Kollaborate Transfer Changelog

What's new in Kollaborate Transfer 1.5.6

Apr 8, 2020
  • More descriptive error message if you can't upload because your account is out of disk space
  • Relaxed transport security settings to allow unencrypted self-hosted servers
  • Improved macOS 10.15 Catalina compatibility
  • Minor bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

New in Kollaborate Transfer 1.5.5 (Dec 24, 2019)

  • Fixed an issue that could cause Kollaborate Transfer to not be able to read file information in certain situations

New in Kollaborate Transfer 1.5.3 (Mar 10, 2019)

  • Support for setting File Workflows when uploading
  • Minor bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

New in Kollaborate Transfer 1.5.2 (Jul 28, 2018)

  • Users are now prevented from submitting a batch if they don't have upload permissions for the project
  • Minor bug fixes, tweaks and improvements

New in Kollaborate Transfer 1.5.1 (Feb 17, 2018)

  • Improved performance when uploading lots of image files
  • Improved memory usage when generating thumbnails
  • Fixed an issue where subfolders wouldn't be recognized when dragging in a folder
  • General bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

New in Kollaborate Transfer 1.5 (May 16, 2017)

  • Uploads no longer have to finish before the next file will start encoding. Kollaborate Transfer will now encode files as quickly as possible and put them in a Waiting state until the previous upload finishes. This should result in faster processing of large batches.
  • Accelerated uploading on the cloud (most noticeable for users outside the US)
  • Reduced situations where the queue could hang
  • Fixed an issue that could cause some hoverscrub thumbnail frames to be black when processing large batches
  • Reduced memory usage
  • General bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

New in Kollaborate Transfer 1.4.5 (Apr 4, 2017)

  • Support for setting the new audio indicator icon on thumbnails
  • Better support for situations where the specs of a video exceed those of the H.264 profile level
  • Various speed and reliability improvements

New in Kollaborate Transfer 1.4.4 (Mar 9, 2017)

  • Better support for situations where the specs of a video exceed those of the H.264 profile level
  • Various speed and reliability improvements

New in Kollaborate Transfer 1.4.3 (Jul 15, 2016)

  • Images are now resized with Retina displays in mind
  • Fixed an issue where folders in the root directory of a project may not appear the first time the project is loaded
  • Prevented authorization errors erroneously appearing at startup
  • Various other bug fixes, tweaks and improvements

New in Kollaborate Transfer 1.4.2 (Jun 15, 2016)

  • Fixed an issue where in-house customers might not be able to change the server away from kollaborate.tv.

New in Kollaborate Transfer 1.4.1 (Jun 9, 2016)

  • Improved memory usage when creating hoverscrub thumbnails.

New in Kollaborate Transfer 1.4 (May 27, 2016)

  • 64-bit architecture that now requires OS X 10.8 or higher
  • New Kollaborate authentication API - a new way of connecting the app to your Kollaborate account that is more secure and offers you more control. Your existing logins should be automatically detected so it will require no additional action.
  • Generates large thumbnails, hoverscrub thumbs and audio waveforms
  • Improved handling of large images
  • Improved responsiveness when dragging lots of images in at once
  • Better performance when adding and converting audio files
  • Fixed an issue that could cause uploads to hang if the thumbnail failed to upload
  • Fixed an issue that could cause the upload queue to stall in certain circumstances
  • Various other bug fixes, tweaks and improvements

New in Kollaborate Transfer 1.3 (Oct 13, 2015)

  • Support for higher-resolution video
  • Audio tracks are now downmixed to stereo
  • Uploads now spend less time in the Finishing stage
  • Fixed an issue where thumbnails may not be able to be generated
  • Fixed an issue where uploads could stall in the Finishing stage
  • Fixed an issue where the watermark checkbox may be incorrectly enabled for files that cannot be watermarked
  • Fixed an issue where the source resolution of a movie may not be correctly detected
  • Fixed an issue that could cause certain aspect ratios to appear stretched
  • Linked email addresses now reset upon relaunch
  • Various other bug fixes and tweaks

New in Kollaborate Transfer 1.2.3 (Feb 16, 2015)

  • Encoding profile tweaks
  • Kollaborate Transfer is now stricter about which flavors of H.264 it will mark as not needing conversion
  • UI improvements to the Transfers view
  • Various other tweaks and fixes

New in Kollaborate Transfer 1.2.2 (Feb 2, 2015)

  • Improved upload times and playback performance
  • Added an encoding quality selector in preferences - in the majority of cases it does not need to be changed from Normal Quality
  • Various other tweaks and fixes

New in Kollaborate Transfer 1.2.1 (Jan 19, 2015)

