Features & Fixes

fixed issue where a manually disconnected channel could re-establish the connection to the Cinegy Playout engine (defect 17204)

fixed issue when double quotes in item metadata and secondary events caused the Cinegy Playout Engine to hang when logging was enabled (defect 17214)

Please note that during the installation of Cinegy Air, some dependencies, such as Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Package and .NET Framework 4.8, may be installed automatically if they are missing. In some cases, this may result in the system requiring a restart upon request after the installation of Cinegy Air components is complete.

The Cinegy Air Web API service is considered deprecated.

Preview player settings are extended and should be verified after upgrading to Cinegy Air v24.11 from v21.9.

Changes to the playlist format to add HDR settings for items are not backward compatible with Cinegy Air v21.9 and earlier. Therefore, a copy of all active playlists should be taken before the commencement of the upgrade.

Changes to the configuration for Cinegy Playout v24.11 are not backward compatible with version 21.9 or earlier. Therefore, please ensure a copy of all existing engine .xml files is taken before the commencement of the upgrade.

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

There is a performance degradation when working in multichannel mode with 6 or more channels, some channels have incorrect items indication when loaded into Cinegy Air control application. Reconnection to Cinegy Playout engine is required to rectify this situation.

Currently, selecting an AMD GPU in the "Video Effects Accelerator" section when using the H.264 AMD encoder leads to engine instability.

The current limitation is that user data in the output stream is not supported by the AMD GPU manufacturer.

User data is not embedded in the output stream when using Intel GPU.

An issue occurs with Intel GPU encoding when using HEVC with a B-frames GOP structure.

Intel GPU HEVC 4:2:2 encoder is not currently supported by Cinegy.

Cinegy Air control legacy APIs will no longer start automatically and will need to be manually started.

AAC audio in the Cinegy Air control application preview can be distorted in some cases (defect 13432).

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).

Cinegy File Browser is missing in Cinegy Studio (defect 15091).

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 not changing the black color in the "Source Matted With Color" parameter in the Cinegy Title template.

When a Cinegy Title template is modified outside the Cinegy CG, changes may not automatically refresh in the "Load Template" window in certain cases (defect 17197).

Changes to the voiceover stream settings (e.g., SRT to RTP) require restarting Cinegy CG for the new settings to take effect on the Cinegy Playout engine.

added H.264, HEVC Intel and AMD GPU encoding and decoding support (US 7537)

removed Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable X86 package from Cinegy Air installation wizard (US 7604)

added some improvements to the Cinegy Air installer related to an occasional machine reboot occurring after installing Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable with Cinegy Air installation wizard (defect 11634)

fixed issues encountered during the broadcast of specific MOV files (defect 16758, ticket OHR-997-70631)

fixed issue with AAC audio decoding from specific MP4 files (defect 16991)

fixed issue with decoding audio from MP4 files with halved timescale value in metadata (defect 15025, MIX-163-76621)

improved VANC decoding for 1080p25 and 1080p29.97 TV formats (defect 15086)

introduced the Cinegy Air Control Service application, which is currently in beta stage (USs 7532, 7533)

introduced an "Air Counters" plug-in (USs 7506, 7539, 7549, 7559)

implemented the ability to define the planned start time of an item (USs 7541, 7480)

implemented the display of Avail Id alongside the automatic opt-out block name (US 7508)

implemented the display of a camera icon for the live items in the timeline (US 7509)

implemented highlighting of items modified outside the Cinegy Air control application using a blue font in timeline (US 7507)

implemented the display of In-Out variance errors in the timeline (US 7512)

introduced an option in "Preferences" that allows insertion of items and moving them via drag-and-drop only with Shift + click (US 7510)

added the ability to apply a mask to incoming SCTE-35 or SCTE-104 triggers in the input stream via a secondary events (US 7530)

standardized the labeling in the interface for adding notes (US 7557)

improved the performance of item status updates to reduce processing time (defect 17124)

fixed issue with centering the item on the timeline on playlist selection in the playlist (defect 17157, ticket ICB-389-14876)

fixed issue with displaying the item duration in one line with item name (defect 17163, JZJ-287-98014)

fixed invalid URL error if Cinegy Stream Switcher server is defined in secondary event as OP1 value (defect 17162)

fixed issue that prevents resetting the duration of a skipped program to 00:00:00:00 when the "Show actual duration of blocks and programs" option is disabled (defect 16760)

fixed the colored highlighting of the dummy item in the playlist (defect 16761)

fixed issue with saving the timezone Id in the configuration file (defect 16792)

fixed incorrect tracking of playlist item modifications after splitting a program (defect 16968)

fixed the highlighting of playlist items on the timeline that were not loaded into the Cinegy Playout engine (defects 17006, 17008)

