As of December 18th, 2012, the price of Multicam Logger is set to USD 3.495 / EUR 2.495.

This is a big step up from the old price and it is not something Softron Media Services usually does. We usually go down in price. The reason is simple to understand and is linked to the good old world of Patent that you all heard about. 

We have been contacted recently by a Patent holder saying that Multicam Logger infringed one of its patent. Starting from there, we had 3 choices: reach an agreement, start a long and costly legal battle or kill the product. As we did not want to discontinue such a nice product and by deference to our customers, we have chosen the first option. But this has a cost that we must unfortunately reflect on the price of the product.

We are truly sorry about that, and we sure hope that Multicam Logger will continue to have a great success and you will understand our position.

MovieStreamer HLS has been released today. You can now stream a Live incoming signal on your mac very easily in adaptive bitrates.

Multicam Logger is now available for download. Make your multicam productions easier then ever.

MovieRecorder and MovieRecorder Control have been updated today to allow for easier integration with Final Cut Pro X.

With MovieRecorder Control 2.1 you can now create multicam clips for Final Cut Pro X automatically without any need to do anything else manually.

MovieRecorder is the natural companion to Final Cut Pro X when working in a multicam environment. With the appropriate hardware, multiple streams can be captured on one single MacPro (up to 8 SD or 4 HD)using the corresponding number of MovieReorder licenses. In addition to its multiple channel ingest efficiency, MovieRecorder has a multicam feature so that users can start editing the multicam clip while the file is still being recorded.

When working in a multi-cam environment, the usual workflow would be to first start the recording for each angle, then find the files in your shared storage, import the files in Final Cut Pro X. Then you would select all of the media you have just imported and select File > New Multicam Clip from the menu. Next you would have to make sure to select the proper settings to make the multi-cam clip. And finally once the multi-cam clip is created, you will have to create a new project and drag and drop the multi-cam clip in the project. Only then can start you working with multi-cam.

The “Softron Way” - When using MovieRecorder and MovieRecorder Control, you click on the gang record button in MovieRecorder Control to start recording all the camera angles at once, then just wait a few seconds for all the work to be done for you. MovieRecorder Control will import all the camera angles, create the multi-cam clip and the project for you in Final Cut Pro X . And you can start editing your multi-cam clip immediately, while it is still being recorded. Easier then that is just not possible. You can also just store the XML file for a later use if you want to edit your multicam clip later on.

Download the DEMO versions of MovieRecorder and MovieRecorder Control today and find out for yourself.

Note that MovieRecorder Control 2.1 requires MovieRecorder 2.3b6 or later.

A few Softron Media Services applications have been updated to ensure compatibility with Mac OS X Lion.

Apple has now officially launched Mac OS X Lion which brings a lot of new features. Most Softron Media Services applications are already compatible with Mac OS X Lion.

Desktop Video Drivers 8.0.1 from Blackmagic-Design are validated to be used with Softron products and solve the issues that were noticed in drivers version 7.9.6 and 8.0.

What’s new in MovieRecorder 2.2.1 ?
• general stability and performance improvements
• Added the OCTO version for up to eight (8) SD ingest on one single Mac
• solved a permission issue when recording AND reading to/from an AFP Volume (file would not open until stopped recording)
• We now prevent to record when no audio track is present
• Solved an issue when recording in Uncompressed formats and disabling the option “Update Movie Duration when Stopping”.

What’s new in MovieRecorder 2.2 ?
• general stability and performance improvements
• Added the auto naming in Scheduled recordings
• Added the option to record to a reference movie (to solve problems with Final Cut Server watch folder integration or Final Cut Pro renders on files being ingested)
• Added a preference to select the extension for reference movies (.ref or .mov)
• Solved an issue with VITC recording where the TimeCode track was not referenced properly in the recorded file
• Added an option to keep the file in “Read only” even after the end of the recording
• Implementation of ACL permissions
• Updated and optimized VU meters with meter labels


What’s new in MovieRecorder Control 2.0.6 ?
• general stability and performance improvements
• Added the auto naming in Scheduled recordings
• Added control for reference movies destinations
• Added a gang pause button
• Solved issues with more then 10 destinations

Decklink drivers 7.9.6 and 8.0 present some issues when used with 2 Decklink DUOs

Softron Media Services is pleased to announce that the entire suite of OnTheAir Video and Movie Recorder products will work with the DeckLink Quad from Blackmagic Design

What’s new in OnTheAir Video 2.5b11 ?
• The logo overlay option is now available again with this version
• Mute option (can be activated with the shortcut: Control-Option-M)

Warning!
Unlike with OnTheAir Node, there is no control over the audio routing yet so it is not suitable to handle Live events.

