Features & Fixes

implemented highlighting for items on the timeline based on the "Planned start difference" and "Time to selected" counters (US 7608)

optimized preview window buffering performance when working with a large number of channels in Cinegy Air control application (US 7536, ticket KAS-999-38076)

updated C++ redistributable X64 package in the installation wizard (US 7654)

added the ability to edit OP1, OP2, OP3 fields for GFX secondary events (US 7670)

implemented logging for preview stream received from Cinegy PLayout engine (defect 17430, ticket LTW-306-28598)

improved processing of unavailable file shares in File Browser (defect 17335, ticket KYR-673-22412)

improved loading of long playlists on application startup in multichannel mode when "Connect automatically" option is enabled in Cinegy Air configuration utility (defect 17172)

improved initialization of integrated Intel GPU on opening Clip Viewer if Intel CPU with integrated GPU is selected as video accelerator (defect 17265)

fixed processing of SD MPEG-TS streams encoded in pseudo-interlace mode (defect 16698)

fixed preview monitors updating on the Monitor panel after changing channels via the "Select channels" command in the running Cinegy Air control application (defect 17212)

fixed issue where modified description for playlist item was not updated in the Cinegy Playout engine activity log unless the playlist was reloaded (defect 17228)

fixed the Cinegy Air control application occasional instability caused by preview stream decoding (defects 17242, 17192)

fixed the leaks of GDI objects in the Cinegy Air control application (defect 17246)

fixed issue with processing the playlist changes to display actual data for the next live item timer on the Air Counters panel (defect 17364, ticket YDG-659-94945)

fixed the Cinegy Air control application crash caused by the rare race condition during playlist saving after the on-air item change and media availability check (defect 17230, ticket NUS-747-64445)

fixed AAC-LC audio decoding from MOV files (defect 17362, ticket HLD-948-61083)

fixed calculation of the block/program duration for the items started by received SCTE-35/104 events and the "Show actual duration of blocks and programs" option is enabled in "Preferences" (defect 17446)

fixed the functionality of SetOutput API commands (defect 17458, ticket OTR-981-88210)

fixed a race condition where forcibly closing the Cinegy Air control application during playlist loading caused previously played items to be loaded into the Cinegy Playout engine (defect 17414, ticket AWI-300-32800)

added minor fixes and user interface improvements (defects 17252, 17211, 17251)

added a "Rundown update" error in Cinegy Studio running in Cinegy Archive mode, triggered when an opened Rundown is deleted in Cinegy Desktop (defect 17234)

fixed issue with updating the Rundown in Cinegy Studio running in Cinegy Archive mode, after it was deleted and restored in Cinegy Desktop (defect 17248); requires Cinegy Archive Service v25

implemented automatic creation of the folder structure for logging (defect 17229, ticket BXH-820-45239)

fixed encoding Daniel2 for SD TV formats on Intel CPU (defects 17268, 17258, ticket TWN-232-51449)

fixed issue preventing Cinegy Playout engine startup when defining SCTE PID Heartbeat via external Cinecoder configuration file (defect 17263)

fixed issue with SCTE triggers processing when the opt-out block has an Avail ID specified (defect 17386, ticket VIU-676-22806)

fixed incorrect setting of the Adaptation Extension Field flag in MPEG-TS stream that may cause PCR alarm (defect 17437)

fixed the H.264 CPU encoder performance issue (defect 17327, ticket SPZ-487-23707)

fixed Cinegy Playout engine hang if HEVC Intel GPU video encoder with 4:2:2 chroma key and bit depth of 10 bit is configured in the output video settings (defect 17275)

fixed issue with generating an incorrect stream of IBP GOP structure by the HEVC Intel GPU encoder (defect 17389)

fixed user data embedding into H.264/HEVC stream encoded by Intel GPU (defect 17189)

fixed PTS breaks error on decoding HEVC Intel GPU stream (defect 17401)

fixed incorrect stream generation in AMD H.264 and HEVC Pseudo-interlace encoding mode (defect 17180)

fixed Cinegy Playout engine instability when AMD GPU is selected as the video effects accelerator and the H.264 AMD GPU video encoder is used for the output MPEG-TS stream (defect 17089)

fixed green frames displaying during decoding of an HEVC-encoded SD stream from an AMD GPU on an NVIDIA GPU or CPU (defect 17418)

removed the deprecated "Refresh" button from the interface (US 7610)

improved behavior of "Start\Stop Voiceover" button when no audio input device is available, it is disconnected and reconnected (USs 7607, 7618; defects 17237, 17238)

fixed sending the voiceover stream to playout after changing voiceover settings (defect 17093)

fixed issue where the CG template data in the "Load Template" window did not refresh after modifying the CG template in Cinegy Title Editor while the "Load Template" window was still open (defect 17197)

fixed issue in the "Load Template" window where variable data was incorrectly displayed when switching between templates with identical variable names (defect 17198)

fixed issue with overriding the CG root folder in the "Load Template" window (defect 17207)

fixed issue when the value of the variable in the “Template Parameters” and in preview do not match if the Cinegy Title template is reselected after editing the variable value (defect 17411)

fixed GPI event processing issue when the event was called before plugin initialization was finished (defect 17284, ticket TCC-564-16842)

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)

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)

fixed incorrect displaying of the Cinegy Archive Service error after deleting News Program in Cinegy Desktop (defect 8004)

NDI SDK version was updated to 6.0.1

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.