Release Notes

The full Cinegy Convert package components are:

  • Cinegy Process Coordination Service
    This component provides centralized storage for all types of resources used in your media processing workflow and also acts as a central discovery service.

  • Cinegy Convert Agent Manager
    This component provides actual processing powers for Cinegy Convert. It launches and manages local agents to execute tasks from the Cinegy Process Coordination Service.

  • Cinegy Convert Watch Service
    This component is responsible for looking in configured file system directories and/or Cinegy Archive job drop targets and registering tasks inside the Cinegy Process Coordination Service for Cinegy Convert Agent Manager to pick up.

  • Cinegy Convert Monitor
    This is the primary UI to allow operators to watch what the Cinegy Convert estate is working on as well as create jobs manually.

  • Cinegy Convert Profile Editor
    This utility provides the means for creating and adjusting target profiles that are used in Cinegy Convert for transcoding task processing.

  • Cinegy Convert Client
    This application provides a user-friendly mechanism for the manual submission of convert tasks. It allows the user to browse storages and devices for the media to be processed, review the actual media in the preview player, check item metadata with an option to modify it prior to importing, and submit the task for processing.

Cinegy Convert 22.12 Release 1

Cinegy Convert Release: 22.12 R1

Cinegy Convert Build: 22.12.258.819

Cinegy Process Coordination Service Build: 6.14.0.0

Cinegy Cinecoder Version: 3.34.52.22743

Cinegy ML Version: 7.5.55484.1215

Release Date: July 4, 2023

Caution
 Prior to starting Cinegy Convert v22.12 installation, it is recommended to clean up the history of tasks and uninstall any previous versions of Cinegy Convert components that may be present on your machine.
Caution
 Cinegy Convert v22.12 requires the installation of Cinegy PCS v6, which uses FIPS 140-2 compliant cryptographic algorithms, previously stored sensitive data (such as user credentials) cannot be reused in Cinegy PCS v5.x. The corresponding data should be updated (re-entered and saved again) using the configurators/editors from Cinegy PCS v6.x; otherwise, it will not be decoded correctly and authentication will not be performed. Please, refer to the article for additional details.
Caution
 To complete Cinegy Convert and Cinegy PCS installation, an OS reboot is required.
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.

New Features and Fixes

  • updated code to use FIPS 140-2 compliant cryptographic algorithms (US 7348)

  • supported Cinegy Archive as the source of the items in Cinegy Convert Client (US 6581)

  • improved the initial timecode settings for the MP4 / MOV / MXF OP1a multiplexers (US 4994, defect 16333)

  • implemented advanced tasks history filtering in Cinegy Convert Monitor, but it should be considered experimental in this version (US 6554)

  • added burnt-in timecode support (US 1220)

  • supported long-running operations in pre- and post-processing scripts to report execution progress (US 6667)

  • extended the CineLink metadata with media group identifier (US 6263)

  • renamed some field names in the Cinegy Convert Watch Service configurator (US 5433)

  • added the "Auto degradation" option for the Archive Quality building task type in the Cinegy Convert Watch Service configurator (defect 16213)

  • improved settings exchange between Capability resources and the remote PCS endpoint (defect 16167)

  • improved mapped network drive recognition in Cinegy Convert Client (defect 13325)

  • predefined the Cinegy Convert Watch Service to run as the NT AUTHORITY\NetworkService account by default (US 5263, defects 16134, 16129)

  • improved default macros for task and file names (USs 6863, 6867)

  • implemented preserving the defined "Task name" in the Processing panel between Cinegy Convert Client sessions (US 6869)

  • improved registration and notification of failed tasks in Cinegy Convert Watch Service (US 5297)

  • improved XDS data insertion for the "Program Name" and "Network Name" fields in the "Transcode to File" and "Cinegy Archive Ingest / Import" profiles in Cinegy Convert Profile Editor (US 6772, defect 16248)

  • improved layout placement of Cinegy Convert Client GUI (defect 16257)

