seeing is believing.

Notch

• Potential for stall and resource leakage leading to system crash when cross-fading layers containing Notch

VFC

• More robust handling of HDMI VFC cards for gx 1s

Trial version

• Trial version now updated to 15.3.x. Previously only available up to 15.2.5

Audio

• Large audio files may cause the audio layer to stutter as it processes the files. Workarounds:
• use video files with embedded audio
• employ smaller, compressed audio files types such as MP3
• or try staggering multiple audio files on the timeline to save overdue, instant demand by multiple files
• Potential audio crackles with multiple, multichannel files
• Embedded audio in video goes out of sync when video is played in ping-pong mode

• Playing to Loop section in Locked mode when section has been resized ignores the section break

These four have potential fixes identified, but need to go through the process of code review and verification

• Audio layer may go out of sync from the playhead over a long period of time
• note: this has been observed only intermittently and is of the order of 15 frames over a 12 hour period
• Audio does not start again when encountering a new keyframe of the same audio track
• when the same audio track is sequenced multiple times in the audio layer, it does not start again on the new keyframe as the video layer does

These two are still under investigation

Legacy known issues from r15.1 and earlier

LUT

[High-resolution LUT files] All sample LUT files included in r15.1 have a grid point count of 32. Although the layer supports higher numbers of grid points, this comes with the consequence of taking longer to load on project start (but will not delay the project itself). It is recommended not to exceed 64 grid points

OmniCal

Doing a rig check from simulated plan to actual cameras for the first time can result in the physical cameras being not found. Workaround: run the rig check with simulated cameras

VR

• VR entails on additional render overhead
• This may result in a poor performance

Upgrading 32-bit to 64-bit Sockpuppet shows

• There may be issues upgrading Sockpuppet projects from 32-bit to 64-bit in 14.4.x builds. If your project falls into this category, please contact support@disguise.one who can arrange a project upgrade for you

Permissions error after installing

• On a small number of machines, a python-based permissions error will prevent software from starting.
• This issue can be solved by restarting Windows

Potential UI performance regression with long and busy timelines

• With either long or busy timelines containing e.g. a plethora of notes/cues, the UI may suffer a degradation in performance
• Minimising the timeline negates this

Slideshows transition time

• The transition time between slides in slideshows is currently broken
• The fix for this makes fundamental changes to timeline operations, so will take a while to work its way into future releases

Notch

• Extremely demanding Notch blocks can cause an oversubscription of available memory resources - click here for full advisory.

OmniCal

• Potential signal drop from wireless OmniCal kits - click here for full advisory.

Audio

• Stall when a video layer is first used
• Embedded audio in a video will stop playing due to a stall or heavy load and not recover until stopped
• Embedded audio in a video will go out of sync due to a stall or heavy load and not recover until stopped

Performance

• Stutter on first use of video module with large content

Video Output

• Potential for d3service to crash in edge cases where genlock state cannot be accurately read

Audio

• Large audio files may cause the audio layer to stutter as it processes the files. Workarounds:
• use video files with embedded audio
• employ smaller, compressed audio files types such as MP3
• or try staggering multiple audio files on the timeline to save overdue, instant demand by multiple files
• Potential audio crackles with multiple, multichannel files
• Embedded audio in video goes out of sync when video is played in ping-pong mode

• Playing to Loop section in Locked mode when section has been resized ignores the section break

These four have potential fixes identified, but need to go through the process of code review and verification

• Audio layer may go out of sync from the playhead over a long period of time
• note: this has been observed only intermittently and is of the order of 15 frames over a 12 hour period
• Audio does not start again when encountering a new keyframe of the same audio track
• when the same audio track is sequenced multiple times in the audio layer, it does not start again on the new keyframe as the video layer does

These two are still under investigation

Legacy known issues from r15.1 and earlier

LUT

[High-resolution LUT files] All sample LUT files included in r15.1 have a grid point count of 32. Although the layer supports higher numbers of grid points, this comes with the consequence of taking longer to load on project start (but will not delay the project itself). It is recommended not to exceed 64 grid points

OmniCal

Doing a rig check from simulated plan to actual cameras for the first time can result in the physical cameras being not found. Workaround: run the rig check with simulated cameras

VR

• VR entails on additional render overhead
• This may result in a poor performance

Upgrading 32-bit to 64-bit Sockpuppet shows

• There may be issues upgrading Sockpuppet projects from 32-bit to 64-bit in 14.4.x builds. If your project falls into this category, please contact support@disguise.one who can arrange a project upgrade for you

Permissions error after installing

• On a small number of machines, a python-based permissions error will prevent software from starting.
• This issue can be solved by restarting Windows

Potential UI performance regression with long and busy timelines

• With either long or busy timelines containing e.g. a plethora of notes/cues, the UI may suffer a degradation in performance
• Minimising the timeline negates this

Slideshows transition time

• The transition time between slides in slideshows is currently broken
• The fix for this makes fundamental changes to timeline operations, so will take a while to work its way into future releases

Audio

• Reaching end section then jumping to the next section in a stretched audio layer causes audio to drop
• Track restart required in order to get audio correctly outputted when toggling between 'none' and 'speaker/primary driver'

GUI/Performance

• Moving a camera with thousands of feed rectangles in a feed scene causes an FPS drop

Video Output

• Make gx 1 and fx 4 interoperability more robust (N.B. use DP 1.2 cables of less than 2m for optimal results)
• Intermittent ADL generic error when applying feed settings on vx 4s with manually emulated EDIDs

vx 4 capture

• Potential for vertical artifacts on sloping edges during capture

Audio

• Audio will underrun and stop if the system is under heavy load, particularly in instances where the timeline has to process multiple layers simultaneously
• Using multichannel assets may make d3 halt for a few frames as it processes the data
• Potential Audio crackles with multiple, multichannel files

These three have fixes slated for inclusion in the next maintenance release, pending verification

• Playing to Loop section in Locked mode when section has been resized ignores the section break

This last one again has a fix, but requires the incorporation of an updated audio library meaning its implementation is further down the line

Legacy known issues from r15.1 and earlier

LUT

[High-resolution LUT files] All sample LUT files included in r15.1 have a grid point count of 32. Although the layer supports higher numbers of grid points, this comes with the consequence of taking longer to load on project start (but will not delay the project itself). It is recommended not to exceed 64 grid points

OmniCal

Doing a rig check from simulated plan to actual cameras for the first time can result in the physical cameras being not found. Workaround: run the rig check with simulated cameras

VR

• VR entails on additional render overhead
• This may result in a poor performance

Upgrading 32-bit to 64-bit Sockpuppet shows

• There may be issues upgrading Sockpuppet projects from 32-bit to 64-bit in 14.4.x builds. If your project falls into this category, please contact support@disguise.one who can arrange a project upgrade for you

Permissions error after installing

• On a small number of machines, a python-based permissions error will prevent software from starting.
• This issue can be solved by restarting Windows

Potential UI performance regression with long and busy timelines

• With either long or busy timelines containing e.g. a plethora of notes/cues, the UI may suffer a degradation in performance
• Minimising the timeline negates this

Slideshows transition time

• The transition time between slides in slideshows is currently broken
• The fix for this makes fundamental changes to timeline operations, so will take a while to work its way into future releases

Notch

• Extremely demanding Notch blocks can cause an oversubscription of available memory resources - click here for full advisory.

OmniCal

• Potential signal drop from wireless OmniCal kits - click here for full advisory.

OSC Control Layer

• New OscControl layer to enable the sending of custom commands to third party products via OSC
• The OSC Control layer allows for the definition of custom commands that can be sequenced on the timeline to perform functions at given times. The custom commands are OSC messages defined by a fixed OSC address and OSC arguments (Integer, Float, String, Blob)

Front panel OLED

• The vx 4 has a refined front panel OLED, capable of conveying more system information to the user. The first phase of this includes the server’s name, serial number and enumeration of the server’s VFC cards

Version number

• Please ignore 15.3 build 56882. This was not properly flagged for release and the outputs will flash blue as if it were a Beta release

• Build 56947 is the correct 15.3 release

The person responsible for this mishap has been made to sit in a corner to reflect on his actions

Automation

• High impact on FPS in the presence of multiple Automation Axes

System Shutdown

• Ensure d3 terminates if the process of quitting takes too long

VFC

• Further robustness handling for VFC cards should they get into error statesr

Video Output

• New projector option 'Face Cull Mode' to enable either front face or back face culling to prevent instances of z fighting

VR

• New Option switch, disableVR, to turn off VR

Legacy known issues from r15.1 and earlier

LUT

[High-resolution LUT files] All sample LUT files included in r15.1 have a grid point count of 32. Although the layer supports higher numbers of grid points, this comes with the consequence of taking longer to load on project start (but will not delay the project itself). It is recommended not to exceed 64 grid points

OmniCal

Doing a rig check from simulated plan to actual cameras for the first time can result in the physical cameras being not found. Workaround: run the rig check with simulated cameras

VR

• VR entails on additional render overhead
• This may result in a poor performance

Upgrading 32-bit to 64-bit Sockpuppet shows

• There may be issues upgrading Sockpuppet projects from 32-bit to 64-bit in 14.4.x builds. If your project falls into this category, please contact support@disguise.one who can arrange a project upgrade for you

Permissions error after installing

• On a small number of machines, a python-based permissions error will prevent software from starting.
• This issue can be solved by restarting Windows

Potential UI performance regression with long and busy timelines

• With either long or busy timelines containing e.g. a plethora of notes/cues, the UI may suffer a degradation in performance
• Minimising the timeline negates this

Slideshows transition time

• The transition time between slides in slideshows is currently broken
• The fix for this makes fundamental changes to timeline operations, so will take a while to work its way into future releases

Notch

• Extremely demanding Notch blocks can cause an oversubscription of available memory resources - click here for full advisory.

