcoding with NVIDIA hardware acceleration to the FFmpeg exporter (Windows only). Add a new GPS tool to find clips within the current catalog based on their distance from the selected clip(s). Fix an issue with sequence editor timeline thumbnails. Fix issue where native player might pause briefly every few seconds and where audio could get out of sync. Fix links to other clips and catalogs in an HTML field. Add support for playing growing movie files. Other fixes and improvements (related to JavaScript, importing MXF files, toggling to full screen, aliased field identifiers, custom catalog fields, metadata extraction rules, etc.)

New in CatDV Standard 12.1.2 (Feb 9, 2018)

  • Better control over whether to play hi-res files on slow storage (with prefer original/prefer proxy/force proxy playback preferences, and a new LTFS Volume setting that displays warning before accessing files from there). Add support for custom marker fields. Add support for saving and loading user defined fields and metadata to server using new metadata API. Allow ${catalog[xxx]}, ${importSource[xxx]} etc. to access custom catalog fields, import source metadata, etc. Update RED SDK. Fix -2010 error when transcoding certain RED footage. Allow JPEG proxies for non-media files. Read metadata from Panasonic RW2 files. Fix segmented exporter FFmpeg issue on Windows, and fix aspect ratio of exported files.

New in CatDV Standard 12.1.0 (Dec 19, 2017)

  • Update version of FFmpeg to 3.4, giving access to H.265. Prefer new ffmpeg sequence player by default but fall back to old QuickTime player if necessary. Various fixes to new segment based exporter, including ability to customise position and colour of title slates. Javascript enhancements. Change Media Folder so it isn't a drop down field.

New in CatDV Standard 12.1 RC 3 (Dec 4, 2017)

  • Enhance the FFmpeg exporter to allow time varying text (markers and subtitles) to be burnt in, and the exported movie to be prefixed with a title slate. The sequence editor now supports editing markers on the sequence, and adding a clip to a sequence now copies markers to the sequence. Improve the 'match frame' command so it finds corresponding frame both from the sequence window to the source window and vice versa. Add support for sending to Premiere Pro CC 2018. Fix RED playback issues with certain files. Read DJI drone camera metadata and GoPro record date. Fix related to the Undo command sometimes not working. Other fixes and improvements.

New in CatDV Standard 12.1 RC 2 (Dec 4, 2017)

  • Update version of RED SDK and support more than 2 audio channels. Improvements to AVB importer, and a new preferences option whether to import extra clips. Fix short duration error when exporting certain clips to AAF, and a new option whether to export original path (as known by Avid) or current path (after path mapping). FCP7 field mappings now allow you to export read only fields.

New in CatDV Standard 12.1 RC 1 (Dec 4, 2017)

  • Fixes to AAF export. Fix related to AVB importer. Fix exporting sequences to FCPX. Change Rebuild Thumbnail command so it sets new poster if midpoint option is set. Changes to JavaScript support. Media metadata field editor shows which fields are editable. Fix Attach Media command when it's applied to a single clip. Fix related to Update Media Location. Fix related to showing continuous thumbnails in the sequence editor timeline. Improvements to marker dialog to support creating marker of specific category with an external macro key input device. Fix related to drag and drop in list view. New preferences option to zoom thumbnails in the details panel to maximum size. New popup menu command to show the containing database when viewing query results.

New in CatDV Standard 12.0.3 (Apr 19, 2017)

  • Automatically load user fields from workgroup server if using server 7 field definitions.
  • Add option to query dialog to turn off query limit and show all clips, fix smart folders so you can right click and choose 'view all', and by default viewing a catalog via the tree will load all the clips (so you can rearrange the order of clips).
  • Fix to the Windows file chooser.
  • Ability to create range marker that spans entire clip.
  • You can now configure which server fields the 'quick search' field in the toolbar will query.
  • Fixes to the production blog.
  • Fix creating audio thumbnails from certain files.
  • Fix related to querying on media metadata fields.
  • Remember which nodes are expanded when hiding tree, and also when rebuilding tree.
  • Read audio and video role from FCPXML files.
  • Add 'Close All Tabs' command and speed up closing of tabs.
  • Fix issue with Attach Media command.
  • Fix issue with Send To Premiere.
  • Importing QT movie with chapter marks sets the marker category.
  • Fix issues with burning in markers as subtitles with QT exporter.
  • Fix HTML printing issues.
  • Title bar shows logged in user name.
  • Better handling of illegal characters in file name when building proxy movie.
  • Fix scene detection on metaclips.
  • JavaScript improvements.
  • Calculate MD5 checksum on all files in a metaclip.
  • Many other fixes and improvements.

New in CatDV Standard 12.0.2 (Dec 22, 2016)

  • Fix verbatim logger if marker name is longer than 255 characters.
  • Fix related to editing event markers.
  • Fix merging metaclips.
  • Stop tool tips getting in the way so much.
  • Improved import of MPEG transport streams.
  • Fix related to server admin panel disappearing.
  • Custom action import directory step can do either quick import or full media analysis.
  • Fix issue with not being able to enter standard edition license code.
  • Improved support for transcoding Avid metaclips.
  • Fixes to new sequence player.
  • Fix a playback issue on certain Windows graphics cards.
  • Other playback and transcoding fixes.
  • Create an FCPX keyword collection when you export to fcpxml if you add markers of category "Keyword"; you can also create a marker category called "Rating" and give it values like "favorite" or "reject" (or "no" or "false" or "0" as synonyms) to map to an FCPX rating.
  • Add support for FCPX chapter markers.
  • Allow XMLv2 as a sidecar file.
  • Add an advanced UI preferences option to reenable the 'i' details button in grid views (also activated by using Ctrl/Alt key).
  • Create better quality thumbnails from PNG files.
  • Change 'Import Preferences' command so you can add or merge user fields and picklists to the list on the server.
  • Improved smoothing and interpolation when handling noisy images.
  • Export As Still has new option to export current playhead frame.
  • Improved error recovery with FFmpeg exporter.
  • Other fixes and improvements.

New in CatDV Standard 12.0.1 (Nov 13, 2016)

  • Fix an issue with drag and drop on Windows.
  • Copy Media Files gives you option whether to preserve relative folder structure or not, the same way Move Media Files does.
  • Other minor fixes.

New in CatDV Standard 12.0.0 (Nov 10, 2016)

  • Official release of CatDV 12.0.
  • The "MPEG Profile" field reports H264 profile level.
  • Improved support for two monitors, including new media playback option for Cmd/Ctrl-P to play full screen on second monitor.
  • The FFmpeg exporter has an option to automatically create .jpg proxies instead of a movie if applied to a still image.
  • Add support for Send To Premier CC 2017.
  • Other minor fixes.

New in CatDV Standard 11.1.7 (Sep 7, 2016)

  • Fix an issue with the tree sometimes collapsing.
  • Fix FFMpeg transcoding with burnt in timecode with non-standard timecode formats.
  • Fix an issue with FCPXML export.
  • Fix playback of certain .mts files.
  • Read iXML metadata from Broadcast WAV files.
  • Other fixes including improved error reporting.
  • Allow Premiere CC 2015.3 to be selected in preferences for the Send To Premiere command.
  • Fix playback of certain mts and mp4 files.
  • Fix FFmpeg export of files with no audio tracks.
  • Other minor fixes.