  • added support for DNxHR in MXF OP1a (US 5858)

  • supported compound profile as a target in Cinegy Convert Client / Cinegy Convert Monitor

  • switched the Cinegy License Service to 64-bit architecture (US 7186)

  • added log messages for unexpected Cinegy Convert Agent Manager termination as frozen one

  • added support for RF64 WAV audio files (US 5599)

  • fixed issue with saving profile with data track in Cinegy Convert Profile Editor (defect 16092)

  • fixed issue with applying new credentials for the Cinegy Convert Agent Manager service (defect 16161)

  • fixed issue with adding and saving archive source in Cinegy Convert Client (defects 16209, 16183, 16184)

  • fixed task failure if the Daniel2 GPU codec is selected (defect 16117)

  • fixed issue with updating the Job Folders content in the Cinegy Convert Watch Service configurator (defect 16160)

  • fixed Cinegy Convert Client crash caused by opening files from DocumentBins or empty placeholders (defect 16190)

  • fixed possible crash of Cinegy Convert Client caused by selecting the clip in Clip Explorer if Media Player is disabled (defect 15885)

  • fixed issue of displaying the network source in Cinegy Convert Client, even when it is disabled in settings (defect 16230)

  • fixed issue when Cinegy Convert Client displays the duration of the previously played clip instead of the current one (defect 16015)

  • fixed failure of DNxHD tasks with thin raster (defect 16004)

  • fixed possible failure of import tasks (defect 16122)

  • fixed incomplete removal of Cinegy Convert components after deinstallation (defect 16145)

  • fixed issue with the Cinegy Convert Agent Manager service installation (defects 16036, 16205)

  • fixed possible hanging of Cinegy Convert Monitor when selecting an import profile (defect 16016)

  • fixed issue with local resources duplication in Location Explorer of Cinegy Convert Client (defect 16185)

  • fixed issue with updating Capability resources in the Cinegy Convert Agent Manager configurator after changing the SQL database of the Cinegy PCS (defect 16247)

  • fixed incorrect behavior when using ← or → keys in Cinegy Convert Client (defect 16301)

  • added check for non-empty timecode value when editing old profiles with MXF OP1a multiplexer, and verification of frame rate format correspondence in video track for MXF OP1a / MP4 / MOV multiplexers (defect 15434)

  • fixed issue when selecting a specific MP3 file for processing may cause Cinegy Convert Client / Cinegy Convert Monitor crash (defect 16336, ticket CFI-463-22767)

  • fixed issue where Rolls were not unlocked in Cinegy Desktop after canceling the import task (defects 9100, 10107)

  • fixed issue with preserving the "Capability resource" value in the Processing panel after restarting Cinegy Convert Client (defect 16367)

  • improved filtering of status and tasks in the "Queue" tab, as well as filtering of tasks and servers in the "History" tab of Cinegy Convert Monitor

  • fixed issue with importing an incorrect number of clips into a Roll in a "Single" import mode using Cinegy Convert Client (defect 16359, ticket ZLM-709-65731)

  • fixed task failure in Cinegy Convert Monitor when processing the first clip of a multi-clip task (defect 16370)

  • added other minor fixes and improvements (defects 16125, 16116)

Features

  • Cinegy Agent Manager is moved to Windows Service mode (USs 6801, 6802, 6357)

  • implemented a separate configurator for Cinegy Convert Agent Manager settings (US 6801)

  • added support for CUDA 11 (US 7216)

  • added support of source initialization script for file transcoding task to ingest multiple sources/segmented media to be glued together, skipping non-relevant sections in the media file (US 7227)

  • extended source initialization script provider with additional CineLink generating methods that list separately each track for the specified source file (US 6302)

  • implemented automatic dump files generation

  • implemented use of network source

Fixes

– General

  • improved source initialization script provider which creates CineLink files with timeline XML (defect 15817)

  • improved MPEG-TS stream reading procedure to skip CA flags validation (US 7189)

