Beta build 7 (1 April 2022)
New
New zoom tool functionality
New options for ftrack integration (application UI)
Auto delete for downloaded files is now an option
Added "/volumes" short cut to file selector dialog boxes
Improvements
Added "View at 1:1"
Additional compare functionality
Further UI updates
It's now possible to drag a .cs5 (saved session file) into cineSync Play
Vertical volume control
Fixes
Fixed long file name issue in notes window
Fixes to compare and added additional compare options
Fixed rendering glitch in compare mode on retina display
Multiple minor bug fixes and optimisations
Beta build 6 (12 March 2022)
New
Added compare mode (Top/bottom and Overlay with wipe)
Added on-screen text tool
New notes tool
Notes and annotations can now be exported to PDF
Added support for SGI file format
Added Chinese translation for UI
Menu item and keyboard shortcut added to enable and disable mask
A global preferences file can now be specified via an environment variable.
Improvements
UI updates, including new styling on drawing tool menus, etc
Timecode display now uses a fixed width font (so it not longer resizes/flickers as timecode updates)
Render/playback optimisations
Fixes
On Windows, removed drop shadow on disabled text
On macOS disabled controls now appear greyed out correctly
Fixed crash when selecting square tools from menu option
Beta build 5 (02 February 2022)
New
Support for multichannel audio (previously only 2 channel audio), with audio tracks now mixed correctly
Added ability to slip audio tracks
Add ability to load a separate audio track along with a frame sequence
Added ability to draw/annotate per layer
Added keyboard shortcut to cycle through layers
Added View at Half/Actual/Double and fit to screen menu items
Added an option to make any new movies added to the review, the active movie
Added command line option to clear an existing session
Added ability to add the original file from ftrack
Improvements
Improved playback performance by optimising memory and threading systems - supporting playback of very large files and sequences
Updated to latest version of the ftrack API
Added check to ensure minimum OpenGL version is met
Added ability to suppress close confirmation message
Large OCIO configs are split alphabetically within the menus
Application on macOS now runs as a single instance
Fixes
Fixed savings frames with an alpha channel not exporting correctly
Fixed some menus being greyed out when an OCIO config is applied
More fixes to SSO (some back end fixes required)
UI fixes to ftrack integration
Fixed setting a small frame playback memory causing excessive memory usage
Fixed 360 rendering issues on Windows when used with 4k display in “scaled mode”
Beta build 4 (30 November 2021)
New
Added support for 360 "latlong" media
Added blackboard and whiteboard functionality
Added ability to rename playlist items from the main playlist
Added ability to display alpha channels independently of other channels
Added keyboard shortcuts to select output channels: Shift + R, G, B, A
Improvements
Better support for "Open with" on macOS and Windows
Added script to install protocol handler on Linux (for KDE and Gnome)
Fixes
Fixed dropdown menus appearing on wrong screen when used with dual displays
Fixed "Sign in with Google" crash on macOS
Fixed connection issues that could prevent cineSync Play from connecting to on-premise instances of ftrack Studio
Fixed most connection issues to a ftrack server with SSO enabled. Remaining issues to be fixed in future updates
Beta build 3 (11 November 2021)
New
Support for embedded 2 channel audio tracks (support for non-stereo audio, and support for separate audio tracks will be added in a future update)
Added support for OCIO environment variables
Added option of installer-free version for Windows
Ability to add up to four levels of subfolders
Improvements
Upgraded OpenEXR, OpenColorIO and Imath to latest versions
Fixes
Fixed crash on CentOS 7 when showing file select dialog box
Fixed crash on windows when using EXRs with DWAA compression
Drawings now resize correctly when the window is maximised on Linux
Fixes to focus issues on Linux
Fixes for OpenSSL issues on CentOS 7, this prevented playback on some Linux systems
Fixed issue with custom component names containing whitespace
Fixed issue loading frame sequences from ftrack Studio on Windows
Fixed preferences being deleted on macOS
Beta build 2 (18 October 2021)
New
Added support for MXF files
Hold Alt/Option key and move mouse to scrub on video
.cs5 files now associated with cineSync Play
The [ and ] short cut keys increase and decrease annotation line thickness
Basic preferences dialog added, allows changes of playback
Proxy support
Improvements
Dark mode UI now enforced on macOS 10.14 and above
Removed 8 GB memory limit and set max memory pool size to 80% of available physical ram
Improved UI resolution on Retina display
Line drawing quality improved
Settings and changing saved frame location
Better error messages if errors occur while trying to connect to ftrack, plus logging
Removed close confirm on exit, if playlist is empty
UI fixes to the ftrack entity picker
Fixes
Fixed adding folder on linux
Now listens and respond to SIGINT on linux
Fixed preferences saving on macOS11