Release Notes

The full Cinegy Air package components are:

Cinegy Air provides a software-based system for SD/HD/UHD/8K playout automation using standard PC server hardware. Cinegy Air performs video playout by acting as a TCP/IP-connected video "printer" offering its services in a network. The Cinegy Air broadcast automation software connects to the Cinegy Air Playout service and instructs it what to "print" on air and when.
Cinegy Studio is a modern, highly configurable and customizable control panel for live and studio operations. It is offering a higher level of flexibility and additional advanced functionality like integration with Cinegy News workflows and also third-party MOS-based workflows.
Cinegy Playout is a universal tool that performs the final direct playout without rendering or export. This is a software-based system for SD/HD/UHD/8K playout using standard PC server hardware. It is controlled either by Cinegy Air PRO or Cinegy Studio PRO connected via TCP/IP without any need to restart or reconfigure.
Cinegy Encode allows the user to convert SD, HD or UHD SDI streams into broadcast-quality, SMPTE-compliant RTP/UDP and NDI streams or vice versa.
Cinegy Prompter is an optional component that runs on any commodity or tablet Windows-based PC and is compatible with any teleprompter hardware available on the market.
Cinegy EAS Gateway is used for receiving US emergency alert messages from the TFT 911 device and playing them automatically.
Cinegy Title, an integrated part of the Cinegy Air PRO Bundle, is the CG and branding option for Cinegy Air allowing to add multiple layers of automation/manually controlled, template-based titles, logos, animated graphics, and more. Cinegy Air PRO Bundle includes Cinegy Title Editor, the template designer for building and previewing templates offline as well as a dedicated Cinegy CG tool to control up to 10 layers of graphics and animation – perfect for live operations, such as news and sports. Cinegy Title now also supports audio elements, e.g., a "swoosh" sound when a logo appears or disappears.

Note
Cinegy Titler is rebranded to Cinegy Title.
Cinegy CG is a simple yet powerful live CG and channel branding tool giving you the power to control graphics in real-time on one or multiple Cinegy Playout engines at once. If a loaded graphics template has variables, Cinegy CG will let an operator change the values and even update them on-the-fly on one of the ten available layers.
Cinegy Event Manager is an events handler to manage secondary events that can be used to control external devices, such as external SDI switches or GPI signal generation.

Cinegy Air 22.12 Release 2

: Cinegy Air Release: 22.12 R2
: Cinegy Air Build: 22.12.0.4921.15212
: Cinegy Title Build: 22.12.396.52723
: Cinegy Cinecoder Version: 3.34.52.22743
: Cinegy ML Version: 8.0.59036.405
: Compatible with: Cinegy Desktop 15+
: Release Date: June 23, 2023

Caution

Please note that before you start the installation, it is required to manually uninstall all Cinegy Air and Cinegy Titler components that you may have on your machine if current installed version is 21.2 or lower.

Caution

Configuration made in Cinegy Playout v22.12 is incompatible with previous versions; thus, in case of a downgrade, Cinegy Playout engines will not migrate the settings, and the configuration should be reset manually.

Caution

Daniel 2 GPU encoding/decoding performance balance is shifted comparing with Cinegy Air v21.9 R1. Daniel 2 decoder is approximately 10% slower, while Daniel 2 GPU encoder is approximately 10% quicker. Please carry out performance testing on your system before using Cinegy Air version 22.12.

Caution

During installation, .NET Framework 4.8 is installed if lower version is detected in the system. Operating system restart may be required after installation is complete.

Note	To optimize the performance of your NVIDIA graphics board, it is recommended to use the "Prefer maximum performance" value for the "Power management mode" parameter in the NVIDIA Control Panel.

Note

NVIDIA GPU boards with installed drivers of version R525 produce H.264 interlaced video marked as Frame picture structure. The issue is reported to NVIDIA support (NVIDIA Incident Report 4005908). We recommend using the NVIDIA graphics drivers of version R515 that encode the interlaced video with the correct marker of picture structure.

Note

System memory and resources leak when creating and closing threads with NVIDIA graphics is detected in drivers version R525. The issue was reported to NVIDIA support (NVIDIA Incident Report 4027304) and is fixed in version R535 U1. We recommend using R535 NVIDIA graphics drivers to fix the system memory and resources leak. Please verify the resources usage after drivers upgrades.