  • fixed issue with the installation and operation of the Cinegy License Service (US 7178)

  • fixed issue with handling clip aspect and effect Mask parameters in CineLink files in some specific cases (defect 15702)

  • fixed improper handling by SMPTE RDD-18 acquisition metadata of the cases when the set is split between ANC packages (defect 15709)

  • fixed Archive Quality Building tasks failure when processing files with the variable frame rate (defect 15733)

  • fixed decoding of some specific MP4 files (defect 15742, ticket LZF-840-82752)

  • fixed issue with importing short subtitles (ticket PWZ-924-22052)

  • fixed issue with SMPTE 436 Data Encoder supporting only ANC 8-bit and ANC 10-bit options (defect 15312)

– Cinegy Convert Client

  • extended log file with messages about application start/stop (US 7259)

  • improved Media Player performance

  • implemented saving and applying custom GUI layouts and resetting Convert Client GUI to default placement and size (US 6862)

  • improved local PC path navigation

  • applied use of the same collection for children of the root item in the Repository panel and Clip Explorer

  • updated repository explorer collection by comparing

  • improved performance on storing changes after the focus release in the Profile details panel

  • added "Navigate to the path is not allowed!" card when no source was selected

  • added automatic dump creation by the following path: %ProgramData%\Cinegy\Cinegy Convert\x.x.x.x\Dumps

  • added condition for PCSProvider SettingsChanged event

  • added errors into the tooltip in Clips Explorer of the device

  • added filtering "last year logon" machines on the Network load

  • corrected "The task …​ has been added to the queue!" dialog showing cases

  • excluded frequently used files from Quick Access (only folders are allowed) (US 6671)

  • excluded lock on the changed source of the Player

  • denied creating a clip item for Professional Disc Edit Description Language (PD-EDL) MediaPro.xml nodes

  • fixed issue with import of MXF files with non-zero source timecode (defects 15787, 15793, ticket ABE-515-45806)

  • fixed error when processing media with specified In and Out points (defect 15404)

  • fixed issue with generating CineLink files from clips with specified In and Out points (defect 15761)

  • fixed issue with navigation through hard drives and network connections (defect 15418)

  • fixed editing of some specific fields in the metadata panel (defect 15547)

  • fixed issue with displaying media sources (defects 14549, 15815)

  • fixed issue with preserving the last opened path after restart and size and position of floating windows between sessions (defects 15411, 15848)

  • fixed issue with preventing an initial Player from pausing

  • fixed NullReferenceException on update state in Player

  • fixed duplication of clips in Clip Explorer

  • fixed issue with the detection of valid device clips in Clip Explorer

  • fixed freeze when disabling the Cinegy Archive target

  • fixed display of the Canon CF card content when only .SIF .XML files are present in the Clip Directory (defect 14273)

  • fixed incorrect adding of two different archive sources (defect 15821)

  • fixed issue with the failure of the application to start in some specific cases (defect 15840)

  • fixed issue when the "Queue task" button is grayed out (defect 15863)

  • fixed issue with applying MAMS host settings after saving (defect 15931)

  • fixed hanging of the Media player (defect 15929)

  • added other minor fixes and improvements

– Cinegy Convert Monitor

  • changed tables layout according to common style in the Task designer

  • added tooltips for Sources and Targets tables in the Task designer

  • added the <Ctrl+S> hotkey for adding a source in the Task designer

  • added the <Ctrl+T> hotkey for adding a target in the Task designer

  • added possibility to change the media slider position in Player with mouse wheel (defect 6729)

  • fixed scrolling the "Queue" tab (defect 15809)

  • fixed exception throwing after task reset in some specific cases

  • fixed incorrect displaying of the source CineLink duration (defect 15761)

  • fixed incorrect task name while importing CineLink (defect 15831)

– Cinegy Convert Watch Service

  • improved .ts file import support (US 2009)

  • added source Quality selection option for Archive Quality building (US 4253)

  • added context menu by clicking the right mouse button on the Watch folder, Archive endpoint (USs 4862, 7169)