OmniCal

• Potential signal drop from wireless OmniCal kits - click here for full advisory.

Keyframe

Keyframes are not tracking between section breaks when in ‘Normal’ mode rather than ‘Locked’

Hardware integration

Ensure fan settings persists after a reboot

Networking

Failure to start the project if a vx 4 is a Slave to a gx or pro range Master

VFC

More robust handling of HDMI cards to ensure they get recognised at startup

Video Output

Intermittent failure to start caused by HDMI VFC cards clashing with nvidia enumeration (evident particularly on gx 2s)

Legacy known issues from r15.1 and earlier

LUT

[High-resolution LUT files] All sample LUT files included in r15.1 have a grid point count of 32. Although the layer supports higher numbers of grid points, this comes with the consequence of taking longer to load on project start (but will not delay the project itself). It is recommended not to exceed 64 grid points

OmniCal

Doing a rig check from simulated plan to actual cameras for the first time can result in the physical cameras being not found. Workaround: run the rig check with simulated cameras

VR

• VR entails on additional render overhead
• This may result in a poor performance

Upgrading 32-bit to 64-bit Sockpuppet shows

• There may be issues upgrading Sockpuppet projects from 32-bit to 64-bit in 14.4.x builds. If your project falls into this category, please contact support@disguise.one who can arrange a project upgrade for you

Permissions error after installing

• On a small number of machines, a python-based permissions error will prevent software from starting.
• This issue can be solved by restarting Windows

Potential UI performance regression with long and busy timelines

• With either long or busy timelines containing e.g. a plethora of notes/cues, the UI may suffer a degradation in performance
• Minimising the timeline negates this

Slideshows transition time

• The transition time between slides in slideshows is currently broken
• The fix for this makes fundamental changes to timeline operations, so will take a while to work its way into future releases

Notch

• Extremely demanding Notch blocks can cause an oversubscription of available memory resources - click here for full advisory.

OmniCal

• Potential signal drop from wireless OmniCal kits - click here for full advisory.

File Management

• Cannot remove any missing media if a proxy for a valid video clip is missing

OmniCal

• Provide better clarity over ratio calculation results after Direct Linear Transformation operation in OmniCal reports

Transport Controls

• Project may fail to start if the default transport manager has been deleted

Video Output

• Degradation in MSAA results

Legacy known issues from r15.1 and earlier

LUT

[High-resolution LUT files] All sample LUT files included in r15.1 have a grid point count of 32. Although the layer supports higher numbers of grid points, this comes with the consequence of taking longer to load on project start (but will not delay the project itself). It is recommended not to exceed 64 grid points

OmniCal

Doing a rig check from simulated plan to actual cameras for the first time can result in the physical cameras being not found. Workaround: run the rig check with simulated cameras

VR

• VR entails on additional render overhead
• This may result in a poor performance

Upgrading 32-bit to 64-bit Sockpuppet shows

• There may be issues upgrading Sockpuppet projects from 32-bit to 64-bit in 14.4.x builds. If your project falls into this category, please contact support@disguise.one who can arrange a project upgrade for you

Permissions error after installing

• On a small number of machines, a python-based permissions error will prevent software from starting.
• This issue can be solved by restarting Windows

Potential UI performance regression with long and busy timelines

• With either long or busy timelines containing e.g. a plethora of notes/cues, the UI may suffer a degradation in performance
• Minimising the timeline negates this

Slideshows transition time

• The transition time between slides in slideshows is currently broken
• The fix for this makes fundamental changes to timeline operations, so will take a while to work its way into future releases

Notch

• Extremely demanding Notch blocks can cause an oversubscription of available memory resources - click here for full advisory.

OmniCal

• Potential signal drop from wireless OmniCal kits - click here for full advisory.

gx1

• Improved reliability of gx 1 genlock

Notch

• Fixed an issue that may cause notch layer textures to flicker

VFC

• Improved reliability of HDMI VFC card enumeration

Legacy known issues from r15.1 and earlier

LUT

[High-resolution LUT files] All sample LUT files included in r15.1 have a grid point count of 32. Although the layer supports higher numbers of grid points, this comes with the consequence of taking longer to load on project start (but will not delay the project itself). It is recommended not to exceed 64 grid points

OmniCal

Doing a rig check from simulated plan to actual cameras for the first time can result in the physical cameras being not found. Workaround: run the rig check with simulated cameras

VR

• VR entails on additional render overhead
• This may result in a poor performance

Upgrading 32-bit to 64-bit Sockpuppet shows

• There may be issues upgrading Sockpuppet projects from 32-bit to 64-bit in 14.4.x builds. If your project falls into this category, please contact support@disguise.one who can arrange a project upgrade for you

Permissions error after installing

• On a small number of machines, a python-based permissions error will prevent software from starting.
• This issue can be solved by restarting Windows

Potential UI performance regression with long and busy timelines

• With either long or busy timelines containing e.g. a plethora of notes/cues, the UI may suffer a degradation in performance
• Minimising the timeline negates this

Slideshows transition time

• The transition time between slides in slideshows is currently broken
• The fix for this makes fundamental changes to timeline operations, so will take a while to work its way into future releases

Notch

• Extremely demanding Notch blocks can cause an oversubscription of available memory resources - click here for full advisory.

OmniCal

• Potential signal drop from wireless OmniCal kits - click here for full advisory.

d3service

• Intermittent failure to start on nvidia based machines (2x2, solo, gx 1 & gx 2)

Video Capture

• Inability to use more than one back buffer on AMD based machines means frame latency mode cannot be edited

Video Capture/Logging

• A received capture source, unused in an active mapping, will incorrectly report every frame to be marked as 'dropped' in the console when toggling the capture preview on and off

gx 1 genlock

It may take several attempts to successfully achieve genlock on gx 1 (note: gx 1 only,  not gx 2)

Legacy known issues from r15.1 and earlier

LUT

[High-resolution LUT files] All sample LUT files included in r15.1 have a grid point count of 32. Although the layer supports higher numbers of grid points, this comes with the consequence of taking longer to load on project start (but will not delay the project itself). It is recommended not to exceed 64 grid points

OmniCal

Doing a rig check from simulated plan to actual cameras for the first time can result in the physical cameras being not found. Workaround: run the rig check with simulated cameras

VR

• VR entails on additional render overhead
• This may result in a poor performance

Upgrading 32-bit to 64-bit Sockpuppet shows

• There may be issues upgrading Sockpuppet projects from 32-bit to 64-bit in 14.4.x builds. If your project falls into this category, please contact support@disguise.one who can arrange a project upgrade for you

Permissions error after installing

• On a small number of machines, a python-based permissions error will prevent software from starting.
• This issue can be solved by restarting Windows

Potential UI performance regression with long and busy timelines

• With either long or busy timelines containing e.g. a plethora of notes/cues, the UI may suffer a degradation in performance
• Minimising the timeline negates this

Slideshows transition time

• The transition time between slides in slideshows is currently broken
• The fix for this makes fundamental changes to timeline operations, so will take a while to work its way into future releases

Notch

• Extremely demanding Notch blocks can cause an oversubscription of available memory resources - click here for full advisory.

OmniCal

• Potential signal drop from wireless OmniCal kits - click here for full advisory.

