Pro Maintenance Tools 2.2 - Nov 16 2016

• Housekeeper - Support for trashing After Effects disk caches not in the default location
• Plugin Manager - Support for Quartz Composer plugins
• Crash Analyzer - Improved Avid support
• CS Repair - Fixed an issue that could cause files to be erroneously flagged up
• Plugin Manager - Improved plugin installer compatibility with Xcode 8 and macOS Sierra
• Updated Crash Analyzer definitions
• Various other bug fixes, tweaks and improvements

Kollaborate Server 2.0.3 - Nov 15 2016

Pro Maintenance Tools 2.2, our suite of tools for maintaining, optimizing and troubleshooting your editing system,  was recently updated with the following new features.

Manage Quartz Composer plugins

Plugin Manager now supports Quartz Composer plugins, allowing you to boost performance and troubleshoot FCPX issues by disabling or removing errant plugins.

Trash After Effects disk caches not in the default location

Housekeeper can now clear out After Effects disk caches that are set to a custom location. This a great way of freeing up space as the cache by default takes up 10% of your drive space (100 GB on a 1 TB drive).

Improved Crash Analyzer compatibility with Avid Media Composer

Recent versions of Avid have split up the app into different processes for improved stability and performance and Crash Analyzer can now analyze crashes in these extra processes.

Other changes

• CS Repair - Fixed an issue that could cause files to be erroneously flagged up
• Plugin Manager - Improved plugin installer compatibility with Xcode 8 and macOS Sierra
• Updated Crash Analyzer definitions
• Various other bug fixes, tweaks and improvements

Pro Maintenance Tools is an invaluable toolset to help working video professionals get up and running again quickly in the event of a problem. To find out more, see the feature overview, read the user manual, watch the overview video or download the free 15-day trial.

Earlier this week we released Kollaborate Server 2.0.3, a minor update to our in-house version of our Kollaborate cloud workflow platform. These fixes have already been rolled out to users of the cloud version.

Kollaborate Server can now be run on PHP 7, as well as PHP 5.6. You will need to make sure you have the very latest version of the Ioncube Loader to do this. Even if you are not using PHP 7 you may still need to update the loader if you are using a very old version.

Other changes

• When emailing out a link through the site, the user's name is populated from their email address so they no longer need to enter it before commenting
• Users can hold down Shift to prevent the comment overlay showing in full screen
• Uploads from the FCPX plugin are now matched for revisions based on their title, not filename
• Black thumbnails are now shown instead of the "unknown document" icon if a video thumbnail is pending
• Prevented comments on archived projects
• The comments box is now sized proportionally to the height of your browser
• Added a popup alert to ask the user if they want to reset their password if they get it wrong too many times
• API - Shared links generated by apps now take the file's title instead of appearing as Untitled
• Forward and back slashes are now stripped from file titles
• Extended OAuth token expiration dates to prevent infrequent users from constantly having to reauthorize
• Improved the browser compatibility of annotation drawing
• Fixed an issue where admins could not email a link created by another user
• Fixed an issue on OS X where multiple link reminder emails may be sent
• Fixed an issue where admins could not add Approval permissions to other users
• Fixed an issue where revision uploads could fail if the parent folder contained invalid characters
• Fixed an issue where aliases may not be playable
• API: Fixed an issue where the server could choose the original file instead of the proxy when playing an alias
• Fixed an error that could occur when trying to move thumbnails for a file type that does not intrinsically support thumbnails
• Fixed an issue where comments may not show when a task with Japanese characters in the title is attached to it
• Fixed an issue where invisible users could exist and not be able to be removed from a project
• Fixed an issue where encoding jobs may not be distributed evenly across encoding servers
• Security improvements
• UI tweaks
• Various other minor bug fixes and improvements

Kollaborate is an essential cloud workflow platform that allows you to share files with clients and team members while integrating with Digital Rebellion apps and services. Kollaborate Server allows you to host the platform in-house on your own servers and storage. To find out more, see the Kollaborate Server overview or register for the free cloud trial (Server trials are available on request).