Note	The Cinegy Air playlist format is extended to support the item’s dynamic range setting and is not compatible with Cinegy Air v21.9 and lower.

Note	Preview player settings are extended and should be verified after upgrading to Cinegy Air v22.12.

Note	Please note that working with the AVID DNxHD/HR video codec requires an additional purchase of a codec license and installation of a separate plug-in. For details, please contact the Cinegy Sales Team.

Major Improvements

– General

added compatibility for Cinegy Air 22.12 R2 with Cinegy Air WebAPI 21.9.93.22977 (defect 16345)

– Cinegy Studio

extended logging (defect 16227, ticket AHK-741-74983)

– Cinegy CG

implemented support for Deltacast 12G boards (US 7391)
fixed template loading after enabling the "Override CG Root with Repository folder" option (defect 16346)
fixed updating of the template preview after enabling/disabling the "Override CG Root with Repository folder" option (defect 16348)
fixed playback of some specific MP4 files as black frames (defect 16339, ticket UDA-123-20303)
improved working with active playlist when it is used by another process or access is denied (defect 16379, ticket XCU-819-31970)

– Cinegy Event Manager

fixed missing Evertz Router device in the configurator (defect 16355, ticket EFM-663-91964)

– Cinegy Subtitling Service

fixed crash when processing < and > characters in SRT files
fixed application of multiple formatting tags for one subtitle string (defect 16387)

Important Known Issues

NVIDIA RTX and other Turing-generation GPU boards no longer support interlace H.264 encoding. This applies to all versions of any Cinegy software supporting GPU encoding and is a hardware limitation of the NVIDIA boards. Boards of Pascal and earlier generations are not affected. If using GPU-accelerated NVIDIA features, please be careful to match your settings to the capabilities of your board. Cinegy Playout provides "Pseudo Interlace" mode to overcome these limitations, but please be aware it may only be compatible with other Cinegy software.
Some JPEG2000 OP1A files will fail to read correctly and will not proxy. JPEG2000 support should be considered experimental at this time.
AAC audio in the Cinegy Air control application preview can be distorted in some cases.
NDI version 5.x has a problem with frame skipping during interlaced stream decoding. As a workaround for interlaced stream decoding, we recommend replacing Processing.NDI.Lib.x64.dll version 5.1.3 with version 4.5.3 in the Cinegy Playout engine installation folder. The Processing.NDI.Lib.x64.dll version 4.5.3 can be found on the NewTek official site.
1080p25 and 1080p29.97 TV formats are not currently supported due to the VANC decoding issue.
Occasional machine reboot after installing or updating Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable.
Cinegy File Browser is missing in Cinegy Studio (defect 15091).
Frame numbering issue for IBBBP/IBBBBP output with AAC-LC audio with some specific video codecs and bitrate (defect 15917, ticket BVA-906-12970).
Audio packet size decreases during audio silence on IP output with AAC-LC audio (defect 15950, ticket ENI-672-26743).
Blackmagic Design DeckLink video cards occasionally play video without sound or with distorted sound on output. Before using Blackmagic Design DeckLink cards for critical installations 24/7, extensive testing must be carried out in advance.
Colors in semi-transparent areas within the media file used in the Cinegy Title template are displayed incorrectly if the color specified in the "Source Matted With Color" parameter is not black. The issue occurs for the Straight and Premultiplied rendering modes when previewing secondary events (Cinegy CG preview in the "Load Template" window, Clip viewer preview) and Sequences (Cinegy Title template as a main item) output. We recommend generating media files with Premultiplied alpha using the black background and do not change the black color in the "Source Matted With Color" parameter in the Cinegy Title template.
Security settings in the Cinegy Air configurator are not preserved (defect 16428, ticket XUS-445-28162)

Cinegy Air 22.12 Release 2 Release Candidate

: Cinegy Air Release: 22.12 R2 RC
: Cinegy Air Build: 22.12.0.4862.41493
: Cinegy Title Build: 22.12.380.9654
: Cinegy Cinecoder Version: 3.34.48.17349
: Cinegy ML Version: 8.0.58004.2414
: Compatible with: Cinegy Desktop 15+
: Release Date: May 4, 2023

Caution

During installation, .NET Framework 4.8 is installed if lower version is detected in the system. Operating system restart may be required after installation is complete.