  • added prevent message when Watch Service endpoint settings are changed (US 4846)

  • added missing column names to the table in the Watch folders tab (US 4944)

  • added button to open the Convert Watch Service log file (US 4512)

  • added heart-beat timer stopping on service stop

  • added validation of the Watch folder on initiating tasks callback with 5 minutes timeout after the error

  • added patching wrong TV formats for editing File Export JDF (defect 15464, ticket EDD-384-36644)

  • changed info-level message "Cinegy Process Coordination Service connection was established"

  • fixed unexpected interruption of the service caused by missing target/watch folder (defect 15862, tickets WUL-941-86817, ZPK-137-81553)

  • fixed issue when Job is not processed by a new JDF with an invalid target error in Cinegy Desktop (defect 15464, ticket EDD-384-36644)

  • fixed the unhandled exception on the Export profile

– Cinegy Convert Profile Editor

  • improved profile-saving procedure (defect 14188)

  • supported 1080i50 and 1080i59 interlaced TV formats by Avid DNxHD codec (defect 15630, ticket RRJ-994-44660)

  • fixed application failure when Program/Network Name fields are null (XDS Insertion) (defect 15695)

  • minor interface improvements (defect 15620)

Important Known Issues

  • Cinegy Convert Agent Manager does not process tasks with Capability resources assigned in case it is started under a different user account than the one used to start the Cinegy Convert Agent Manager configurator (defects 16268, 16281).

  • Daniel2 encoded video may have artifacts when the BITC option is enabled (defect 16411)

Cinegy Convert 22.12 Release Candidate

Cinegy Convert Release: 22.12 RC

Cinegy Convert Build: 22.12.183.47930

Cinegy Process Coordination Service Build: 5.18.0.0

Cinegy Cinecoder Version: 3.34.43.28617

Cinegy ML Version: 7.5.55484.1215

Release Date: December 21, 2022

Caution
 To complete Cinegy Convert and Cinegy PCS installation, the OS reboot is required.
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.

New Features

  • Cinegy Agent Manager is moved to Windows Service mode (USs 6801, 6802, 6357)

  • implemented a separate configurator for Cinegy Convert Agent Manager settings (US 6801)

  • added support for CUDA 11 (US 7216)

  • added support of source initialization script for file transcoding task to ingest multiple sources/segmented media to be glued together, skipping non-relevant sections in the media file (US 7227)

  • extended source initialization script provider with additional CineLink generating methods that list separately each track for the specified source file (US 6302)

  • implemented automatic dump files generation

  • implemented use of network source

New Fixes

– General

  • improved source initialization script provider which creates CineLink files with timeline XML (defect 15817)

  • improved MPEG-TS stream reading procedure to skip CA flags validation (US 7189)

  • fixed issue with installation and operation of the Cinegy License Service (US 7178)

  • fixed issue with handling clip aspect and effect Mask parameters in CineLink files in some specific cases (defect 15702)

  • fixed crash on parsing SMPTE RDD-18 acquisition metadata when the set is split between ANC packages (defect 15709)

  • fixed failure caused by issue with Archive Quality Building tasks processing of specific files (defect 15733)

  • fixed decoding of some specific MP4 files (defect 15742, ticket LZF-840-82752)

  • fixed issue with importing short subtitles (ticket PWZ-924-22052)

  • fixed issue with SMPTE 436 Data Encoder only supporting ANC 8-bit and ANC 10-bit options (defect 15312)

– Cinegy Convert Client

  • extended log file with messages about application start/stop (US 7259)

  • improved Media Player performance

  • implemented saving and applying custom GUI layouts and resetting Convert Client GUI to default placement and size (US 6862)

  • improved local PC path navigation

  • applied use of the same collection for root-item’s children in Repository panel and Clip Explorer

  • updated repository explorer collection with comparing

  • improved performance on storing changes on focus leave in Profile details panel

