just:play/live 1.8.2 and just:in 1.8 now available ToolsOnAir Broadcast Engineering Announces New Software Releases Vienna – January 5, 2015… ToolsOnAir Broadcast Engineering announces new version releases to their revolutionary “TV Station in a Mac” just: Broadcast Suite.
ToolsOnAir Broadcast Engineering Announces New Software Releases Vienna – January 5, 2015… ToolsOnAir Broadcast Engineering announces new version releases to their revolutionary “TV Station in a Mac” just: Broadcast Suite. All customers currently under Maintenance and Basic Software Support are eligible for these upgrades. Existing 1.7.x just:in multi licenses and existing 1.8.x just:play/live licenses will work with this releases. New license codes are not needed. just:in multi Version 1.8.0 The following improvements and enhancements are introduced in Version 1.8.0:
- Support for OS X 10.10 Yosemite as well the latest driver versions from AJA and BMD.
- The ability to enter of a legal timecode value to trigger an End-of-Recording event. During the recording process you can enter a legal timecode value that is in the future in order to automatically stop a recording on that given timecode.
- A new Loop Recording mode available to both capture instances. Once selected the recording process will loop until the end of the given chunk length (up to 12-hours) and automatically continue to record into the same file from the beginning, while granting access to the content at any time. This is only available for recording into the “old” QuickTime (not AVFoundation) container.
- A new “Preferences…” panels for both Just In QuickTime Engine and Just In Multi GUI. The Names tab is now part of the Just In Multi GUI preference panel to further reduce setup complexity.
- Preliminary support for AJA KONA 4 has been added. AJA Corvid 88 support to follow shortly.
- Version 1.8 introduces ToolsOnAir’s new MXF muxing technology for just:in multi and live:cut with full support of all MXF OP1a based containers and professional codecs (IMX, DVCPRO HD, XDCAM EX, XDCAM HD/HD 422, AVC-Intra). A separate MXF license file from MXF4mac is no longer needed. The ToolsOnAir MXF option fee is still in place.
just:play/live Version 1.8.2 The following improvements and enhancements are introduced in Version 1.8.2:
- Support for OS X 10.10 Yosemite as well the latest driver versions from AJA and BMD.
- It is now possible to preview MXF files natively in the library and inspector previews and when dragging the timeline. This completely eliminates the need for a 3rd party QuickTime based MXF decoder.
- Live input is now available for channels where the RTMP output streaming is enabled. just:play only Features
- When dropping a playlist from the library onto the timeline, the same extended key options (cmd, alt, ctrl) are available as when dropping onto the calendar view. (just:play only)
- It is now possible to right-click a video in a playlist and create a new playlist beginning with the selected item. This is useful in for parsing long playlists into smaller logical segments as well as when a movie needs to be started at a fixed time. (just:play only) just:live only Features
- Various new and improved MOS/Newsroom related features especially in combination with the Octopus newsroom system. (just:live only)
- “Video only keyboard mapping” option to just:live’s preferences -useful for all of customers using
just:live for video play out only (just:live only)
- The “F3” keyboard option can now trigger movies with “Hold Last and Play Next” and “Hold Last and Cue Next” next actions even when the movie is not on the last frame. In this case the hold action is ignored and the next item is either cued or played immediately. (just:live only)
- Improved the overlays used in the timeline for videos with the “Hold and Play Next” and “Hold and Cue Next” end actions. (just:live only)
### About ToolsOnAir ToolsOnAir streamlines professional broadcast production with powerful applications using OS X, Linux and off-the-shelf hardware components. Supporting multiple formats and eliminating time-intensive file conversion, the ToolsOnAir just: Broadcast Suite seamlessly ingests, integrates and plays out divergent video, audio and graphics elements from an intuitive client GUI. The flow: rage Workflow Appliance Series provides fully integrated file storage and retrieval, asset and project management and integrated archive capabilities. Newsroom integration, NLE automation and the composition: builder real-time graphic creation tool round out the company’s product offering.