Skylark SL NEO 2.6 Software Line

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• Skylark SL NEO Software Driver Compatibility Table

Current Version:

• Fixed: the error leading to creating a crash-dump upon finishing work of the video capture service, when there are configured actions triggering to presence of static frames.

• Fixed: processing IN/OUT markers in TransferMgr and upon using copying in the HIRES Only mode.

• Fixed: the error leading to very quick hiding of teletext captions after non-stop playback for over eight weeks in a row without stopping the playlist.

• Fixed: skipping some lines while encoding subtitles to teletext upon back-to-back output of multi-line subtitles.

• Improved: the board’s channels used in Multiscreen now are considered upon license validation.

• Fixed: emergency closing of the application in case of stop of the web-interface service.

• Improved: pressing the AddSegment item in the AirMgr/MAconnect segment editor now offers the FileMonitor In/Out point values for the corresponding editor fields.
• The NDI library has been updated to the 4.6 version.
• The Mellanox Rivermax library has been updated to the 11.1.7.18 version.
• Fixed: the one frame shift upon reading some MXF-OP1a files.

• Fixed: the Mellanox driver upload.
• Improved: back-to-back playback of clips by the VDCP protocol.

• Fixed: defining the alpha channel presence in ProRes, upon the import process in MediaBrowser.
• Fixed: work with user authorization in the web-interface upon launching the web-server on the same machine with the media database and enabled “Local admin priv” mode.
• Added: the option in the Playout module settings to exclude some sound channels from volume processing (e.g., ac3-passthrough channels).

• Fixed: control of remote multiplexers in Eazymuxer.
• Fixed: work of Shift and Ctrl modifyers in AirMgr upon DnD operations in playlists and rec-lists.
• Improved: program channel settings allow setting the output encoding for generation of user-defined As-Run logs.

• Fixed: the error leading to incorrect recording of IMX to MXF.
• Fixed: the program channel error leading to incorrect truncating utf-8 fields upon generation of as-run logs.
• Fixed: the program channel error leading to incorrect usage of fonts upon displaying text.
• Fixed: the error upon displaying open captions leading to incorrect formatting when using styles.
• Fixed: the error in graphic compositions leading to incorrect positioning of animated limiting rectangles.

• Fixed: saving user-defined search fields in the search dialogue.
• Improved: RSS Feeder can use HTTP requests as data sources.
• Fixed: receiving some MPEGTS streams with unstable signals.

• Added in the program channel: the variable that allows correct synchronization of playing DVB captions at the backup server upon generating actions in parameter lists.
• Fixed: incorrect usage of color spaces upon conversion of files with transparency.

• Added: the switcher in AirMgr cast-lists for locking control of graphic layers in the status bar.
• Fixed: pre-reading upon playout of .mov, .mp4 and .mxf files.

• Added: the configuring option in AirMgr that allows highlighting Skipped lines in rec-lists with the same color as the Done ones.
• Added: the configuring option in BMPlayer that allows audio playback in RDP.
• Added: the loader of XLS, XML and TXT files in AirMgr now allows processing the absolute time of start of secondary events.

• Added in NewsCut: the Source window allows switching up to 19 cameras by hot keys: 0 - no camera, 1-9 - cameras 1-9, Shift+0-9 - cameras 10-19.
• Changed: the camera for multi-cam clips on the timeline now switches via the right-click menu. Hot keys no longer operate.

• Fixed: decoding some MXF files.
• Fixed: memory leak upon using the SRT protocol with MPEG2TS.
• Fixed: displaying some text attributes upon using STL files.

• Improved in AirMgr: the option of specifying the rules for loading XML playlists, similar to loading Excel and text files.
• Improved: switching the FullScreen mode in video playout windows now is implemented considering the current screen in the multi-monitor configuration.
• Fixed: predefined values for some types of frames in the window for editing key frames.

• Fixed: conversion (crop/box) of some frame types.
• Added: the ocnfigurable limitation for the log of completed tasks in RecordingMgr.

