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 component allows operators to watch what the Cinegy Convert estate is working on and create jobs manually.

  • Cinegy Convert Profile Editor
    This utility provides the means for creating and adjusting target profiles 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 before importing, and submit the task for processing.

Cinegy Convert 25.3 Release 1

Cinegy Convert Release: 25.3 R1

Cinegy Convert Build: 25.3.22.8299

Cinegy Process Coordination Service Build: 6.14.0.0

Cinegy Cinecoder Version: 3.34.74.21912

Cinegy ML Version: 7.5.65167.59732

Release Date: March 27, 2025

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.
Note
 Some fixes and features listed below require using Cinegy Archive Service v25.

New Features and Fixes

– General

  • implemented automatic arrangement of clips in the Roll during new Master Clip registration (US 7593)

  • fixed issue with audio-only XML export (ticket AFQ-535-73628); the CAS upgrade is required

  • fixed failure to export MP4 files when using AAC encoder (defect 17100, ticket DBV-709-32934)

  • fixed issue with processing bitrates after upgrading profiles from v12 to v25.3 (defect 17115)

  • implemented cleaning of audio and data metadata groups from the previously selected clip

  • disabled preview stream when not in use

  • added support for the AVC-Intra Unconstrained encoder, which removes standard restrictions to enable the creation of AVC-Intra streams outside of the standard specification (US 7647)

– Cinegy Convert Client

  • adjusted the border color and thickness of selected files in Clip Explorer to improve visibility (US 7609)

  • added the option "Clear selection after task is added" to the "General" tab of settings (US 7619)

  • added the option "Sync Location Explorer path" to the "General" tab of settings (US 7620)

  • added status indication for the process of adding tasks to the queue (US 6825)

  • added an indicator when selecting clips takes more than 2 seconds to process (US 7617)

  • added a menu for selecting different file view modes in Clip Explorer, with the "All media files" view offering a detailed display and customizable table options (US 7621)

  • fixed issue where folders did not open on the first double-click attempt (defect 17274)

  • fixed issue with the playback of clips after changing the source from Cinegy Archive to Local (defect 17091, tickets GAU-650-51004, FHU-814-46954)

  • fixed issue with the creation of two Rolls with the same name when importing regular media was followed by an audio-only import into the same Cinegy Archive database (defect 17104, ticket CBG-470-11847)

  • fixed issue that occasionally caused some clips to be imported into different Rolls within the same session (ticket PYP-776-54441)

  • fixed application hanging when selecting files on the "Network" source (defect 17128, ticket NPF-197-36490)

  • fixed issue with empty "Date Created", "Date Modified", and "Date Accessed" fields in the Metadata panel

  • fixed issue with video previews occasionally lacking audio after multiple switches between video files during preview (defect 17130)

  • fixed issue that caused the appearance of the "Metadata file wrong format" error in the hint message for XDCAM clips (defect 17169, ticket GQE-270-34873)

  • fixed ignoring of the "Traffic program ID" field when importing the Cinelink file via Convert Client or Watch folder (defect 17132, ticket PAZ-428-84981)

  • fixed issue in Media Player where changing the playhead position did not update the displayed frame (defect 17294, ticket MGQ-697-43760)

– Cinegy Convert Agent Manager

  • fixed issue with processing tasks that involved capability resources added in the configurator (defect 17103, ticket HLX-542-83723)

  • fixed empty description in the Windows Service tab of the Convert Agent Manager configurator (defect 17225)

– Cinegy Convert Monitor

  • fixed issue where agents in Cinegy Convert Monitor were removed from the list when Cinegy Convert Agent Manager was launched, despite the Cinegy Convert Manager service still running (defect 17105б, ticket YPO-147-25711)

  • fixed processing of CineLink files that has caused an error "An item with the same key has already been added" (defect 17250)

– Cinegy Convert Watch Service

  • changed the default logging level from "Trace" to "Info"

– Cinegy Convert Profile Editor

  • fixed incorrect metadata generation for metadata descriptors in Cinegy Convert profiles when using macros in tasks (defect 17247, ticket FUA-956-33894)

Upgrade Notes

  • Before starting Cinegy Convert installation, it is recommended to clean up the history of tasks.

  • To complete Cinegy Convert and Cinegy PCS installation, an OS reboot is required.

Important Known Issues

  • Publishing new posts to X (formerly Twitter) might not work due to API changes.

  • Audio clips do not load into the player in Cinegy Convert Client when using mRemoteNG for remote connection.

  • Tasks involving clips with different video encodings will fail if the "Join clips" option is enabled (defect 17318).

  • CineLink files with the "In" mark were processed incorrectly (defect 16722).

  • Cinegy Convert Client may crash if clip playback is started in the media player while it is unpinned (defect 17315).

  • The media player in Cinegy Convert Client may display a video frame different from the specified timecode when navigating backward in some cases (defect 17306).