- 4.2.0
- new: Switch to Vulkan for rendering instead of OpenGL.
- new: (MacOS) Universal app.
- new: (MacOS) Use Apple VideoToolbox to encode/decode ProRes.
- new: Support for loading MKV files.
- new: Disables all file overwrite warnings in export dialog when "always ignore" is selected.
- fix: Metadata inspector shows correct value for audio bit depth.
- fix: Potential crash when loading single picture files.
- fix: Statistic window updates correctly if SDI is turned on/off during playback.
- fix: Fallback to parent folder if last open location is not present anymore.
- fix: Line alignment of status column in the hash checker.
- fix: Save column widths when resizing elements of the hash checker.
- fix: (Apple M) Rendering of colored text subtitles in correct hue.
- fix: (Apple M) Export uses correct color-transform settings for PNG subtitles.
- fix: (Apple M) Render overlapping subtitles of the same spot in the correct order.
- fix: (Apple M) Potential crash when DeckLink initialization failed.
- fix: (Apple M) Subtitles are rerender when enabled/disabled if playback is paused.
- 4.1.7
- fix: Potential issues and slowdowns caused by validation when loading packages.
- fix: Improved composition marker compatibility.
- fix: Save and restore of custom input audio mappings.
- fix: Auto detect test specifications when validating package from command line.
- 4.1.6
- fix: Improve stability and performance of timeline waveform generation.
- fix: Case insensitive language tag validation as per RFC5646 section 2.1.1
- 4.1.5
- fix: Remove false positive errors when loading package with subtitles.
- fix: Potential freeze with hash check in package validation.
- fix: Improve overall stability.
- fix: Improve playback performance and responsiveness (may depend on system).
- fix: Improve error resilience when loading corrupt packages.
- 4.1.4
- Minor bugfixes and improvements.
- 4.1.3
- new: Add option to use fixed and custom number of CPU decoders to improve playback performance and stability.
- new: Rewrite Hash Checker to improve stability and performance.
- new: Add detected package type to validation dialog and report.
- new: Write used validation specifications to validation report.
- new: Preselect validation specifications based on detected package type.
- new: Updated Blackmagic Design DeckLink SDK to version 12.4.2
- fix: Online licensing more robust against temporary connection losses.
- fix: Validation of subtitels if package is encrypted.
- fix: Loading and exporting of SMPTE subtitles with nested <font> tags.
- 4.1.2
- fix: Loading of 3D Lut color transformation files.
- fix: Validation of DCPs with supplemental Subtitle Track Files will no longer give resource access error.
- new: Edit Rate warning in validation is downgraded to recommendation.
- 4.1.1
- new: Add "Don't show again" to export output folder not empty warning dialog.
- fix: Use correct aspect ratio in description for FLAT safe area overlay.
- fix: On restart negative values for audio latency values where increased by one.
- fix: Add SMPTE 429-13 framerates to SMPTE 429-2 validation. Validation will
- no longer fail for 25 fps SMPTE DCP.
- fix: RDD-52/Bv2.1 validation pollution may cause oversized validation reports.