  • Links now support custom passwords, hiding the download button, accessing revisions and setting an expiration date
  • When encoding a file you can choose to link it to the original so users can play the optimized version and download a high-res version
  • Improved playback performance on Safari
  • Various other tweaks and fixes

New in Kollaborate Transfer 1.2 (Dec 2, 2014)

  • Added an option to choose whether or not to auto-revise files
  • Multiple files can be cancelled at once in the Transfers view
  • Fixed an issue that could cause a transfer to hang if the file uploaded successfully but it failed to generate a thumbnail or metadata
  • Fixed an issue that could cause the queue to stop processing upon an encoding failure
  • Fixed a crash that could occur when dragging lots of large or complex movies into a batch
  • Many other tweaks and fixes

New in Kollaborate Transfer 1.1.4 (Sep 3, 2014)

  • The Transfers icon now shows the number of items being processed in the queue
  • Fixed an issue where files may get stuck on "Finishing" until another upload completes
  • Various UI tweaks

New in Kollaborate Transfer 1.1.3 (Aug 7, 2014)

  • The status of a file (Work in Progress, Needs Approval) can be set before uploading
  • You can choose to not automatically notify other users when a file is uploaded
  • Files now automatically revise if the filenames match
  • Various other tweaks and bug fixes

New in Kollaborate Transfer 1.1.2 (Jul 2, 2014)

  • Improved watermark scaling
  • Improved encoding speeds when not adding a watermark
  • Fixed an issue where watermark settings may not be remembered when relaunching
  • Fixed an issue where encoding may hang
  • Various other tweaks and bug fixes

New in Kollaborate Transfer 1.1 (Jun 10, 2014)

  • Significantly faster encoding speeds for H.264 and ProRes source media
  • H.264 and ProRes source files can now be watermarked
  • Added buttons to add/remove files from the batch
  • Fixed an issue where the Optimize checkbox may be greyed out for certain compatible files
  • Fixed an issue where the right-click menu may display incorrect information about an uploaded file
  • Various other tweaks and bug fixes

New in Kollaborate Transfer 1.0.9 (Feb 15, 2014)

  • Added a Reveal in Kollaborate option to right-click menu after successful upload
  • Improved compatibility with Kollaborate Server
  • Various bug fixes and tweaks

New in Kollaborate Transfer 1.0.8 (Dec 7, 2013)

  • Files that need optimizing are indicated with a gear icon
  • Thumbnails are now taken from the frame at 10% of the movie's duration
  • The Title field is now pre-filled with the movie's metadata title
  • Re-encoding no longer occurs if the upload fails
  • OS X 10.9 App Nap has been disabled during processing
  • Fixed an issue where it may not prompt for confirmation if you close the app while uploads are transferring
  • Various bug fixes, tweaks and polish

New in Kollaborate Transfer 1.0.6 (Oct 12, 2013)

  • Fixed an issue that could cause an "unable to move file" error
  • Various bug fixes, tweaks and polish

New in Kollaborate Transfer 1.0.5 (Sep 25, 2013)

  • Dragging in a folder now imports all subfiles individually
  • Fixed an issue that could cause cancelled uploads to automatically resume
  • Fixed an issue that could cause packages to be compressed incorrectly
  • Various bug fixes, tweaks and polish

New in Kollaborate Transfer 1.0.4 (Sep 19, 2013)

  • Maximum cloud upload file size increased from 2 GB to 4 GB
  • New projects can be created from the Projects dropdown
  • New folders can be created from the Folders dropdown
  • Added pre-roll and post-roll options for adding content to the beginning or end of a movie
  • Various bug fixes, tweaks and polish

New in Kollaborate Transfer 1.0.1 (Jul 27, 2013)

  • Important: you will need to re-enter your Kollaborate login information upon launching this version
  • Improved support for file packages
  • Various bug fixes, tweaks and polish

New in Kollaborate Transfer 1.0 Beta 7 (Jun 15, 2013)

  • Audio files can now be optimized
  • Added time estimates for encoding and uploading
  • Added a warning if the user switches projects before submitting an upload
  • Various bug fixes, tweaks and polish

New in Kollaborate Transfer 1.0 Beta 6 (May 29, 2013)

  • Kollaborate Transfer will no longer optimize a movie if it already matches the specs
  • Added an option to re-queue a failed or cancelled file
  • Various bug fixes, tweaks and polish

New in Kollaborate Transfer 1.0 Beta 5 (May 20, 2013)

  • Kollaborate Transfer will no longer optimize a movie if it already matches the specs.
  • Added an option to re-queue a failed or cancelled file.
  • Various bug fixes, tweaks and polish.