• Fixed in the program channel: the error appearing upon holding the playlist line in the HOLD status for a while.

• Fixed: color indication of overrun/underrun in the OverRun playlist column.
• Added: upon output of DVB captions in IPTS, an empty caption is output every five seconds, if there are no captions at the moment. Otherwise, the analyzers may give an error about absence of data in the PID of captions.

• Added: a monitor in AirMgr, displaying the current Background connected to the program channel.
• Improved: upon import from FTP folders in TransferMgr, the maximum timeout of one hour is now available, allowing for correct work with tape libraries and FTP access.
• Fixed in the media database: configuring metadata bookmarks defined for users and groups.
• Fixed in the media browser: requesting confirmation for some group operations with folders.

• Improved: removed excess of debug information in logs upon teletext encoding.

• Fixed: working in client applications with captions of those assets in the media database that have archived BRV profiles and captions loaded from an external folder.

• Added in BMPlayer and the graphics editor: indents for marking the 3,5% and 5% safe zones for the 16×9 format.
• Fixed: the error in the graphics editor leading to the app closing upon adding effects to empty PIP objects.
• Fixed: the error in realisation of the Quartz protocol, leading to slowing down the work of control panels upon using Evertz switchers.

• Added: the option of specifying the connectors used for every channel for Matrox DSXLE4 boards with AES/EBU connectors.
• Fixed: the output packet buffer overflow upon simultaneous encoding subtitles to teletext in over five languages.

• Added: support of bidirectional text in text objects of graphic compositions.
• Improved: parameterization of graphic compositions from the playlist now allows parameterising objects receiving data from RSS feeds and setting the data source via the external parameter.

• Improved: the algorithm of fragment matching at the recording server upon non-stop scheduled recording.
• Improved: addresses of disabled clients are now logged upon disabling inactive connections in the media database service.
• Added: generating SCTE-104 messages in the Playout service without using the program channel.

• Fixed: applying font settings in AirMgr playlists and rec-lists.
• Fixed: manual adjustment of hidden columns size in AirMgr playlists and rec-lists is no longer available.

• Improved: caption tracks with no specified language are now marked as “CC” in the Captions column of MediaBrowser.
• Improved: upon recoding media in “Different Video Mode”, recoding is now enabled in cases, when the output format has progressive frames, and the input one has interlaced frames.

• Fixed in the program channel: the order of switching the backup server’s external router (in some cases).
• Improved in the program channel: upon processing watch-folders with playlists, old files uploaded over 56 days ago are not processed anymore.
• Improved: upon H264 encoding by NVidia cards in the module for MPEG2TS output, H264 profiles are now specified correctly.
• Fixed: upon using automatic generation of schedules in the recording service, the rec-list is not reloaded anymore after relaunching the server. Thus, relaunching the server will not affect the start of automatic recording.
• Improved: the mask of automatic generation of files in the recording service allows using the end time code of the recording.
• Fixed: occasional incorrect displaying of diacritic marks upon encoding of subtitles to teletext.
• Improved: the time code of automatically recorded files in the recording service now correctly switches to zero at the beginning of a new file at 24:00:00:00 sharp.
• Added: the setting File→Configure→Look&Feel→Tables Look→List active border in AirMgr that allows setting the width of the frame displaying the playlist/rec-list currently manged by the toolbar.
• Fixed: the editing line font size in playlists and rec-lists of AirMgr.
• Added: the option to set the type of the output transport stream in the MPEG2TS output module: DVB/ATSC/MPEG2.

• Fixed: selecting the High profile for the default value upon HVENC encoding.

• Fixed: switching the matrix at the backup server (switcher after server scheme).

• Added: the Status tab for media database services in the neovid console now displays information on the number of used connections.
• Fixed: conversion of some numeric fields into text lines upon import of playlists in the Excel format.
• Fixed: incorrectly applying borders of window elements in AirMgr playlists and rec-lists.
• Fixed: saving the expanded/minimized status of top-level folders in MediaBrowser after the app is relaunched.