Pro Media Tools 1.4.6 - Nov 1 2016

• QT Edit - Added an option to preserve the original file's timestamp in batch mode
• QT Edit - Added additional ARRI metadata presets
• QT Edit - Conforming is now aborted if the user does not have write permissions for the file
• QT Edit - Fixed an issue where exported timecode in marker lists could be incorrect
• Post Haste - Updated the default templates to use the new [template] filename syntax (go to Tools > Restore Default Templates to get the new ones)
• Post Haste - Added support for Premiere Pro 2015.3 project files
• Post Haste - Removed Kollaborate support (for now)
• Various other bug fixes, tweaks and improvements

Post Haste for Mac 2.6 - Oct 21 2016

• Updated the default templates to use the new [template] filename syntax (go to Tools > Restore Default Templates to get the new ones)
• Added support for Premiere Pro 2015.3 project files
• Removed Kollaborate support (for now)
• Various other bug fixes, tweaks and improvements

Build 2601 fixes an issue where the New Folder option may not appear.

Preference Manager 4.4 - Oct 21 2016

• Preference Manager now requires OS X 10.8 or higher
• Kollaborate support removed (for now)
• Support for backing up FCPX metadata definitions
• Improved support for Adobe Premiere workspaces
• Fixed an issue that could cause a hang when managing auto backups
• Various other bug fixes, tweaks and improvements

Pro Client 1.6.2 - Oct 21 2016

• Pro Client now requires OS X 10.8 or higher
• Various bug fixes, tweaks and improvements

Pro Admin 1.6.2 - Oct 21 2016

• Pro Admin now requires OS X 10.8 or higher
• Performance improvements
• Fixed an issue where crash logs may not be cached
• Various other bug fixes, tweaks and improvements

Pro Admin 1.6.2 - Oct 21 2016

• Pro Admin now requires OS X 10.8 or higher
• Performance improvements
• Fixed an issue where crash logs may not be cached
• Various other bug fixes, tweaks and improvements

Pro Versioner 2.1.4 - Oct 20 2016

• Pro Versioner now requires OS X 10.8 or higher
• Fixed a hang that could occur when starting the background helper
• Prevented temporary FCPX events created during operations like exporting from being automatically backed up
• Various other bug fixes, tweaks and improvements

CinePlay 1.4.3 - Oct 18 2016

• Ability to set a default marker color
• Press Shift+M to add a marker without showing the marker edit dialog (local files only)
• Added 14:9 and 1:2 masks
• Stability improvements
• Various minor fixes, tweaks and improvements

We've just released Pro Media Tools 1.4.6, a minor update to our suite of media management and workflow tools for video professionals.

Preserve timestamps in QT Edit

Batch mode now has an option to preserve timestamps. This allows you to modify a group of files but keep the creation / modification dates the same. This is helpful for situations where your workflow depends on the files having particular dates and times.

Other changes

 

• QT Edit - Added additional ARRI metadata presets
• QT Edit - Conforming is now aborted if the user does not have write permissions for the file
• QT Edit - Fixed an issue where exported timecode in marker lists could be incorrect
• Post Haste - Updated the default templates to use the new [template] filename syntax (go to Tools > Restore Default Templates to get the new ones)
• Post Haste - Added support for Premiere Pro 2015.3 project files
• Post Haste - Removed Kollaborate support (for now)
• Various other bug fixes, tweaks and improvements

 

Pro Media Tools is an essential toolkit for media professionals. To find out more, view the feature list, read the user manual or download the free 15-day trial.

CinePlay 1.4.3 is a minor update to our Mac-based media player for video professionals.

Default marker color

You can now set a default marker color in preferences. This means that whenever you press the M key it will default to the color you chose. This is a great timesaver if you have a specific marker color scheme within your company.

Quick insert markers

Press Shift+M to insert a marker without showing the marker edit dialog. This is great if you need to mark a specific position quickly and plan to edit the marker text later.

CinePlay is a powerful playback and note-taking tool for video professionals. To find out more, see the feature list, read the user manual, watch the overview video or download the free 15-day trial. Kollaborate customers get cloud functionality in CinePlay free of charge.