Note	To optimize performance of your NVIDIA graphics board, it is recommended to use the "Prefer maximum performance" value for the "Power management mode" parameter in the NVIDIA Control Panel.

Note

NVIDIA GPU boards with installed drivers version R525 produce H.264 interlaced video marked as Frame picture structure. The issue is reported to NVIDIA support (NVIDIA Incident Report 4005908). We recommend using the NVIDIA graphics drivers version R515 that encodes the interlaced video with the correct marker of picture structure.

Note

Note	The Cinegy Air playlist format is extended to support item’s dynamic range setting and is not compatible with Cinegy Air v21.9 and lower.

Note	Preview player settings are extended and should be verified after upgrading to Cinegy Air v22.12.

Major Improvements

– General

implemented QRLE decoding from MOV container (colored 32, 24, 16, 8, 4, 2, 1 bit depth + grayscale 8, 4, 2, 1 bit depth) (ticket PUH-106-39429)
fixed audio reader failure on SoundDescriptionV2 streams (defect 16267, ticket HXD-523-14764)
added support of RAW video (RGB) decoding from MOV container (US 7363, ticket PUH-106-39429)

– Cinegy Air

introduced option to display combined length of items in a block and program (legacy calculation) (US 7354)
added category indicator to the timeline view (US 7369)
fixed incorrect highlighting of "Absolute" start time of the event with 00:00:00:00 offset if it is the first item in the playlist (defect 16229)
fixed incorrect playlist highlighting when switching to failover server (defect 16307, tickets NGF-554-27607, JQX-950-20101)

– Cinegy Playout

introduced Kantar watermark licensing model, which requires addition of both Cinegy "Kantar Watermarking" license and dedicated Kantar and Audience licenses (US 7360)
improved screen output rendering for UHD 8k resolutions
fixed long frame encoding of H.264 interlaced stream with B frames when using new NVIDIA drivers (for example, version 527.41 or newer)

– Cinegy Studio

extended logging for Cinegy Archive mode (defect 16227)
fixed setting the "Auto" trigger to the first item (global loop is ON) and the cued item (global loop is ON/OFF) (defect 16244)
fixed disabling of the "Edit" button/option for Graphics on-air item (defect 16261)
added warnings when setting inappropriate duration value or specifying incorrect In/Out point to on-air item (defect 16263)
fixed incorrect timecode setting to on-air item if playback is on pause and the first or last frame is on air (defect 16270)

– Cinegy CG

fixed overflow exception throwing on preview rendering on some machines (defect 16223)
fixed incorrect preview displaying caused by addition of a new Cinegy Playout engine (defect 16220)

Important Known Issues

NVIDIA RTX and other Turing-generation GPU boards no longer support interlace H.264 encoding. This applies to all versions of any Cinegy software supporting GPU encoding and is a hardware limitation of the NVIDIA boards. Pascal and earlier generations boards are not affected. If using GPU-accelerated NVIDIA features, please be careful to match your settings to the capabilities of your board. Cinegy Playout provides "Pseudo Interlace" mode to overcome these limitation, but please be aware it may only be compatible with other Cinegy software.
Some JPEG2000 OP1A files will fail to read correctly and will not proxy. JPEG2000 support should be considered experimental at this time.
AAC audio in the Cinegy Air control application preview can be distorted in some cases.
NDI version 5.x has a problem of frame skipping during interlaced stream decoding. As a workaround for interlaced stream decoding, we recommend replacing Processing.NDI.Lib.x64.dll version 5.1.3 with version 4.5.3 in the Cinegy Playout engine installation folder. The Processing.NDI.Lib.x64.dll version 4.5.3 can be found in Cinegy Air 21.9 Release 1 or on the NewTek official site.
1080p25 and 1080p29.97 TV formats are not currently supported due to the VANC decoding issue.
Occasional machine reboot after installing or updating Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable.
Cinegy File Browser is missing in Cinegy Studio (defect 15091).
Frame numbering issue for IBBBP/IBBBBP output with AAC-LC audio with some specific video codecs and bitrate (defect 15917, ticket BVA-906-12970).
Audio packet size decreases during audio silence on IP output with AAC-LC audio (defect 15950, ticket ENI-672-26743).
Blackmagic Design DeckLink video cards occasionally play video without sound or with distorted sound on output. Before using Blackmagic Design DeckLink cards for critical installations 24/7, extensive testing must be carried out in advance.