• Fixed: considering offsets of secondary events in the program channel upon preparing HardStart elements.
• Added: the request in the neovid REST interface that allows retrieving the software version.
• Fixed: conversion of interlacing upon the transition from 1080i to 720p with the direct connection of Capture to Playout.
• Fixed: displaying the absolute time of FromEnd secondary events.
• Added: preview of Profanity zones in FileMonitor, marked by ProfanityStart/ProfanityEnd markers.
• Fixed: appearing of black frames upon frame-by-frame viewing of some file formats.

• Fixed: size of the minimised part of secondary events in cast-lists upon relaunching AirMgr.
• Added: the option in the recording service settings that allows configuring suffixes added upon renaming files in the “OnExists” - “Rename” mode.
• Fixed: upon setting the capture stream by the “set_input” command in the IPTS capture service, black bursts appeared in case, if the new stream coincided with the already specified one.
• Fixed: the error in the program channel leading to the player relaunch during output of teletext captions.
• Fixed: applying the text background setting upon displaying open captions.
• Added: the setting in the program channel that allows specifying random names for the files of generated As Run logs.

• Added in the capture module: support of receiving SCTE-104 messages sent in the VANC sub-stream.
• Added: the option in AirMgr to request operator confirmation to stop recording in rec-lists.
• Added: support of Decklink HDMI Quad Recorder boards.

• Improved: upon using the h264 output codec in the Mpeg2ts encoder, the VBV buffer size is smaller now, allowing for the output of a more fluid CBR stream.
• Added: the configuration option in AirMgr/MaConnect for turning off in FileMonitor the A, S, C and K hot keys that create clips in the media database in a keystroke.

• Added: support of software mixers working by the M-2100 protocol.
• Improved: indication of the active cast/rec-list in AirMgr.
• Fixed: the program channel error appeared in 2.6.89, leading to the playback stop upon using some graphic compositions.
• Added: the option in teletext properties of the program channel that allows specifying the text height strictly, ignoring height settings in STL files.
• Improved: upon import and export of video with captions, teletext may now be used as an original track (for recoding to SRT or other formats).
• Improved: upon import and export of video with captions, teletext may now be used as an output format for encoding the original text captions.

• Improved in the program channel: significantly decreased time of preparation to playback of graphic compositions that use PIP objects, especially with static images.

• Fixed: Prores 444, 12bit decoding.
• Fixed: rendering graphic compositions with using Local wipe.

• Improved: external lines with zero length in AirMgr playlists are now highlighted as ZeroLen.
• Fixed: backup duplicating HardStart lines upon using the main/backup pair in the recording service.
• Improved: integration with KeyFrameEditor, SegmentEditor and the search window in NewsCut and MaConnect.
• Fixed: work with files with the “@” symbol in their titles in MediaBrowser/Transfermgr.
• Added: support of login/password authorization for switchers controlled by the VikinX.v128 (MRP) protocol.
• Improved: the quality of mpeg2 encoding upon using VBV.

• Fixed: regression in the recording service, leading to errors upon using the backup recording server.
• Fixed: processing non-latin symbols n the group name upon uploading playlists in the group adding mode.

• Improved: Recording Manager now allows setting suffix templates for names of recorded files, using the initial timecode in them.
• Fixed: adding playlists from files in the “Add as a group” mode.
• Improved: during MPEG2TS output in IP or ASI on Dektec boards, the output bitrate is now specified strictly by the precision timer of the board.
• Fixed: while processing incoming SCTE-104/35 packets, backup packets coming after the processing commands actions have already triggered (for previous takes) now are processed correctly.
• Improved: the program channel settings now allow setting the delay value between backup SCTE-104 packets up to 300 frames.
• Improved: AirManager now allows using segments from the search dialog and segment editor in DnD operations in playlists.
• Added: the Segment Editor window in NewsCut. Segments are loaded by double clicking on the asset in MediaBrowser.
• Improved: NewsCut now allows dragging segments from the search dialog and segment editor to the timeline in DnD operations.
• Improved: using up to 32 recording channels in Recording Manager.
• Improved: while manually creating a multi-cam recording task in Recording Manager, recording channels can be added by multiple selection.
• Improved: the material card in AirMgr/MaConnect/Newscut now displays the actual path to subtitle files.