Audio

• 5.1 and 7.1 audio output not processed correctly

d3Manager

• d3manager polls d3technologies.com for software version updates which fails as we no longer own this domain (though as this fix is implemented in 15.2.1, it will only apply to updates after that)

Installer

• Installation fails on systems that do not have the Visual C++ 2010 runtime installed

OmniCal

• A large number of projectors (50+) may cause out of memory errors and fail OmniCal Bundle adjustment

OmniCal

• Add 'Select All' and 'Select None' options to Capture Setup UI for active projectors
• Add camera name to OminCal log messages to aid debugging

[Audio] Project specific access violation reporting 'Error at updateAudio'

[Content Mapping] Rotating feed rectangle when adjusting the warp in a feed mapping causes multiple points to be selected

[Feed Visualiser] Changing mode from 1080p to 1080i on an SDI VFC card does not cause feed borders to change colour

[Live Update] Web layer JavaScript commands are not live updating on a Slave machine

[OmniCal] Alignment of capture setup UI can get out of kilter for active projectors

Latency output mode changes have no effect

Any machines using AMD FirePro GPUs (4x4, vx 4) will be unable to triple buffer their outputs due to an issue in the current AMD drivers. This has the effect of making the outputs behave as if they are in Low Latency mode. A workaround is in preparation and is scheduled for inclusion in the next release.

d3manager update notification

In previous installs, users would get a notification when a new version becomes available. This will no longer work for releases prior to r15 since we no longer own the d3technologies domain. Moreover, until the next maintenance release 15.2.1, this will also be absent for r15 users

Legacy known issues from r15.1 and earlier

LUT

[High-resolution LUT files] All sample LUT files included in r15.1 have a grid point count of 32. Although the layer supports higher numbers of grid points, this comes with the consequence of taking longer to load on project start (but will not delay the project itself). It is recommended not to exceed 64 grid points

OmniCal

Doing a rig check from simulated plan to actual cameras for the first time can result in the physical cameras being not found. Workaround: run the rig check with simulated cameras

Legacy known issues

VR

• VR entails on additional render overhead
• This may result in a poor performance

Upgrading 32-bit to 64-bit Sockpuppet shows

• There may be issues upgrading Sockpuppet projects from 32-bit to 64-bit in 14.4.x builds. If your project falls into this category, please contact support@disguise.one who can arrange a project upgrade for you

Permissions error after installing

• On a small number of machines, a python-based permissions error will prevent software from starting.
• This issue can be solved by restarting Windows

Potential UI performance regression with long and busy timelines

• With either long or busy timelines containing e.g. a plethora of notes/cues, the UI may suffer a degradation in performance
• Minimising the timeline negates this

Slideshows transition time

• The transition time between slides in slideshows is currently broken
• The fix for this makes fundamental changes to timeline operations, so will take a while to work its way into future releases

Notch

• Extremely demanding Notch blocks can cause an oversubscription of available memory resources - click here for full advisory.

OmniCal

• Potential signal drop from wireless OmniCal kits - click here for full advisory.

Audio - 

• Complete replacement of the audio codebase utilising, fmod, a professional, external library. Incorporating this has fixed a number of audio related issues - see Audio section in full release notes pdf 

Genlock - 

• Make genlock on the gx 1 more robust

OmniCal -

• OmniCal iOS app may run out of memory and crash if buffering many images

Video Capture - 

• Slight code refactor to improve SDI capture latency

Video Output -

• Applying feed settings may result in a failure to regain fullscreen resulting in potential frame loss and tearing

Device Control - 

• Implement device for switching Riedel MediorNet via Ember+
• Agile Camera support

Feed Outputs -

• New Content mode option for outputting alpha & inverse alpha from a feed output

Notch - 

• Ability to arrow into individual Notch parameters

VFC - 

• Allow multiple VFC cards to be updated in parallel

vx 4 - 

• Support for new vx 4 hardware

Audio - 

• Complete replacement of the audio codebase utilising, fmod, a professional, external library. This is simultaneously a fix for previous audio issues and an improvement over the existing audio offering

d3manager - 

• Date modified column added to d3manager project listing

OmniCal -

• Smoother mesh deform results
• Mesh Deform supports multiple UVs per vertex
• Allow re-calibration of captured OmniCal results to aid troubleshooting
• Better layout of capture Setup and Quick Align widgets

Sockpuppet - 

• Ability to reset all bank assignments

Video Capture - 

• Video input patch UI redesign

Please see full release notes PDF below for complete list of Other Fixes

Latency output mode changes have no effect

Any machines using AMD FirePro GPUs (4x4, vx 4) will be unable to triple buffer their outputs due to an issue in the current AMD drivers. This has the effect of making the outputs behave as if they are in Low Latency mode. A workaround is in preparation and is scheduled for inclusion in the next release.

d3manager update notification

In previous installs, users would get a notification when a new version becomes available. This will no longer work for releases prior to r15 since we no longer own the d3technologies domain. Moreover, until the next maintenance release 15.2.1, this will also be absent for r15 users

Legacy known issues from r15.1 and earlier

LUT

[High-resolution LUT files] All sample LUT files included in r15.1 have a grid point count of 32. Although the layer supports higher numbers of grid points, this comes with the consequence of taking longer to load on project start (but will not delay the project itself). It is recommended not to exceed 64 grid points

OmniCal

Doing a rig check from simulated plan to actual cameras for the first time can result in the physical cameras being not found. Workaround: run the rig check with simulated cameras

Legacy known issues

VR

• VR entails on additional render overhead
• This may result in a poor performance

Upgrading 32-bit to 64-bit Sockpuppet shows

• There may be issues upgrading Sockpuppet projects from 32-bit to 64-bit in 14.4.x builds. If your project falls into this category, please contact support@disguise.one who can arrange a project upgrade for you

Permissions error after installing

• On a small number of machines, a python-based permissions error will prevent software from starting.
• This issue can be solved by restarting Windows

Potential UI performance regression with long and busy timelines

• With either long or busy timelines containing e.g. a plethora of notes/cues, the UI may suffer a degradation in performance
• Minimising the timeline negates this

Slideshows transition time

• The transition time between slides in slideshows is currently broken
• The fix for this makes fundamental changes to timeline operations, so will take a while to work its way into future releases

Notch

• Extremely demanding Notch blocks can cause an oversubscription of available memory resources - click here for full advisory.

OmniCal

• Potential signal drop from wireless OmniCal kits - click here for full advisory.

Display Management - 

• Improve reliability of genlock on gx 1

Display Management - 

• Address gx and plus range failure to start in headless mode

Audio

We have reports of users experiencing audio clicking or popping. Release 15.1.4 has some fixes to address this and reduce the chances of this occurring. However, we recognise that this has not been completely cleared up. Audio clicking may still be prevalent on higher frequency sounds. If you experience this try the following workarounds:

• Reduce the volume of the audio. We are noticing that our interaction with drivers adds volume which can result in clicking
• Use WASAPI instead of ASIO. The prevalence of clicking is more pronounced on ASIO
• Edit the Hammerfall settings to reduce the Output Level (see screengrab below)

Audio clicking during high performance

Additionally, under heavy load, if a project starts to drop frames this may have a knock-on effect on the audio, especially if embedded into a video file

Downgrade your 15.1.x project to 15.0.7

If you have already sequenced your project in 15.1.x and want to downgrade the project to an earlier release prior to the audio issues, there is a special version of 15.0.7 to accommodate this. Notes:

• Only downgrades from releases r15.1.0-r15.1.9 to r15.0.7
• Audio mappings will need to be repatched
• Upgrade back to r15.1 should be possible, but not to another r15.0 release

Version 15.0.7 can be downloaded from here

LUT

[High-resolution LUT files] All sample LUT files included in r15.1 have a grid point count of 32. Although the layer supports higher numbers of grid points, this comes with the consequence of taking longer to load on project start (but will not delay the project itself). It is recommended not to exceed 64 grid points

OmniCal

Doing a rig check from simulated plan to actual cameras for the first time can result in the physical cameras being not found. Workaround: run the rig check with simulated cameras

Legacy known issues

VR

• VR entails on additional render overhead
• This may result in a poor performance

Upgrading 32-bit to 64-bit Sockpuppet shows

• There may be issues upgrading Sockpuppet projects from 32-bit to 64-bit in 14.4.x builds. If your project falls into this category, please contact support@disguise.one who can arrange a project upgrade for you

Permissions error after installing

• On a small number of machines, a python-based permissions error will prevent software from starting.
• This issue can be solved by restarting Windows

Potential UI performance regression with long and busy timelines

• With either long or busy timelines containing e.g. a plethora of notes/cues, the UI may suffer a degradation in performance
• Minimising the timeline negates this

Slideshows transition time

• The transition time between slides in slideshows is currently broken
• The fix for this makes fundamental changes to timeline operations, so will take a while to work its way into future releases

Notch

• Extremely demanding Notch blocks can cause an oversubscription of available memory resources - click here for full advisory.

Audio

• Audio clicking or popping and audio drifting out of sync with video under heavy load - click here for full advisory.

OmniCal

• Potential signal drop from wireless OmniCal kits - click here for full advisory.

