Silverstack Lab - 8.3.3

Mon, 24 Oct 2022

Changes

• Prepared for MacOS 13 Ventura

Bugfixes

• Fixed: Audio issues on macOS 13 with some formats
• Fixed: General info edit panel "Zeiss Lens Correction" UI broken
• Fixed: Minor bug with special characters in slating fields

Silverstack Lab - 8.3.2

Tue, 18 Oct 2022

Changes

• Changed: Transcoding preset output resolution now allows up to 16k
• Added: Burn-in wildcard "Look Source Name"
• Updated: Japanese translation for some UI elements

Bugfixes

• Fixed: Clips from certain Sony FX-3 devices cause crash during scanning
• Fixed: RED transcoding and playback issues on multi-GPU systems
• Fixed: Manual audio-video synchronization (via slate markers) invalidated when syncing the library with ShotHub in certain cases
  Auto audio-sync (via timecode) was not affected. Contact support@pomfort.com if you need help restoring the audio-video synchronization in your library.
• Fixed: Verify wizard did not display correct job size in certain scenarios
• Miscellaneous minor bug fixes and UI improvements

Silverstack Lab - 8.3.1

Thu, 29 Sep 2022

Bugfixes

• Fixed: Some ARRI Alexa Mini LF ProRes clips not supported by latest ARRI MXF lib
  Added fallback to old ARRI MXF lib for those clips
• Fixed: Sync of some ShotHub projects might fail due to invalid LUT data being processed

Silverstack Lab - 8.3

Wed, 28 Sep 2022

Changes

• Added: Support for ARRI Alexa 35
  Added support for Alexa 35 LogC4 footage in ARRIRAW, HDE, and ProRes format; Added ARRI LogC4 IDT and preset LUTs
• Improved: RED R3D decoding performance
  Significant playback and transcoding performance boosts, especially on powerful systems (up to 5 times faster transcoding on M1 Ultra)
• Improved: Canon CRM decoding performance
  Significant playback and transcoding performance boosts, especially on powerful systems (up to 2 times faster transcoding on M1 Ultra)
• New: Import of ACES Metadata Files (AMF)
  Including Common LUT Format files (CLF)
• New: Job status per volume in offload menu
  Quickly check the states of all jobs requiring a specific volume; Activate the enhanced UI in the general preferences
• New: Volume last seen info (via ShotHub)
  Shows in volume view which user was the last one to have a drive connected and when (only for projects synced with ShotHub)
• Improved: RED clips (IPP2) grading with in-camera look
  Take over CDL and LUT from clip metadata for manual grading ("Edit Look")
• Improved: Support for Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6k G2
• Improved: Support for Canon EOS R5
• Improved: Metadata extraction with Sony A7s importer
  More information about used codec; Added support for Sony FX-3
• Improved: Main table column selection menu
  Added "Reveal" button (scrolls main table to position of column); Added related search keywords (e.g. also find "Tilt" column when searching for "Roll")
• Improved: General info filter field
  Retrieve fields with related search keywords (e.g. find "White Balance" when searching for "Tint")
• Improved: Header info tab keeps scroll position when switching clips
• Changed: Increased maximum read buffer size used during copy and verification of file sequences
  May improve copy performance of file sequences on some network shares and raid systems
• Changed: ALE placeholder for empty shot/take fields
  Was: '?' (question mark), changed to ' ' (blank) for better workflow with AVID
• Changed: Option "Use Metal API"
  On by default to benefit from major improvements
• Updated: Japanese user interface
• Updated ARRI Image SDK to 7.0.3 / ARRI MXF lib 4.0.43.0
• Updated RED R3D SDK to 8.3.1
• Updated Canon CRM SDK to 2.8
• Updated Blackmagic RAW SDK to 2.6
• Migration: Changed library structure, requires migration of project (also on ShotHub)
  If synced with ShotHub, the migration excludes older Silverstack versions from syncing with this cloud project
• Deprecation: Silverstack 8.3.x is the last version with support for macOS 10.15.7