CinePlay for iOS 1.6.4 - Sep 21 2016

Fixed an issue where some manually-synced media library items would not display

CinePlay for iOS 1.6.3 - Sep 13 2016

 

• iOS 10 compatibility
• Minor bug fixes and tweaks

 

Cut Notes 2.4.5 - Sep 13 2016

• iOS 10 compatibility
• Minor bug fixes and tweaks

Kollaborate Server 2.0.2 - Aug 24 2016

• Support for recognizing and converting MXFs, FLVs and AVIs
• When drawing over a video in full screen near to the right edge, hold down shift to prevent the comment overlay from appearing
• Limited the screen area required to trigger the full screen comment overlay on larger monitors
• Fixed an issue where annotations couldn't be submitted
• If no other encoders are responding, send to the first available encoder even if the current file is longer than the encoder's maximum duration
• Fixed an issue where deleting a file would result in it still being selected invisibly, producing an error if you tried to delete something else
• Fixed an issue where clients would try to reconnect too often if the socket server was offline
• Double quotes are now prohibited from file titles
• Reduced logging when processing webhook events
• Several fixes to thumbnail generation
• Various other bug fixes and tweaks

Kollaborate Premiere Panel 1.0.3 - Aug 24 2016

Improved compatibility with Adobe Premiere 2015.3.

Pro Media Tools 1.4.5 - Aug 4 2016

• QT Edit - New Quick Task: import timecode from Broadcast Wave (BWF) audio file
• QT Edit - Several conform improvements
• QT Edit - Fixed an issue where the Discard button does nothing when closing a batch that hasn't been submitted
• Fixed an issue that could cause the Open dialog in several apps to show at startup even if a previous file was automatically reopened
• Various other fixes and tweaks

Kolloaborate Server 2.0.2 is now out, a minor update to our self-hosted in-house cloud workflow platform. (These changes have already made their way to the cloud version of the site.)

The biggest change in this release is that MXFs, FLVs and AVIs are recognized as video files so thumbnails will be generated for them and if you have Kollaborate Encoder these files will automatically be converted to MP4s for playback in the browser. This only applies to files uploaded from now on.

Other changes

• When drawing over a video in full screen near to the right edge, hold down shift to prevent the comment overlay from appearing
• Limited the screen area required to trigger the full screen comment overlay on larger monitors
• Fixed an issue where annotations couldn't be submitted
• If no other encoders are responding, send to the first available encoder even if the current file is longer than the encoder's maximum duration
• Fixed an issue where deleting a file would result in it still being selected invisibly, producing an error if you tried to delete something else
• Fixed an issue where clients would try to reconnect too often if the socket server was offline
• Double quotes are now prohibited from file titles
• Reduced logging when processing webhook events
• Several fixes to thumbnail generation
• Various other bug fixes and tweaks

This is a free update for all customers with valid maintenance and upgrade instructions are available in the installation guide included in the download shown after logging in.

Kollaborate is an essential cloud workflow platform that allows you to share files with clients and team members while integrating with Digital Rebellion apps and services. Kollaborate Server allows you to host the platform in-house on your own servers and storage. To find out more, see the Kollaborate Server overview or register for the free cloud trial (Server trials are available on request).

Last week we released Pro Media Tools 1.4.5, a minor update to our suite of media management and workflow tools.

Import timecode from BWF files

QT Edit has a new quick task to import timecode from Broadcast Wave (BWF) audio files. You can either select a single file to import from or an entire folder. If you select the latter, it will match audio files to video files with the same name in the batch.

Conform improvements

We've improved the accuracy and reliability of conforming video files to different frame rates in QT Edit.

Other changes

• QT Edit - Fixed an issue where the Discard button does nothing when closing a batch that hasn't been submitted
• Fixed an issue that could cause the Open dialog in several apps to show at startup even if a previous file was automatically reopened
• Various other fixes and tweaks

 Pro Media Tools is an essential toolkit for media professionals. To find out more, view the feature list, read the user manual or download the free 15-day trial.