- 4.1.0
- new: Composition Markers
- new: Basic SMPTE 429-2 and SMPTE RDD 52 validation
- new: Reading of DPX 12bit packed
- new: Improved support for DCPs with Multichannel Audio Labeling Framework
- fix: Reactivate support for PPM files
- 4.0.9
- bugfix: easyDCP Player doesn't launch when Windows username contains special characters
- bugfix: dragging playlist item to timeline deletes it from playlist
- bugfix: timeline becoming unresponsive adding certain audio files
- 4.0.8
- bugfix: opening unwrapped package from export dialog doesn't work
- bugfix: sometimes single frames aren't color transformed on export
- 4.0.7
- added back support for 32bit wave file exports
- bugfix: cancelling export to network drive causes a crash
- bugfix: re-opening export dialog after a failed export causes a crash
- bugfix: H.264 export with odd dimension raises error
- bugfix: dropping package on login widgets deletes the package
- bugfix: empty Rating entries in CPL cause package loading to fail
- 4.0.6
- bugfix: crash when trying to play back
- bugfix: command line interface not working in demo mode invalid sign language DCP
- bugfix: playback of encrypted sign language track not working
- bugfix: crash when validating stereoscopic DCP
- bugfix: validating empty InterOp subtitles causes warning
- bugfix: validation of encrypted subtitle causes error message
- 4.0.5
- added auto-update for some DCNC entries
- bugfix: validation mentioning Virtual Tracks
- bugfix: SDI color space selection is restored on startup but wrong one is used for display
- bugfix: validation sometimes fails on first run due to mismatch of subsampling
- bugfix: component bitrate check issue when validating 4K DCP
- 4.0.4
- bugfix: crash validating stereoscopic DCP
- 4.0.3
- bugfix: some DCNC audio tags aren't extracted
- bugfix: KDM end date of validity displayed as same as start date
- bugfix: audio playback stops on track borders when previewing supplemental dcpproj
- 4.0.2
- updated macOS minimum requirements
- improved compatibility with older macOS versions
- bugfix: codestream validation test fails when two CPLs use different resolutions
- bugfix: SDI output color space not stored/restored
- bugfix: legal range color conversion in export wrong
- 4.0.1
- added option to export License & Certificate Set to create a backup
- added option to remove License & Certificate from settings to allow for an easier transition to new licensing model
- 4.0.0
- Introduced new licensing model
- Split DCP/IMF functionality into two separate tools for better user experience
- added validation test to check for namespace prefix usage in SMPTE subtitles
- bugfix: ProRes export using offset causes invalid video file
- 3.8.9
- bugfix: invalid warning about duration mismatch between mxf and cpl duration
- bugfix: crash when adding empty subtitle to supplemental track
- 3.8.8
- bugfix: playback of sign language not working when first reel doesn't contain sign language
- bugfix: external subtitles removed when restarting playback in Remote Desktop mode
- bugfix: crash when pre-rendering subtitles in background on macOS
- 3.8.7
- added possibility to relink missing sources when opening dcpproj file
- bugfix: reloading package removes external subtitle from Canvas and Timeline
- 3.8.5
- bugfix: audio export for container formats broken
- bugfix: certificate chain file was not backed up correctly
- bugfix: bitrate tests fail for unloaded encrypted package
- 3.8.4
- improved export performance
- improved waveform rendering performance
- added CPL metadata test to validation module
- added new color space for Eclair Color DCPs
- moved validation common practice tests to separate recommendation tab
- bugfix: Dolby Vision content mapping not working for inserts
- bugfix: component bitrate for 4K DCPs sometimes wrong in validation
- bugfix: wrong subtitle display type in case the same subtitle is used in multiple reels with different display types
- bugfix: display order of virtual audio tracks in timeline can be different compared to CPL
- bugfix: validation report only shows first audio track
- bugfix: opening DCPs containing CPL metadata failed
- 3.7
- added support for DCPs containing sign language
- added support for IMF App ProRes
- added support for IMF packages containing Dolby Vision 4.0 metadata
- added mute and solo buttons to audio meters
- added J2C component bitrate limit test to validation module
- added CLI support for exporting IMF package containing Dolby Vision
- enhanced naming of video and audio files when exporting assets
- enhanced performance when playing back ProRes QuickTimes
- updated Blackmagic Design DeckLink SDK to version 11.4
- updated Photon to version 4.6.0
- bugfix: dpx component order not detected correctly
- bugfix: Dolby Vision displays of metadata will be favoured for content mapping
- bugfix: allow Dolby Vision content mapping if display properties of metadata does not match with displays from cm config
- regression: export with Dolby Vision content mapping was broken
- 3.6.2
- bugfix: QuickTime Player was unable to playback exported containers with H.264