Device Control - 

• Telnet messages can be dropped during graceful disconnections

Feed Outputs -

• Repeated application of feed settings may cause gx hardware to fail interlaced sync

VFC - 

• Refine VFC-HDMI reset behaviour

Video Outputs - 

• New UI element in feed view and individual VFC card properties to provide a method for re-syncing interlaced fields of single or multiple machines

vx 4 support -

• Enable support for future release of vx4

Audio

We have reports of users experiencing audio clicking or popping. Release 15.1.4 has some fixes to address this and reduce the chances of this occurring. However, we recognise that this has not been completely cleared up. Audio clicking may still be prevalent on higher frequency sounds. If you experience this try the following workarounds:

• Reduce the volume of the audio. We are noticing that our interaction with drivers adds volume which can result in clicking
• Use WASAPI instead of ASIO. The prevalence of clicking is more pronounced on ASIO
• Edit the Hammerfall settings to reduce the Output Level (see screengrab below)

Audio clicking during high performance

Additionally, under heavy load, if a project starts to drop frames this may have a knock-on effect on the audio, especially if embedded into a video file

Downgrade your 15.1.x project to 15.0.7

If you have already sequenced your project in 15.1.x and want to downgrade the project to an earlier release prior to the audio issues, there is a special version of 15.0.7 to accommodate this. Notes:

• Only downgrades from releases r15.1.0-r15.1.9 to r15.0.7
• Audio mappings will need to be repatched
• Upgrade back to r15.1 should be possible, but not to another r15.0 release

Version 15.0.7 can be downloaded from here

LUT

[High-resolution LUT files] All sample LUT files included in r15.1 have a grid point count of 32. Although the layer supports higher numbers of grid points, this comes with the consequence of taking longer to load on project start (but will not delay the project itself). It is recommended not to exceed 64 grid points

OmniCal

Doing a rig check from simulated plan to actual cameras for the first time can result in the physical cameras being not found. Workaround: run the rig check with simulated cameras

Legacy known issues

VR

• VR entails on additional render overhead
• This may result in a poor performance

Upgrading 32-bit to 64-bit Sockpuppet shows

• There may be issues upgrading Sockpuppet projects from 32-bit to 64-bit in 14.4.x builds. If your project falls into this category, please contact support@disguise.one who can arrange a project upgrade for you

Permissions error after installing

• On a small number of machines, a python-based permissions error will prevent software from starting.
• This issue can be solved by restarting Windows

Potential UI performance regression with long and busy timelines

• With either long or busy timelines containing e.g. a plethora of notes/cues, the UI may suffer a degradation in performance
• Minimising the timeline negates this

Slideshows transition time

• The transition time between slides in slideshows is currently broken
• The fix for this makes fundamental changes to timeline operations, so will take a while to work its way into future releases

Notch

• Extremely demanding Notch blocks can cause an oversubscription of available memory resources - click here for full advisory.

Audio

• Audio clicking or popping and audio drifting out of sync with video under heavy load - click here for full advisory.

Major fixes 

Content Management - 

• Failure to actually remove missing media when selecting this option from remove missing media folder

Expressions - 

• Making an expression to a device using speed causes frameblending to stop working at the ends of sections

OmniCal - 

• Renaming an OmniCal camera causes it to go missing after a restart

Other Fixes

Diagnostics - 

• Unable to create a project diagnostic while OmniCal CaptureSetup is open

GUI - 

• GUI elements will be intermittently un-rendered due to continuous mesh thumbnail generation

Live Update - 

• Failure to sync a project if there is a mismatch between machine name and host name

OmniCal - 

• Renaming an OmniCal camera causes it to go missing after a restart
• Incorrect focal length saved in OmniCal captures
• Array index error' when clicking camera images in OmniCal RigCheck

Installer - 

• Refine the text presented to users to clarify when an incompatible CPU is used

OmniCal - 

• Clarify the text about 'clear stage' before an OmniCal capture
• Option to remove an individual camera from a camera plan rather than remake the whole plan

Audio

We have reports of users experiencing audio clicking or popping. Release 15.1.4 has some fixes to address this and reduce the chances of this occurring. However, we recognise that this has not been completely cleared up. Audio clicking may still be prevalent on higher frequency sounds. If you experience this try the following workarounds:

• Reduce the volume of the audio. We are noticing that our interaction with drivers adds volume which can result in clicking
• Use WASAPI instead of ASIO. The prevalence of clicking is more pronounced on ASIO
• Edit the Hammerfall settings to reduce the Output Level (see screengrab below)

Audio clicking during high performance

Additionally, under heavy load, if a project starts to drop frames this may have a knock-on effect on the audio, especially if embedded into a video file

LUT

[High-resolution LUT files] All sample LUT files included in r15.1 have a grid point count of 32. Although the layer supports higher numbers of grid points, this comes with the consequence of taking longer to load on project start (but will not delay the project itself). It is recommended not to exceed 64 grid points

OmniCal

Doing a rig check from simulated plan to actual cameras for the first time can result in the physical cameras being not found. Workaround: run the rig check with simulated cameras

Legacy known issues

VR

• VR entails on additional render overhead
• This may result in a poor performance

Upgrading 32-bit to 64-bit Sockpuppet shows

• There may be issues upgrading Sockpuppet projects from 32-bit to 64-bit in 14.4.x builds. If your project falls into this category, please contact support@disguise.one who can arrange a project upgrade for you

Permissions error after installing

• On a small number of machines, a python-based permissions error will prevent software from starting.
• This issue can be solved by restarting Windows

Potential UI performance regression with long and busy timelines

• With either long or busy timelines containing e.g. a plethora of notes/cues, the UI may suffer a degradation in performance
• Minimising the timeline negates this

Slideshows transition time

• The transition time between slides in slideshows is currently broken
• The fix for this makes fundamental changes to timeline operations, so will take a while to work its way into future releases

Major fixes

Video Capture -

• Restarting an understudy session causes Video In to be stretched vertically and the format to be set to 'None'

Other fixes

GUI - 

Track widget resizing does not persist across a project restart

Timeline-

Arrow link retained despite removal from a duplicated group

Exception when using shortcut 'G' to expand or collapse a group

Audio

We have reports of users experiencing audio clicking or popping. Release 15.1.4 has some fixes to address this and reduce the chances of this occurring. However, we recognise that this has not been completely cleared up. Audio clicking may still be prevalent on higher frequency sounds. If you experience this try the following workarounds:

• Reduce the volume of the audio. We are noticing that our interaction with drivers adds volume which can result in clicking
• Use WASAPI instead of ASIO. The prevalence of clicking is more pronounced on ASIO
• Edit the Hammerfall settings to reduce the Output Level (see screengrab below)

Audio clicking during high performance

Additionally, under heavy load, if a project starts to drop frames this may have a knock-on effect on the audio, especially if embedded into a video file

LUT

[High-resolution LUT files] All sample LUT files included in r15.1 have a grid point count of 32. Although the layer supports higher numbers of grid points, this comes with the consequence of taking longer to load on project start (but will not delay the project itself). It is recommended not to exceed 64 grid points

OmniCal

Doing a rig check from simulated plan to actual cameras for the first time can result in the physical cameras being not found. Workaround: run the rig check with simulated cameras

Legacy known issues

VR

• VR entails on additional render overhead
• This may result in a poor performance

Upgrading 32-bit to 64-bit Sockpuppet shows

• There may be issues upgrading Sockpuppet projects from 32-bit to 64-bit in 14.4.x builds. If your project falls into this category, please contact support@disguise.one who can arrange a project upgrade for you

Permissions error after installing

• On a small number of machines, a python-based permissions error will prevent software from starting.
• This issue can be solved by restarting Windows

Potential UI performance regression with long and busy timelines

• With either long or busy timelines containing e.g. a plethora of notes/cues, the UI may suffer a degradation in performance
• Minimising the timeline negates this

Slideshows transition time

• The transition time between slides in slideshows is currently broken
• The fix for this makes fundamental changes to timeline operations, so will take a while to work its way into future releases

Major fixes

Audio -

• Reduce the prevalence of audio clicking during playback (see also, Known Issues section below)
• Distortion produced when Quantising a track

Content Management - 

• Performance hit during content ingestion

Other fixes

Content Mapping - Multiple projection objects inadvertently created, unnecessarily draining processor time

GUI - When trying to delete a resource in use by a layer, only the track, not the layer, is listed in the in use notification

Notch - Enabling the disableLiveNotchLoading option switch stops Notch from rendering

OmniCal Camera - Blob detection settings are reset when duplicating an OmniCal plan

Project upgrade - Ensure proper checks carried out for projectors when upgrading projects

Projector Studies - Projectors with Identify test pattern renders label with incorrect scale and position

Stage - Potential for an access violation on startup to cause the Stage to be marked as bad, preventing saving of stage-related changes

Timeline -Jumping sections from "Locked" mode to "Normal" mode can result in playback being skipped

Transport Controls - External transports cues while chasing timecode may cause a jump in playback on Slaves or Understudies

Audio

We have reports of users experiencing audio clicking or popping. Release 15.1.4 has some fixes to address this and reduce the chances of this occurring. However, we recognise that this has not been completely cleared up. Audio clicking may still be prevalent on higher frequency sounds. If you experience this try the following workarounds:

• Reduce the volume of the audio. We are noticing that our interaction with drivers adds volume which can result in clicking
• Use WASAPI instead of ASIO. The prevalence of clicking is more pronounced on ASIO
• Edit the Hammerfall settings to reduce the Output Level (see screengrab below)