fixed issue preventing the editing of IN and OUT points for playlist items with timecodes that cross midnight (defects 17013, 17014)

fixed issue where non-printing characters are copied into the RTP address field (defect 17131, ticket GXR-152-81646)

fixed occasional application crash when decoding Daniel2 feedback stream (defect 17154)

fixed "Encountered an improper argument" error occurring upon application closure when the "Timeline" panel is undocked (defect 17195)

added recording commands ability to assign GPI inputs to GPI control setting (US 7538)

fixed GPI event processing and command triggering while the "Enable GPI" option is disabled (defect 16975)

fixed issue that caused a crash of the Cinegy Playout engine and reset the on-air item when the "Load Cued" command was used from the GPI device to trigger the last Rundown item on-air (defect 16976)

fixed the processing of the first event sent by the GPI device after the application startup (defect 16985)

fixed issue where the first item becomes cued after executing the "Start Cued on Video 1" command via GPI event (defect 16992)

fixed cueing of the item preceding the on-air item when using the "Cue Previous on Video 1" command via GPI with "On-Air" mode enabled (defect 16993)

increased the maximum number of inputs via Blackmagic Design DeckLink boards

improved synchronization of video and audio, and implemented a new approach for automatic recognition of video-only or audio-only NDI input signal; consequently, the "Input Mode" option in the NDI input source settings was removed

fixed issue preventing Cinegy Playout engine from starting when MPEG-TS 1080p50/1080p59.94 output is configured with pre-processing enabled to 1080i25/1080i29.97 and H.264 codec (defect 16808, ticket KFB-276-52202)

implemented various interface and usability improvements (USs 7551, 7561)

implemented setting the date and time for a variable via the date and time picker (US 7529)

introduced the exit loop button and loop markers in the template preview dialog (US 7548)

implemented marking linked and unlinked variables in the variables table (US 7562)

implemented reloading of Cinegy Title templates on application startup and during template loading (US 7499)

implemented the “Smart TextBox” panel for editing text variables (US 7475)

ensured constant visibility of the preview window when resizing the "Load Template" window to a small size (defect 17085)

fixed the resetting of the audio device for voiceover when one more audio device is connected (defect 17106)

fixed issue where a newly connected audio device was not listed in the "Voiceover" tab without restarting the application (defect 17097)

fixed issue where no message was displayed during the template loading stage to indicate that the template repository was not set in the Cinegy CG settings (defect 17095)

fixed issue where the first click on any button in the "Select Date" window was not processed after selecting a date (defect 16949)

introduced 64-bit architecture support for the application (US 7482). It is advisable to conduct preliminary testing before using in production environment.

Please note that during the installation of Cinegy Air, some dependencies, such as Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Package and .NET Framework 4.8, may be installed automatically if they are missing. In some cases, this may result in the system requiring a restart upon request after the installation of Cinegy Air components is complete.

The Cinegy Air Web API service is considered deprecated.

Preview player settings are extended and should be verified after upgrading to Cinegy Air v24.11 from v21.9.

Changes to the playlist format to add HDR settings for items are not backward compatible with Cinegy Air v21.9 and earlier. Therefore, a copy of all active playlists should be taken before the commencement of the upgrade.

Changes to the configuration for Cinegy Playout v24.11 are not backward compatible with version 21.9 or earlier. Therefore, please ensure a copy of all existing engine .xml files is taken before the commencement of the upgrade.

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

Update from December 2024

There is a performance degradation when working in multichannel mode with 6 or more channels, some channels have incorrect items indication when loaded into Cinegy Air control application. Reconnection to Cinegy Playout engine is required to rectify this situation.

Currently, selecting an AMD GPU in the "Video Effects Accelerator" section when using the H.264 AMD encoder leads to engine instability.

The current limitation is that user data in the output stream is not supported by the AMD GPU manufacturer.

User data is not embedded in the output stream when using Intel GPU.

An issue occurs with Intel GPU encoding when using HEVC with a B-frames GOP structure.

Intel GPU HEVC 4:2:2 encoder is not currently supported by Cinegy.

Cinegy Air control legacy APIs will no longer start automatically and will need to be manually started.

AAC audio in the Cinegy Air control application preview can be distorted in some cases (defect 13432).

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).

Cinegy File Browser is missing in Cinegy Studio (defect 15091).

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 not changing the black color in the "Source Matted With Color" parameter in the Cinegy Title template.

When a Cinegy Title template is modified outside the Cinegy CG, changes may not automatically refresh in the "Load Template" window in certain cases (defect 17197).

Changes to the voiceover stream settings (e.g., SRT to RTP) require restarting Cinegy CG for the new settings to take effect on the Cinegy Playout engine.