- bugfix: validation reports were unnecessary large
- bugfix: decoding issues due to usage of GPUs with low CUDA compute capability
- 3.6.1
- added option to change component order for dpx input
- bugfix: crash when opening export wizard due to deprecated settings entry
- 3.6
- added audio meter for input and output channel peak visualization
- added support for 3D subtitle preview
- added video scope module that displays parade, waveform and histogram of current canvas image
- added photon validation for IMF packages
- added Dolby Vision support
- added new timeline timing representation (frames)
- enhanced export module supports with audio routing
- enhanced export module has with preview functionality for range selection and video settings
- enhanced TTML / IMSC1 support
- enhanced view on license details
- removed waveform visualizer, which is replaced by timeline and audio meter module
- bugfix: fixed incorrect color component order when exporting DPX
- bugfix: fixed waveform in timeline not being correct for audio tracks
- bugfix: fixed shutdown of Player being stuck for a while in case waveform wasn't generated completely yet
- 3.5.8
- fix regression: bitrate validation now works again as expected and doesn't show wrong results for encrypted packages anymore
- 3.5.6
- bugfix: fixed rare crash during startup when SDI is enabled and another program already uses the connected SDI device
- bugfix: correctly store and restore decoder selection for playback and export
- bugfix: fixed rare case on some newer Macs where license import via drag and drop didn't work
- bugfix: fixed waveform in timeline not being correct for audio tracks
- 3.5.5
- deactivated multi-GPU usage for playback and export when starting player via command line interface, since this can lead to unexpected behaviour
- bugfix: timed text images were not exported to the correct directory when unwrapping package
- bugfix: audio preloading never finished and therefore playback did not start on some systems
- bugfix: V-Sync was available even when environment does not support V-Sync (e.g. when starting via Remote Desktop)
- bugfix: fixed problem with server certificate password that couldn't be restored on Macs sometimes
- bugfix: fixed rare case on some newer Macs where license import via drag and drop didn't work
- bugfix: audio language code for supplemental tracks is correctly displayed now (IMF only)
- bugfix: fixed crash when unsupported audio device was selected
- 3.5.4
- deactivated multi-GPU usage for playback and export, since this can lead to unexpected behavior
- bugfix: SDI playback stopped after canvas was closed
- bugfix: positioning of subtitles in export with enabled scaling is correct now
- 3.5.3
- ruby nodes in subtitles are partially displayed now (Rb tag)
- added functionality to directly jump to a timecode in timeline
- added reel wise stepping using arrow up/down for timeline
- bugfix: validation module's codestream check has detected wrong JPEG 2000 profile
- for VF package, when VF package was loaded first
- bugfix: all reels were exported, even if only one reel was selected for export
- bugfix: fixed scaling / letterboxing in export, when option keep aspect ratio is disabled
- bugfix: fixed crash after export was canceled
- bugfix: audio waveform visualizer has always shown encrypted data
- Updated Blackmagic Design DeckLink SDK to version 10.9.12
- 3.5.2
- bugfix: export of DCP with more than one reel failed
- bugfix: excessive memory usage during export when burn-in is enabled
- bugfix: export does not start with invalid scaling values
- bugfix: validating VF only with referenced and unreferenced pictures tracks didn't pass j2c profile consistency check
- bugfix: fixed crash when deleting custom audio output channel routing preset
- bugfix: fixed crash opening encrypted package with audio after unencrypted package with audio was opened
- bugfix: fixed stuttering playback when previewing DCPPROJ
- bugfix: fixed crash when starting via CLI and HDSDI is enabled
- 3.5.1
- bugfix: hash check comparison with trailing spaces/newline
- bugfix: fixed crash when starting player via remote desktop
- bugfix: fixed issue that prevents QuickTime export on macOS
- bugfix: fixed issue that prevents start of playback on less powerful systems
- bugfix: waveform not rendered for encrypted packages after switching composition
- fix regression: JPEG 2000 bit rate violation was detected for valid DCPs
- 3.5
- (PLUS only) timeline module for better navigation and preview
- validation module supports now VF and encrypted packages
- audio routing and channel mapping can now be done via GUI
- export module is now able to use gpu
- export module supports now scaling for all formats (except JPEG 2000)
- replacement of missing font characters works now on macOS as well
- bugfix: misidentified JPEG 2000 BCP level 6 as level 5 and thus assumed a max bitrate of 800 Mbit/s instead of 1600 Mbit/s.
- bugfix: some IMF packages could not be opened, because the MXF essence coding label's version byte was not ignored.