Bugfixes

• Fixed: Crashes in Volumes view
• Fixed: File sequences with zero bytes showed up as 105 TB
• Fixed: Table could not be reorganized in empty project
• Fixed: Minor crashes linked to using Chinese / Japanese user interface
• Miscellaneous smaller bug fixes, UI and stability improvements

Silverstack Lab - 8.2.4

Tue, 30 Aug 2022

Changes

• Improved: SDI out via Kona 5 supported up to 60fps UHD
• Improved: FXCPXML export includes synced audio clips with offset and mono files
• Updated: ShotHub upload wizard supports new team selection

Bugfixes

• Fixed: Trashed items showed up in volume resources
  Could lead to issues with volume sealing
• Fixed: Clip library sync with ShotHub was not triggered automatically in some situations
• Fixed: Rare problem with handling of multi part clips in copy jobs
• Miscellaneous minor bug fixes and UI improvements

Silverstack Lab - 8.2.3

Wed, 29 Jun 2022

Changes

• Added: "Shooting Day" now available for smart folder predicates
• Added: Burn-in wildcards for clip's "Shooting Day" and "Crew Unit"
• Improved: PDF Report "Resources" column sorting
  File paths of resources now listed in order of creation date (as in resources panel)

Bugfixes

• Fixed: ALE "Source File" and potentially "Tape" column of transcoded clips showed transcode's file name rather than OCF's name
• Fixed: ARRIRAW LUTs not correctly extracted when reading from Codex VFS
• Fixed: Metadata scanning and ingesting errors with some Sony card readers (timeout)
• Fixed: Verified state of folders sometimes not updated when moving bins between folders
• Fixed: Scopes potentially not displayed correctly when using Metal API
• Fixed: CSV export column "Resources" did show count rather than file paths
• Fixed: PDF/HTML export column "Missing" and "Playable" not populated
• Fixed: Applying looks from look library (or copy&pasting them) did sometimes not update playback view instantly
• Fixed: Switching between clips in Grid/Wipe view sometimes showed slight "fading" effect when using Metal API
• Fixed: "Audio TC Offset" for footage with non-integer FPS and manual slipping potentially miscalculated by 1 frame
• Fixed: "Take over metadata" settings in look and audio matching not remembered independently
• Miscellaneous minor bug fixes and UI improvements

Silverstack Lab - 8.2.2

Thu, 19 May 2022

Changes

• Changed: S3 Upload - removed support for upload of "split clips" (certain camera formats)
  Not working properly yet, will re-introduce in a later version

Bugfixes

• Fixed: Offload rename sorting did not sort as expected
• Fixed: Hang or "Resource Offline" during playback in some situations
• Fixed: Memory release in knee node