New in CatDV Standard 11.1.6 (Jun 16, 2016)

  • Make use of QuickTime optional (automatically detect if QuickTime is installed and fall back to using FFmpeg if it isn't available, remove installer dependency check for QuickTime, new Media Playback option to manually turn QuickTime off if required). Fix a "bad player 'I'" error when viewing stills with the force proxy option set. FFmpeg native player fixes, including new ability to play audio (single channel only) when playing P2 and Avid metaclips. Fix an issue reading XMP metadata. Other fixes.

New in CatDV Standard 11.1.5 (May 18, 2016)

  • Fix an issue with timecode of certain spanned metaclips.
  • Improved analysis of audio format for AVCHD and MP4 files, including new "audio bit rate" metadata field, and other improvements when analysing MPEG files.
  • New option to verify all file copies by reading back the file afterwards.
  • FFmpeg exporter has new option to preserve all the audio tracks.
  • Read WAV file cue points as timecode markers.
  • Server admin panel now lists field set in use by each group.
  • Improvements related to reanalysing metaclips.
  • Improvements when scrubbing using FFmpeg player.
  • Allow drag and drop of multiple catalogs and folders to reorganise catalogs in server tree.
  • Improve the display of Final Cut Pro X libraries.
  • Fix an issue with the Undo command.
  • Fix intermittent issue where tree scrollbar keeps jumping back.
  • Fixes to verbatim logger.
  • Allow filtering on derived fields like video frame and audio bit rate.
  • Other fixes and improvements.

New in CatDV Standard 11.1.4 (Mar 7, 2016)

  • Add support for controlling which audio track is played when using the FFmpeg player.
  • Improved playback performance.
  • New options in Advanced Media Handling to turn off audio (for use on servers with no audio hardware) and control GPU acceleration on Windows.
  • When opening media player dialog it remembers which player you had selected.
  • Fix an issue with automatic scene detection.
  • Fix an issue when sending spanned XDCAM clips to Premiere.
  • Improved handling of user-defined date fields in list views and when using the Bulk Edit command.
  • Update version of FFmpeg to 2.8.3.
  • Fix related to updating thumbnails using XML v2 files.
  • Field chooser stays open while you add fields to a view definition.
  • Pegasus custom actions have option whether to update the media path or not when copying files.
  • Fix full screen player on Windows.
  • Make the clip details panel adaptive to width and automatically show one or two columns as appropriate.

New in CatDV Standard 11.1.3 (Jan 19, 2016)

  • Better QuickTime movie metadata extraction (detect reference movies and list the first file they refer to in a new References field, new MediaHandler and DataHandler fields, fix an issue reading timecode from certain movies).
  • Better MPEG4/H.264 metadata extraction (new X264Encoder field, report the MPEG Profile level).
  • Fix reading aspect ratio from certain movies.
  • Fix reading duration of certain AVCHD files.
  • Reintroduce 'Add Timecode Track' command in 64-bit version.
  • Rename UserTags to FinderTags.
  • When you step through thumbnails on the Thumbnails tab this sets the movie playhead. Shortcut keys '0' to '5' to set star rating now work even if details panel is not showing.
  • Fix a "plain text" error when viewing certain TIFF files.
  • Fix "The item is not on an edit frame boundary" when exporting clips to Final Cut Pro X.
  • Fixes to the Export As Stills custom action.
  • Add new Media End field.
  • Update the FFmpeg exporter so it supports transcoding sequences and metaclips.
  • Add option to force the bounds to be even.
  • Fix creating subclips of a spanned metaclip.
  • Other fixes and improvements.

New in CatDV Standard 11.1.2 (Dec 17, 2015)

  • Update FCPX XML support to latest version. Include Final Cut X libraries in the Actions tree and allow clips to be dragged to a particular library. Read OS X Finder tags. Improved DPX and EXR support and update the default media player rules. By default interpret content of Final Cut and CatDV xml files when they are imported. New option to create generic clip representing the xml batch file itself. Fix issues with rendering and playing mixed format sequences. Support building proxies from RED and other unsupported files via intermediate image sequence. Fixes related to sequence editing. Fix an issue with large TIFF files. Fix an issue with duplicating custom actions. Improved support for Canon XF metaclips. Fix an issue when updating clips via XML2. Fix an error with the user admin role editor. Autosaving no longer causes the application to freeze during a save. Fix an issue when using the license server if all the clients start at the same time. Reduce delays when loading the file system tree. Improvements to refreshing of server tree. Update RED library version. Tidy up proxy presets. Other minor fixes.

New in CatDV Standard 11.1.1 (Nov 12, 2015)

  • Fix issue affecting path mapping between Mac and Windows platforms. Fix burnt in text when transcoding via intermediate image sequence and escaping of invalid characters. Fix $t, $w and $r variables in Pegasus custom actions. Fix issue with native player with certain interlaced files. Fix related to exporting stills. Improve the FCP XML importer so it works with files containing more than one event or project. New keyboard shortcuts for Apply Timecode Offset and Reveal In Finder commands. Fix an issue with conflicting edits when editing media paths. Fix the refresh command when viewing query results. Make expanding nodes in the tree more responsive. Update the versions of RED and FFmpeg software. Improvements to media player selection rules. Improved EXR playback. Other minor fixes.

New in CatDV Standard 11.1.0 (Oct 15, 2015)

  • Official release.
  • Support for transcoding (and playing) sequences containing formats that QuickTime doesn't support.
  • Improve speeding of building server tree if there are a very large number of catalogs.
  • Fix native player and thumbnail extraction issues (especially with large files on Windows).
  • Windows installer longer creates a legacy 32-bit desktop shortcut.
  • Fixes related to built-in Archive option.
  • Improved RED and XDCAM/XAVC metadata extraction.
  • Fix related to different behaviour when editing a single clip vs multiple clips.
  • Fix related to orientation of exported stills.

New in CatDV Standard 11.0.7 (Jul 9, 2015)

  • New command in Tools menu to adjust audio channel configuration (for exporting to Final Cut and Premiere).
  • Fixes related to automatic grouping.
  • New preferences option to support exporting FCP XML files to Sony Vegas.
  • New option to browse server by catalog or by media path.
  • Fix an issue where a catalog opened from server might appear as "Query Results".
  • Fix "failed to activate movie" message that could occur when playing audio clips.
  • Fix an issue with creating named filters.
  • Fix an issue where you could keep getting prompted to accept license terms.
  • Add 'Date Imported' to Order By menu.
  • Add 'All (Unfiltered)' option to grouping panel.
  • Support for MPEG2 playback license.
  • Fix burnt in text and watermarks when using FFmpeg exporter on Windows.
  • Fix double clicking a .cdv file to open it on Mac OS.
  • Add support for sending to Premiere CC 2015.
  • Add support for reading XMP metadata from certain other types of file.
  • Add right click context menu to Event Markers table.
  • New Advanced UI option whether to place cursor at start or end of text fields.
  • Other fixes and improvements.

New in CatDV Standard 11.0.6 (Jul 9, 2015)

  • Fix http proxy playback.
  • Fix sending clips with multiple audio channels to FCPX.
  • Fix 'new' indicator that is shown in tree when a catalog is updated.
  • Fix export newlines in verbatim logger text.
  • Fix related to Paste Thumbnails.
  • Fix editing sequences when the force proxy option is set.
  • Fix related to View Marked Clips/View Selected Clips.
  • Fix issue where movie duration could be out by a factor of two and event markers were discarded.
  • Fix error when creating new details panel views.
  • Fix related to custom actions and setting field values.
  • Fix related to scene detection.
  • Fix an issue where you had to force quit to close the application.
  • Fix related to orientation of exported stills.
  • Fix issue with FFmpeg player.
  • Fix problems creating thumbnails from subclips.
  • New import option to create placeholder clips for empty directories.
  • Quick Folder Import creates metaclips.
  • Fix related to server admin panel.
  • Fix related to exporting clips to Premiere.
  • Fix image quality of NEF and RAW files.
  • New and search terms when querying CatDV Server 7.
  • Other fixes and improvements.