Cinegy Air 22.12 Release 1

: Cinegy Air Release: 22.12 R1
: Cinegy Air Build: 22.12.0.4787.24509
: Cinegy Title Build: 22.12.361.14760
: Cinegy Cinecoder Version: 3.34.45.11758
: Cinegy ML Version: 8.0.57377.6225
: Compatible with: Cinegy Desktop 15+
: Release Date: February 9, 2023

Caution

During installation, .NET Framework 4.8 is installed if lower version is detected in the system. Operating system restart may be required after installation is complete.

Note	To optimize performance of your NVIDIA graphics board, it is recommended to use the "Prefer maximum performance" value for the "Power management mode" parameter in the NVIDIA Control Panel.

Note

System memory and resources leak when creating and closing threads with NVIDIA graphics drivers starting from version R525. The issue is reported to NVIDIA support (NVIDIA Incident Report 4027304). We recommend using the previous version of NVIDIA graphics drivers and verify the resources usage after drivers upgrades.

Note	Cinegy Titler is rebranded to Cinegy Title.

Note	The Cinegy Air playlist format is extended to support item’s dynamic range setting and is not compatible with Cinegy Air v21.9 and lower.

Note	Preview player settings are extended and should be verified after upgrading to Cinegy Air v22.12.

New Major Features and Fixes

Important

Please read the Cinegy Air 22.12 and Cinegy Title 22.12 – What’s New post to get acquainted with information about new useful features and important enhancements in Cinegy Air v22.12.

– General

application icons and splash screens are rebranded (US 7314)
restored availability of cudart64_80.dll (defect 15912, ticket CJG-156-63635)
fixed insertion of the Sequence if it has a Unit Separator symbol (ASCII 31) in the name (defect 15826, ticket XNQ-946-30158)
fixed displaying of the first frame for MOV, MP4 media files (defect 15526)
improved "Pseudo Interlace" mode functionality
fixed video deinterlacing during playback in "Still" mode (defect 16085)
added .NET Framework 4.8 to Cinegy Air installer (US 7352)

– Cinegy Air

added playlist column for defining the original dynamic range of an item (US 7198)
implemented dynamic range conversion for media without HDR metadata (US 7193)
fixed issue when variance threshold cannot be specified against each specific channel (defect 16026)
fixed playlist saving in the inactive Cinegy Air control application after media restoring and executing the "Auto update" command when the active playlist file contains newer changes (defect 15874)
fixed incorrect automatic appending of playlist after loss of connection between the Cinegy Air control application and the Cinegy Playout engine (defect 15889)
fixed issue when playlist is saved on application start, even if on-air item is not changed (defect 15980)
fixed issue when application does not start if one channel has incompatible TV format (defect 15955)
fixed issue with proxy dropping after an item is auto-updated by the file with the same name and duration (defect 15861, ticket ALP-157-19665)
fixed resuming of playback when the Cinegy Playout engine is restarted during playback (defect 15911)
fixed copy/paste keyboard shortcuts (defect 15870, ticket UMJ-112-55629)
removed "Fade out" option for items with manual end trigger (US 7287, defect 15945, ticket GKT-956-81038)
fixed incorrect In/Out points setting for a playlist item, if its duration is extended after updating (defect 15818)
extended Cinegy Air SRV log with an extra entry about connection to Main & Spare engines (task 4986)
implemented preserving the configured channel(s) selection between application sessions (US 7242)
added ability to select/deselect all configured channels on the Cinegy Air control application start (defect 15777)
introduced verification of higher frame rate (resolution) content added to the playlist (US 7255)
fixed Cinegy Subtitling Control option absence in Cinegy Event Manager configurator on Windows server 2016. Required .NET Framework 4.8 is added to Cinegy Air installer (US 7352, ticket DMX-555-40974)
added RossTalk router protocol support to Cinegy Event Manager (US 7245)
fixed incorrect media modification date while copying file (defect 12992)
added the ability to specify the location of the media storage server for Cinegy Air Cloud
implemented media slicing server support (for delivery of URL-backed assets) (US 7277)
added support for selecting playlist blocks as a part of the playlist structure with the ability to be copied/cut/deleted (US 7306, defect 15903)
extended list of supported output devices for player (US 7119)
updated preview panels player configuration to allow advanced settings (US 7280)
introduced support of drag-and-drop for individual programs, blocks and items between two open Cinegy Air Playlist Editors or Cinegy Air control applications (US 7274)
added consideration of variance value in the calculation when displaying duration of playlist items on the Item Editor panel (US 7254, ticket WDM-108-78628)
fixed unified color info processing for the main and cued feedbacks (defect 15910)
added functionality to load playlist configuration from a pre-configured Cinegy Air channel (US 7284)
fixed "Media Offline" message displaying on preview in Cinegy Air Playlist Editor when a specific video card is used (930 MX) (defect 16168, ticket SNF-831-27696)
fixed playlist marking as modified after placeholder update (defect 16151)
fixed empty block renaming (defect 16127)
fixed Cinegy Air control application crashing whilst auto appending schedule during items update (defect 16080, ticket FFT-899-11315)
added "Default" option to video effect accelerator settings (defect 16169)
implemented displaying of a pop-up with audio profile description for playlist item (US 7204, ticket QIF-659-47119)
fixed inaccurate time saving in playlist (defect 16154)
improved items update procedure when media files are replaced with files with different modification date (defect 16166)