Silverstack Lab - 8.2.1

Thu, 12 May 2022

Bugfixes

• Fixed: Duplicate file names alert when trying to offload multi-part clips

Silverstack Lab - 8.2

Thu, 12 May 2022

Changes

• New: Direct upload of files to AWS S3
• New: Support for ACES version 1.3.0, including “Reference Gamut Compress” parameter
• New: “Knee Curve” node for creating simple “knee” and “toe” curve adjustments
• New: Load Common LUT Format (CLF) files in ACES LMT node
• New: LUT Interpolation Preferences
  Choose between different interpolation methods, including tetrahedral interpolation for improved color accuracy
• New: New ACES look metadata fields
  “ACES Input Transform”, “ACES Input TransformID”, “ACES Output Transform”, “ACES Output TransformID”, “Reference Gamut Compress” and “LMT Nodes”
• New: GPU acceleration for Canon RAW now also on M1 (with Metal API)
• New: ALE export options
  Options to export camera letters lowercased and to leave “Name” column blank - for better matching in some AVID workflows
• Improved: ALE export performance
• Improved: ALE export value mapping
  “Cue Points” now listed with more information; Made “Tracks” column more consistent with “TRK” for OCF; “FPS” header was sometimes not correctly filled
• Improved: Library Sync via ShotHub
  More robustness in unreliable network conditions; Improved UI; Better handling/communication in case of errors; Fixes and improvements under the hood
• Improved: Rename on offload feature
  New Option to sort clips by timecode, creation date, or file name before adding unique number
• Improved: Export to Final Cut Pro X
  Updated to FCPXML v1.9; Transfer clips, bins or folder structure as event and projects including synced audio clips to Final Cut Pro X
• Improved: Metadata information “Soundroll” is added DNx transcodes' MXF container
• Improved: Panasonic Varicam input now correctly ingests full range clips
• Improved: Sony a7S input now correctly ingests full range XAVC-MP4 clips
• Improved: Zoelog import wizard
  New option to set a time offset; Shows more metadata information for easier resolving of multiple matches
• Changed: macOS 10.15.x now marked as deprecated
  Still works, but support will be removed in one of the upcoming releases
• Changed: Removed “Tape” column from library table (redundancy with “Reel/Tape”)
• Changed: Removed option to deactivate RED GPU debayer
• Changed: Reset switch to use legacy ARRI SDK v6
• Changed: Vectorscope UI adapted to Livegrade
  Boxes for the main colors indicate 100% saturation in the video scopes
• Updated RED R3D SDK to 8.2.2
  Fixes image artifacts, color shifts and crash/hangs for special clips in specific configurations

Bugfixes

• Fixed: Chinese and Japanese user interface - filters did not work correctly in jobs and volumes list
• Fixed: Display issues of ARRI-ProRes clips with sensor-crop in Metal API
• Fixed: Positioning of images in oversized crop container
• Fixed: Artifacts in last line for some CRM clips at half and quarter res
• Fixed: ALE was sometimes missing FPS information in header
• Fixed: Exporting multiple still image presets with project settings was not possible
• Fixed: Extraction of empty dynamic metadata could overwrite static metadata in library with blank values
• Fixed: Failing of still image export for specific clips
• Fixed: Looks sometimes incorrectly labeled as “modified”
• Fixed: Possible crash when editing metadata in general info
• Fixed: Possible verify error when offloading .ais files
• Miscellaneous smaller bug fixes and UI improvements

Silverstack Lab - 8.1.2

Thu, 31 Mar 2022

Changes

• Updated Sony RAW SDK to 4.0.0
• Added: Support for Venice 2 footage
• Added: Extraction of anamorphic factor for Sony RAW clips
• Improved: Chinese user interface
  Fixed: Cascading copy checkbox did not work correctly; updated a few translations

Bugfixes

• Fixed: Sony RAW clips in cine colorspace displayed with non-cine SG3-to-s709 LUT
  Previously ingested clips had slightly different look
• Fixed: Thumbnails not updated after look matching via PFLA
• Fixed: Edit button for "Tape/Reel" in gerneral info missing for audio clips
• Fixed: Custom switch for overwriting "Project FPS" did not work anymore
• Fixed: Some rotated clips (portrait format) crashed in playback
• Fixed: ARRIRAW .ari/.arx clips with noise reduction in metadata could lead to crash
• Miscellaneous minor bug fixes and UI improvements

Silverstack Lab - 8.1.1

Thu, 24 Feb 2022

Bugfixes

• Fixed: Creating clip report with 3 thumbnails could lead to crash
• Fixed: Metadata editing in some fields of general info defect
• Fixed: Generic CSV Metadata export not working with column "Dynamic Metadata"
• Fixed: Shortcut "⌘ + ⌫" could move bins to trash even when library window in background (e.g. offload wizard open)
• Miscellaneous minor bug fixes

