Improvements:

• improved UI performance when using network inputs and outputs
• improved auto. resynch. in the MPEG-TS demuxer to drop less data in case of bitstream errors
• improved sorting of detected devices

Bug-fixes:

• fixed rare crash situation when a SRT broadcast server is used
• fixed NDI sender auto. detection and allow multiple local NDI receivers for the same sender
• fixed screen size detection under Windows if a custom scaling factor is configured
• fixed screen capturing under Windows if a custom scaling factor is configured
• fixed situation with endless waiting when shutting down the application under Windows
• fixed UI for selecting the max. allowed clients for a new broadcast server
• fixed UI for activating a license
• fixed video/audio codec selection
• fixed cleanup after loading a flows setup from disc

New features:

• added grid view to align all flows in a more compact layout (e.g., to monitor many streams in parallel)
• added option to view all playbacks in a separate window (e.g., to display all playbacks on a big second monitor)
• added option to show individual playbacks in a small view (e.g., to focus more on the input/output statistics)

Improvements:

• several improvements for the internal MPEG-TS demuxer and the detection of different sub streams
• improved playback engine for all supported types of input streams
• general performance improvements
• improved support for multiple application instances
• several minor GUI improvements

Bug-fixes:

• fixed endless input buffering under special circumstances
• fixed video resolution detection for HEVC input video streams
• fixed pause/resume issues for DeckLink outputs
• fixed automatic playback recovery for DeckLink outputs
• fixed rare crash situation when a SRT broadcast server with connected clients gets closed
• fixed rare crash situation when a network input gets closed
• fixed problems when using a NDI sender a second or more times
• fixed application hangs after using a NDI input
• fixed remote monitoring of NDI, HLS and Corvid/KONA outputs

New features:

• added Linux support (Flatpak based packaging)
• added support for BlackMagic DeckLink IP PCIe cards and ST 2110 transmission
• added remote control for license management
• added support for cpu based HEVC video encoding
• added support for MP2/MP3 based audio encoding
• added support for MPEG4 based video encoding

Improvements:

• improved support for BlackMagic UltraStudio hardware
• improved frame rate detection for HEVC and VVC video streams
• improved support for cpu based H.264 video encoding
• improved support for remote playback when using remote control
• improved sound playback on Windows to avoid hearable playback gaps
• improved handling of temporary system overload situations on laptops with little resources

Bug-fixes:

• fixed rare issues with streaming of AAC encoded audio streams
• fixed rare crash when closing a MPEG-TS based input
• fixed HEVC parameter detection for interlaced video streams
• fixed support for pure cpu based video transcoding
• fixed rare crash in playback engine for file playback
• fixed rare crash when a remotely controlled peer suddenly disappears (e.g., network split)

Improvements:

• improved support for auto-reconnect in case of "receive from url" and a returning remote SRT/TCP server (listener)
• improved display of the current state of each individual video player
• improved support of YUV 4:4:4 chroma sub sampling for video encoding

Bug-fixes:

• make sure the video aspect ratio stays correct when switching between fullscreen and window mode playback
• fixed support of odd frame rates like 12.5 fps (esp., for IP cameras in night vision mode)
• fixed support of receiving RTSP streams from IP cameras containing H.264 video streams
• fixed video frame rate handling in case of hardware accelerated video decoding
• fixed releasing of previously allocated resources for video/audio device based inputs

New features:

• added support for software based video decoding of AV1 streams, besides the already existing support for hardware accelerated decoding
• added support for software based video decoding of VVC streams

Improvements:

• improved frame rate detection for H.264, HEV and VVC encoded video streams

Bug-fixes:

• fixed rare crash when removing an input for local video/audio capturing

New features:

• added AV1 bitstream parser to identify AV1 encoded video stream parameters
• added support for pure UDP based multicast streams as input, addressed by urls like udp://239.0.0.1:1234

Improvements:

• allow to move each video player to a separate modal window or fill a complete monitor
• allow to limit the max. amount of connected clients per SRT/RTMP/RTSP/TCP broadcast server
• show the number of max. allowed clients per broadcast server instance
• improved reaction time when opening the decoding statistics widget of an input
• improved speed significantly when restoring a saved flow setup
• improved detection of AV1 sub video streams in a MPEG-TS based input
• automatically create a crash dump if the application unexpectedly stopped working
• improved display of each output instance
• improved stability of internal H.264/HEVC bitstream parser
• improved detection of several video/audio codecs in the MPEG-TS demuxer (hevc, vc-1, (e)ac-3, opus)

Bug-fixes:

• fixed rare crash situation when adding a DeckLink or Corvid/KONA output
• fixed rare endless GUI blocking when removing an input
• make sure sound playback always starts for all sub audio streams
• fixed rare crashes when removing an input

New features:

• added AC-4 bitstream parser to identify AC-4 encoded audio stream parameters
• added AVS3 bitstream parser to identify AVS3 encoded video stream parameters
• allow to configure remotely an output without transcoding for a video/audio stream

Improvements:

• improved support of inputs with abnormally high drifts between timing (pts values) of the sub video/audio streams
• improved detection of AV1 sub video streams in a MPEG-TS based input
• improved multi-threading support for video picture scaling
• improved behavior for auto-reconnect in case of "receive from url"
• improved video mode pre-selection for DeckLink and KONA/Corvid outputs
• improved the continuous real-time synchronization of video/audio playback via DeckLink cards
• improved reusing of video/audio encoders for multiple DeckLink or KONA/Corvid outputs for the same flow
• make always sure the sub video/audio stream are constantly ordered by their pid for a MPEG-TS based input
• improved license management dialog
• show if a license is already in use by another logged in application instance
• show also the local port for possible remote management in the upper right corner of the GUI
• show for every broadcast server instance the number of connected clients
• show the total space of each local/remote disc in a file browser

Bug-fixes:

• fixed handling of user inputs for audio channel mapppings in case of DeckLink or KONA/Corvid outputs
• fixed pre-selected values for the configuration of a SRT/RTMP/RTSP/TCP broadcast server
• fixed 1:1 cloning of MPEG-TS files for output as network streams (to avoid any transcoding or transmuxing)
• fixed video frames processing in case of non-live mode (esp., avoid stuttering)
• fixed rare general stuttering of output pictures under special circumstances
• fixed streaming of output files in mp4 or mkv format
• fixed data consistency in "save flow" dialog
• fixed real-time display of available local/remote DeckLink or KONA/Corvid interface devices
• fixed support for simple TCP broadcast server instances
• fixed rare crashes for DeckLink outputs
• fixed rare crashes when removing an input or output
• fixed rare crashes in MPEG-TS demuxer due to invalid received data sizes

Improvements:

• show more details about the buffering for network inputs
• improved timestamp handling for inputs with slightly varying pts/dts diff. between consecutive frames
• improved used thresholds when re-synching between video and audio streams at output side of a flow
• reworked sorting of sub streams for mpeg-ts based inputs to provide a stable ordering
• reduced cpu consumption for DeckLink outputs

Bug-fixes:

• fixed heuristic used to check whether an encoder can be reused for another output
• fixed display updating for current/next EPG data
• fixed handling of character encoding within EPG data
• fixed possible crash situation when closing an input/output or removing a sub stream
• fixed crash situation when closing a DeckLink input without having a signal connected

New features:

• added support for SDI capturing and playback via AJA Video cards
• added support for video overlay graphics which can be configured per input (e.g., additional logos)

Improvements:

• several improvements for the internal management protocol used for remote control
• improved general synch. of sub streams for video/audio output
• for each new output the encoder settings are now listed per program if possible
• show the current network peer address for each network output
• support sound output levels beyond 100 %
• improved visualization of audio tracks
• improved handling of selected video pixel formats
• rearranged position of input toolbar buttons

Bug-fixes:

• fixed wrong resolution issues when switching from/to fullscreen mode for an input
• fixed rare calculation errors and display errors for statistics curves
• fixed detection and parsing of AAC_LATM streams as part of the MPEG-TS demuxer
• fixed possible endless looping in the EIT parser as part of the MPEG-TS demuxer
• fixed support of multiple remote IP addresses with different protocol families for a SRT peer
• fixed synch. of sub streams for video/audio output in case of audio resampling (often needed for RTMP)
• fixed support for copying individual sub streams of an input for restreaming
• fixed processing of special video files which contain additional png and/or mjpeg video streams
• fixed usage of RTMP chunk message type 2 to solve issues with acknowledgement messages
• fixed a possible deadlock situation when removing flows
• fixed cleanup of sound playbacks during application shutdown
• fixed several minor issues when using internal pixel shaders
• fixed possible crash situation when closing the "add output" dialog or removing a flow
• fixed possible crash situations when a muxer cannot be opened correctly
• fixed SRT connection statistics

Improvements:

• improved removal of inputs which are still within their initialization phase
• improved handling of pre-buffering for multi-program inputs
• improved frame rate detection for hardware accelerated video decoding

Bug-fixes:

• fixed 10 bit support for hardware accelerated video decoding in case of YUV420P10 pixel format
• fixed EPG display for multi-program inputs
• fixed auto. association of MPEG-TS sub streams to their corresponding program

New features:

• added support for external BlackMagic UltraStudio boxes

Improvements:

• improved parsing of special MPEG-TS AIT descriptors
• improved setting of new entries within the Windows system registry

Bug-fixes:

• fixed crash for DeckLink inputs when the detected input resolution changes
• fixed crash situation when the playback resolution (e.g., resizing the introduction video)
• fixed two handle leaks when periodically enumerating the available hardware devices
• fixed auto. updating of progress within the display of EPG entries

New features:

• allow to configure the used chroma subsampling per video encoder
• added general YUV444 encoding support for NVidia and AMD gpus

Improvements:

• show details in the GUI about the used chroma subsampling per video decoder and encoder
• improved layout of the statistics in the GUI per video/audio decoder and encoder
• several minor improvements for statistics in the GUI about demuxing and its sub streams
• filter YUV444 inputs to avoid gpu based decoding and use software based decoding instead
• improved pixel format selection for encoders when the input has 10 bit colors
• detect AAC-ELD audio streams in the internal MPEG-TS demuxer and allow their decoding
• improved support for gpu based video decoding of 10 bit color inputs

Bug-fixes:

• fixed "selected license already in use" errors
• fixed "license error" problem in case of Youtube HLS uploads
• fixed app. hang and crash situations when closing an input
• fixed crash situation for DeckLink input or output with 720*576 video mode and 10 bit YUV colors
• fixed picture problems when restreaming a DeckLink input with 10 bit YUV colors
• fixed green borders at bottom or right edge of video streams when using gpu based hevc decoding
• fixed video frame rate, time base and pixel format detection for special input streams
• fixed processing of special movie files containing an additional mjpeg based video stream

Bug-fixes:

• fixed "cancel" function for main dialogs

New features:

• added support for remote control of DeckLink inputs and outputs
• added support for save/load flow of DeckLink inputs and outputs
• added support for remote control of brodcast server instances
• added support for save/load flow of brodcast server instances
• added support for input from an http url containing a m3u playlist

Improvements:

• improved general A/V resynch. for DeckLink outputs
• improved display of A/V pre-buffer statistics for DeckLink outputs
• improved detection of performance problems during any video decoding
• improved throughput in case of some pixel formats for video decoding
• improved compensation of A/V buffer underruns for DeckLink outputs
• make sure needed A/V codec parameters are detected for an input before an output gets started
• improved display of all realtime graphs
• improved display of licensed features in the license dialog
• improved value scaling and value units for DeckLink output data size
• improved timeout handling when loading a stored flows setup
• improved several minor UX aspects for remote control

Bug-fixes:

• fixed GUI freeze when closing an output which was never connected (TCP or SRT) to a receiver
• fixed possible crash situation when closing an input
• fixed possible crash situation when closing a broadcast server
• fixed possible crash situation when a file input reaches the end of data
• fixed possible crash for a network input in case of a changing network sender
• fixed problems with stack traces under Windows
• fixed picture conversion and encoding for special input formats
• fixed early checks of SRT passphrase length
• fixed scroll position in license viewer
• fixed messages about trial license expiration