– Cinegy Playout

added Kantar watermarking SDK (requires additional license from Kantar and is a chargeable addition to Cinegy Air PRO) (US 7331)
fixed incomplete files proxying if video track is longer than duration of STL subtitles added to the playlist (defect 15829, ticket HER-110-13936)
fixed displaying of NVIDIA adapter in the "Video effects accelerator list" on Windows Server 2022 when connecting via remote desktop (defect 15451)
changed default YUV matrix to HD
added AJA Kona IP/2110 improvement
updated Blackmagic Design DeckLink SDK to v11.6
fixed occasional black frame playback instead of the last valid frame in NDI input stream (defect 15948)
introduced option to display the last good frame on live input signal loss (US 7149)
fixed processing of NDI RGBA input used in Cinegy Title template in YCbCr-10bit Cinegy Playout engine mode (defect 15726)
added "AutoAudioFade" hidden parameter for auto fade disabling for audio on item switching (defect 16130, ticket AXW-125-16234)
improved analog closed caption decoder sensitivity
fixed wrong opt-out block duration in SCTE35 splice event if splice_immediate_flag is set (defect 16187, ticket RHR-344-52933)

– Cinegy Studio

added extended list of supported output devices for player (US 7119)
updated preview panels player configuration allowing advanced settings (US 7320)
improved on-air item editing functionality: changing duration, applying Loop trigger (defects 16186, 16188, 16193)
fixed data loading via MOS gateway (defect 16174)
added "Default" option to video effect accelerator settings (defect 16169)
fixed incorrect scroll bars displaying for Audio device in Cinegy Studio configurator (defect 16102)

– Cinegy EAS Gateway

implemented various interface improvements (US 7091, defect 16103)
extended trace and initialization information messages for DIGIGRAM device (defect 15975, ticket SEG-282-82111)
fixed installation for DIGIGRAM device (defect 15975)
fixed displaying of product icon with "EAS Gateway" entry in the "Programs and Features" and "EASGateway.exe" file (defect 7137)

– Cinegy CG

removed persistent connections and related interface elements (USs 7108, 7043)
fixed preview muting (defect 16217)

– Cinegy Prompter

implemented dedicated play and pause commands (US 5820)

