VT[3] Update 3 Build 4909 March 2 2004 Thank you for installing the latest update for NewTek VT[3]. This is a cumulative update, incorporating all prior changes within Update 1. Install this patch file to the same directory you have installed VT[3]. This version introduces new features as well as fixes to some known issues and some program optimizations. Key features, fixes and optimizations are listed below: NEW FEATURES: Asynchronous undo project saving - Undo projects are now written to disk on a non-UI thread. This will speed up the editor when working with large projects or projects located on a network drive. When windows open up it no longer forces them onto the first monitor. This improves dual monitor support. Black BG is always selected on startup. VT-Edit / DDRs can log playback activity if enabled in ToasterScript. (Important for TV Stations, billing, air-time calculations, etc...) Medium quality reflects the prior scaling engine. Controls were added to Control Tree to now take the scaling engine to High Quality (an "11" on the knob, so to speak). CG now allows slower scroll speeds, though speeds that are not divisible by the field rate (60 for NTSC or 50 for PAL) may exhibit artifacting on playback. By popular demand, the video "Fade In" and "Fade Out" timecode values have been added to the control tree. Decks that have seek problems can revert to the seek emulation asset... to get the decks to work. PRINCIPLE ISSUES: Several subproject with audio fixes. Added 151 core updater to the build (fixes "No Video Signal Preset" problems) Added software check on VT startup to detect 150-> 151 update. Fixed "SX8 not found" bug on statup. Fixed shutdown problems where the system would hang. Fixed lockup when quickly dragging audio splines nodes for. Additional Fixes: Multi-line textbox text painting fix. Preferences and Translation files are now build number specific. EDL reader now handles deck speed settings and reverse direction of clip playback. Track clips pref spelled "Centre" not "Center" fixed. Auto fade in the Advanced audio panel needed to set an undo redo change. "Start" and "Length On Disk" text in Edit Props are different colors, they should both be black fixed. Switcher Naming of renamed sources in DSK list fixed. Alpha borders on sources with alpha channel fixed. Audio mixer fix for manual loading. Drawing error in overlays with edges fixed on field 1. Border anti-aliasing on the right edges of borders fixed. Fix for weird banding effect on colored borders Fixed loss of clip comments after completing batch capture of clip. TMPEGEnc fix for 486 line DVEs. Fix for 8 pixel problem in TMPEG on right-hand most edge. Slight image shift difference between overlay and non overlay fixed. Also fixes slight overlay blurring. Fixed wmv multi-pass encoding hang. Now we actually do multi-pass encoding for wmv/asf files. When moving influences in the spline editor it no longer tracks the cursor. Half line Chroma shift in Positioning Panel (PP) fixed. Switcher DSK naming bug fixed. Scroll bar didn't refresh automatically when collapsing a tree item in a tree view (e.g. Control Tree). Sub pixel precision accuracy fix in PP with chroma. Fixed RTV After Effects plug-in to work w/ "Collect Files..." Project feature in AE. ABABABAB editing and track management improvements made to Storyboard. Audio resampling bug fixed. A bunch of DDR improvements made. Fixed bug where error msg is displayed if saving After Effects project w/ "missing link" RTVs. This prevented user from saving project at all. Spline presets now have auto unique names by default. Spline presets didn't auto save, so user could loose work if VT crashed or locked up fixed. Fixed lockup when stopping a video capture using Manconcepts DV codec and DV type 2 setting with PCM audio. Render panel can now go before time 0. Fixed Switcher so that Auto will sequence correctly even when the TBar was already at the max position. Fixed switcher problems with "T" hotkey messing up the next auto transition. Filebin "Back" button going farther than user's history fixed. Added three Quality settings on layers (High, Medium, and Low) to Control Tree. File Request buttons update position as necessary when adjusting the column(field) size or position in Details View or SpreadSheet. No alpha with CG Player if opened before switcher fixed. CG modules on other desktops did not update main out fixed. Fixed bug reading alpha channel in RTV Stills (fixes reading RTVs exported by Aura) Improvements to minimum clipping amount in PP. Colored border Linear Interpolation fixes. Several switcher fixes. Major fix in the TBC code that accounts for the switching problems when on the program row alone. Fix for the audio flat line with DV and some AVIs. Saving from CG as a still rtv now renders a still instead of a roll. No audio in playback of some Type-2 DV avi files fixed. When you fade out the master, it now will always fade out the entire clip, irrespective of if you have a high individual left/right value When you fade out the left/right, it now will always fade out the entire clip, irrespective of if you have a high individual left/right value Peak levels in VT-Edit did not show -inf dB properly (or at least not the same as they show Mute) Record panel fixes to audio levels. Mask color problems in the audio mixer, particularly with the VU meters. SDI has stuttery playback on same bus fixed. Fixed data loss when aborting a file move across 2 volumes. Fixed After Effects RTV I/O plug-in handling of RGB64. Fixed bug where "Enable overlay" keyboard shortcut was handled by the Storyboard, even if the Timeline had the focus. EDL reading bugs fixed. After Effects crash when frame buffer plug-in is initialized and winrtme is dead fixed. LR audio chanel reversal when capturing in Capture Panel to AVIs fixed. Hang on exit fixed in VT-Vision. Bordering single pixel error fix. Fixed "No Video Signal Present" problem experienced by some of our users with core version 151. Fixed bad enumeration of EDL columns. Fixed bug which caused the subproject audio to fade prematurely. Rendering to Microsoft MP3 removed because it didn't work. Fixed some File Requesters not remembering last visited directory. Writing still crash fixed. Problem scrubbing in the Spline Pane of the control tree when working on drilledin subproject fixed. Deck Control Components... adds a check for updating the bob dot when dragging is finished.