What's New

October 26, 2024 version 4.6.5 released:

  • Custom menu playlist and Disabled actions added to Action Matrix.
  • Set GPR moved to "before" mode, so Current state can be updated before animation.
  • Edit animation/Multi-Action/SWITCH: now prompts add/replace when closing the window.
  • HDR checkbox in the Subtitles window now generates the converted PNGs.
  • Added Project properties → Streams → Subtitles → Minimum distance from chapter (frames).
  • Added subtitles adjustment for BDN (check subtitle window).
  • Added 10Gb reserve when estimating for UHD HTR100.
  • Added an ability to scroll track list for Pure Audio wizard.
  • Load added for chapters in the BD/Pure Audio wizard.
  • Added an ability to download OpenSSL and encoders in the installer.
  • Help updated.
  • Bugfixes and optimizations.

August 11, 2024 version 4.6.4 released:

  • JAR startup / First Play and Top Menu have been moved to a separate dockable window.
  • Added support for the "Select Title" command in the Structure.
  • Added "Word-wrap" and "Fit in window" for the Action Matrix options.
  • Current added to the "Copy to" state list.
  • Added FAQ for several JARs.
  • Added Batch operations → Paste effect from clipboard.
  • Copy name(s) added to the context menu of the Project tree / Designer / Object list.
  • Added an ability to specify an X/Y offset for Copy to.
  • Added "Add using template" to the SWITCH.
  • Added Tools → Options → Action Matrix → Expand Scripts in Switches/Multi-Actions too.
  • Added highlighting for simulation errors in the main log window.
  • UHD version: muxer updated.
  • Added preview text for chapter menu generation.
  • Added ability to import chapter list without frames/milliseconds.
  • Added a warning if the Top Menu is specified but not allowed, or allowed but not specified.
  • Convert subtitles to HDR now supports images with palette.
  • Search is added to the log window.
  • Click on a column in the Library now sorts the list.
  • Added update notification (check Options → General → Check for updates on startup).
  • Added currentJAR variable that returns the current JAR index (will return 5 for 00005).
  • Simulation now shows "movie" in "played" mode (not "paused" as it was before).
  • Added Tools → Options → Compile → Simulation → "Output the simulation log in the main window log".
  • Added an ability to pin subtitles to the bottom line (check Subtitles edit window).
  • OpenSSL added to the installer.
  • Added additional JAR signature validations.
  • Subtitles window: regeneration of subtitles stream fixed.
  • Custom playlist fixed.
  • Fixed autosize of the Action Matrix.
  • Fixed drag'n'drop from Windows Explorer.
  • Fixed drag'n'drop for 3D MVC streams.
  • Fixed skin switching.
  • Help updated.
  • Bugfixes.

June 3, 2024 version 4.6.3 released:

  • Fixed highlighting of search value in "Project Properties".
  • If compilation failed, copy the file where the error occurred to the script folder.
  • Added an ability to loop auto-assignment of buttons for Directions mode.
  • Ability to export menus/popups to PSD (Adobe Photoshop should be installed, the process uses 2 steps - please wait till the second step finishes).
  • "Project properties" → "Output folder": you can now specify "Add project folder name", "Add project file name", "Add current date/time" and "Warn if output is not empty".
  • Added a check that output folder does not point to the project folder.
  • F3 shortcut added for the Script editor.
  • Ctrl+Shift+Mouse wheel scrolls viewport left/right, Alt+Shift+Mouse wheel scrolls viewport up/down.
  • Ctrl+Enter in SWITCH and Multi-Action windows closes the window.
  • Added "Global" flag for object state effects - the state will remain global despite the effects applied.
  • Added "Convert BDMD Project for HDR" to the "Save Complete As..." filter list - applies the "Convert for HDR" conversion and unchecks this property.
  • Fixed "Delete" key in the Properties window in text fields.
  • Autosize matrix bugfixes and "On every action vertical only" settings were added to the Options.
  • Select title fixed.
  • Show advanced animation type in the matrix.
  • Fixed conversion to script for "On JAR startup".
  • Adjusting FirstEventInTC, LastEventOutTC and NumberofEvents for subtitles imported from BDN.XML.
  • Added FrameRate validation for subtitles imported from BDN.XML.
  • Added Tools → Options → "Automatically add pair bracket in script editor" (for selected text works always, without this setting enabled).
  • Added Conversion Multi-Action to SWITCH when you select SWITCH instead of Multi-Action.
  • Added Conversion SWITCH to Multi-Action when you select Multi-Action instead of SWITCH and all actions in SWITCH without conditions.
  • Scenarist project version settings are combined into one drop-down list.
  • Add any action to SWITCH while converting it to SWITCH.
  • MVC second eye drag and drop is fixed.
  • Subtitles export fixed.
  • Added increase/decrease while pressing up/down and validation for Application and Organization IDs.
  • Middle button click on a chapter in the chapter list in the Scenes window changes chapter action.
  • Middle button click in SWITCH/MA edits action.
  • Fixed export to Scenarist of SDR subtitles.
  • Reduced contrast of dialog windows in the Dark theme.
  • Added ability to duplicate JAR in JAR settings
  • Script editor settings moved to Tools → Options → Tools → "Script editor".
  • Added Tools → Options → Tools → "Script editor" → "Close Search window after finding".
  • Search window in Script editor picks up a word under the cursor.
  • Ctrl+Click in Script editor navigates to a function or constant in a separate read-only window.
  • Fixed image rendering from the text edit window.
  • Fixed the dependent video path in the project backup.
  • Fixed button icons for DPI not a multiple of 100.
  • Fixed subtitle preview for DPI not a multiple of 100.
  • Fixed zoom in/out in subtitles preview.
  • Fixed drop-down lists with system fonts.
  • Fixed disc/title bound/unbound for the first JAR.

February 25, 2024 version 4.6.2 released:

  • Now using black dummy pre-encoded video if video was not found for the menu.
  • Added support for bucket values in the DoStudio project import.
  • Now showing a warning if some values between the Root and Application certificates are identical.
  • Added Paste → "Add to existing (before/after)" in the Action Matrix. Converts the existing action to Multi-Action and adds new action to it.
  • Fixed LFE error false positive for DTS-HD in the internal muxer.
  • Fixed Library: filter, multiselect.
  • Fixed auto-assign buttons in PSD import.
  • Fixed project backup: saving subtitles from outside the project folder, added video of the wrong region and DoStudio subtitles.
  • Added Neon light skin (for the dark style).
  • Activates the menu/movie in which an error occurred during compilation.
  • Added autosize for Action Matrix on action change (check Tools → Options → General → Action matrix).
  • Added Project properties → Advanced → "Execute onSelect forcibly".
  • Fixed subtitles rendering.
  • Tools → Options → Interface → Log window font size.
  • Fixed HDR colors conversion.
  • Index generation engine for tsMuxer updated.
  • Added delay for the loading stages.
  • Added functions getLevel() and getDB().
  • Added "Project properties" → Menu → "Menu end action".
  • Added drag'n'drop from file explorer.
  • Added "Project properties" → Streams → "Allow last chapter at last frame".
  • Added ability to specify state for the "Copy to..." → "Copy as static".
  • Log colorized.
  • Added Delete/Clear action to the context menu of the Properties window.
  • Added partial re-mux for internal muxer and tsMuxer (in the right-click menu of Project Tree).
  • Added next/prev chapter buttons in the Scenes window.
  • Added basic video compatibility check.
  • Holding the Ctrl key while "dragging" in Structure window assigns End Action for movie.
  • Added "Delete global muxer cache" in the Options to delete the whole cache.
  • Added "Dependent video" for menu/movie for 3D.
  • Custom menu playlist: added copy, paste and apply to all.
  • Added an ability to use GPRs 1-5 for the current state highlighting.
  • Ability to specify feature list for loading screens (JAR settings → Use features instead of files).
  • Ability to hide loading dynamically (JAR settings → Skip loading if GPR[1]=65535).
  • Fixed compilation of several JARs.
  • Select All (Ctrl+A) added for Library, Object list, Project Tree and Designer.
  • The "No 3D warning" text has now been moved to the Project Properties and saved in the project.
  • Allows to paste code from a clipboard directly in the Action Matrix.
  • Added "Show Current for chapters outside the screen" in the scene menu generator (at the bottom).
  • XML engine has been completely rewritten (increases speed and stability of loading/saving/exporting/muxing).
  • Warns if region restriction was enabled for UHD.

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