New in CatDV Standard 11.0.5 (Mar 24, 2015)

  • Fix handling of files with multiple audio tracks when exporting to Final Cut.
  • Various fixes related to determining correct aspect ratio of metaclips and sending them to Premiere and Final Cut.
  • Fix sending spanned RED clips to Premiere.
  • Fixes related to sequence editing (mix of frame sizes, sequences containing clips from different catalogs, don't close sequence when publishing to server, etc.).
  • Fix issue where same server catalog could be open in multiple tabs.
  • New field chooser which supports filtering of available fields.
  • Fix issue where verbatim logger changes might not be saved if main window is closed.
  • Fix spurious "the catalog has been modified by null" message.
  • Change Cmd(Ctrl)-P shortcut to start movie playing in details panel and use Cmd-Shift-P for media dialog (with preference option to revert to old behaviour).
  • Add option to show old media panel tabs if required.
  • File chooser has new option under tools button to control sorting.
  • Fix issue where smart folders couldn't be removed from production group settings.
  • Bulk Edit command can use variables and regular expressions.
  • Remove warning about 5000 clips in a catalog (increase it to 20,000 instead).
  • Allow clip lists to be organised into folders.
  • Other minor fixes related to plugin API, archiving, XML v2, editing metaclip contents, workset config not being loaded from group settings, etc.

New in CatDV Standard 11.0.4 (Mar 24, 2015)

  • Improved import of AVCHD files (read timecode, support for other audio types, better camera exposure display).
  • Native player fixes (reduce delay when opening R3D files, fix problems with XDCAM files on Windows, fixes to Media Foundation player, fix errors when transcoding if the movie is already open).
  • Fix display of proxy stills which may be distorted if in portrait orientation.
  • Fix black image that can sometimes appear when first viewing a still image.
  • Support for new CatDV v2 XML file format.
  • New preferences option whether to attempt to open unrecognised file types as a media file.
  • Option to analyse media files when importing FCP7 or FCPX XML files.
  • Preserve Exif metadata when exporting stills.
  • Right click on table column header in a list view to edit the columns.
  • Fix "groupedElements" error when creating subclips.
  • Fix a Java error when running 32-bit version under Windows.
  • Other minor fixes.

New in CatDV Standard 11.0.3 (Dec 22, 2014)

  • Display audio waveforms in the windowed movie player (accessible via toolbar button or Cmd/Ctrl-P, then press 'A' to toggle waveform on and off).
  • New media playback options whether to auto play movies and remember playhead position.
  • Remove old 'good/no good' functionality by default (can be re-enabled in prefs) and use more modern star ratings instead (press '1' to '5' or '0' to set rating on an asset).
  • Improvements to Native QT importer (eg.
  • reading markers from AIFF and MOV files, reading DV timecode, etc.).
  • Tidy up the Import As menu and Import preferences section and automatically use the best importer to read metadata when importing a file.
  • New option to strip the extension when setting the clip name from the filename.
  • Add support for playing back rotated movies.
  • Fixes to Windows Media Foundation player.
  • Update the version of FFmpeg/libavcodec and RED SDK used by the player.
  • Fix audio sync when playing back certain AVCHD files.
  • Fix reading timecode from AVI files.
  • Fixes related to internationalisation.
  • Custom actions allow values to be selected from pick lists.
  • New FrameDuration metadata field for diagnosing dropped frames and variable frame rate movies.
  • Allow Cmd/Ctrl-F to search the contents of a folder from the file system tree.
  • Improved import of fcpxml files.
  • Improved import of spanned RED clips.
  • Include Japanese localisation.
  • Other fixes and improvements.

New in CatDV Standard 11.0.2 (Nov 24, 2014)

  • Re-implement scene detection (via Tools menu and on import) and audio channel selection (accessible by clicking audio icon when using QuickTime movie player) that were only available in the legacy version until now.
  • Scene detection has has a new advanced mode that reduces false detections and implements a minimum scene length.
  • Fix an issue creating thumbnails from certain movie files.
  • Reduced some of the verbose messages in the error log.
  • Windows native player fixes.
  • Fix video playback on Mac Pro's running Yosemite. Don't display fatal error if QuickTime for Java is missing.
  • Include experimental Windows Media Foundation player.
  • Status line now displays file size for offline as well as online files.
  • Fix an issue with frame stepping left not always working.
  • Fix handling of 16-bit TIFF images.
  • Fix orientation when importing rotated JPEG images.
  • Other minor fixes.

New in CatDV Standard 11.0.1 (Nov 10, 2014)

  • Fix native player under Windows.
  • Fixes related to sequence editing, including new menu shortcuts to select source or program window and show which window has keyboard focus.
  • Fix playback of http proxies.
  • Fix list of recent server catalogs when prompted which catalog to import a file to.
  • Other minor fixes including set In point when importing CatDV XML file, fix Import As QuickTime command, remove warning when running with OS X 10.10 Yosemite, remove option to turn off 'Slate' appearance, right clicking on media panel sometimes said it was playing proxy when it wasn't, fix Alt-Space shortcut in Verbatim Logger on Mac, reveal in tree sometimes didn't work, fixes related to Find command, smart labels, and filtering on media size or aspect ratio.
  • Verbatim Logger has a new option to insert a timecode event marker automatically whenever you start typing new text after a few seconds delay since the previous text.

New in CatDV Standard 11.0.0 (Oct 7, 2014)

  • Official public release.
  • Add support for burning in text when exporting stills.
  • Improvements to Pegasus conditional actions.
  • Include AVFoundation player on Mac, and ability to choose which player to use by right clicking on the media panel or the playback indicator ('Q' or 'F').
  • The playback indicator has a striped background to indicate when a proxy (rather than original quality) version is playing.
  • Ability to specify initial workspace when configuring a role.
  • Minor fixes to AAF button, scratch pad tree node, looped playback, disk speed test, and playback of certain mp4 files.
  • Include legacy 32-bit version with regular 64-bit version rather than as separate download.

New in CatDV Standard 11.0 RC 1 (Sep 15, 2014)

  • Fix an issue when closing the last tab.
  • Improvements to the context menu when right clicking on the movie panel (fix the Set Poster command and add ability to choose which player to use).
  • Add area to enter customer number on the Registration page of Preferences for networked and Pegasus users.

New in CatDV Standard 10.1.2 (Aug 18, 2014)

  • Cope with timecodes that span midnight.
  • Improve performance opening large catalogs from server.
  • Add support for Premiere CC 2014.
  • Fix an issue with composed Unicode characters in FCP XML.
  • Fix a ClassCastException that could occur when opening broken catalogs.
  • Fix aspect ratio of thumbnails when importing certain files.
  • Add support for deleting thumbnails from server (requires Server 6.9.2 or later).
  • Allow hyperlinks when using server plugin commands.
  • Display '*' after catalog name to indicate unsaved changes.
  • Include mapped fields when using AAF integration.
  • Specify character set when exporting HTML.

