OnTheAir Video Changelog

What's new in OnTheAir Video 3.6.6

Jul 11, 2018
  • NEW: Added support for CC in MPEG files
  • FIXED: Live Input: An issue when the format of a Live input would change (when auto detect was on)

New in OnTheAir Video 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: Added support for Closed Captioning CEA-608 with SD files (paid option required)
  • FIXED: Issues with playlist absolute start time when automatic start time was enabled

New in OnTheAir Video 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 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 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: CC is now also working for 720p and 1080p
  • FIXED: Inaccuracy of the "Absolute Start Time"

New in OnTheAir Video 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 3.0.1 (Jan 7, 2014)

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

New in OnTheAir Video 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 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 3.0 Beta 14 (Nov 9, 2013)

  • General Stability and performance improvements
  • Modified user interface (With now 3 details levels and a blue color for the header to differentiate with OnTheAir Video Express)
  • 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
  • Improved Smart resize

New in OnTheAir Video 2.5.24 (Jun 13, 2013)

  • General Stability and performance improvements
  • Fixed an issue with the selection of the playback mode which would change settings at restart of the application
  • Modified the Contact Support menu to better check email addresses and support more special characters

New in OnTheAir Video 2.5.21 (Apr 25, 2013)

  • General Stability and performance improvements
  • Fixed an issue with Network changes and Audio devices removed/added
  • Added the “Help > Contact Support” menu to easily Gather all the logs required for support
  • WARNING: this is an important release for all Mountain Lion (10.8) users as it fixes an issue that would make the application crash when the network was lost or an audio device was removed/added. This is a bug introduced by Apple in 10.8. We found a workaround available here. Please update.

New in OnTheAir Video 2.5.19 (Feb 19, 2013)

  • General Stability and performance improvements
  • Improved compatibility with DVCPro HD