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v1.2

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New Features

The Top Layers feature allows you to add clips or stills for up to 6 layers of simple effects without the need for Composer.

The Audio mix minus mode feature allow you to attach each of the four analog outputs to any program channel.

There is now support for ancillary data (VANC) passthrough from the SDI inputs to the SDI outputs, such as for closed captioning.

Non-Roman characters are supported on the panel OLEDs.

There is an audio-video delay feature for lip-sync offset correction between the analog audio- and SDI inputs.

Live record is now supported.

Enhancements

The Chroma Keyer now has an added Mode B with improved edge performance.

Improved text render performance for scoreboards (grid of texts) .

There is now support for additional still formats in Composer and GVD.

There is support for multiple USB drives.

An updated v12.x Production Pack is available with optimized EntPacks is available on the PPK download page.

Resolved Issues

Table 1. Software Problems Corrected in Release v 1. 2
Area Description ID
GVD Panel no longer flickers on update from server GVD-321
GVD User may now set static default Gateway and DNS server setting via the client GVD-6761
GVD Audio Metering on clips now shows all channels GVD-193
GVD Tally improvements were made across the system GVD-7397
GVD Improvements made in server client connection GVD-6920
GVD Improvements made in analog audio. GVD-7521
GVD Input record of incompatible video formats prevented GVD-7487
GVD The firmware for OLED panels were been updated GVD-745
GVD PIP parameters may now be set in the AD tool GVD-7283
GVD Improvements were made to the panel AUX setting form GVD-7059
GVD Improvements made to the AD tool event list GVD-7935
GVD Transition and lever arm properties moved to the same form GVD-1000
GVD Audio Panel mixers now reflect input name changes GVD-45
GVD RSS improvements made in the clients GVD-264
GVD Improvements were made to filter out non valid file name characters GVD-7382
GVD You now have the ability to select OTS images in the parameter interfaces GVD-7563
GVD Chroma key smoothness corrected GVD-7548
GVD Changing video standard no longer causes program preview confusion GVD-7302
GVD AD tool connection state was improved GVD-7536
GVD Improved response time when using animated transitions. DDC-4759
GVD Recording a live feed to file of a different broadcast format resulted in a server crash. DDC-4729
GVD Improved handling of HDMI sources that do not carry a signal. Now showing a triple grey screen to indicate this. DDC-4714
Composer In Composer, duplicating a template with a name that starts with a number no longer results in a crash. DDC-4497
GVD Any font can now be used for rendering non-Latin text. DDC-773
GVD Audio metering for clips used to show only channel 1. This has now been resolved. DDC-789
GVD Audio metering for clips sometimes produced inaccurate levels. This has now been resolved. DDC-4654
GVD Inadvertently selecting more than one source when using an animated transition sometimes resulted in black output. DDC-4653
GVD Improved handling of animated transitions when manually controlled. DDC-4656
GVD When setting Director to Preview-On and using the lever for with a more advanced transition (like carousel), it might be possible to switch to black when quickly turn using the lever twice. DDC-182
GVD Switching source signals while recording the source to file, sometimes aborted the recording. DDC-4680
GVD Genlock stability was sometimes reduced after a restart of the server. DDC-4682
GVD Improved handling of aux connections where the source stops carrying a signal. DDC-4731
Composer Cancelling an export of a pack in Composer no longer leaves data behind on the target device. DDC-4706
GVD The audio of the last frame of a clip no longer repeats. DDC-1286
Table 2. Known Software Problems
Area Description ID
GVD AVCI or zero length clips do not get a thumbnail in Assistant Director GVD-7525
GVD VANC control state is not being updated correctly on start-up GVD-7575
GVD Meter levels will not be visible until an input has been placed on program GVD-201
GVD There is a slight delay on the audio slider feedback GVD-7366
GVD Hindi is not supported at this time GVD-7017
GVD Chroma key properties appear in non-Chroma key effects GVD-830
GVD When in program preview mode, rapid changes of the lever arm can cause black on program out. GVD-192
GVD Staging a clip that is already in a PIP on PGM will cause it to re-queue GVD-7314
GVD Placing all top layers on program simultaneously has some delays GVD-7552
GVD Non-Latin character sets for file names is not supported GVD-7565
GVD Assigning the ARC model for a top layer will have no effect. The picture will be stretched to full screen dimensions if needed. GVD-7584
Table 3. GV Director Software Problems Corrected in Release v 1. 1.3
Area Description ID
GVD Control Surface Analog audio settings do not persist after a reboot. DE9453
GV Composer Some Composer created Compound effects do not play properly. DE9724
GV Composer

Export from Composer appears to succeed even if the export destination is full.

DE11344
GVD Control Surface

Can't delete saved buttons file.