New in CatDV Standard 10.0.7 (Sep 23, 2013)

  • New Export preference option to support Send To Premiere CC.
  • Fix out of memory errors when importing certain .r3d files.
  • Fix issue with Send To Final Cut Pro X command.
  • Exporting Final Cut XML supports Windows file paths better.
  • File save dialog remembers last folder you were in.
  • Fix low resolution playback of certain RAW images.
  • Cache-A support for Unicode filenames and other fixes.
  • Status line total duration of selected clips no longer wraps at 24 hours.
  • Media dialog no longer flashes white when viewing stills.
  • New option whether to display file sizes using "engineering" definition of KB.
  • Allow audio scrubbing with left and right arrows.
  • Performance improvements with large catalogs when pasting and reordering clips.
  • Other fixes.

New in CatDV Standard 10.0.6 (Aug 16, 2013)

  • Change the Move Media Files command so it preserves relative directory structure for P2 and RED metaclips.
  • Change proxy search paths so by default all the intermediate paths aren't checked (if proxies no longer work as expected, either move them into the correct folder or check the new option in Media Search Path preferences to restore the old behaviour).
  • Importing FCPX XML files displays a progress bar.
  • Read JFIF dpi information when importing JPEG files.
  • Change implementation of Mac file copy command if you're not preserving extended attributes.
  • ALE export supports HD video formats, based on first clip being exported.
  • Other fixes related to: keyboard entry of hierarchy fields, Export As Stills command, rotated movies, adding stills to a sequence,importing sidecar files, parsing .mts files, Delete Media Files command, HTML user fields, verbatim logger, sending P2 clips to FCP X, restoring from Cache-A spanned tapes, and proxies on RED clips not working.

New in CatDV Standard 10.0.5 (Jul 12, 2013)

  • Fix protected player under Mac OS X.
  • Changes to Export As Still command so it remembers settings.
  • Fix behaviour of Enter in file chooser.
  • Fix crash in Voice Over command on Mac OS X.
  • Prevent editing of event markers if the field is locked.
  • Fix icon for main window in Pegasus.
  • Support merging of metaclips, including support for spanned EX3 clips.
  • Improvements to the plugin API.
  • Improvements to CatDV XML batch files to support metaclips.
  • Fixes to Cache-A archive option (fails to copy extended attributes, and fails to write index.xml under Windows).
  • Bulk import and export of .cdv files to and from server, including folder hierarchy.
  • Server query now allows 'includes one of' for multi fields.
  • New option whether to search metaclip members when performing a query.
  • "Try to interpret contents of batch and log files" option now defaults to off.
  • Support direct dragging in of FCP7 and CatDV .xml files.
  • Other minor fixes related to ALE support, autopopulate picklists remembering your values, importing mts files, fetching all thumbnails from server, importing certain MXF files, setting modification time of exported files, multiple levels of linked hierarchy fields, log viewer find command, and avoiding duplicate files inside a metaclip.

New in CatDV Standard 10.0.4 (May 20, 2013)

  • Official launch of new Pegasus application.
  • Fix playback of spanned XF clips, and subclips of spanned clips.
  • Creating a subclip of a metaclip propagates logging fields.
  • Make certain archive messages clearer.
  • Improvements to MXF parser, including separate file and media UMID fields.
  • New metadata attributes appear on the details panel immediately.
  • Paste Picklist Values command now accepts tab characters.
  • Source Media field can now be used for grouping.
  • Improved support for reading IPTC XMP metadata.
  • Read Windows XP metadata.
  • Update web links.
  • Fix playback of spanned CF files.
  • Pegasus supports EX clips in AAF.
  • Fix scene detection on existing clips.
  • Fix creation of subclips from metaclips.
  • Allow non-media clips to have a proxy movie.
  • Support for server plugins (requires 6.8 server).
  • Other minor fixes.

New in CatDV Standard 10.0.3 (Apr 18, 2013)

  • Fixes related to image metaclips.
  • Exporting stills to FCP7 uses duration set in Export preferences.
  • Look for XML sidecar files when importing other types of file, not just media files.
  • Fix related to setting metadata on metaclips.
  • New advanced media option whether to round duration of clips up to nearest frame or not which can resolve certain out by one frame discrepancies.
  • Label printer uses page setup.
  • Cache-A library support.
  • Fix -2015 errors playing certain proxies.
  • Improved support for multiple video tracks when editing sequences.
  • New icons for offline metaclips and subclips of metaclips.
  • Force proxy option now reverts to playing full res version if proxy file not found.
  • Initial release of CatDV Pegasus, with support for RED metaclips and integration with Avid Media Composer by importing and export AAF files.

New in CatDV Standard 10.0.2 (Feb 25, 2013)

  • Add support for multiple Cache-A library units.
  • New Pulldown metadata field for P2 files.
  • Allow import of XDCAM HD folders even if the hires file isn't present.
  • Optional support for "still metaclips" to treat raw and jpeg versions of same image as a single asset. Turn on support for reading metadata from DPX files.
  • Fixes related to:
  • Attach Media command
  • Print Selected Images command
  • browsing file system via the tree
  • markers on subclips in FCP7 XML files
  • import metaclips from an FCP7 XML file
  • fix -2015 error when exporting stills
  • server tree not being refreshed after logging on
  • byte order mark on SRT files
  • importing QT metadata
  • importing XML batch files that refer to MXF clips
  • java error when toggling the grouping button
  • archive status on metaclips
  • file chooser
  • using bolt-on licenses together with license server
  • incorrect duration for 23.98 AVCHD files

New in CatDV Standard 10.0.1 (Dec 5, 2012)

  • Improvements to the file chooser.
  • Improved handling of TIFF and other images, including NEF.
  • Support for spanned Canon XF clips.
  • Fixes related to Send To Premiere command (sometimes not working on Windows; handling of P2 metaclips; don't include bin name unless asked for).
  • Fix related to linked hierarchy fields. Fix related to Reveal Proxy command.
  • Log Viewer supports Cmd-F to search.
  • Improve the Disk Space tool so you can save and load snapshots.
  • Java 7 fixes.
  • Fix delete file command on Mac.
  • Improve 'import as proxy' functionality.
  • Fix Update Media Location command on subclips.
  • Prevent thumbnails over 64K giving error when saved to database.
  • Reanalyse Media preserves existing thumbnails.

New in CatDV Standard 10.0.0 (Oct 12, 2012)

  • Official release.
  • Improvements to the file chooser.
  • Add support for FCPX custom metadata.
  • Add support for importing Office XML files.
  • Sign the application to avoid OS X Gatekeeper warnings.
  • Fixes related to FCP7 XML handling.
  • Reanalyse Media now works with metaclips.
  • Fix an error that prevented application running under OS X 10.5.8 (please note this is not an officially supported configuration and there may be other issues).
  • Other minor fixes.

New in CatDV Standard 10.0 RC2 (Sep 26, 2012)

  • Improvements to new file chooser.
  • Fixes to Send To Premiere command.
  • Various other fixes (relating to status history, metaclips, popup menus appearing behind dialogs, FCPX XML files containing multiclips, mandatory field indicator, etc.).

New in CatDV Standard 10.0 RC1 (Sep 26, 2012)

  • Release candidate.
  • New file chooser dialog when using Slate.
  • Event markers table in HTML summary includes Out point.
  • Fix proxy building with long directory names. Fix size of text for burnt-in timecode in proxies.
  • L&F fixes.
  • Exporting XML batch files includes contents of metaclips.
  • Other minor fixes.