• Improved: fonts in AirMgr MarkerDisplays can be stretched to fit the screen size.
• Improved: utilizing the Render Meta Clips option in TransferMgr to search media files now uses paths saved in NewsCut clips and graphic compositions, and the folder that contains the shot list file for uploading.

• Fixed: re-generating index files (CCH) upon defining changes to the main file, while processing external volumes of the media database.

• Fixed: calculating conditions of user-defined statuses in AirMgr cast-lists, when non-latin symbols are used in the condition.
• Added: the possibility to define the format of text fields with date in the AirMgr configurator of rules for loading text formats of playlists.
• Added: the possibility to set the change of value in the data column as a condition in the AirMgr configurator of rules for loading text formats of playlists.

• Fixed: work with non-Latin symbols in the AirMgr editor of conditions for highlighting statuses of playlist elements.
• Improved: the OverRun column in AirMgr playlists now displays the number of hours, corresponding the date difference. Added color indication and displaying “+” for UnderRun and “-” for OverRun.

• Improved: increased speed of scanning of external file systems in transfermgr and media database volumes.
• Fixed: work of the CII gateway service in case, when the program channel is reloaded without the CII service relaunch.

• Improved: upon recording .MOV files the interlacing mode is now signalized via the corresponding element of the MOV container.

• All fixes and improvements of the 2.5.159 version.
• Fixed: work of live monitors in the web-interface upon using them through browsers from remote machines.

• All fixes and improvements of the 2.5.158 version.
• Improved: in the web-interface of the media database, the metadata editing dialog is brought into sync with AirMgr/MaConnect.
• Improved: upon scanning external folders in the media database, only files not open for recording are processed.

• Added: the Nielsen module now requires additional licensing.
• Fixed: work of <+> and <-> keys in FileMonitor in case, when the playback speed moves through 0.
• Added: the –load-clip=<name> command line parameter in NewsCut that allows loading the newscut clip upon the launch.
• Added: the option of automatic launch of added playlist elements in the recording service.

• Fixed: automatic adding of clips recorded in the recording service to the playlist.
• Improved: automatic adding of clips recorded in the recording service to the playlist now works in the mode of fragment recording.

• All fixes and improvements of the 2.5.157 version.

• Improved: upon using playlists uploaded to automation in TransferMgr, the time of start of imported assets can be limited.
• Improved: NVENC may be used for H264 and HEVC encoding upon recoding assets in MediaBrowser.
• Improved: NVENC may be used for H264 and HEVC encoding upon rendering the timeline in NewsCut.

• Added: the panel for filtering by text fields in SegmentEditor and KeyFrameEditor modules within Airmgr/Newscut/Maconnect.
• Added: the media database search dialog now allows searching by key frames, segments and secondary events.
• Improved: selecting or double-clicking key frames and segments in the search window activates corresponding elements in SegmentEditor and KeyFrameEditor windows; double-click activates the editor window.
• Improved: only completely recorded files are registered upon Volume indexing in the media database.
• Improved: upon scheduled recording in the recording service, the Chunk column may be used to configure chunk recording, including recording with overlapping.
• Added: support of capturing SMPTE-2110 on any Ethernet-adapters and Mellanox without using Rivemax. Using Mellanox/Rivermax is more preferable as the central processor load is much lower.
• Added: the CCDV client program that allows retrieving subtitles in real time from different sources of “live” captions (character server), and real-time subtitling of outputs (Playout). Teletext, 608/708 and open captions are supported.
• Added: the CCKEYBOARD client program that may be used as a CCDV source and allows input of subtitlies via the keyboard.