Audio clicking during high performance

Additionally, under heavy load, if a project starts to drop frames this may have a knock-on effect on the audio, especially if embedded into a video file

LUT

[High-resolution LUT files] All sample LUT files included in r15.1 have a grid point count of 32. Although the layer supports higher numbers of grid points, this comes with the consequence of taking longer to load on project start (but will not delay the project itself). It is recommended not to exceed 64 grid points

OmniCal

Doing a rig check from simulated plan to actual cameras for the first time can result in the physical cameras being not found. Workaround: run the rig check with simulated cameras

Legacy known issues

VR

• VR entails on additional render overhead
• This may result in a poor performance

Upgrading 32-bit to 64-bit Sockpuppet shows

• There may be issues upgrading Sockpuppet projects from 32-bit to 64-bit in 14.4.x builds. If your project falls into this category, please contact support@disguise.one who can arrange a project upgrade for you

Permissions error after installing

• On a small number of machines, a python-based permissions error will prevent software from starting.
• This issue can be solved by restarting Windows

Potential UI performance regression with long and busy timelines

• With either long or busy timelines containing e.g. a plethora of notes/cues, the UI may suffer a degradation in performance
• Minimising the timeline negates this

Slideshows transition time

• The transition time between slides in slideshows is currently broken
• The fix for this makes fundamental changes to timeline operations, so will take a while to work its way into future releases

Major fixes

• Sockpuppet - Audio embedded into video does not playback in sockpuppet

Other fixes

• OmniCal - Real camera intrinsics incorrectly used in OmniCal simulations
• GUI - Zooming into feed scene editor causes rendering anomalies if projectors are set to identify mode

Timeline - Address the timeline returning to default vertical height when expanding or collapsing groups or adding layers

General known issues for r15.1

LUT

[High-resolution LUT files] All sample LUT files included in r15.1 have a grid point count of 32. Although the layer supports higher numbers of grid points, this comes with the consequence of taking longer to load on project start (but will not delay the project itself). It is recommended not to exceed 64 grid points

OmniCal

Doing a rig check from simulated plan to actual cameras for the first time can result in the physical cameras being not found. Workaround: run the rig check with simulated cameras

Legacy known issues

VR

• VR entails on additional render overhead
• This may result in a poor performance

Upgrading 32-bit to 64-bit Sockpuppet shows

• There may be issues upgrading Sockpuppet projects from 32-bit to 64-bit in 14.4.x builds. If your project falls into this category, please contact support@disguise.one who can arrange a project upgrade for you

Permissions error after installing

• On a small number of machines, a python-based permissions error will prevent software from starting.
• This issue can be solved by restarting Windows

Potential UI performance regression with long and busy timelines

• With either long or busy timelines containing e.g. a plethora of notes/cues, the UI may suffer a degradation in performance
• Minimising the timeline negates this

Slideshows transition time

• The transition time between slides in slideshows is currently broken
• The fix for this makes fundamental changes to timeline operations, so will take a while to work its way into future releases

• Video Capture - Code refinement to remove an unnecessary delay in capture latency
• Video Output - Intermittent failure to regain fullscreen after application of feed settings 

General known issues for r15.1

LUT

[High-resolution LUT files] All sample LUT files included in r15.1 have a grid point count of 32. Although the layer supports higher numbers of grid points, this comes with the consequence of taking longer to load on project start (but will not delay the project itself). It is recommended not to exceed 64 grid points

OmniCal

Doing a rig check from simulated plan to actual cameras for the first time can result in the physical cameras being not found. Workaround: run the rig check with simulated cameras

Legacy known issues

VR

• VR entails on additional render overhead
• This may result in a poor performance

Upgrading 32-bit to 64-bit Sockpuppet shows

• There may be issues upgrading Sockpuppet projects from 32-bit to 64-bit in 14.4.x builds. If your project falls into this category, please contact support@disguise.one who can arrange a project upgrade for you

Permissions error after installing

• On a small number of machines, a python-based permissions error will prevent software from starting.
• This issue can be solved by restarting Windows

Potential UI performance regression with long and busy timelines

• With either long or busy timelines containing e.g. a plethora of notes/cues, the UI may suffer a degradation in performance
• Minimising the timeline negates this

Slideshows transition time

• The transition time between slides in slideshows is currently broken
• The fix for this makes fundamental changes to timeline operations, so will take a while to work its way into future releases

Video Output

Provide notification if d3 has failed a critical window transition to fullscreen

Audio

Failure to properly handle specific WSAPI device causes a project launch failure

BlackTrax

Race condition of two networked machines inadvertently creating duplicate BlackTrax beacons

Camera

Notch Camera doesn't use correct FOV due to mismatch with stage cameras

Stage

Lux renderer only renders to the front side of an LED screen

Video Output

Proxy-level calculation invalidated by rotated feed rectangles

General known issues for r15.1

LUT

[High-resolution LUT files] All sample LUT files included in r15.1 have a grid point count of 32. Although the layer supports higher numbers of grid points, this comes with the consequence of taking longer to load on project start (but will not delay the project itself). It is recommended not to exceed 64 grid points

OmniCal

Doing a rig check from simulated plan to actual cameras for the first time can result in the physical cameras being not found. Workaround: run the rig check with simulated cameras

Legacy known issues

VR

• VR entails on additional render overhead
• This may result in a poor performance

Upgrading 32-bit to 64-bit Sockpuppet shows

• There may be issues upgrading Sockpuppet projects from 32-bit to 64-bit in 14.4.x builds. If your project falls into this category, please contact support@disguise.one who can arrange a project upgrade for you

Permissions error after installing

• On a small number of machines, a python-based permissions error will prevent software from starting.
• This issue can be solved by restarting Windows

Potential UI performance regression with long and busy timelines

• With either long or busy timelines containing e.g. a plethora of notes/cues, the UI may suffer a degradation in performance
• Minimising the timeline negates this

Slideshows transition time

• The transition time between slides in slideshows is currently broken
• The fix for this makes fundamental changes to timeline operations, so will take a while to work its way into future releases

LUT Layer

This new effect layer supports the use of 3D LUT files in .cube format. Uses arrows like other effect layers such as Blur or ChannelRouter. A small collection of sample LUT files is included with every blank project

Filmic grain Layer

A new generative layer that produces animated, film grain style noise

Colour Adjust Layer

A new effect layer which can control white balance and tint either through presets or discrete amounts. Also contains brightness, contrast, and saturation controls

New Notch effects

Bundled with designer software is a revised set of Notch effects including particles, blobs, various text effects and more

N.B. this replaces the previous Notch block bundled with designer software. This older block can still be used and is available for download from our resources centre

Notch Camera Parameters & exposable nulls

These new features enhance the integration of Notch content to pass disguise cameras and other objects into the Notch scene. See our download centre for a demo project

N.B. this is only available using Notch 0.9.21 onwards

Resizable Widgets

A selection of widgets are now resizable to allow for better management of the workspace. The affected widgets are Tracks,  Patch Assignments, Bank Editor, Cue Set List and Dmx Device Monitor. Move the cursor to the edges of the widget, see the cursor type change to allow for customisation of  the size

Text rendering in Web Layer

Text Input is now supported through the Web Layer. A sample HTML file in the project folder\objects\Web folder can be customized or used as an example to render text into projects

Visca camera

Addition of Visca Camera as a driver to the devices list

Timecode

• [Layers] Refine playmode handling while chasing timecode

OmniCal

• Intermittent freeze when using OmniCal
• Multiple rig checking may invalidate previous alignment

VFC

• Ensure SDI VFC cards do not fail to switch outputs to fullscreen mode when applying feed settings

OmniCal Simulation Camera

• Omnical virtual cameras have adopted the workflow of standard stage cameras. This allows for the lining up a virtual camera using the mini viewport. Additional settings such as exposure and distortion have been also been added
• Usage of user-assigned camera names is more consistent throughout the UI
• Added a mesh deform view that previews the results of a mesh deformation

Audio code refactoring

• Support for WASAPI and ASIO audio devices has been added
• Support for multi channel audio devices has been added - e.g. ADAT in 8 channel mode
• Support for audio files with more than two tracks has been added
• Audio code has been refactored to be more performant
• N.B. there are no channel & track remapping capabilities for multi-channel audio files

Server OLED

• Utilise server OLED space to convey VFC information or d3 service error states

General known issues for r15.1

LUT

• [High-resolution LUT files] All sample LUT files included in r15.1 have a grid point count of 32. Although the layer supports higher numbers of grid points, this comes with the consequence of taking longer to load on project start (but will not delay the project itself). It is recommended not to exceed 64 grid points

OmniCal

• Doing a rig check from simulated plan to actual cameras for the first time can result in the physical cameras being not found. Workaround: run the rig check with simulated cameras

Legacy known issues

VR

• VR entails on additional render overhead
• This may result in a poor performance

