CinePlay Changelog

• Fixed an issue where vertically flipping a video would horizontally flop it too
• Performance improvements
• General bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

• Click the media file's duration to toggle between duration and time remaining
• Improved performance of hoverscrub thumbnails
• Fixed an issue where the playhead could jump elsewhere after deleting a marker
• Fixed an issue where the file extension could appear incorrectly in the export dialog
• Fixed an issue where it may not be possible to step to the next frame in some instances
• Minor bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

• Fixed an issue that could cause annotations embedded in exported frames to be misaligned

• M1 Mac and macOS 11 Big Sur compatibility
• UI refresh with better support for Retina Macs
• Hoverscrub thumbnails are now cached, which should improve performance when scrubbing with very large files or slow drives
• Various small tweaks and polish, particularly to Kollaborate integration

• Improved scrubbing performance
• Fixed several issues with Kollaborate Synced Sessions not working correctly
• Minor bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

• Improved compatibility with macOS 10.15 Catalina
• CinePlay no longer treats the "Elapsed Time" display as if it was just timecode with a different start point. This fixes an issue where CinePlay may have produced different time output compared to QuickTime Player X. This doesn't change the default display type, which is Timecode.
• Fixed an issue with being unable to step frame-by-frame through extremely long movies
• Fixed an issue where aspect ratio blanking could have incorrect dimensions on macOS 10.15
• General bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

• macOS 10.15 Catalina compatibility
• Dark Mode support
• Minor bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

• Fixed an incompatibility with changes made to realtime / synced sessions on the Kollaborate cloud site

    •    IMPORTANT: This version is required to register the software and older versions will no longer register with our website. This doesn't affect you if you've already registered it to your computer and only applies to new registrations.  
    •    Improved drop-frame timecode compatibility
    •    Improved memory usage
    •    Fixed several timecode issues that could occur when exporting files
    •    Fixed an issue where exported files could have no file extension if you deleted it from the filename
    •    Minor bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

• Playheads can be ganged either from the start of the file (this is the previous behavior) or from an arbitrary point within each file
• Override timecode start position for a movie by going to Edit > Modify Timecode Start
• Various tweaks to rewinding / fast forward behavior
• Fixed an issue where the timecode of exported movies could have an incorrect start point
• Fixed an issue where the app may not jump to markers correctly
• Fixed an issue where the movie view may sometimes steal key presses away from textboxes
• Various minor bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

• Which file types will automatically open in CinePlay can now be set in the installer and also preferences
• Fixed an issue where a black line may show to the left of certain videos
• General bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

• Exported H.264s now have "fast start" enabled to help them play back faster over a network
• The frame rate of a file's timecode track now overrides its source frame rate
• Added an Open Cloud File option to the File menu
• Kollaborate users can no longer download files if they don't have download permissions on the project
• Improved the reliability of movie export/conversion
• Fixed an issue where users couldn't unregister if they had already reset their license via our site
• Various minor bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

• Ganged Playheads - General overhaul with improved accuracy
• Ganged Playheads - Windows now say "(Ganged)" to make it more obvious when Ganged Playheads is active
• Ganged Playheads - Windows automatically tile to fit on the screen when entering gang mode
• Added a menu option to manually tile windows to fit the screen
• You can now open multiple files at once from the Open dialog
• Several UI tweaks including new colors for audio waveforms and the in/out range now appears in blue on the timeline
• Various minor bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

• Improved support for H.265 / HEVC
• Fixed an issue where timecode could sometimes be 1 frame off
• Playback stability improvements
• Minor bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

• Added Shift+number shortcut keys for marker colors
• You can now seek through the movie by scrolling with the trackpad/scroll wheel
• Exporting clips with in and out points set now includes the in/out timecodes in the filename
• Exported still frames now show the frame position in the timecode format you selected in the View menu (timecode, elapsed time or frames)
• CinePlay now remembers the previous marker color chosen and defaults to it when creating new markers
• The Markers window now scrolls and selects the new marker when you add one from the player
• CinePlay now remembers the last-chosen still image format
• Improved the visibility of black markers in the timeline
• Fixed an issue where the marker edit popup may still appear even if you hold down Shift to suppress it
• Fixed an issue that could cause TIFFs to be exported incorrectly
• Fixed an issue where annotations would refuse to save
• Minor bug fixes, tweaks and improvements

• Added an option to auto-pause when adding a marker
• Improved the readability of plain-text comment output
• Fixed an issue where image sequences could import as a single frame
• Fixed an issue where editing a marker in the Markers pane could show black text against a black background
• Fixed an issue where the file extension in the Trim dialog was automatically selected when it shouldn't have been
• Minor bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

• CinePlay now displays more detailed information in the Metadata tab of the Info window
• Selecting a marker by clicking on it or using the arrow keys now also selects it in the Markers window
• Non-standard audio sample rates (e.g. 48.048kHz) now display correctly
• Fixed an issue where jumping to a specific timecode position could be inaccurate with very long QuickTime movies
• Fixed an issue where the marker edit window may not appear correctly for chapters
• Added a Clear Cache for Current File option to the Help > Troubleshooting menu
• Replaced Growl with native Notification Center alerts
• Various small fixes and tweaks

• IMPORTANT: CinePlay now requires macOS 10.10 or higher
• We've overhauled CinePlay to be more accurate and reliable when seeking and navigating
• Support for importing and exporting DaVinci Resolve marker EDLs
• Movies without timecode tracks but with Adobe timecode metadata will now have the timecode correctly recognized in CinePlay
• Fixed an issue that could prevent markers being edited
• Fixed several memory leaks
• Many other fixes and tweaks

• Flip / rotation is now taken into account when exporting movies
• Hover thumbnails now take into account the default rotation of the movie
• Flip / rotation settings are now stored on a per-movie basis
• Fixed an issue where movies could resize incorrectly when viewing a playlist in full screen
• The name of the current file is now shown when playing a playlist in full screen
• If you choose Fit to Screen (Cmd+3) during playback of a playlist, all files in the playlist will fit to the screen regardless of their intrinsic size
• Fixed a crash that could occur when closing a file
• Various other bug fixes, tweaks and improvements

• Ability to set a default marker color
• Press Shift+M to add a marker without showing the marker edit dialog (local files only)
• Added 14:9 and 1:2 masks
• Stability improvements
• Various minor fixes, tweaks and improvements