New in CatDV Standard 10.0 Beta 7 (Aug 16, 2012)

  • Display thumbnail from Adobe Illustrator and InDesign files.
  • Fix 'Open For Editing'.
  • Printing improvements.
  • Fix horizontal trackpad scrolling (Mac).
  • Fix related to 'Browse Catalogs' search function.
  • 'Delete Media Files' asks whether to move files to trash or delete them immediately (Mac).
  • Fix related to 'Attach Media' command.
  • Ensure 'Use detached details panel' option persists.
  • Event marker table only shows play icon for range markers.
  • Introduce two larger thumbnail sizes (though there may be performance implications if you use thumbnails bigger than 256x192).
  • Better handling of corrupt thumbnails.
  • Fix queries on Rating.
  • Rearranged some preferences items.
  • Other minor fixes.

New in CatDV Standard 9.0.6 (Feb 1, 2012)

  • Cache-A archiving dialog improvements.
  • Fix audio only files not playing in protected player.
  • Fix relating to burnt in text when exporting movies.
  • Fix error that can occur when importing FCP7 XML files.
  • Server admin panel is only available to admin users.
  • Fix related to exporting P2 spanned clips.
  • Minor fixes relating to Undo, reading IPTC metadata, printing, Find command, audio channel display for P2 metaclips, duration of exported 23.98 fps movies, importing tab-separated text, exporting to FCP, and Media Folder grouping node.
  • Fix the 'match frame' command in the sequence editor.
  • Ensure dialogs can be closed using Esc key.
  • Fix sorting of text with accented characters.

New in CatDV Standard 9.0.5 (Jan 13, 2012)

  • Update regular expression library.
  • Fix an issue when exporting tape-based proxy movies.
  • Minor change to Exif summary display.
  • Speed up time to save catalogs.
  • Fix http proxies.

New in CatDV Standard 9.0.4 (Dec 6, 2011)

  • Server admin panel has separate groups & roles and user admin panels.
  • Changes related to encrypted passwords, Cache-A library, and http proxies.
  • Minor fix to FCP 7 XML import.

New in CatDV Standard 9.0.3 (Nov 18, 2011)

  • Fix protected player under Windows.
  • Fixes to Windows launcher.
  • Minor change to CatDV Archiving option (changed config dialog and added new Archive Summary field).
  • Fix extraction of thumbnails when importing AVCHD files using Xuggle.
  • Minor fixes relating to image sequences.
  • Fix timecode display for certain types of broadcast WAV file.
  • Attach Media command now works with multiple clips.
  • New preferences option whether to include reference to existing events when exporting to Final Cut Pro X.
  • Fix preference options relating to launching non-media files in an external player.
  • New UnixFileMode, UnixUser and UnixGroup metadata fields when importing files on Mac OS X.
  • Various other minor fixes. (Please note that PowerPC Macintoshes are no longer supported. While never officially supported by CatDV 9, some PowerPC machines could successfully run versions up to and including 9.0.2, but we regret it is no longer possible to maintain that level of compatibility.)

New in CatDV Standard 9.0.2 (Oct 7, 2011)

  • Fixes related to importing and exporting to FCP X, especially handling of multi-track sequences.
  • Ability to right click on a field label in the details panel to customise it.
  • Better control over whether the Rating & Type and Marked & Hidden fields are shown combined or as separate items in the details panel.
  • Minor fixes related to: linked fields, warnings about thumbnail orientation, "null owner window" message, updating media location, pasting pick list values, resolve data references option.

New in CatDV Standard 9.0.1 (Sep 21, 2011)

  • Added support for importing and exporting FCP X XML files (requires FCP 10.0.1, released today).
  • Minor fixes relating to:
  • Browse Catalogs command; parsing MPEG2 audio files;
  • catalogs containing illegal file time stamps;
  • Xuggle deinterlacing; "bad op" message when performing certain local queries.
  • Ensure exported files always have an extension.
  • Fix Cmd-Shift-X export shortcut.
  • Change single star rating '*' so it displays as '-' to indicate 'no good'.
  • Fix issue with arranging catalogs into folders in the Workgroup edition.
  • New option to set background colour of burnt-in text and timecode when exporting movies.
  • Improvements to editing of group settings when first setting up a new production group.

New in CatDV Standard 9.0.0 (Aug 13, 2011)

  • Minimal changes since final release candidate (fix an issue with Cache-A restore under Windows; press Alt-0 to Alt-5 in the media dialog to set a star rating). See online help for details of new features in CatDV 9.0.

New in CatDV Standard 9.0 RC3 (Aug 2, 2011)

  • Fix issue with archive status when copying clips from one catalog to another.
  • Fix 'negative source clip' when importing certain FCP7 XML files.
  • Fixes related to Xuggle playback of XDCAM metaclips and audio only files.
  • Remove check that prevented CatDV running under Mac OS X 10.5.
  • Fix logon dialog to list all the groups user has access to.
  • Other minor fixes.

New in CatDV Standard 9.0 RC2 (Jul 18, 2011)

  • Allow write access to server now defaults to on.
  • AtomContainer metadata field indicates whether a QuickTime movie is fast start or not (if it contains a 'moov' atom).
  • OriginalFile metadata field shows underlying file location for symbolic links.
  • Rename 'previews' to 'proxies'. Fix media panel so it once more remembers which tab you were on.
  • Fix relating to proxy paths on Windows.
  • Improvements to Cache-A restore command (dialog stays open to indicate while file is still being restored).
  • Fix relating to spanned P2 clips.

New in CatDV Standard 9.0 RC1 (Jul 1, 2011)

  • Fix timecode handling of MXF files at 23.98 fps.
  • Fix handling of certain MXF files with multiple source packages so the correct essence source mob is used.
  • Support for reading EVS MXF files.
  • Other MXF import fixes.
  • Decode variant AVI record date format.
  • Improvements to the "Avoid pre-loading movie in media panel" preference option.
  • Help menu includes a command to view and save the CatDV log file.
  • Fix relating to multi grouping values sometimes not sticking.
  • Add a preference option to improve speed when importing large MXF and MPEG files by not scanning entire file.
  • Order By menu now lets you select Other attributes to sort by.
  • Fill in the Bin for metaclips.
  • New option to add regular (non-burnt in) timecode when exporting QuickTime movies. Re-introduce missing voiceover functionality.
  • Update the online help.

New in CatDV Standard 9.0 Beta 9 (Jun 9, 2011)

  • Support for events (ability to group related clips by tying them to an event, including importing an event log from the CatDV Field Logger app). Add a clip rating from zero to five stars. Improvements to importing and exporting CatDV XML files. New 'Open for Editing' command in Server menu when working with temporary views. Fixes relating to roles. Fix relating to preview paths on Windows. Fix relating to moving catalogs from one production group to another via the tree. New user defined field type of 'Don't Show'. Preview movies now preserve original aspect ratio. Updated "What's New In CatDV 9.0" help page. Other minor fixes.

New in CatDV Standard 8.1.11 (Jan 4, 2011)

  • Fix issues related to preview generation when burning in text.
  • Provide jog-shuttle controls for movie playback using the numeric keypad.
  • Minor fixes to New Subclip dialog, editing smart folders, and the Attach Media command.
  • Ability to rename an entire folder of catalogs on the server.
  • Update Media Location can now be used to force multiple clips to point to media at a different location.
  • Improved display of frame rate in certain situations.
  • Other minor fixes.

New in CatDV Standard 8.1.10 (Nov 26, 2010)

  • Fix remote queries so you can search on clip type. Fix an issue where you could only select 'starts with' as the operator for 'any logging field' queries. Fix importing of sequences with transitions from FCP XML files. Allow exporting of stills from RAW images. Make it easier to save initial group settings to the server. Changed the Delete Media Files so it checks that you have permission to delete clips from the catalog and asks whether to delete the corresponding preview files also. New option to apply a time of day timecode when importing movies and stills.

