---------- 5.10.0 ( 5.9.0 ) 10.06.2021 ---------- ====== General (+) New FD922 (with UltraHD 3G SDI 4K (12G) support), FD720 (2 HDMI inputs) and FD940 (4 HDMI inputs) hardware boards are developed. (+) Added a possibility of passing through SCTE 104 marks from board input to output. (-) Discontinued synchronization by LTC support. For a work-around send a request to Technical Support department (forward@softlab.tv) . (-) Discontinued support for work in Windows 7. (-) Discontinued support for work in all 32-bit OSs. #### FD422 (Forward TN/TT/TA/TP) (!) Fixed an issue where 576i 16:9 output in "HD-SDI to SD-SDI" mode was displayed as 4:3 . #### FD722/FD788 (Forward TN/TT/TA/TP) (!) Fixed synchronization of a HD board to a SD genlock signal. ForwardT Software: ====== The FOnAir2/OnAir3 program and related applications #### FDOnAir2 (Forward TT/TA/TP) (!) Fixed an error when at saving schedules from two different windows only one last folder was offered. #### FDOnAir3 (Forward TT/TA/TP) (+) Added "Confirm delete in schedule" and "Enable drag in schedule" options in the "Settings" window on the "General" tab. (+) Added the "Light halo under mouse cursor" option (the "Tools" button, "Environment settings", the "Appearance" tab). (+) Added the "Remove commands "Wait operator"/"Wait previous" from start of schedule file" option in file pages that is activated at schedule loading. (+) Added the tag for TV program guide written as a xmltv file. Added the "SLIni parameter for program category" setting in the "Settings" window on the "Program guide" tab. (+) Added the ability to set "Field order"=progressive in SLIni. (+) Added the "Clear text" button in file pages for the "Find text" line. (+) Added the capability to position file page headers on the left. (+) Added the warning about muted or minimal volume audio tracks when connected to a device. (+) Added the ability to show SLIni parameters in file tooltip over file pages and schedules. (+) Added the "Tooltip settings" button in the main central toolbar. The button pops up a window where specify a delay, duration and included SLIni info for a file tooltip. (+) Added the "Workload statistic" button that opens a window where you may check statistic of video files processing time for the last 24 hours. (+) Added an information about presence of an additional CRAWL.TXT file in "Movies" file pages, in tooltips. The file is necessary for the TSF_ShortCrawl title script. (+) Added the "Disable "Break video playback"", "Disable "Switch schedule"", "Disable "Play by one"", "Keep visible lines below Start line" options in the "General" tab of "Settings". (+) Added the "Same as header" setting that allows disabling color marking of files names in the schedule. (+) Added the "Reconnect device" button in the "Configuration" tab of "Settings". It's recommended to reconnect while input signal is passing through to avoid broadcast interruption. (+) Added the "Do not show errors in schedule above execution line" parameter in the "General" tab of the "Settings". (!) Fixed incorrect synchronization to NTP server. (!) Fixed no-image preview window issue for named in FDConfig2 inputs. (!) Fixed an issue when a cursor was not set to time edit position after adding a wait time command to a schedule. (!) Fixed an issue where files with names starting with digits couldn't be found via search line filter in file page. (!) Fixed an issue where the next scheduled file stopped playing after deleting the upper part of the schedule. (!) Fixed an issue of mirroring when a corresponding line on a backup server was not marked after marking a line in the main server schedule. #### Forward4Skype (TT/TA/TP) ***New*** (+)Added the application for converting NDI Skype sessions into SDI signals. #### SLMediaInfoServer (TT/TA/TP) ***New*** (+) Added a background media scanner. #### SLDTMFInserter (TT/TA/TP) ***New*** (+) Added the application for inserting DTMF marks into a WAV audio file. #### SLTeletextViewer (Forward TT/TA/TP) ***New*** (+) Added the applet for FDExt board teletext pages preview. #### FDConfig2 (Forward TN/TT/TA/TP) (+) Added "Never update board time", "Update board time once", "Always update board time" options to "NetKey Settings" (is run from the "Service" button). (+) Added a dialog with SNMP settings. (+) Added video Input settings window called from "Other…" button for FD722/FD788 boards — you can set the level of black, white, hue, saturation. #### FDCapture (Forward TN/TA/TP) (+) Added a selection of field order at recording to TS/MXF containers. (!) Fixed an issue with zero size mxf records (except the last one) when recorded as a sequence. #### SLLogViewer (Forward TT/TA/TP) (+) Added an ability to save played clips reports in the Admosphere format. https://adintel.nielsen-admosphere.eu/ #### FDPreview (Forward TN/TT/TA/TP) (+) Added the "Disable window resizing" option. (!) Fixed an issue of displaying of 16:9 image with 4:3 aspect ratio if another 4:3 board was selected in FDConfig2. #### SLYandexWeatherDesigner (Forward TT/TA/TP) (+) Added Uzbek language support. (+) Changed a minimal update interval of information about weather. #### SLPlaybackReport (Forward TN/TT/TA/TP) (+) Added the "File folder Path" and "File Name" areas in the "List of reported files" field. (!) Fixed an issue where information about some played video files was missing. ====== Programs for preparing broadcasting #### SLShowGameInfo ***New*** (+) Added an application for displaying information received from game board/referee systems. #### SLFileForwarder (TT/TA/TP) (!) Fixed an issue of skipped schedule files, created in Forward Office. #### CopyDR (Forward TN/TT/TA/TP) (+) Added the "/autorun" parameter which activates copying immediately after launching from the command line. (+) Copy speed bitrate limit was increased to 999 999 kb/sec. #### TrimEditor (Forward TN/TT/TA/TP) (+) Added the "Show statistic" setting to display information about decoding. ====== Titling system (!) Fixed artifacts when displayed full screen video files with transparency in a Fill + Key mode and 16:9 aspect ratio. ====== Forward TS (SLStreamerPro / SLStreamerLite) (+) Added HLS v.3 support. (+) Added the "Isolated GOPs" parameter in the MC AVC encoding settings. The parameter helps a