  • added "Navigate to path is not allowed!" card when no source was selected

  • added automatic dump creation by the following path: %ProgramData%\Cinegy\Cinegy Convert\x.x.x.x\Dumps

  • added condition for PCSProvider SettingsChanged event

  • added errors into tooltip in device’s Clips Explorer

  • added filtering "last year logon" machines on Network load

  • corrected "The task …​ has been added to the queue!" dialog showing cases

  • excluded frequently used files from Quick Access (only folders are allowed)

  • excluded lock on Player’s source changed

  • denied creating clip item for Professional Disc Edit Description Language (PD-EDL) MediaPro.xml nodes

  • fixed issue with import of MXF files with non-zero source timecode (defects 15787, 15793, ticket ABE-515-45806)

  • fixed error when processing media with specified In and Out points (defect 15404)

  • fixed issue with generating CineLink files from clips with specified In and Out points (defect 15761)

  • fixed issue with navigation through hard drives and network connections (defect 15418)

  • fixed editing of some specific fields in the metadata panel (defect 15547)

  • fixed issue with displaying media sources (defects 14549, 15815)

  • fixed issue with preserving the last opened path after restart and size and position of floating windows between sessions (defects 15411, 15848)

  • fixed issue with preventing initial Player pausing

  • fixed NullReferenceException on update state in Player

  • fixed duplication of clips in Clip Explorer

  • fixed issue with detection of valid device’s clips in Clip Explorer

  • fixed freeze when disabling Cinegy Archive target

  • fixed display of the Canon CF card content when only .SIF .XML files are present in the Clip Directory (defect 14273)

  • fixed incorrect adding of two different archive sources (defect 15821)

  • fixed issue with application launching in some specific cases (defect 15840)

  • fixed issue when the "Queue task" button is grayed out (defect 15863)

  • fixed issue with applying MAMS host settings after saving (defect 15931)

  • fixed hanging of Media player (defect 15929)

  • added other minor fixes and improvements

– Cinegy Convert Monitor

  • changed tables layout according to common style in Task designer

  • added tooltips for Sources and Targets tables in Task designer

  • added the <Ctrl+S> hotkey for adding source in Task designer

  • added the <Ctrl+T> hotkey for adding target in Task designer

  • added possibility to change media slider position in Player with mouse wheel (defect 6729)

  • fixed scrolling the "Queue" tab (defect 15809)

  • fixed exception throwing after task reset in some specific cases

  • fixed incorrect displaying of the source .cinelink duration (defect 15761)

  • fixed incorrect task name while importing .cinelink (defect 15831)

– Cinegy Convert Watch Service

  • improved .ts file import support (US 2009)

  • added source Quality selection option for Archive Quality building (US 4253)

  • added context menu by pressing right mouse button on Watch folder, Archive endpoint (USs 4862, 7169)

  • added prevent message when Watch Service endpoint settings are changed (US 4846)

  • added missing column names to the table in the Watch folders tab (US 4944)

  • added button to open Convert Watch Service log file (US 4512)

  • added heart-beat timer stopping on service stop

  • added validation of Watch folder on initiating tasks callback with 5 minutes timeout after error

  • added patching wrong TV formats for editing File Export JDF (defect 15464, ticket EDD-384-36644)

  • changed info-level message "Cinegy Process Coordination Service connection was established"

  • fixed unexpected interruption of the service caused by missing target/watch folder (defect 15862, tickets WUL-941-86817, ZPK-137-81553)

  • fixed issue when Job is not processed by a new JDF with invalid target error in Cinegy Desktop (defect 15464, ticket EDD-384-36644)

  • fixed unhandled exception on Export profile

– Cinegy Convert Profile Editor

  • improved profile saving procedure (defect 14188)

  • supported 1080i50 and 1080i59 interlaced TV formats by Avid DNxHD codec (defect 15630, ticket RRJ-994-44660)

  • fixed application failure when Program/Network Name fields are null (XDS Insertion) (defect 15695)

  • minor interface improvements (defect 15620)