A new version of OnTheAir Studio has been released today. It solves a compatibility issue with Mac OS 10.5.8.

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What’s new in MovieRecorder 2.1 ?
• general stability and performance improvements
• Looped recording feature for TimeShift operations: when reaching the end of the file, MovieRecorder starts recording again at the beginning (Pro option required)
• improved A/V sync

What’s new in MovieRecorder Control 2.0.2 ?
• general stability and performance improvements
• Added support for the control of MovieRecorder HEXA and MovieRecorder QUAD
• Solved compatibility issue with Mac OS X 10.5.8
• Solved an issue where MovieRecorder Control would take up a dongle license

What’s new in OnTheAir Video Express 1.1b14 ?
• general stability and performance improvements
• solved an issue when copy/paste a clip with pause status
• the GPI preferences are now set by default to “None”
• solved an issue with lower field first codecs (DV codecs)
• solved an issue with the DVI output being in DEMO mode in some cases even with a dongle or serial

What’s new in OnTheAir Video Express 1.0.15 ?
• general stability and performance improvements
• fixes the issue with Internal Mac Clock TimeCode
• fixes the issue with the settings button not properly positioned when resizing the window

What’s new in OnTheAir Video 2.4.38 ?
• solved an issue with clips from Root folder showing as offline
• solved an issue with clips copying (not complete) where the clip would not be shown in the playlist if you opened it. Now it shows as offline.
• solved an issue when importing ASCII playlists where you had to first save them before being able to play them correctly
• solved an issue where if you double-clicked on an offline clip, the stop button would have no effect until the change of clip

Important information :
This update is the last update for the 2.4 version (without Alpha Channel support). This is the last version compatible with Mac OS X 10.4. All versions after will not be compatible with Mac OS X 10.4.

What’s new in OnTheAir Video Express 1.1b9 ?
• general stability and performance improvements
• improves A/V sync

What’s new in OnTheAir Video Express 1.1b9 ?
• general stability and performance improvements
• added the possibility to get out of full screen mode when selecting “Built-in HDMI/DVI output” with only one monitor connected, just hit Escape key.
• solved an issue with chain/loop mode
• solved some issues when adding players
• solved some issues with FireWire devices
• solved some issues with MPEG-2 output

What’s new in OnTheAir Video 2.5a10 ?
• added support for ARGB playback to key over an incoming signals clips with an Alpha Channel
• you can now play video files with no audio track

Warning !
This is a BETA version that doesn’t have the Logo option enabled.

What’s new in OnTheAir CG 1.9.11 ?
• solved compatibility issues with ATI Radeon 5770 cards of MacPro 2010
• solved an issue in NTSC (bad interlacing)

What’s new in MovieRecorder 2.0.11 ?
• general stability and performance improvements
• fixed an issue with some file ending when doing scheduled recordings
• fixed an issue with Adrienne Audio LTC to RS422 converters
• added compatibility with 2 modes of the Adrienne AEC-uBOX-2: the ASCII mode and Binary mode
• general stability and performance improvements
• solved an issue with dongles not being recognized when the application is placed in the login items
• solved an issue when using Adrienne Broadcast Protocol
• solved an issue with the end of file on scheduled recordings with more then one track of audio
• solved a desync issue with Decklink cards recording from SDI video in and Analog Audio in
• prohibited to set wrong audio settings (like recording 2 audio channels in one track, but set output settings to Mono) which could lead to desync
• solved an issue where the channel name didn’t show up in the UI
• solved an issue with XML batch captures and schedule imports

For moe information about the configuration of the Adrienne AEC-uBOX-2 and differences between all modes, see the article below:
http://softron.zendesk.com/entries/222895-how-to-configure-the-adrienne-ltc-to-rs422-box-for-movierecorder

Warning !
For users of the Adrienne AEC-uBOX-2, as we added one more configuration, after the update, you will have to make sure that the correct mode is selected. Check the article above for any information, or contact us if you experience any problem.