- bugfix: subject png-subpictures to color transform had no effect
- 3.4.11
- fix regression: x-coordinate for vertical timed text was not calculated correctly anymore
- bugfix: false error message in some cases during IMF J2K profile validation
- bugfix: crash when opening *.jp2 files
- bugfix: fixed edit rate/duration issues when loading certain IMF VFs
- bugfix: fixed an issue where licensing was not possible on some Macs with High Sierra and Apple FS
- 3.4.10
- bugfix: fixed an issue where KDMs and certificates became inaccessible after installing Windows 10 Anniversary/Creators Update
- bugfix: fixed an issue where a request for the certificate password would cause infinite hang
- 3.4.8
- bugfix: characters missing from the specified font of a subtitle spot were not detected in some cases
- bugfix: incorrect error message about track duration mismatches when loading certain IMF Packages
- bugfix: loading audio language from IMF Trackfiles when loading full IMF Package
- bugfix: quality check "Timed text entries are not sorted by increasing time-in timestamps" prevented timed text from getting loaded and displayed
- bugfix: missing RegXML descriptor when creating supplemental IMF Packages from saved easyDCP project
- fix regression: burn-in timed text had antialiasing disabled
- fixed loading MXF audio files without timecode tracks
- 3.4.5
- add support for GeForce 10 series
- add possibility to show title safe, action safe, container boxes or custom overlays in canvas
- add solo and mute button in audio waveform module
- audio waveform channels are now resizable
- added 2016 IMF Schema files for XML validation
- replacement of missing font characters can now be dynamically enabled or disabled
- new check: warn if timed text font ID does not match the ID in the LoadFont element
- new check: warn if font used by Interop DCPs has an .otf file extension. It needs to be .ttf or
else it will get ignored by some servers.
- bugfix: only one channel got rendered in 3D viewing modes
- bugfix: timestamp rounding mode was not restored after a restart
- don't reject external timed text documents when warnings were found while parsing them
- remove incorrect warning when timed text duration is stated differently in MXF and CPL
- remove incorrect warning when a reel's first timed text spot number is not 1
- validation module: promote warning to error when characters present in a timed text
document are missing in the referenced font file
- bugfix: JPEG 2000 bit rate violation was detected for lossless IMF packages
- bugfix: JPEG 2000 bit rate violation was detected for lossy IMF packages with broadcast profile under 5
- bugfix: stuffed memory leak in QuickTime audio writer that caused occasional crashes for long exports
- bugfix: switching between 24 bit and 30 bit SDI pixel formats did not work correctly
- bugfix: solo/mute audio channels ignored audio channel routing
- bugfix: unable to load some IMF Picture Trackfiles
- fix regression: screensaver was not disabled on Mac OS X anymore
- fix regression: Frame Forward/Backward keyboard shortcuts did not work when in fullscreen
- fix regression: fullscreen was not restored after a restart
- 3.4.4
- bugfix: validation module's bitrate check has calculated wrong codestream sizes for encrypted DCPs
- bugfix: switching from CPU to GPU decoder resets the selected source color space
- bugfix: loading of unsupported MXF subtitles leads to a freeze
- bugfix: atmos trackfiles are ignored when using the export option "Create supplemental easyDCP project with external subtitles"
- bugfix: show error message if not enough disk space is available during export
- bugfix: export does not remember last selected color transform
- bugfix: "additional offset from bottom" is inverted when burning in subtitles during export
- bugfix: wrong naming of subtitle files when converting from Interop to SMPTE
- bugfix: using an imported color transform LUT for export leads to a crash
- bugfix: adding TTML subtitle to IMF package leads to a crash
- 3.4.2
- bugfix: fix "Active sound card doesn't support current audio format -
Unanticipated host error" for ASIO sound cards (including Blackmagic Audio)
- bugfix: remove incorrect warning "Package contains Trackfiles of different
package types" when opening certain types of supplemental DCPs/IMPs
or mixed 2D/3D/2K/4K DCPs/IMPs
- bugfix: remove incorrect warning "Resolution for picture track file in reel
#x is unknown because it is a referenced track"
- before starting a DCP/IMP validation, check if the selected location for HTML
report file is writable
- make default timed text outline width configurable and use a size relative to
the font size so that it works well with both 2K and 4K content
- fix regression: calculate position for right-aligned timed text overlays correctly
- bugfix: position for centered timed text overlays was slightly off by a few pixels
when outlines are enabled
- bugfix: don't complain about timed text spot number order when (optional)
spot number attributes are absent
- show original spot number values in timed text editor, even when they are not
numbers.