Improvements:

• store the selected color depth per DeckLink input/output device permanently
• improved SAR initialization for DeckLink inputs
• added details about third party dependencies in about dialog

Bug-fixes:

• fixed possible crash situations when using DeckLink inputs
• fixed license management in case multiple application instances are running on the same machine

New features:

• added detection and parsing of HbbTV data within MPEG-TS based input streams
• added support for SRT based streaming towards YouTube
• added automatic timing resynchronization for DeckLink output in case of data gaps in the input stream
• added support for mpeg2 encoded video streams as network input
• added support for ProRes encoded video streams as file input
• allow to store the unchanged MPEG-TS stream of an input as a local standalone MPEG-TS file
• allow to configure the color depth of each individual DeckLink input and output
• added initial set of command line options to configure the log output folder and the password for remote control

Improvements:

• extended MPEG-TS parsing and show statistics about AIT data
• show the actual content of the SDT, PAT and PMT tables for MPEG-TS based inputs
• improved reliability of subtitle stream detection within MPEG-TS based input streams
• improved MPEG-TS PMT parsing to identify correct media type and stream details
• improved response of STUN based detection of public IP addresses
• extended shown details about each individual demuxer stream
• extended shown details about each individual DeckLink input and output
• improved performance of network packet sending

Bug-fixes:

• fixed handling of different video streams in case of a multi-screen capturing
• fixed possible crash situations when closing an input or output
• fixed possible crash situations when using a DeckLink card a second time for output
• fixed handling of file extensions when storing to a local file
• fixed SAR settings for some DeckLink resolutions
• fixed decoding of HEVC encoded inputs
• fixed detection of screen resolutions for Desktop capturing
• fixed app. hang when closing a flow which contains also a SRT broadcast server

New features:

• added support for individual audio channel mapping for SDI input/output via DeckLink cards (e.g., for multilanguage signals)
• added initial version of Multi-Streamer server binary for streaming servers, where flows are controlled without any local GUI but with a remotely connected Multi-Streamer instance
• added support for hardware accelerated video decoding of AV1 streams

Improvements:

• improved configuration dialogs for DeckLink input/output
• show an explicit error dialog if the central log file cannot be written
• hide any curves and other GUI controls in fullscreen mode
• show also device specific statistics besides the video/audio player in case of device capturing
• correct detection of subtitle and teletext streams in case of MPEG-TS based network input streams
• improved display of available resolutions for video capture devices
• added for each input video/audio stream an additional curve to show the average PTS difference between subsequent frames to identify missing intermediate frames
• added support for high frame rate input video streams (e.g., high speed cameras)
• each file browser in the UI has now the option to navigate directly to the Desktop folder
• improved precision of measurement infrastructure used by the input/output curves in the GUI
• improved pre-buffering for file playback
• improved data dropping in case of output buffer overflows (caused by bandwidth limitations)

Bug-fixes:

• several fixes for possible crash situations when closing inputs or outputs
• fixed playback of input video stream in case of NDI receiving
• fixed video frame rate detection in case of hardware accelerated video decoding
• fixed video frame rate detection for NDI inputs
• fixed support of NVidia drivers with version 4xx.*
• fixed possible crash situations for audio output via DeckLink cards
• fixed possible crash situation when using hardware accelerated video decoding
• fixed filtering of multiple incoming streams per network input
• fixed support of auto. redetection of input stream parameters in case the network sender was exchanged
• fixed forwarding of data from input video/audio streams to their assigned encoding streams
• fixed program hang when closing an input
• fixed pause/mute state handling for stream data forwarding from a device capture to any output
• fixed possible crash when enumerating the audio capture devices internally

New features:

• added support for SDI playback via DeckLink cards
• added a new GUI to configure DeckLink inputs or outputs
• added support for hardware accelerated video decoding for AV1 codec
• new decoding layer to use better multi-threading/buffering to avoid draining of audio playback buffer when a long sequence of input video frames occurs (esp. AV1)

Improvements:

• automatic detection of input video format for DeckLink capture cards
• handling of overflows/underflows in the playback pre-buffering and improved playback (re-)start
• flow-control for HLS/MPEG-DASH streams and file inputs
• checks for encoder settings to avoid output aborts due to configuration conflicts
• display of input stream indices
• positioning and display of "Add Flow" button
• display of color attributes for decoded and encoded streams, also show these attributes for video playback

Bug-fixes:

• fixed display of decoding statistics for input streams captured from video/audio devices or screens
• fixed load/save of NDI based inputs and outputs
• fixed sub stream indexing for outputs (fixes NDI streaming of multilanguage inputs)
• fixes for detecting the visible video frame rate of input streams
• several fixes for receiving of MPEG-DASH streams
• fixed possible crash in internal packet ring buffers
• fixed RTMP broadcast server support
• fixed several license checks to support correct switch back from an expired trial license to a valid one

New features:

• added STUN support (including GUI) to identify the own public IPv4/v6 addresses

Improvements:

• display for MPEG-TS based inputs also the pid of each individual input and encoding stream
• handle and show the A/V input PTS drift per input sub stream instead of per input
• improved display of measurement curves

Bug-fixes:

• fixes SRT connection breaks if the inbound stream has a high bit rate which causes a growing of the internal ring buffer
• fixed detection of frame rate and video resolution of H.264 streams for some special cases
• fixed automatic removal of an encoder instance if the last related output was closed

New features:

• added support for HLS based real-time streaming to YouTube (including HDR support)

Improvements:

• several GUI UX cleanups, merged HLS file output into general file recording option
• accounting of outgoing traffic in case of HLS outputs
• improved/extended real-time curves about frame buffering and encoding for each individual encoder instance
• MPEG-TS program names now always contain the program type within the GUI
• improved error reporting in case an encoder or muxer instance cause a critical error
• playback problems for mp4 files when using remote control
• reworked internal packet ring buffers to improve support for 4k streams
• improved efficiency of RTMP packetizing (e.g., when streaming to YouTube)
• improved throughput of HLS muxer instances and avoidance of frame drops
• improved H.264 support to detected correctly the SPS data in special cases

Bug-fixes:

• "load flows" now waits until all input video/audio streams are detected before it adds an output to restore all desired encoder streams
• correct video encoder profile selection for HEVC streams
• possible crash situation during application shutdown
• possible crash situation when closing a live video/audio capturing
• endless decoding in case of file input and the playback was not started yet
• possible crash situation when closing a muxer instance
• possible rare crashes in encoder instances
• empty playlist files in case of HLS based file recording (only Windows)
• possible crash situation when closing a file input by remote control

New features:

• allow to switch each video player to fullscreen mode
• added system overview dialog which shows details about the used hardware and software setup

Improvements:

• display decoder statistics grouped by programs if possible
• display input settings grouped by programs if possible

Bug-fixes:

• correct remote playback of video/audio data
• use a SRT latency of 120 ms as default setting instead of the previous 0 ms (fixes early data dropping in case of url based input)
• make sure the playback stays consistent and starts reliably the video display

New features:

• allow to watch and listen to multi-program mpeg-ts based inputs (tested with up to 40 TV/radio programs per input)

Improvements:

• display input streams grouped by programs if possible
• display mpeg-ts programs based on their type (TV vs. radio) instead of their number
• allow to observe/handle mpeg-ts programs by remote control
• improved ordering of demuxer and decoder streams according to their media type
• improved/fixed support for gpu accelerated h.264/hevc video decoding for non mpeg-ts inputs
• support dynamic program changes within the mpeg-ts demuxer
• statistics about average timing of SPS, PPS and VPS NAL units within h.264/hevc video streams
• improved accuracy of demuxer statistics for mpeg-ts based inputs
• detect NVidia 3000/4000 series graphics cards
• added log redirection for libsrt to be able to read all SRT related log outputs in the central vase.log

Bug-fixes:

• possible crash situation when using input streams
• possible crash situation when closing a video/audio playback
• possible crash situation when starting a sound output
• correct detection of teletext streams in the mpeg-ts demuxer
• possible crash situation when selecting a different mpeg-ts program for playback