Version 12.1.01 (26/12/2023)
Correction of video decoding.
Correction of audio encoding.
Corrected user name decoding.
Addition of the missing freetype.dll.
(VLS4420) VC Redist 2015x64 added for PCs not already up to date.
(VLS4413) Synchronization catch-up is only effective if the stream is set to the same speed as the engine and the render does not have too large a framerate difference, added current render speed.
Version 12.1.00 (27/11/2023)
The program is now only compatible with 64-bit architecture.
Displays details of non-synchronization to timing software
(VLS4073) Parallel: running time displayed correctly.
(VLS4079) Competitors refusing to publish their personal data will not have clips created.
(VLS4047) Display of competitors with a status at the end of the ranking, details are shown by run.
More precise timing of video playback (media player/camera ip/slideshow).
Audio timeout is less restrictive.
Protective key test is shifted to avoid displaying watermarks in the event of a slow connection between PC Chrono and Character Generator
Switch to Blackmagic driver 12.4.2.
Use of cache for slideshows.
Fixed blackmagic stream not restarting after resolution change +
Avoids writing sound when changing input or output format.
(VLS4039) Added unopened test to timing software connection monitoring.
Corrected path for clip thumbnails displayed in history.
Avoids blocking when software is closed.
Avoids sample rate encoding inconsistency between input videos, which are encoded at 48000, and clip streams.
A single synchronization stream is created when encoding is launched.
Improved timing window connection stability.
Fixed incompatibility of clips with some editing software when only one camera is used.
Deinterlace support for blackmagic inputs.
Possibility of choosing 50 or 60 fps framing. Displays must be set to the same fps.
Correction of random exceptions at event changeover when loading data from timing.
Update FFMPEG 6.1, Freetype 2.13, FTGL 2.4.0
SQLite 3.42.3 update
DynaPDF 4.0 update
Removal of support for parallel protection keys.
Other fixes and optimizations.
Version 11.1.03 (19/12/2022)
From now on the minimum Nvidia 522.25 drivers are required to encode WebTv or Clips.
WebTV no longer stops after a random time.
Parallel: Prevents an error when the timing window is not open.
Fixes a problem with the encoding and timing of audio in Clips and WebTV.
Support for audio interfaces with a quote in the name.
In case of an error in the encoding thread the error message windows are now displayed on the interface.
Start of camera/output recording and WebTV no longer occurs on the interface thread.
Reduced start-up time for recording clips.
The interface FBO is not recreated as many times as there are streams to be recorded at the start of the recording.
Completely clean up the resources after stopping the recording of Clips and WebTV.
Added two states on recordings: warm-up/error.
(VLS3707) Updated dongle driver (v8.51), updated installer (v6.1).
(VLS3365) Parallel: added number of doors traveled, updated ICR 1232 rules for tie-breaking.
Registration info is updated every second.
Clip encoding management feed info is not duplicated.
Caching of record management tables.
CUDA instance is loaded only once for all stream decodes.
(VLS3748) Parallel Qualifications: Running times are displayed correctly depending on the rating choice.
(VLS3749) Parallel Qualifications: Differences are displayed correctly depending on the ranking choice.
(VLS3752) Scoreboard : Added data : title, heat title and penalty for parallel events and qualifications.
Version 11.1.00 (29/11/2022)
Separation of the input/output accesses of the link with SkiAlp-Pro.
The clip sending tracking window can be enlarged to full screen.
Added live upload tracking in the upload window.
The test of the last available version is again performed when the software is launched.
Removal of the old management of the side menus.
Improvement of the scenario for parallel races.
Cleaned up the overlay at the end of the program and at the closing of the scenarios.
Cleaned up several memory leaks related to the following elements: interface font, sound management, watermark, image buffer, element positions, overlay effects.
Added additional information concerning access to the test file: connection in progress, existence/access to the file, test of read/write rights, the timing window has never been opened, software versions differ.
Possibility to configure hardware decoding for h264, hevc, vp9, av1 formats using by default the DXVA API and if possible either Cuda or QuickSync.
Separate tabbed stream configuration.
Support for hardware accelerated encoding with QuickSync.
Image format for conversion is detected after decoding the first frame.
Upgrade to level 4.2 for h264 encoding.
Switch to FFmpeg 5.1.2.
SQLite 3.40.0 update
Update of the signature certificate of the application.
Other corrections and optimizations.
Version 10.1.03 (16/12/2021)
The title of the run and the race are taken from the activated race in SkiAlp-Pro.
Correction of the display of the name and surname.
The activation of the sound does not block the playback according to the frequency used by the source.
SQLite 3.37.0 update.
Correction of sound encoding in WebTV and Clip streams.
Optimization of encoding with CUDA.
Version 10.1.01 (09/12/2021)
Fixes an exception to the stopping of a stream and the doubling of FPS when encoded without an Nvidia card.
Fixes a bad encoder initialization when neither QSV nor X264 is used.
Avoids an error if an encoder is not correctly initialized.
Avoids an error when initializing a scenario if the link is not made with SkiAlp-Pro.
Update of the default scenario.
Improvement of the video engine framerate management.
SQLite 3.35.4 update
Avoids an error during the calculation of the animations of the overlays.
Corrected the timer that does not take into account the creation time of a frame.
Blackmagic 12.0 update.
RTSP stream: the latency is caught up as the stream is played.
Interface font size is based on the height of the control window only.
Fixed memory leak in image resizing when decoding/encoding videos.
Fixed a bug in the initialization of Blackmagic channels.
Better search for the best performing hardware encoder.
Integration of ZeroCopy encoding.
Increased keyframe time to 2 seconds for WebTV.
Added UDP mode management option for RTSP streams.
Removed the 4 frames latency on video decoding (almost a tenth of a second latency gained).
Fixed the destruction of a graphic scenario when removing it from the media inputs.
Other corrections and optimizations.
Version 9.1.00 (04/11/2020)
Clips are handled by passing.
Update of Blackmagic librarie.
Fix of channels inti for Blackmagic devices.
Others corrections and optimizations.
Version 8.0.02 (02/12/2019)
During a change of status competitor the data in race at finish remains displayed
Many other fixes and optimizations
Updating encoding libraries
Others corrections and optimizations.
Version 7.0.04 (20/12/2018)
Support for WebTV.
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