Upgrading 32-bit to 64-bit Sockpuppet shows

• There may be issues upgrading Sockpuppet projects from 32-bit to 64-bit in 14.4.x builds. If your project falls into this category, please contact support@disguise.one who can arrange a project upgrade for you

Permissions error after installing

• On a small number of machines, a python-based permissions error will prevent software from starting.
• This issue can be solved by restarting Windows

Potential UI performance regression with long and busy timelines

• With either long or busy timelines containing e.g. a plethora of notes/cues, the UI may suffer a degradation in performance
• Minimising the timeline negates this

Slideshows transition time

• The transition time between slides in slideshows is currently broken
• The fix for this makes fundamental changes to timeline operations, so will take a while to work its way into future releases

Major Fixes

• Camera - MSAA defaulting to on impacts performance, default should be set to off
• Licensing -Ensure license checks cater for disguise OmniCal cameras

Other fixes

[GUI] Upgrade LegacyVideo Layers unnecessarily requires a GroupLayer to be expanded in order to upgrade

[Layers] A multi-selection of Legacy Video layers from within a group will fail to upgrade to Video layer

Major improvements:

• d3Manager - Warn users if there is an incompatibility between a later software version and earlier OS versions of the pro range

Other improvements:

• [VFC] Notify user when HDMI VFC cards are used in an OS that does not support them

VR

• VR entails on additional render overhead
• This may result in a poor performance

Upgrading 32-bit to 64-bit Sockpuppet shows

• There may be issues upgrading Sockpuppet projects from 32-bit to 64-bit in 14.4.x builds. If your project falls into this category, please contact support@disguise.one who can arrange a project upgrade for you

Permissions error after installing

• On a small number of machines, a python-based permissions error will prevent software from starting.
• This issue can be solved by restarting Windows

Potential UI performance regression with long and busy timelines

• With either long or busy timelines containing e.g. a plethora of notes/cues, the UI may suffer a degradation in performance
• Minimising the timeline negates this

Slideshows transition time

• The transition time between slides in slideshows is currently broken
• The fix for this makes fundamental changes to timeline operations, so will take a while to work its way into future releases

• Video Output/Project upgrades - Upgraded projects can result in edid emulation unpleasantness, leading to an inability to apply feed settings
• Networking - Project synchronisation failure if project contains differences in capitalisation

VR

• VR entails on additional render overhead
• This may result in a poor performance

Upgrading 32-bit to 64-bit Sockpuppet shows

•  There may be issues upgrading Sockpuppet projects from 32-bit to 64-bit in 14.4.x builds. If your project falls into this category, please contact support@disguise.one who can arrange a project upgrade for you

Permissions error after installing

• On a small number of machines, a python-based permissions error will prevent software from starting.
• This issue can be solved by restarting Windows

Potential UI performance regression with long and busy timelines

• With either long or busy timelines containing e.g. a plethora of notes/cues, the UI may suffer a degradation in performance
• Minimising the timeline negates this

Slideshows transition time

• The transition time between slides in slideshows is currently broken
• The fix for this makes fundamental changes to timeline operations, so will take a while to work its way into future releases

• Note: Extremely demanding Notch blocks can cause an oversubscription of available memory resources 

Download Notch Technical Advisory Statement

• Better performance when encountering extremely long set lists - Very long set lists can negatively impact a project's performance
• Grey out the lock to house sync button when no signal is present - If no signal is present then it makes for a better UI experience to make the lock to house sync button unavailable. 

Major fixes:

• Networking - Replacing a Master with an Understudy may cause a Slave's output to stutter
• OmniCal - Machine freeze on some laptops when running OmniCal or closing the setup capture window

Other fixes:

[GUI] Replacing an offline Master via the network widget makes the widget disappear

[GUI] Apply Feed Settings button does not change colour to indicate you have to press it

[Modules] Track Jump module incorrectly changes 'Track' property to current track when the track is duplicated

[Networking] Replacing a Master with an Understudy may cause a Slave's output to stutter

[OmniCal Camera] Machine freeze on some laptops when running OmniCal or closing the setup capture window

[OmniCal Camera] Employ more consistent terminology when exporting reports

[Stage] Slave machine does not follow its Pure Master when switching stages

[Stage] Renaming the current stage then restarting the project results in an error condition as the project attempts to display the original name

[Timeline] Importing a track at the beginning of the track removes its section breaks

VR

• VR entails on additional render overhead
• This may result in a poor performance

Upgrading 32-bit to 64-bit Sockpuppet shows

• There may be issues upgrading Sockpuppet projects from 32-bit to 64-bit in 14.4.x builds. If your project falls into this category, please contact support@disguise.one who can arrange a project upgrade for you

Permissions error after installing

• On a small number of machines, a python-based permissions error will prevent software from starting.
• This issue can be solved by restarting Windows

Potential UI performance regression with long and busy timelines

• With either long or busy timelines containing e.g. a plethora of notes/cues, the UI may suffer a degradation in performance
• Minimising the timeline negates this

Slideshows transition time

• The transition time between slides in slideshows is currently broken
• The fix for this makes fundamental changes to timeline operations, so will take a while to work its way into future releases

• Notch properties no longer reordered - Imported Notch properties now retain their original ordering and do not get reordered alphabetically by disguise

• Better handling of user accounts containing non-ASCII characters -Windows user accounts containing non-ASCII characters can result in a failure to launch a project or a failure to create a diagnostic

• Sockpuppet/Notch - Exported MA personality of default d3-notch layer is not working
• [DMX Lights] DMX Lights parent/child hierarchy not retained after project restart
• [GUI] Media Ingestion History widget opens but does not populate contents
• [Visualiser] Projector shadows not rendered correctly across surfaces when moved via OpenModule or ScreenPositionModule

VR

• VR entails on additional render overhead
• This may result in a poor performance

Upgrading 32-bit to 64-bit Sockpuppet shows

• There may be issues upgrading Sockpuppet projects from 32-bit to 64-bit in 14.4.x builds. If your project falls into this category, please contact support@disguise.one who can arrange a project upgrade for you.

Permissions error after installing

• On a small number of machines, a python-based permissions error will prevent software from starting.
• This issue can be solved by restarting Windows

Potential UI performance regression with long and busy timelines

• With either long or busy timelines containing e.g. a plethora of notes/cues, the UI may suffer a degradation in performance
• Minimising the timeline negates this

Slideshows transition time

• The transition time between slides in slideshows is currently broken
• The fix for this makes fundamental changes to timeline operations, so will take a while to work its way into future releases

A more comprehensive and detailed changelog will be issued for r15 in the coming days.

• Project launch -Incorrect querying of DirectX results in failure to launch designer software on some Windows 7 machines

• Content Management - More rigid importation mechanism, can mean failure to ingest media correctly

• Visualiser - Illuminance values are too low

• [Automation / Encoders] Default d3 automation axis reference is missing
• [Content Management] Content with proxies used on undersized surfaces will output proxies instead of full content
• [Device Control] MIDI Show Control (MSC) using a usb device not properly accepted
• [Device Recording] Second takes of device recordings from the same device are unable to affect the same parameters of the first, overwritten recording
• [Modules] Camera pivot & rotation in AnimateCamera not functioning
• [OptiCal Camera] Viewing recalibration results incorrectly contains older calibration data
• [OptiCal Camera] OmniCal Warps During Capture UI poorly aligned
• [Stage] Project specific screen configuration showing as 'Inactive' until navigation commenced

VR

• VR entails on additional render overhead
• This may result in a poor performance

Upgrading 32-bit to 64-bit Sockpuppet shows

• There may be issues upgrading Sockpupper projects from 32-bit to 64-bit in 14.4.x builds. If your project falls into this category, please contact support@disguise.one who can arrange a project upgrade for you.

Permissions error after installing

• On a small number of machines, a python-based permissions error will prevent software from starting.
• This issue can be solved by restarting Windows

Potential UI performance regression with long and busy timelines

• With either long or busy timelines containing e.g. a plethora of notes/cues, the UI may suffer a degradation in performance
• Minimising the timeline negates this

Slideshows transition time

• The transition time between slides in slideshows is currently broken
• The fix for this makes fundamental changes to timeline operations, so will take a while to work its way into future releases

A more comprehensive and detailed changelog will be issued for r15 in the coming days.