receiver to accelerate stream recovery when broken frames come. (+) Added the SRT (SECURE RELIABLE TRANSPORT) protocol support . (+) Added the Streams rate smoothing parameter in the Multiplexer settings to smooth video bitrate. (!) Fixed an issue of a generated playlist with SCTE35 marks of the Amazom elemental type. (!) Fixed receiving an RTSP stream from portable AJA HELO. ====== PostPlay signal delay system/Forward Goalkeeper/Forward Referee (-) Discontinued support of the deprecated RPM system. #### FDPostPlayCapture (Forward TP/Forward Goalkeeper/Forward Referee) (+) Added an ability to record videodata in AVC format with I-frames only. (+) Added an option to automatically create a PostPlay clip of specified duration (the "Create clips with duration on capture start (Hr:Min:Sec)" parameter) at start/stop. (+) Added the "Show signal format in preview image" parameter in the "Storages" section of the "Settings" #### FDTimeShift (Forward TP) (+) Added an option to restart playback at the specified time (the "Restart every day at" setting). (+) Added an option of "Show on start" playback that displays the delayed signal on air right after start. (!) Fixed an issue of muted audio in the delayed signal in the "Together with OnAir application" mode when one of the settings ("Show test signal" or "Show board indexes") was enabled in FDConfig2. #### FDPostPlayPreview2 (Forward TA/TP /Forward Goalkeeper/Forward Referee) (+) Added a possibility to export in "MP4-file (FFMpeg) with H.264/H.265 video and AAC audio" (+) Added a possibility to export clips using a command line specifying start/stop time. Also you can specify a sequence of such ranges in a text file. No preliminary created PostPlay clips needed. #### FDReplayMachine (Forward Goalkeeper/Forward Referee) (+) Added support of 25 recording streams in storages (up to 25 cameras) and their subsequent previewing (FDReferee). (+) Added the ability to change playback speed with the "Up/Down" keyboard buttons. The "Change Speed with Up/Down keys" parameter is added in the "Playback" menu (Goalkeeper). (+) Added the option to show the name of the currently selected camera at the board output. Added the "Show on output of preview board: Time, camera name and mode icon" parameter in the "Labels" tab of General settings. (+) Added display of the current game time at board output. (+) Added the "Go to previous/next events inside selected group" parameter in the "Events" tab of the General settings which allows to navigate through events within groups. (+) Added the ability to trim clips in the playlist based on the time line. (+) Added the ability to export entire storages to video files: command "Add entire storages to playlist" in the local menu of the playlist events list. (+) Added the "On any move of current position in storages" checkbox for the "Automatically switch to View Storages mode" group in the "Events" tab of General settings. (+) Added the "Show number of source event used to create playlist item" option in the Playlist settings. (+) Added the "Hide/show preview on board output [F9]" button in the FDReferee toolbar. (+) Added the "Move to previous/next Score change" ("hot keys" F3/F4) commands for navigating over score marks received from the scoreboard (FDReferee). (+) Added the "Play all cameras simultaneously" option in the video playback settings which allows playback of streams from all cameras with 50% or 100% speed (FDReferee). (+) Added the ability to control playback in the main window with the "Start playback", "Stop", "Pause", "Slow playback (without sound)", "Normal playback (with sound)", "Mute sound" buttons (FDReferee). (+) Added the ability to display slow motion replay in the separate window (FDReferee). (+) Added the ability to automatically create "Period end" event mark in the FDReferee, the corresponded parameter added in the "Events Automatization" tab. (+) Added the "Minimal offset from windows edges" parameter in the "View", the "Offset between Controls" menu. (+) Added the "Show Mark event end Move buttons" parameter into the "View" menu which allows to display or hide playback buttons, mark/correct the events, navigate left/right in the main program window. (+) Added the "Expanded menu over Event List" command in the "Events" menu. (+) Added the "Don't change current camera when selecting event" checkbox into the "Events" tab, of the General settings. (+) Added the button in the FDReferee toolbar that turns on/off the absolute time display. (+) Added the "Don't Show Absolute Time" checkbox in the “View” menu and local menu of time line. (!) Fixed the FDReferee issue when working with the Nata-Info scoreboard, when the game time was incorrectly displayed at the start of the second period of the game #### RPMStorageManager (+) Added the ability to launch the main program (FDReferee/ReplayMachine) when created storages with "Start FDReferee/ReplayMachine after capture started" parameter checked. (+) Added the "Use Score-board" option in the Settings which allows FDReferee to work with scoreboard immediately after creating storages. (+) After extracting the game from the archive, the program switches to the archive view mode. (+) Added the "Show warning about non-archived storages" checkbox in the Settings. #### ReplayMachine Console (slow motion replay work place) (+) Added the ability to set custom names for cameras from the list. (+) Added the option to automatically select data streams when lounching from command line: key '-openauto ====== ForwardOffice (+) Added a possibility of connecting plugins for using external reports and processing. (!) Fixed an error when names of files in the Tatar language were displayed incorrectly. #### FDOfficeMovie (!) Fixed an error when information from SLIni file was not entered into a database. #### FDOfficeList (+) Added a possibility of saving TV program guide into XMLTV file and as HTML via the "EPG generator" button. (+) Added new columns ("Age" and "Smoking") to the table with schedule. (!) Fixed an error when it was impossible to set any text at enabled selection towards any TV serials. (!) Fixed an error when at downloading of schedule with only missing clips, all clips in schedule were downloaded including clips that had been downloaded before.