New in CatDV Standard 8.1.9 (Nov 8, 2010)

  • Add support for Canon EOS 60D movies.
  • Fix issues related to importing certain FCP XML files.
  • Fix various issues related to P2 metaclips.
  • Fix "tape name is null" errors.
  • Restore keyboard navigation shortcuts on main window.
  • New preferences option whether to automatically interpret the contents of batch logs when they're dragged in or import them as a non-media file.

New in CatDV Standard 8.1.8 (Oct 19, 2010)

  • Fix an issue where the main window could freeze after displaying a file chooser dialog. Minor fix related to importing tab-separated text files.

New in CatDV Standard 8.1.7 (Oct 17, 2010)

  • Audio channel selection popup displays balance slider instead of checkboxes.
  • Drag and drop to and from the server recycle bin now behaves as expected.
  • Fix warnings about missing thumbnails when opening an autosaved catalog.
  • Fixes when exporting FCP XML from Windows.
  • New option to use correct timecode with P2 advanced pulldown clips.
  • More accurate extraction of audio channels, frame rate and record date when importing certain types of movies.
  • By default, sequences sent to FCP will automatically use settings from the first clip.
  • New 'part analysed' clip type to indicate clip status better when browsing directories. Include LASTCLIP.TXT when copying a P2 folder structure.
  • Other fixes related to FCP round tripping, pasting event markers, saving column widths, sequence editing, sorting, and the 'hide clip' checkbox.

New in CatDV Standard 8.1.6 (Sep 9, 2010)

  • Minor fixes relating to: verbatim logger, find similar, publish changes, moving clips from one catalog to another, inline editing of multi-grouping values, playing tape-based previews, auto-connecting to the server, and spurious auto-save files appearing. Extract basic metadata from AVCHD files. Timecode for non-standard frame rates are now shown to hundredths, not tenths, of a second.

New in CatDV Standard 8.1.5 (Jul 29, 2010)

  • Fix an issue when dragging and dropping clips from one catalog to another in the server tree.
  • Fix an issue with missing metaclip members after publishing changes.
  • Apply Tmecode Offset command now lets you apply contiguous timecode.
  • Right click on the event markers table to copy and paste markers.
  • When you create a new subclip it will inherit any markers from the parent, and also use the subclip naming scheme defined in Preferences.
  • Export As Still now rounds the size up rather than down so no resolution is lost. Additional preference options relating to copying of files and chapter markers.
  • Preserve blank lines in the verbatim logger.
  • Minor changes to media dialog, including full screen playback.
  • Fix an issue where the audio track of clips sent to FCP via XML might appear offline.
  • Import FORK XML files.
  • Fixes relating to importing XML batch files.
  • Other minor fixes.

New in CatDV Standard 8.1.4 (Jul 8, 2010)

  • Display a warning when publishing catalogs or performing queries if the clip limit is reached. Fixes to the Cache-A archiving option if a specific tape folder is selected. Support event markers on sequences when loading FCP XML files. Automatically scroll the detail panel tabs if more tabs than will fit are in use. Better support for multi-channel audio when sending clips to and from FCP. New Audio Bits and Audio Channels fields. Fixes when transferring P2 metaclips between Windows and Mac. Allow importing of multi-line (quote-delimited) tab-separated text. Fix an issue where "missing thumbnails" might be reported when opening old catalogs. Fix a "thumbnail isn't unique" error when copying and pasting clips from one catalog to another. When creating event markers default to the first defined marker category. New preferences options to create event markers rather than subclips when performing scene detection, and whether to read AUX timecode or not when importing QuickTime movies. Changes to the movie importer, including more accurate reporting of frame rate and duration for certain movies and displaying the 'expected' rather than production aperture frame size for DV movies (use the Reanalyse Media command if you want to refresh the technical metadata of existing clips). Include an updated spell checker dictionary. Fixes to the Verbatim Logger (related to the undo command, and displaying a placeholder movie if the file is offline). Read P2 shoot start date. Add support for copying event markers from one clip to another using the Paste Metadata command. Several fixes relating to metaclips. Minor fixes to Tape Library Management, New Subclip, Export As Still, and Update Media Location commands.

New in CatDV Standard 8.1.3 (May 31, 2010)

  • HTML printing enhancements, including a new print settings dialog and proper page break handling
  • Ability to create customised HTML layouts for the clip details panel
  • The Export As Stills command now lets you choose which frame(s) to export, ie. the clip's poster frame, all thumbnail frames, or all event markers (or event markers of a particular category).
  • Fixes and improvements to the Verbatim Logger
  • Integrated support for archiving and restoring files to a Cache-A LTO archive appliance (requires purchase of the separate CatDV Archiving Option).
  • Support for importing and displaying common camera RAW formats
  • Improved Exif support, including reading common MakerNote formats and importing metadata from a .THM file
  • Support for specifying a batch of media files to import using a CatDV XML batch files
  • Support for burning in DV exposure information, similar to the burnt-in DV date-time display. Also, the date-time display now takes into account camera clock adjustments.
  • On the Mac, it's possible to perform a Spotlight search to quickly find files from the file system even if they haven't yet been imported into a catalog (right click on the folder you want to search in the tree, or select a folder and type into the quick search text box).
  • Ability to enter a supplementary license code in the registration panel to support purchase of additional options after initial registration
  • Integrated spell checking
  • Scrolling with a mouse wheel now scrubs through a movie
  • The event markers table now includes a description field, and a button to play the movie from the marker
  • New Reveal Preview Command
  • Smart folders can now be organised into folders by entering '/' in the name to separate the components of the name.
  • Use of colour and icons to simplify choosing fields when customising view layouts or performing queries (see making sense of property names)
  • A new player architecture protects against crashes that can sometimes occur, for example when QuickTime plays a damaged media file.
  • The following changes are specific to the server version:
  • The File menu displays a list of recent server queries and catalogs
  • User field definitions and picklist values can be saved to a field definition set which can be shared between different production groups (so settings stay in synch without having to make the same changes in each group).
  • Ability to lock particular user-defined fields so they can't be edited by normal users (only those with permission to edit locked fields)
  • Ability to mark particular fields as being mandatory, so you can't publish catalogs to the server unless those fields are filled in. Fields with missing data are shown in red.
  • Ability to configure the client so it 'always connects to server', so users need to log on as soon as the application is launched and always get the latest settings from the server.
  • Option to automatically open the last server catalog that the user was working on.
  • A new 'Clip Owner' field keeps track of who first created a clip. The 'Status History' field now keeps track of more changes to a clip, not just who approved or rejected a clip by changing its 'Status' field.
  • It is possible to give users permission to add new values to a drop-down pick list without making them an administrator who can edit group settings or create new users (though individual pick lists can be locked down so they only have a fixed list of values).
  • New permissions to control whether users can Delete Clips, Edit Locked Fields, Edit Picklist Values, Delete Other People's Clips/Catalogs.
  • Users now need to type in their user name when logging on to the server rather than picking a user id from a drop down as that is more secure. (The old behaviour can be re-enabled in Preferences if required.)

New in CatDV Standard 8.1.2 (May 19, 2010)

  • Improved handling of DPX files. Fixed an issue where the protected player might continue playing audio clips after the player is closed. Fixed an issue with editing picklist values when there's a save conflict. Add a new option to control whether 'any logging field' is shown when customising the simple search dialog. Add support for reading timecode from Broadcast WAV audio files. Add support for Spycer .metadata files when importing an image sequence. Add support for displaying the P2 VFRRatio tag. Other minor fixes.