• Added: editing the Creation time parameter in the MetadataView window.
• Added: the option of forced relaunch of modules at the Status page of the neovid web-console without changing the configuration.
• Added: the Ctrl+G hotkey in AirMgr playlists that allows changing the group for selected lines.
• Added: output of 608/708 subtitles in the RTMP output module.
• Added: support of capturing and output of video, audio and data by SMPTE 2110-10/2110-20/2110-30/2110-40 protocols at Mellanox boards. Support of NMOS control and through the web-console at the Status page.

• All fixes and improvements of the 2.5.152 version.
• Added: the option to customize search fields in the Airmgr/Maconnect search window.
• Added: the option in FileMonitor/KeyFrames/Segments windows of Airmgr/Maconnect that allows filtering key points and segments by configurable filters.

• All fixes and improvements of the 2.5.150 version.
• Added: a driver for playout in SMPTE-2110-20/30/40 with NMOS support on Matrox boards.
• Added: the EndMode parameter in FolderTags of the media database that allows setting the EndMode for playlist events through ActiveFolder.
• Added: the option in the playlists’ web-interface for viewing A/V streams from the server with minimum latency.
• Added: support of 2K-DCI video-modes on Decklink boards.
• Added: the option to launch external programs in triggers of the media database.

• Improved: processing situations of short-term drops in the output bitrate of multicast streams in EasyMuxer.
• Fixed: the error in the media database that appears upon creating proxy-copies for assets deleted from the disk while being queued for proxy creation.

• All fixes and improvements of the 2.5.137 version.
• Added: the Replace Media command in AirMgr broadcast lists that allows replacing the media asset to which the line is referring, to the clipboard asset for the selected lines.
• Fixed: work with non-Latin symbols in AirMgr rec-lists.
• Improved: the window with search presets in the asset search dialogue.
• Fixed: streaming by the SRT protocol in the Playout module, when VLC is the receiver.

• Added: the indication of current time codes in the lower section of the playlist web-interface.
• Improved: in graphic compositions, the center (relative to which the transformation occurs) of objects scaled by key points can be positioned manually.
• Fixed: the error upon indexing external volumes in the media database, leading to clips with existing names in different folders not being able to register.

• Fixed: reading the double height attribute for captions output in teletext, upon using subtitle files in the EBU-STL format.
• Fixed: output of the IPTS stream by the SRT protocol in the SRT CALLER mode.
• Fixed: AutoScroll function work in the cast-list web-interface.
• Fixed: work of PgUp/PgDn keys in the cast/rec-list web-interface.

• Fixed: the error leading to incorrect results and relaunching the media database upon searching in the database.

• All fixes and improvements of the 2.5.133 version.
• Added: support of SSL encoding and password authorization for the SRT protocol.
• Improved: the Multiviewer service now allows adding a window with the specified URL source and setting nvt://IP/Service as a URL. This allows monitoring services from other servers online without video capturing.
• Added in the Multiviewer service: the option that allows decoding input video (e.g. via NVT) by NVDEC.
• Added: the option in the server settings that allows encoding output streams for viewing through NVT with using NVENC.
• Added: the option in the BVW75/VTR service to correct playlists by the Sony 9-pin protocol.
• Added: support of double character height upon output of teletext from subtitle files.
• Added: automatic output of the “splice_event_id/segmentation_event_id” increasing counter upon generation of SCTE-104/35 messages.
• Added in the Playout module: support of audio output upon logo displaying.
• Added in the Multiviewer module: the configurable delay value for sending the first email upon detecting alarm clips.
• Improved in the web-interface: multiple fixes and improvements in broadcast-lists, especially concerning performance upon working with long playlists.
• Added in the web-interface: the possibility to control record-lists.

• All fixes and improvements of the 2.5.128 version.
• Added: support of MPEG2, H265 and HEVC hardware decoding for NVIDIA boards upon IPTS and Webcast capturing.
• Improved: upon displaying fonts in graphic compositions, the parameters of displaying may now be set specifically for Direct Write, with separate using of Family, Weight, Slant and Stretch.
• Improved: clips in FileMonitor in the process of recording/import now have a current recording point displayed in red on the timeline.
• Added: support of the SRT protocol in the module for MPEGTS capture/output and Easymuxer.