• Device Recording - General UI improvements for Device Recording

• Content Mapping - Spherical mapping applied to a surface results in a white screen

• [Automation / Encoders] Restore behaviour of PSN frames sent across multiple frames
• [Device Recording] Playback of a device recording moved to a new position in the timeline plays back from the beginning of the timeline and not the newer position
• [Device Recording] Slight performance hit when scrubbing or playing back near the end of a section of a Device Recording
• [Device Recording] Clock inconsistency following playback of device recordings across sections
• [Device Recording] Recordings not restored to recording box after moving them across boundaries and selecting them by right-clicking on the timeline
• [Device Recording] Right-clicking a device recording does not also select it
• [Device Recording] Ensure only active recorders are displayed and updated
• [Device Recording] Undoing device recording moves will cause the device recordings group UI to span the entire timeline
• [Feed Visualiser] Changing Split Mode from Quad to Mirror gives a notification
• [Networking] Changing surface type on a removed resource in a Network session gives a notification
• [OmniCal Camera] Excessive console information from OmniCal cameras
• [OmniCal Camera] Missing triangles after mesh deforming certain meshes in OmniCal
• [OmniCal Camera] Clicking Setup capture may result in an Access Violation
• [Projector Calibration] Reference point placement not always correct if the cursor is slightly off the mesh being calibrated to
• [Projector Calibration] Manage Reference points at surface extremes in particular models not handled well
• [Projector Studies] Projector studies don't print lens (throw ratio) on individual projector pages
• [Projector Studies] Typo in projector studies, 'Lens Shift Horiztonal'
• [Projector Studies] Projector studies do not fill the whole table page before flowing onto a second page

VR

• VR entails on additional render overhead
• This may result in a poor performance

Upgrading 32-bit to 64-bit Sockpuppet shows

• There may be issues upgrading Sockpuppet projects from 32-bit to 64-bit in 14.4.x builds. If your project falls into this category, please contact support@disguise.one who can arrange a project upgrade for you

Permissions error after installing

• On a small number of machines, a python-based permissions error will prevent software from starting.
• This issue can be solved by restarting Windows

Potential UI performance regression with long and busy timelines

• With either long or busy timelines containing e.g. a plethora of notes/cues, the UI may suffer a degradation in performance
• Minimising the timeline negates this

Slideshows transition time

• The transition time between slides in slideshows is currently broken
• The fix for this makes fundamental changes to timeline operations, so will take a while to work its way into future releases

• [d3Manager] New mechanism for processing Options.ini and Machine.ini files
• [Device Control] Support for matrix switching using GVG protocol
• [Device Control] Support for AJA KUMO Matrix
• [Feed Outputs] Ability to apply alpha gradients in softedge textures
• [Layers] Promotion of previously under the hood layer DmxTableScreen to core product status
• [OSC] Support for multiXY OSC (trackpad) strings for use in layers
• [Projector Calibration] Greater control of the Wireframe Mesh cleanup angle (previously fixed at 5 degrees between edges) for Projector Config / QuickCal
• [Video Output] Add mechanisms for improving the usability and safety of Apply Feed Settings
• [Video Output] Add ability to independently manage GUI EDID emulation in the feed view on pro range machines on dedicated GUI heads
• [Visualiser] Add diffuse map to screens

• [Audio] Audio pan now an option ('Balance') in the Audio layer
• [Automation / Encoders] Compensate for Visual Act driver scaling in mm
• [Automation / Encoders] Improve the best guess solver for Rigid Body with just one or two points
• [Automation / Encoders] Ignore duplicate data from STSDriver
• [Blank Project] Auto is now the default method for Quick-Cal, replacing Zhang
• [d3manager] Provide prompt for users if older firmware or OS image are detected via d3manager
• [DMX / Artnet] Rename DMX Device's 'Speed' parameter to 'Rate' and provide explanatory tooltip
• [DMX / Artnet] New monitor in Patch Assignments widget that combines the DMX monitor values with the Patch Assignments
• [DMX / Artnet] Fade Up should be "00..10" rather than "10...20"
• [DMX / Artnet] Employ consistent Transport State Ranger for Play and Fade Down. Now starts from 11 not 10 as previously
• [Expressions] New 'Track Time' variable available for us in expressions
• [Expressions] Support for integer arguments for OSC expressions
• [Feed Visualiser] Project refresh rate settings added to Feed view.
• [Feed Visualiser] Permit screenshots of the visualiser or individual cameras without showing the accompanying d3 GUI
• [Feed Visualiser] Throw up an alert instead of notification when a screenshot is exported from the feed view
• [GUI] Ability to display lens focal length millimetres
• [GUI] Modify the AnimateCamera default text to 'Local visualiser instead of 'None'' to avoid confusion
• [GUI] Employ a thumbnail of placeholder image for logical video in when selecting the video in clip
• [GUI] Add an indicator that a layer field is keyframed or externally controlled by e.g. Sockpuppet or an expression
• [GUI] Ability to cycle between the main/root windows in the GUI using CTRL-TAB (forward) and CTRL-SHIFT-TAB (backwards)
• [GUI] Move MatrixControl layer from Misc to Control section of the layers list
• [GUI] Provide notification explaining the failure to open Editors while playing a mixed Master
• [GUI] Machines' matrix inputs now in an editable list, similar to matrix outputs for each feed
• [GUI] Mark as read' and 'Mark all as read' options to clear notifications
• [GUI] Ability to select set list from Active Set List field in d3state tracks list
• [GUI] Ability to name Camera export screenshots
• [Keyframe editor] Provide a better indication of the drop location for keyframes editing
• [Layers] Changes to LegacyVideo layer speed keyframing will incorrectly change to Cubic/Linear to Select when upgrading
• [Layers] Rename Video layer to LegacyVideo and move to Legacy section; also rename VariableVideo layer to just Video
• [Layers] Rename layers to better capture their characteristics:
• - AnimateCamera -> AnimateCameraControl
• - AnimateCamera2-> AnimateCameraPreset
• - TargetModule -> TargetControl
• - Target2Module -> TargetPreset
• [Layers] Web layer custom parameters increased
• [Layers] Addition of  Scale X and Y to Bitmap layer to ease application of gradients
• [Layers] Include -1 in the Video default range to make it easier to mirror-flip content
• [Licensing & Security] Update Codemeter dialogs with disguise branding
• [Movie Writer] Make the Open layer enabled by default when in Hold mode
• [Notch] Accept DMX channel hinting for sockpuppet
• [Sockpuppet] dmx universe occupancy masked off for transport control to avoid the potential for an overlap in patching
• [Sockpuppet] Ability to add dummy or placeholder patches into Patch Assignments
• [Sockpuppet] Ability to Alt drag individual media content to Bank Editor
• [Stage] Camera bookmarks now include the local visualiser's orthographic or perspective state
• [Stage] Allow the user to omit the .obj extension from the filename when performing an obj export
• [Stage] Notify users when meshes are exported (new export location projectfolder/output/mesh instead of projectfolder/)
• [Timeline] Play mode not correctly accounted for when playing forward, leading to potential for the next section start to be the previous or current one
• [Timeline] Rename DVI Matrix Control Layer to MatrixControl to indicate wider matrix control usage
• [VFC] Emulated EDID labelling to make it easier to identify to the GUI or passthrough outputs
• [Video Capture] Multiview video input now available as an additional option for capture input
• [Video Capture] Potential for "Unable to create video capture stream" notification at startup due to incorrect NDI startup sequence
• [Video Capture] Ability to sequence capture placeholder video clips in event of signal loss

