v1.3

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New Features

The Update button has been added to the GV Assistant Director Tool to update Live effects.

Added support in Composer to import media assets with Non-Latin characters in the filename.

A cancel button was added to allow you to exit the waiting on system dialog.

Enhancements

This release is qualified with MAC OS X El Capitan.

Table 1. Software Problems Corrected in Release v 1. 3
Area	Description	ID
GVD	A possible crash could occur when executing a large number of transitions and effects.	DDC-4962
GVD	Closed caption characters on 720p5994 are directly overwritten when printed.	DDC-4955
GVD	Using the ARC mode in a top layer, with a SD clip on 1080i, results that the most upper line of the clip is showing the background output instead.	DDC-4892
GVD	Changing the PPK while recording results in various recording and tally state problems.	GVD-7583
GVD	Using an effect without any actions assigned results in an unresponsive server.	GVD-7660
GVD	After clearing a top layer player and putting the empty player on program it cannot be taken off.	GVD-7615
GVD	PPK files on the server that contain a space in the filename cannot be deleted.	GVD-7618
GVD	When the first action in a compound element is not performed, the next actions will not be executed.	GVD-7624
GVD	Setting the ARC mode on for top layers has no effect.	GVD-7584
GVD	The server does not support media file transfers with Russian or Japanese filenames.	GVD-7565
GVD	Maintenance panel turns red when recording, but does not clear when recording stops.	GVD-7581
GVD	The AD tool does not generate the default thumbnail after failing the thumbnail creation of an asset.	GVD-7577
GVD	When setting the audio delay, the multiviewer name is altered to "Analog In."	GVD-7585
GVD	The connection form is gone in the AD Tool after canceling and retrying to connect to a server that is offline.	GVD-7640
GVD	Sometimes the items in favorites are cleared on a panel restart.	GVD-7405
GVD	If the user rights are incorrect, the AD tool connection popup may not display.	GVD-7590
GVD	When the delete button is enabled in the Media page, you cannot perform actions on other pages.	GVD-7592
GVD	If you use the Chroma Key effect and then switch to Lives, Transitions or Event List, the effect remains.	GVD-7591
GVD	Applying a negative X or Y position in the AD tool is not possible.	GVD-7625
Composer	Accented characters such as (àéèäöüïîê) are misinterpreted when using the auto-update functionality of a text field.	DDC-4896
GVD	Using unsupported characters as scene parameters can result in a server freeze.	GVD-7635
An effect that is taken to program by not using the on-action cannot be removed from program by using the off-action.	An effect that is taken to program by not using the on-action could not be removed from program by using the off-action.

Table 2. 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 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