• All fixes and improvements of the 2.5.123 version.
• Improved: the external subtitle server can now be used for the output of 608/708 subtitles by the SMPTE-333 protocol.
• Fixed: OSX compatibility upon export of h264/mov files from the media database without recoding, but with repacking to mov.
• Added: the option in EazyMuxer to transmit separate DIPs with data like DVB EPG or HBBTV from inputs to outputs.
• Added: the AirMgr command to move to a certain point upon playback of a live broadcast recording.
• Added: the option in the recording service for manual configuring of suffixes upon segment recording.
• Added: the option in the recording service for overlapped segment recording.
• Improved: the ProRes encoder now generates bitrates that correspond ProRes standards for PX, LT, SD and HQ.
• Added: a hotkey to add key frames in FileMonitor.
• Added: the WebCast capture module allows conversion of frame frequencies upon capturing streams with frame frequency different from the Capture service video format.
• Added: the WebCast capture module now allows specifying program numbers upon capturing IPTS.
• Improved: text rendering in graphic compositions under Windows is now implemented through Direct Write.
• Added: support of JLCooper Slomo-Elite control via Ethernet in the slow motion and instant replay module.
• Added: the option in the Multiscreen module for direct output to the board without using the Playout service.

• All fixes and improvements of the 2.5.109 version.
• Added: the recording service now allows setting the Control Code that must coincide with the Control Code set in the AirMgr configuration. If the codes do not coincide, the rec-list will work in the viewing only mode.
• Added: the option in EasyMuxer for restreaming the input stream via another device by copying and adjusting the input bitrate if needed.
• Added: the right click command in AirMgr for clearing all played events in all graphic layers related to the selected program channel.
• Improved: the media database metadata schema now allows setting the XMP metadata field as a dictionary for the fields of key frames and user-defined segments. In this case, editing the fields will retrieve the list from the corresponding XMP field of the asset.

• Added: the “Recalc auto start time” and “Clear auto start time” commands in the cast-list right-click menu.
• Added: the “File→Configure→Actions→Secondary Absolute Sched Time” AirMgr setting that turns on displaying the absolute start time for secondary events in the Sched Time column.
• Improved: the ShortMedia status of secondary events is now displayed in the media status of the cast-list main events.
• Improved: Sched Time is now copied upon copying events with the Auto type of start in cast-lists.
• Improved: the size of the secondary events window in cast-lists can now be adjusted.
• Improved: the previous rec-lists uploaded to the recording service are saved upon reloading of the software server part.

• All fixes and improvements of the 2.5.105 version.
• Added: the REST interface that allows receiving and setting the asset XMP metadata, creating and deleting key frames and segments.
• Improved: the metadata schema allows setting additional data fields for key frames and segments.
• Improved: the asset search window now displays found key frames and segments in case, if the search line is found in them. When selecting key frames, FileMonitor shows the point of the set key frame.

• Added: configurable workspaces for users in the web-access module that allow adding several media databases, messengers and playlist control modules.
• Added: a separately installed player for media files.
• Improved: a double click in FileMonitor/ServiceMonitor/Multiscreen activates the full screen mode.
• Improved: the recording server can create proxy-copies with full resolution, using NVENC. Proxy in the MP4 format can be written into the file system.
• Improved: the order of forming open captions is changed in the program channel: they are overlayed in the end, after graphics.
• Added: the utility that allows consolidating as-run logs from the main and backup sets.
• Added: the following codecs can be used upon recording MXF-Op1 files:
  1. DV25, DVCPRO50, DVCPROHD100
  2. IMX-30/40/50,
  3. XDCAM-EX, XDCAM-HD, XDCAM-HD422,
  4. MPEG2 I-Frames, MPEG2 Long-Gop
  5. AVC-Intra 50, AVC-Intra 100, XAVC I-Frames, XAVC Long-Gop
  6. H264 I-Frames, H264 Long-Gop
  7. DNXHD, DNXHR
  8. PRORES