New in CatDV Standard 8.1.1 (Apr 24, 2010)

  • Various fixes to the protected player, including support for sequences, performance improvements, and support for displaying audio waveforms.
  • Fix relating to handling of 23.98fps clips.
  • New preferences option to include all files when importing a directory, not just recognised media file types.
  • Minor fixes related to archiving.
  • Renamed the 'New Log Entry' command to 'New Empty Clip'.
  • Fix a glitch where the details panel sometimes wouldn't appear.
  • Be more conservative about sharing thumbnails to avoid a rare condition where thumbnails might get "lost".

New in CatDV Standard 8.1.0 (Apr 13, 2010)

  • General release. See "What's new in CatDV 8.1" from the online help for a summary of new features. A few minor fixes were made since the last beta, including a fix related to importing 23.98fps clips from FCP, Export as HTML now links to preview movies rather than the full-res versions, new options to control use of the Delete key and whether to use the built-in RAW image viewer, and minor updates to the online help.

New in CatDV Standard 8.0.8 (Jan 15, 2010)

  • Enterprise server preferences now store user fields and picklist values in a seperate field definition set object that can be shared between production groups.
  • User fields can now be locked so only specified users can edit the field.
  • Pick list values can now be edited by specified users without requiring admin priviliges to edit other preference settings (though individidual pick list fields can be fixed to prevent new values being added).
  • There are two new permissions "Edit locked fields" and "Edit picklist values" to control the preceding functionality, as well as separate control over deleting ones own or other people's clips and catalogs.
  • The new 'Logged By' field shows which user owns a clip. Pick list changes are automatically propagated to other users when polling the server.
  • Improved display of iTunes metadata.
  • Added support for common camera RAW files (including CR2, NEF, DNG, MOS, etc.) and common Exif MakerNotes formats.
  • Display timecode from Premiere AVI files. Minor fixes to the PDF importer.
  • When choosing fields (eg. for the grouping panel) they are now colour-coded to distinguish user-defined and built-in fields.
  • Added support for FCP 'angle' field.
  • Improvements to the Status History field and Re-analyse Media command.
  • Fixes to the Publish Changes command, in particular when saving metaclips to the server.
  • The 'New subclip' command now prompts for a clip name (and other fields).

New in CatDV Standard 8.0.7 (Dec 13, 2009)

  • Automatically reconform clips when opening a catalog if timecode format doesn't match media.
  • Support bulk editing of media metadata fields.
  • Various other minor fixes (including Cmd-Up/Down in Clip Summary window, date extraction from Canon Powershot AVI movies, editing event marker descriptions, converting markers to subclips, pressing ';' at the start of a multi-grouping field, remember free running verbatim logger clock offset, etc.).
  • Includes optional Cache-A archiving support.

New in CatDV Standard 8.0.6 (Nov 16, 2009)

  • Allow multiple event markers at the same point within a clip.
  • Fix for MPEG2 crashing issue under Mac OS X Snow Leopard.
  • Minor fix to simple search panel.
  • New options to always show audio channel popup and to show a simplified tree navigator.

New in CatDV Standard 8.0.5 (Nov 10, 2009)

  • Added support for exporting P2 metadata.
  • Improved reporting of errors when importing files.
  • Archiving improvements.
  • Prevent quick filter field from losing focus as you type values in.

New in CatDV Standard 8.0.4 (Oct 29, 2009)

  • Enhancements to event markers (table now shows Out point as well as duration, and has a new Description field). New option to force the Update Media Location command to ignore file size inconsistencies. Improvements to CatDV XML index format. Various minor fixes, including: real time sequences don't take into account timezone correction, Re-Analyse Media command should apply to subclips as well as master clip, null pointer exception when saving catalogs with sequences.

New in CatDV Standard 8.0.3 (Oct 1, 2009)

  • Fix problem with non-extensible picklists.
  • Fix issue when exporting markers within subclips to FCP.
  • Added support for different types of markers (chapter markers and range markers, as well as event markers) with a new preferences panel for defining marker categories.
  • Added a new general purpose clip field called 'Big Notes'.
  • Display client version numbers when viewing connections in server admin panel (requires server 6.1.3).
  • Other minor fixes.

New in CatDV Standard 8.0.2 (Aug 31, 2009)

  • Use new metadata APIs when importing movies.
  • Support for sending sequences with more than 2 audio tracks to Final Cut (number of tracks determined by first clip in the sequence).
  • Fix issue with clip modified date showing the wrong timezone.
  • Fix "clip is null" error when dragging clips from one catalog to another.

New in CatDV Standard 8.0.1 (Aug 16, 2009)

  • Fix a problem with catalogs not appearing in the Browse Catalogs window.
  • Fix an issue when editing local smart folders.
  • Implement new server polling mechanism, including ability to broadcast messages to other Enterprise server users.
  • Fixes relating to pick lists.

New in CatDV Standard 8.0.0 (Aug 16, 2009)

  • General release. If you create an event marker close to an existing one you're given option to move it.
  • Changed appearance of audio settings popup.
  • Minor Verbatim Logger fixes.
  • MXF support is now a separate option.
  • Allow reference to P2 proxy when exporting clips to FCP).
  • Remove Server and Other sections from tree navigator in standard edition.
  • Fixes related to editing queries and smart folders.
  • Further updates to help text. Other minor fixes.

New in CatDV Standard 8.0 Beta 21 (Jul 20, 2009)

  • Release candidate. Updated help text. Ability to delete clips from a remote clip list without opening it for editing. Various fixes under Windows (verbatim logger key strokes, audio timeline flickering, etc.). Check for (and correct) inconsistencies in a catalog that could cause master clips and sub-clips to be shown incorrectly. Hold down option key when dragging clips to the FCP project node to link to previews rather than full res media. Other fixes.

New in CatDV Standard 8.0 Beta 19 (Jul 7, 2009)

  • Extract metadata from P2 and XDCAM XML files.
  • Support playback of P2 proxies (if present) under the 'Preview' tab.
  • Use new-style details panel in the clip details dialog (with a preference option to restore old dialog if required).
  • Changes to Apply Log File command. Provide a native Windows installer.
  • Other fixes relating to: iPhone 3GS geotagging, tape library management, progress bar, multi grouping chooser, catalogs containing image sequences being marked as "modified" when they're opened.

New in CatDV Standard 8.0 Beta 13 (Apr 20, 2009)

  • Improvements to the search dialog, including relative date range searches and an easier to use 'simple' search panel.
  • It is now possible to perform a 'quick search' against the whole of the server, not just clips open in memory.
  • Verbatim Logger Plus includes a resizable player window, spell checking, and programmable keyboard macros (for example, press F1 to insert an event marker when a goal is scored, F2 for a penalty).
  • Improved view configuration, including enhanced film strip views and an optional HTML Summary view in the clip details panel.
  • The new Voiceover tool allows you to record a voice over commentary track over a sequence.
  • The media player can optionally display an audio waveform for more accurate selection of In and Out points.
  • Numerous minor fixes and improvements, such as easier management of large picklists, an optional 'tethered' mode to keep the catalog window synchronized with the server, better timecode support, and more.
  • Automatically synchronize audio and video tracks from MXF files for seamless handling of Panasonic P2 and Avid media.
  • Support for the Java Media Framwork permits use of third party codecs such as FFMPEG for import and playback of additioanl media formats.
  • New importers to read metadata from MXF, MPEG, PDF and HDV files.
  • New Quick View information dialog displays information about selected media and other files without having to import them, including QuickTime information, a quick viewer for text files and ZIP archives, and a hex viewer for binary files.
  • Support for adding QuickTime metadata annotations when exporting files.
  • Better control over which importer to use when importing media files.
  • Major enhancements when browsing the contents of the server via the tree, such as being able to play clips or move them between catalogs without having to open a new catalog window.
  • The tree now lists individual files as well as folders, making it easy to analyse or play any clip without having to import it into a catalog first.
  • Smart folders let you quickly select clips in memory or perform queries against the server ("show me all clips assigned to me whose status is 'Awaiting. Approval' and which are more than 3 days old").
  • Combine several Group By filter terms by selecting multiple items in the tree.
  • Folders are now spring loaded.