- bugfix: when testing if all charachters used in a timed text document are
included in the corresponding font file, control charachters (e.g. newline, tab)
were not ignored
- bugfix: timed text fade out duration was one frame too long.
- 3.4.0
- (PLUS only) Validation module that validates a DCP or IMP and creates an interactive report in html format
- support for playback of QuickTime movies
- bugfix: fix subtitle alignment on HD-SDI output with "fit to window" disabled
- bugfix: don't close full-screen when a dialog is opened on a separate monitor
- bugfix: rendering got slower for the second and further DCP/IMPs
- bugfix: fallback audio channel routing from settings file did not always take effect. Now the currently used routing is displayed in the audio options pane.
- fix regression: fix "Invalid BER encountered" error introduced in 3.3.2
- fix regression: unwrapping encrypted DCPs got broken
- fix regression: when loading a new DCP or IMP, the CUDA codec in some cases
complained for no reason about a max. bitrate violation so that easyDCP Player
fell back to the CPU codec.
- 3.3
- Extended Export Features
- GPU-accelerated Real-time Playback of IMF Packages
- 3.2
- Supports Retina Displays
- Advanced Timeline Slider (eases subtitling)
- Subtitles editor
- Supports DPX/TIFF/JPEG/BMP/... as input format
- Supports IMF App2
- Supports Archival Formats (IAP/MAP)
- Supports Atmos (no decoding/no downmix)
- Supports 64bit architectures
- GPU-decoding performance increased
- Export performance increased
- 2.0
- HD/SDI support for Blackmagicdesign Deckling and Ultrastudio playout devices
- Support for Supplemental DCPs
- Support for SMPTE subtitle
- Option to accelerate playback performance significantly
- New work-flow for activating the software within minutes
- Extended export features including scaling options and burn-in of subtitles
- 1.9
- Much faster export functionality
- Export of Quicktime files supported
- Extended command-line support
- Improved issue reports
- 1.8
- Audio visualization module (view waveform, mute, solo)
- 10 bit DisplayPort output (Windows only)
- Support for CineCanvas subtitles that reference PNG files
- Automatically export reels into individual folders
- Verify that 250mbit/s JPEG2000 datarate is not exeeded
- Increase compatibility by degrading some failed integrity checks from errors to warnings
- Show render fps
- Process CineCanvas subtitles correctly, that use "Font" node within "Text" value
- 1.6
- In the Commercial edition, server certificates are no longer auto-generated, and instead they can be requested from Fraunhofer support
- Add automatic and configurable compensation for audio latency
- By default, software codec now raises an error, when it encounters a corrupt jpeg2000 image
- Support for NVIDIA GeForce 500 series
- Add support for exporting 8-16 channel DCPs
- 1.3
- (PLUS only) Export DCP to J2C/TIFF/DPX/WAV
- Optionally check MXF file hashes
- (PLUS only) new 3D modes side-by-side and top-and-bottom
- Improved speed in software-codec
- Restore window and player state after restart
- 1.2
- (PLUS only) Playback of encrypted DCPs
- (PLUS only) 3D playback (anaglyph, interleaved or quad buffered)
- (PLUS only) Rendering of CineCanvas subtitles
- Support for custom color transforms and LUTs
- Fixed audio-video sync issues that occurred on some computers
- Fixed "invalid enumeration" bug that occurred when the color transform
- Hardware accelleration was enabled on computers with certain ATI graphics devices
- "Choose composition" dialog shows more metadata
- Added DCP security checks (hash values, file sizes, digital signature, certificate chain)
- Multi-GPU-Mode does not need to be disabled
- Improved software-codec performance on high-end multi-core CPUs
- System information helps during graphics device configuration
- 1.1
- "Fit to Window" mode scales video to optimally fill the current window size
- Floatable toolbar allows "presentation mode"
- Drag & Drop DCP folders or audio/video files onto canvas
- Drag & Drop DCP folders or audio/video files onto icon
- Improved synchronicity between audio and video
- Improved user interface response
- Settings are restored after restart
- Added load progress dialog
- Accelerated application start-up
- More detailed error messages
- Many bug fixes