• [Audio] Potential playback failure if jumping out and back into a Sockpuppet video layer after removing Audio LineOut
• [Audio] Edge case of Audio sample rate conversion exception when Slaves and Understudies render frames with the same time
• [Audio] Mono MP3 files incorrectly play at double speed
• [Audio] Prevent WASAPI initialisation error on RDP connection
• [Automation / Encoders] Axis smoothing does not work with wrapped automation axes e.g. turntables
• [Automation / Encoders] ScreenPositionAxis/Expression incorrectly allow property references to types that are convertible to float, but directly casts to float
• [Automation / Encoders] Provide 'None' as an object in Automation Axis and ScreenPositionExpression for better editing in case of error
• [Automation / Encoders] When tracked points disappear from stage and reappear, they animate into view
• [Automation / Encoders] Movement threshold does not work unless prediction is turned on
• [Automation / Encoders] Duplicate PSN frames are not dropped, but processed
• [Automation / Encoders] Fixes for automation filtering and interpolation
• [Blank Project] Exception when deleting processes from the list in Monitor Manager
• [Camera] DMX lights cones incorrectly displayed when output is at 0
• [Content Mapping] Unexpected feed maps positioning after project specific manipulation
• [Content Mapping] Duplicating a feed map incorrectly positions the newly opened editor on top of the track widget
• [d3manager] Alternate d3manager project library path on a Slave not properly processed until project start
• [d3manager] Retain highlight on last selected project upon restarting d3manager
• [d3manager] Remove unnecessary license expiration text from the Trial version of d3manager
• [Device Control] LightwareMatrix commands may time out due to inefficient queuing
• [Device Control] Ctrl + z to undo after creating a device causes a 'recvFrom returned error'
• [Device Recording] Unable to open media - still copying?' appears when trying to immediately play back a freshly created device recording
• [Device Recording] Performance hit with Device Recording across multiple section breaks and beyond those section boundaries
• [DMX / Artnet] dmx screen RGB -> RGBW colour conversion incorrect
• [DMX Lights] DmxTableScreen unable to output if it uses more universes than available devices
• [DMX Lights] DmxTableScreen does not resample the table when reselected
• [DMX Lights] Lights are rendered black only in Hap exported stage movies, losing their original colouring
• [DMX Lights] Employing a population mask hides DMX pixel addresses when restarting the project
• [Expressions] Alt + dragging the horizontal FOV of the visualiser camera to a layer parameter produces a notification while the equivalent typed expression works
• [Feed Outputs] Feed warps assigned to differing projectors that reference the other may cause black output
• [Feed Outputs] Hold, Fade Up & Fade Down commands do not pass over on Editors when going between 'Independent' and 'Lock to Master'
• [Feed Visualiser] The solo's GUI head is incorrectly placed at the right-most head in its feedscene out of the three
• [Feed Visualiser] Alt-F for 1:! preview output feeds in feed view not operative
• [File Management] d3 creates unnecessary empty duplicate folders within the objects directory
• [GUI] Misreporting of Notch video parameters in some blocks
• [GUI] Keyframe being affected by ctrl+scroll is not properly telegraphed
• [GUI] TC tags edited from the set list only get saved when hitting Enter
• [GUI] Restore mesh export command to the mesh editor widget
• [GUI] Ensure correct right-click behaviour when selecting a Sockpuppet video clip, both assigned and unassigned
• [GUI] Anomalous icon on top left corner next to d3State menu when VariableVideo layer editor is open
• [GUI] Master output brightness and master output volume have both lost their tooltips
• [GUI] UI dirt visible in some pre r15 video Layers
• [GUI] Mouse location can lose its bearings when using a secondary display of differing resolution to show the stage view
• [GUI] Labels' darkened background is white and obscures the actual label text when over a white colour
• [GUI] Add a tooltip in the d3Net menu to better explain Master type
• [GUI] Reported fps is rounded to the nearest 5, producing misleading feedback on 24/48 fps systems
• [GUI] Changing an Understudy to an Editor by removing it from Master does not update the now Editor's track UI correctly
• [GUI] Cue set list does not adapt itself to cater for lengthy notes while editing
• [GUI] Duplicating a renamed Master Brightness/Volume results in a notification on project restart
• [GUI] Cleaned up minor visual glitch above the d3State button
• [Installer] Installer now correctly logs the precise installed version e.g. 15.x.y
• [Keyframe editor] Upgrading video to variable video incorrectly causes the speed keyframe to be locked in 'Select' mode
• [Keyframe editor] Dragging a new keyframe over another placed at the start of a layer causes the original to be dragged beyond the start
• [Live Update] An Editor joining a Master in Hold mode, will incorrectly force the Master into Fade up
• [Machine Roles] Editors can become Masters and lock to themselves after unnecessary hacking of hostnames
• [Machine Roles] Master is still available as an option to be setup as an understudy or a slave
• [MIDI] Edge case of an infinite loop in MTC layer after first missed send window
• [MIDI] Improved the consistency of MidiNote output
• [Layers] Improved handling of Web layer for smoother animations
• [Layers] Blend Mode applied via an open layer would scroll through the different blend modes when trying to keyframe it
• [Layers] Exception in TimecodeReadout layer if more than one video layer is present
• [Layers] Bounds check error when deleting keyframes relating to exposed text strings
• [Layers] None' as Video or VariableVideo input to blur layer incorrectly blurs the previous frame rather than black zero alpha frame
• [Layers] TrackJump is ignored when in Hold Output Mode
• [Layers] Access Violation encountered in min/max Brightness widget after editing other objects
• [Movie Writer] When Recording a Stage Movie whilst in Feed View, d3 incorrectly records a feed movie of the GUI head
• [Networking] Network lag can prevent Editors from joining a session without a failed to sync warning being issued
• [Networking] Ensure that the machine's IP address is taken from host name resolution instead of Zyre
• [Notch] Patched Notch layers now have a Timecode section enabling locking to timecode as videos
• [Package] Files stored in internals/objects that do not have extensions inadvertently get deleted on startup
• [Package] An exported group loses its arrow assignments on import.
• [Project Upgrade] Project specific upgrade problem from pre r12 to r15
• [Projector Calibration] Wireframe view incorrectly ignores z-values so renders parts of a model that should not be seen
• [Projector Calibration] DSE include/exclude list is not updated to match the type between corresponding projectors
• [Sockpuppet] Returning to a timecode chasing state from a LoopInframe state will incorrectly offset timecode chase
• [Sockpuppet] Editing ranges on fields in Sockpuppet does not update the range in the DMX personality
• [Sockpuppet] A playback delay in Sockpuppet can make Master & Slave drift out of sync
• [Sockpuppet] No right-click option to open a video clip in Sockpuppet grid and half-size grid
• [Sockpuppet] Changing camera Inputs using Sockpuppet causes 'BlueFishThread 1X capture dropped field(s)' notification
• [Sockpuppet] Alt-arrow dragging a folder to a slot in Bank Editor places the media in a differing order from that shown in resources
• [Sockpuppet] Changing play mode from Timecode to Pause causes an incorrect jump to the wrong frame
• [Sockpuppet] Failure to refresh Bank Editor when modified by an Editor
• [Sockpuppet] Video information overlay does not appear on Sockpuppeted Video layers
• [Stage] AnimateCamera does not work during Hold mode
• [Stage] Unable to draw Projector measurements to vertices on a Projector's box
• [Stage] Camera bookmarks do not recall a saved FOV, incorrectly recalling the FOV set in the stage properties menu
• [Startup] Improve time to quit a project
• [Timeline] Alt-tab from or to d3 while playing forward causes playhead to incorrectly jump to the end of a track or to last section
• [Transport Controls] A TC tag at track start followed by a Cue tag one frame causes timecode to stop chasing and ignore timecode
• [VFC] Notification when changing VFC split mode from Mirror to Quad or Quad 4K
• [VFC] Black output from legacy Video layer in free-run on project load when content placed at track beginning
• [VFC] Remove unnecessary delays when failover is triggered
• [Video Capture] Exception when repeatedly capturing and changing signal resolution
• [Video Capture] Spurious notification when jumping out and back into a video layer with video input
• [Video Capture] Corrupted output following particular set of steps in assigning 4k video in, replacing mapping with grouping and replacing signal in to capture group
• [Video Output] Specifying a bad clip rectangle may cause a DirectX exception
• [Video Output] Notify the user on the detection of passive DP dongles
• [Video Output] Projector less than 1m away from an object incorrectly render black in the feeds

VR

• VR entails on additional render overhead
• This may result in a poor performance

Upgrading 32-bit to 64-bit Sockpuppet shows

• There may be issues upgrading Sockpuppet projects from 32-bit to 64-bit in 14.4.x builds. If your project falls into this category, please contact support@disguise.one who can arrange a project upgrade for you

Permissions error after installing

• On a small number of machines, a python-based permissions error will prevent software from starting.
• This issue can be solved by restarting Windows

Potential UI performance regression with long and busy timelines

• With either long or busy timelines containing e.g. a plethora of notes/cues, the UI may suffer a degradation in performance
• Minimising the timeline negates this

Slideshows transition time

• The transition time between slides in slideshows is currently broken
• The fix for this makes fundamental changes to timeline operations, so will take a while to work its way into future releases

Download r15 Launch Changelog

This is the last 32-bit version of the software.

The r14.5 build is a general release for all 32-bit users and should not be confused with earlier custom builds.

Bank Editor

• Bank Editor with multiple sub folders can condense the folder path and render thumbnails poorly making navigation difficult

OmniCal

• More robust handling of OmniCal Machine Vision cameras

Video Capture

• Single 2si inputs are now correctly detected as valid signals on deltacast hardware i.e. vx 4 only

OmniCal

• More robust handling of OmniCal Machine Vision cameras
• User selectable option to specify bandwidth allocation for active Machine Vision cameras in the current plan
• Improved OmniCal logging

Audio

• Large audio files may cause the audio layer to stutter as it processes the files. Workarounds:
• use video files with embedded audio
• employ smaller, compressed audio files types such as MP3
• or try staggering multiple audio files on the timeline to save overdue, instant demand by multiple files
• Potential audio crackles with multiple, multichannel files
• Embedded audio in video goes out of sync when video is played in ping-pong mode

• Playing to Loop section in Locked mode when section has been resized ignores the section break

These four have potential fixes identified, but need to go through the process of code review and verification

• Audio layer may go out of sync from the playhead over a long period of time
• note: this has been observed only intermittently and is of the order of 15 frames over a 12 hour period
• Audio does not start again when encountering a new keyframe of the same audio track
• when the same audio track is sequenced multiple times in the audio layer, it does not start again on the new keyframe as the video layer does

These two are still under investigation

Notch

• Extremely demanding Notch blocks can cause an oversubscription of available memory resources - click here for full advisory.

OmniCal

• Potential signal drop from wireless OmniCal kits - click here for full advisory.