New in CatDV Standard 7.0.7 (Mar 24, 2009)

  • Fix issues relating to NTSC footage with non-drop timecode, especially when sending a sequence to Final Cut.
  • Fix issue with missing timecode on customised preview movies.

New in CatDV Standard 7.0.6 (Feb 13, 2009)

  • Fix issues relating to NTSC footage with non-drop timecode, especially when sending a sequence to Final Cut.
  • Fix issue with missing timecode on customised preview movies.

New in CatDV Standard 7.0.5 (Dec 10, 2008)

  • Resolve a build issue affecting certain older machines. Minor improvements to the Manage Preview Movies screen.

New in CatDV Standard 7.0.4 (Dec 5, 2008)

  • Minor fixes and enhancements (to Browse Catalogs search command, when importing movies with certain timecode tracks, support for adding QuickTime annotations, etc). Add an OriginalSource annotation when exporting movies.

New in CatDV Standard 7.0.3 (Oct 31, 2008)

  • Fixed issue where Browse Catalogs could freeze the application.
  • Fixes related to importing .mp4 files with unknown frame rate and files with unusual timecode track formats.
  • Fixed issue where sequences could get corrupted.
  • Fixed issue related to missing thumbnails after saving sequence to server (you should also update the CatDV Server to 6.0.2).
  • Ensure that the 'extensible' pick list configuration option is saved correctly.
  • Minor fix related to importing ALE files.
  • Avoid duplicate values in Tape drop down.
  • Fixed faint text when printing film strip views.

New in CatDV Standard 7.0.2 (Oct 15, 2008)

  • Plug-in API enhancements.
  • Added ResourceFork, Status and History fields.
  • Fixes to Remove Subclip Limits command, Preview Manager, and to queries involving duration.
  • Fixes related to importing image sequences, FCP sequences, and chapter markers.
  • Ability to customise simple search dialog.
  • Use media search path to let you import a low-res proxy before the full-res is available and link them properly.

New in CatDV Standard 7.0.1 (Aug 22, 2008)

  • Various minor bug fixes related to verbatim logger, editing views, exporting to FCP, and others.
  • Added support for GPS geotagged images.

New in CatDV Standard 7.0.0 (Jul 14, 2008)

  • Extensive workflow improvements with the networked edition
  • New color scheme makes prolonged working more comfortable
  • Improved search path mechanism to locate media files that may have moved
  • Preview movies can be indexed either by file path or tape name and timecode
  • A new movie controller, with support for dragging In and Out points, visual indication of timecode event markers, and improved keyboard shortcuts
  • Improved sequence editing with a static playhead and new Match Frame and Toggle Subclip Limits commands (professional edition)
  • Enhancements to the tree navigator, including a node to list recently added clips, the ability to copy or move media files across file systems, and a new clip scratch pad to save clips of interest
  • Automatically associate metadata with a media file at the time of import by providing an XML file
  • Access to new QuickTime hi-res, multi-channel audio options when exporting movies
  • Pitch shift correction during high speed playback
  • Automatically computed file hashes and clip ids, and a new Find Duplicates command, allow you to track files as they're moved and identify duplicates
  • Support for image sequences (consecutively numbered still images are automatically converted to a reference movie) and meta clips (allowing you "stack" multiple clips together and treat them as one)
  • Clearer distinction between subclips and master clips, and on- and offline media
  • Preference settings such as view definitions or picklist values for logging fields can be stored on the server so all users on the network have the same settings
  • Automatically poll the server to refresh the catalog if another user has made changes
  • Enhanced tape library management screen with tabbed interface, ability to search across tapes or clips, and barcode reader improvements
  • Production blogs provide a way to communicate 'To Do' lists, contact details, and other information among the team, including links to clips of interest
  • The server control panel has a single button archive command to back up the entire database in one operation

New in CatDV Standard 7.0 Beta 17 (Jul 5, 2008)

  • Fix tree and grouping panel working together.
  • Fixes to preview manager.
  • Fix occasional white thumbnails.
  • Fix repaint issues relating to thumbnail and movie tab.
  • Preserve Exif metadata when exporting stills.
  • Other minor fixes.

New in CatDV Standard 7.0 Beta 14 (May 28, 2008)

  • Fixes and enhancements related to sequence editing and transferring sequences to and from Final Cut via XML.
  • Clip type icon now distinguishes subclips and master clips and whether they're online or not.
  • The tape management screen lets you select multiple tapes.
  • Added a Reset View command to quickly undo filters etc and restore a default view.
  • Other minor fixes.

New in CatDV Standard 7.0 Beta 12 (Apr 25, 2008)

  • Revamped the Previews and Media Paths sections in Preferences, including a new option for path-based preview movies.
  • Add support for importing additional metadata by providing an XML file alongside a media file. Allow files to be moved across file systems (by copying then deleting the original if necessary).
  • Add tree command to eject mounted volumes (Mac only).
  • Option to display warning before quitting CatDV.
  • Updated help text slightly. Fix occasional -43 error when building previews.
  • Fixes relating to picklists and scratch pad.
  • Tape library management enhancements.
  • Improved editing of multiple clips in one go.
  • Option to allow editing of metadata fields.
  • Other bug fixes.

New in CatDV Standard 7.0 Beta 11 (Apr 17, 2008)

  • New "professional" colour scheme makes prolonged working more comfortable
  • A new movie controller, with support for dragging In and Out points, visual indication of timecode event markers, and improved keyboard shortcuts
  • Improved sequence editing with a static playhead and new Match Frame and Toggle Subclip Limits commands
  • Enhancements to the tree navigator, including a node to list recently added clips, the ability to copy or move media files across file systems, and a new clip scratch pad to save clips of interest
  • Preview movies can be indexed either by file path or tape name and timecode
  • Improved search path mechanism to locate media files that may have moved
  • Automatically associate metadata with a media file at the time of import by providing an XML file
  • Access to new QuickTime hi-res, multi-channel audio options when exporting movies
  • Automatically computed file hashes and clip ids, and a new Find Duplicates command, allow you to track files as they're moved and identify duplicates Support for image sequences (consecutively numbered still images are automatically converted to a reference movie) and meta clips (allowing you "stack" multiple clips together and treat them as one)
  • Revamped the Previews and Media Paths sections in Preferences, including a new option for path-based preview movies. Add support for importing additional metadata by providing an XML file alongside a media file.
  • Allow files to be moved across file systems (by copying then deleting the original if necessary). Add tree command to eject mounted volumes (Mac only). Option to display warning before quitting CatDV. Upated help text slightly. Fix occasional -43 error when building previews. Fixes relating to picklists and scratch pad. Tape library management enhancements. Improved editing of multiple clips in one go. Option to allow editing of metadata fields. Other bug fixes.