GVD-7301
GVD Control Surface Transition durations do not get persisted. GVD-7270
GVD Control Surface Sub effect creation allows user to steal existing sub effect name. GVD-7295
GVD Assistant Director Tool Assistant Director tool needs admin rights to run on PC. GVD-7167
GVD Control Surface Black 'boxes' appear in graphics in place of text. GVD-7012
GVD Assistant Director Tool Assistant Director tool effect selection goes away after first edit. GVD-7013
GVD Control Surface Mistyped Router information causes system shutdown. GVD-7275
GV Composer Dynamic numbers in text fields could show from right to left or left to right in no particular order. DDC-767
GV Composer Creation of 720p ANI files resulted in Composer crash. DDC-134
GV Composer Animated transitions contain a fixed duration. DDC-139
GV Composer

Players in Composer did not always get updated when refreshing them.

DDC-136
GV Composer Players in Composer did not show the preview when using a legacy ANI file. DDC-135
GV Composer Using a particular font resulted in system and Composer crash (Mac) or Error popup (Win). DDC-128
GV Composer

Extreme amount of log lines when using cross conversion, that eventually could result in system freeze.

DDC-233
GV Composer Critical memory corruption results in system restart. DDC-1171
GV Composer Amount of players per channel increased to 400 and render inputs to 800. Converted player pool lock to light-lock. DDC-4350
GV Composer Clean feed is not shown using production pack from Composer 1.7.5. DDC-4426
GV Composer Legacy 720p5994 ANI file did not play on GVD. DDC-4431
GV Composer Pinning live audio results in audio ticks. DDC-4423
Table 4. Known Software Problems
     
GVD Control Surface LTC causes boot to take 7 minutes instead of 3. The workaround – disconnect LTC; connect after boot GVD-7326
Table 5. GV Director Software Problems Corrected in Release v 1. 1.2
Area Description ID
GVD Control Surface Embedded audio packet placement in the SDI stream is causing some equipment to drop the audio completely (1080i@50). DE11647
GVD Control Surface A display issue occurred when a physical button has an effect mapped to it on page one and two and the user presses the shift button. GVD-6781
Table 6. Known Software Problems
Area Description ID
GVD Control Surface Analog audio settings do not persist. GVD-367
GVD Assistant Director Tool GVAD: Effect selection highlight goes away after first parameter edit GVD-7013
GVD Control Surface As an operator I would like a way of recovering system disk space. GVD-7167
GVD Control Surface As an operator I'd like to be able to see available log partition disk space. GVD-7168
GVD Control Surface Transition durations do not get persisted. GVD-7270
Table 7. GV Director Software Problems Corrected in Release v 1. 1.1
Area Description ID
GVD Server

Potential server instability.

DE11012
GVD Server

Potential server delays.

DE11087
GVD Server

Occasional multi-client disconnect.

DE9238
GVD Control Surface

Router source name display issues.

DE10934
GVD Control Surface

Transition in the Event list executes the transition instead of just assigning it.

DE10950
GVD Control Surface

Routing not working when rotary dial set on any position other than 1.

DE11031
GVD Control Surface

Panel Master Menu ignores touch, after reconnect cancel.

DE11234
GVD Control Surface

Client Exception on File Transfer

DE11293
GVD Control Surface

Router connection issues.

DE10694
GVD Control Surface Router connection keeps dropping silently DE10694
GVD Control Surface

Pressing the 'Register' button on the UI does not attempt to re-register a router.

DE11297
GVD Assistant Director Tool When resizing windows in the assistant tool, the text field and names of the scene parameters do not scale. DE11203
GVD Control Surface

Known Issue: Assigning the 'black' source to a PIP (picture in picture) effect leaves the previous player.

DE10649
GVD Control Surface

Stage stuck in blinking mode when used to bring panel out of sleep mode.

DE10782
GVD Control Surface

Using the ‘stage' button to bring GV Director control surface out of ‘sleep’ mode will cause the panel to lock up.

DE11342
GVD Assistant Director Tool

Within the Event List if the user drags the same item into the list they will currently have to select a separate item just prior.

DE11282
GVD Assistant Director Tool

Textbox size currently static; changing to dynamic so that the user may utilize the whole area.

DE11283
GVD Assistant Director Tool

Adding single delete to the onscreen Event List in addition to the keyboard delete key.

DE11284
GV Composer

Introduced variable text line height to prevent chopping off ‘diacritics’

DE10943
GV Composer

Disabled cross conversion functionality which could slow down preloading of templates under certain circumstances (e.g. using interlaced animations in a progressive project)

DE11547
Table 8. Software Problems Corrected in Release v 1. 1.0
Area Description ID
GVD Server Changing the Ethernet configuration for port 0 between a fixed IP- address and a dynamically assigned IP-address (DHCP) failed under some circumstances. DE9783
GV Composer In some cases GV Composer would not start correctly on appropriately spec'd Apple Mac computers. DE8249
GVD Control Surface Analog audio input metering was missing from the control surface GUI. DE6470
GVD Server Recording in HD formats would result in an MXF header file with incorrect aspect ratio settings. DE9988
GVD Server Uploading production packs from the control surface to the server that contains spaces in the production pack name failed. DE8327
GVD Server Certain types of RSS feed were not compatible with GV Director. DE8199


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