Important Known Issues

NVIDIA RTX and other Turing-generation GPU boards no longer support interlace H.264 encoding. This applies to all versions of any Cinegy software supporting GPU encoding and is a hardware limitation of the NVIDIA boards. Pascal and earlier generations boards are not affected. If using GPU-accelerated NVIDIA features, please be careful to match your settings to the capabilities of your board. Cinegy Playout provides "Pseudo Interlace" mode to overcome these limitation, but please be aware it may only be compatible with other Cinegy software.
Some JPEG2000 OP1A files will fail to read correctly, and will not proxy. JPEG2000 support should be considered experimental at this time.
AAC audio in Cinegy Air control application preview can be distorted in some cases.
NDI version 5.x has a problem of frame skipping during interlaced stream decoding. As a workaround for interlaced stream decoding, we recommend replacing Processing.NDI.Lib.x64.dll version 5.1.3 with version 4.5.3 in the Cinegy Playout engine installation folder. The Processing.NDI.Lib.x64.dll version 4.5.3 can be found in Cinegy Air 21.9 Release 1 or on the NewTek official site.
1080p25 and 1080p29.97 TV formats are not currently supported due to VANC decoding issue.
Occasional machine reboot after installing or updating Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable.
Cinegy File Browser is missing in Cinegy Studio (defect 15091).
Frame numbering issue for IBBBP/IBBBBP output with AAC-LC audio with some specific video codecs and bitrate (defect 15917, ticket BVA-906-12970).
Audio packet size decreases during audio silence on IP output with AAC-LC audio (defect 15950, ticket ENI-672-26743).
Blackmagic Design DeckLink video cards occasionally play video without sound or with distorted sound on output. Before using Blackmagic Design DeckLink cards for critical installations 24/7, extensive testing must be carried out in advance.

Cinegy Air 22.12 Release Candidate

: Cinegy Air Release: 22.12 RC
: Cinegy Air Build: 22.12.0.4731.84
: Cinegy Title Build: 22.12.324.65497
: Cinegy Cinecoder Version: 3.34.45.11758
: Cinegy ML Version: 8.0.56755.2836
: Compatible with: Cinegy Desktop 15+
: Release Date: December 15, 2022

Caution

Daniel 2 GPU encoding/decoding performance balance is shifted comparing with Air 21.9 R1. Daniel 2 decoder is approximately 10% slower, while Daniel 2 GPU encoder is approximately 10% quicker. Please carry out performance testing on your system before using Cinegy Air 22.12 version.

Note	To optimize performance of your NVIDIA graphics board, it is recommended to use the "Prefer maximum performance" value for the "Power management mode" parameter in the NVIDIA Control Panel.

Note	Cinegy Titler is rebranded to Cinegy Title.

Note	Cinegy Air playlist format is extended to support item’s dynamic range setting and is not compatible with Cinegy Air 21.9 and lower.

Note	Preview player settings are extended and should be verified after upgrading to Cinegy Air version 22.12.

Major Improvements

– General

application icons and splash screens are rebranded (US 7314)
restored availability of cudart64_80.dll (defect 15912, ticket CJG-156-63635)
fixed insertion of the Sequence if it has a Unit Separator symbol (ASCII 31) in the name (defect 15826, ticket XNQ-946-30158)
fixed displaying of the first frame for MOV, MP4 media files (defect 15526)
improved "Pseudo Interlace" mode functionality
fixed video deinterlacing during playback in "Still" mode (defect 16085)