What’s new in MovieRecorder 2.0.2 ?
• solved some crashing issue when scheduling or changing destinations with MovieRecorder Control

What’s new in MovieRecorder Control 2.0 ?
• solved issues when scheduling and destinations settings
• solved issues when there was dropped frames reported on the target MovieRecorder

What’s new in OnTheAir Video 2.4.35 ?
• reactivated the "video buffer" preference

What was new in OnTheAir Video 2.4.34 (available since Marc 30) compared to version 2.4.20?
• general stability and performance improvements
• Schedule has been optimized and reworked with a new UI (slightly)
• Fixed logging issues and added more clearer logging for synchronization.
• removed horizontal scroller in the playlist document
• Removed bug on double click action in the tableView
• added remainingTimeWithoutOfflineClip for the schedule
• removed log on closing a document
• deleted the "video buffer" preference
• Logo overlay and actions with parameters can now be logged in the as run logs
• Fixed issues in 720p playout
• Fixed a bug which would produce only minimal logs

What’s new in MovieRecorder 2.0.9 ?
• general stability and performance improvements
• fixed a problem with system memory leaks when creating thumbnail preview images
• preview images are now properly displayed in 16:9 if applicable
• preview window has been resized to accommodate the new preview image size (240/180 x 135 pixels)

MovieRecorder 2.0.1 fixes some important issues such as some movie files not being closed properly, but it also brings a few new features such as Offset TC for Batch Captures, or the support for XDCAM EX.

The XDCAM EX codec is very nice as it has a very low Data Rate. Be aware though that due to the Edit-while-Ingest capability, the data rate of the file will not be 35Mb/sec as it usually is, but rather around 50Mb/sec. Also, this is a very CPU intensive codec, and thus we do not recommend doing DUAL ingest with any current MacPro, and Single ingest can only be done in a recent MacPro with sufficient Memory. but of course you are free to test it with the DEMO version. If you experience any Drop frame issue, you can try lowering the preview quality and frame rate.

What’s new in MovieRecorder 2.0.1 ?
• implemented preview quality/frame rate in the preferences
• solved an issue with batch capture (wrong file ending)
• solved an issue with files never being closed even after a stop
• fixed memory leak in the preview image generation
• fixed MacOS 10.4.11 compatibility problems
• fixed a problem when finishing movies (audio was incorrect or too short)
• fixed issues when terminating a movie (incorrect samples were written to disk)
• added a QuickTime atom
• fixed problems with JPEG thumbnail
• added support for XDCAM EX codecs
• fixed a bug in Batch Capture when entering timecodes and durations
• added VTR in/out point offsets in the batch capture settings
• added support for pre-allocation on Omneon servers
• fixed a rounding issue with the timecode track
• fixed duration problem when using scheduled, timer and VTR modes
• fixed a problem when recording 16 tracks
• decreased bitrate of proxy MP4 files
• fixed a rounding issue in 29.97fps

Softron Media Services today announced that it has started shipping OnTheAir Node and OnTheAir Live for Macintosh.

MovieRecorder and MovieRecorder Control have been updated. This is a recommended update for all users.

OnTheAir Video 2.4.14 has general stability and performance improvements, among which:

• fixed some memory leaks issues when doing heavy copy/paste, adding clip to playlists
• added the possibility to upgrade Serial Numbers to add options
• fixed a problem when playing 720p footage: the resolution was set to 1280x720 instead of 960x720, so black bars would appear on the side.
• fixed a crash when editing actions
• removed negative delay when executing actions
• fixed an AppleScript problem when a new clip would be made without an initial file path property
• fixed a problem with drop frame timecode and Adrienne boxes
• fixed a crash in the Export subclip function

OnTheAir Tools is also updated with
• fixed a formater problem in Log analyser where date/time format was not correct

Softron Media Services will be present at SIEL-SATIS that takes place in France from 20 to 22 october 2009.

OnTheAir Video, OnTheAir Video Express, MovieRecorder and MovieRecorder Express have been tested and validated to work with Matrox hardware. Matrox MXO2 provides all the features of an I/O card and breakout box with the added advantage of portability. It can be easily moved among Mac Pros in the studio and taken on the road with a MacBook Pro.

All Softron Media Services software are fully compatible with Snow Leopard.

We noticed some issues with Decklink drivers with some of our software, if you have any doubt, please check this list with complete information on reported issues.

Softron Media Services Announces MovieRecorder Express
Mac Based Capture Application Supports H.264 and Native Format Compliance Archiving
Multi-channel Input Option Available

Softron Media Services Announces MovieRecorder 2.0
Mac Based Capture Application Supports Single File Reference Movies for Edit-During-Ingest
Pro Option Adds Proxy File Editing.