– Cinegy Air

added playlist column for defining the original dynamic range of an item (US 7198)
implemented dynamic range conversion for media without HDR metadata (US 7193)
fixed issue when variance threshold cannot be specified against each specific channel (defect 16026)
fixed playlist saving in inactive Cinegy Air control application after media restoring and executing the "Auto update" command when the active playlist file contains newer changes (defect 15874)
fixed incorrect automatic appending of playlist after loss of connection between the Cinegy Air control application and the Cinegy Playout engine (defect 15889)
fixed issue when playlist is saved on application start, even if on-air item is not changed (defect 15980)
fixed issue when application does not start if one channel has incompatible TV format (defect 15955)
fixed the issue with proxy dropping after item is auto-updated by the file with the same name and duration (defect 15861, ticket ALP-157-19665)
fixed resuming of playback when the Cinegy Playout engine is restarted during playback (defect 15911)
fixed copy/paste keyboard shortcuts (defect 15870, ticket UMJ-112-55629)
removed "Fade out" option for items with manual end trigger (US 7287, defect 15945, ticket GKT-956-81038)
fixed incorrect In/Out points setting for a playlist item if its duration is extended after updating (defect 15818)
extended Cinegy Air SRV log with extra entry about connection to Main & Spare engines (task 4986)
implemented preserving the configured channel(s) selection between application sessions (US 7242)
added ability to select/deselect all configured channels on Cinegy Air control application start (defect 15777)
introduced verification of higher frame rate (resolution) content added to the playlist (US 7255)
added the ability to specify the location of media storage server for Cinegy Air Cloud
implemented media slicing server support (for delivery of URL-backed assets) (US 7277)
added support for selecting playlist blocks as a part of the playlist structure with the ability to be copied/cut/deleted (US 7306, defect 15903)
extended list of supported output devices for player (US 7119)
updated preview panels player configuration to allow advanced settings (US 7280)
supported drag-and-drop of individual programs, blocks and items between two open Cinegy Air Playlist Editors or Cinegy Air control applications (US 7274)
added consideration of variance value in the calculation when displaying duration of playlist items on the Item Editor panel (US 7254, ticket WDM-108-78628)
fixed unified color info processing for the main and cued feedbacks (defect 15910)
added functionality to load playlist configuration from a pre-configured Cinegy Air channel (US 7284)

– Cinegy Playout

fixed incomplete files proxying if video track is longer than duration of STL subtitles added to the playlist (defect 15829, ticket HER-110-13936)
fixed displaying of NVIDIA adapter in the "Video effects accelerator list" on Windows Server 2022 when connecting via remote desktop (defect 15451)
changed default YUV matrix to HD
added AJA Kona IP/2110 improvements
fixed occasional black frame playback instead of the last valid frame in NDI input stream (defect 15948)
introduced option to display the last good frame on live input signal loss (US 7149)
fixed processing of NDI RGBA input used in Cinegy Title template in YCbCr-10bit Cinegy Playout engine mode (defect 15726)

– Cinegy Studio

added extended list of supported output devices for player (US 7119)
updated preview panels player configuration allowing advanced settings (US 7320)

– Cinegy EAS Gateway

implemented various interface improvements (US 7091, defect 16103)
extended trace and initialization information messages for DIGIGRAM device (defect 15975, ticket SEG-282-82111)
fixed installation for DIGIGRAM device (defect 15975)
fixed displaying of product icon with "EAS Gateway" entry in the "Programs and Features" and "EASGateway.exe" file (defect 7137)

Important Known Issues

NVIDIA RTX and other Turing-generation GPU boards no longer support interlace H.264 encoding. This applies to all versions of any Cinegy software supporting GPU encoding and is a hardware limitation of the NVIDIA boards. Pascal and earlier generations boards are not affected. If using GPU-accelerated NVIDIA features, please be careful to match your settings to the capabilities of your board. Cinegy Playout provides "Pseudo Interlace" mode to overcome these limitation, but please be aware it may only be compatible with other Cinegy software.
Some JPEG2000 OP1A files will fail to read correctly, and will not proxy. JPEG2000 support should be considered experimental at this time.
AAC audio in Cinegy Air control application preview can be distorted in some cases.
NDI version 5.x has a problem of frame skipping during interlaced stream decoding. As a workaround for interlaced stream decoding, we recommend replacing Processing.NDI.Lib.x64.dll version 5.1.3 with version 4.5.3 in the Cinegy Playout engine installation folder. The Processing.NDI.Lib.x64.dll version 4.5.3 can be found in Cinegy Air 21.9 Release 1 or on the NewTek official site.
1080p25 and 1080p29.97 TV formats are not currently supported due to VANC decoding issue.
Occasional machine reboot after installing or updating Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable.
Cinegy File Browser is missing in Cinegy Studio (defect 15091).
Frame numbering issue for IBBBP/IBBBBP output with AAC-LC audio with some specific video codecs and bitrate (defect 15917, ticket BVA-906-12970).
Audio packet size decreases during audio silence on IP output with AAC-LC audio (defect 15950, ticket ENI-672-26743).
Blackmagic Design DeckLink video cards occasionally play video without sound or with distorted sound on output. Before using Blackmagic Design DeckLink cards for critical installations 24/7, extensive testing must be carried out in advance.