Silverstack Lab - 8.1

Wed, 16 Feb 2022

Changes

• New: Input-depended offload settings
  Automatically apply input specific offload settings by associating templates with input devices
• New: All remaining formats now decoded and encoded natively on Apple Silicon
• New: ZoeLog CSV metadata import
• New: Support for Livegrade looks with FilmLight BLG grading mode
• New: UI available in Chinese
• Improved: ARRIRAW and CRM decoding performance on most systems
• Improved: R3D decoding, and DNx & ProRes encoding performance on newer Apple Silicon hardware
• Improved: Thumbnail caching during grading
• Improved: Volume management for running and queued tasks (ejection prevention)
• Improved: For all ARRIRAW file types, extracting LUT from clip metadata (for manual grading) now available
• Improved: Ingest of mixed ProRes/ARRIRAW cards (Mini LF) makes both clip types appear as clips
• Added: More static metadata fields available for burn-ins (Lens data, Tilt+Roll, CDL)
• Added: Adobe XML export option to derive "Tape Name" from "Video Clip Name"
• Added: Tooltips for all metadata fields in main table and "General Info"
• Changed: Library database structure
  Will prompt before migrating old project to new structure
• Changed: ARRIRAW processing
  May lead to slight color shifts in comparison to clips ingested in former Silverstack versions
• Changed: Default settings
  Metal API decoding / encoding activated on all systems; RED GPU decoding activated on M1 systems
• Changed: Shortcuts
  Toogle sidebars with ⇧ + [1, 2, 3], double-click on title bar to maximize application window
• Changed: Main table and general info tab
  Adjusted some value formatting for more consistency
• Changed: CSV export (resolved some inconsistencies and bugs)
  Date Format now Generic ISO8601; "Focal Length" includes "mm" suffix; "Focus Distance" formatted as in table (metric/imperial); "White Balance" includes "K" suffix; "Duration" rounded to full seconds without decimal places; "Grading Mode"/"Verification State"/"Remote Resources" human-readable strings; some bool values formatted as "Yes"/"No"/""; decimal separator consistently '.'
• Changed: Ignore patterns
  Moved hardcoded ignore of hash files in specific subfolders ("*/md5/*.md5" and "*/sha1/*.sha1") to cusomizeable ignore patterns
• Changed: Total clip count in project chooser does not count items in trash
• Updated ARRI Image SDK to 7.0.0-rc6
  ½ and ¼ decoding resolution no longer available for ARRIRAW
• Updated RED R3D SDK to 8.2.1
• Updated Blackmagic RAW SDK to 2.2
• Updated Canon CRM SDK to 2.7
• Updated DNx SDK to 2.7.2

Bugfixes

• Fixed: Editing bin names sometimes not possible
• Fixed: Missing production info on some reports with specifc combination of settings
• Fixed: Offload wizard showed incorrect size estimation for HDE offloads
• Fixed: Occasional crash when offloading a very large amout of files
• Fixed: Look issues with certain R3D clips in IPP2
• Fixed: Crash when opening Silverstack application with secondary user account on macOS
• Fixed: Plackback and JKL bugs/hangs
• Fixed: New slating shortcus introduced leading '0' in "Scene"/"Shot"/"Take"
• Fixed: ProRes codec appeared with slightly different name on new M1 Pro/Max machines
• Fixed: Empty LUT name for some ARRI clips
• Fixed: Specific invalid RED format preference combination lead to crash
• Miscellaneous minor bug fixes and UI improvements

Silverstack Lab - 8.0.6

Thu, 20 Jan 2022

Changes

• Improved: Indication in grading panel when LUT from camera file is used for ARRIRAW clips

Bugfixes

• Fixed: Some ProRes clips on M1 Pro/Max systems appeared cropped in playback and transcodes when using half or quarter decoding resolution
• Fixed: Transcoding issues (stuttering) when using multi-preset transcoding with Metal enabled
• Fixed: Could not open files with multiple video streams (e.g. clips from some DJI Drones)
• Fixed: Library folder tree A-Z sorting issues on some systems
• Fixed: Cue Point type could not be changed occasionally
• Fixed: PSLA Import could lead to inconsistencies of displayed project name
• Fixed: Frame.io uploads were sometimes not added as remote resources to library
• Miscellaneous playback and transcoding fixes and improvements

Silverstack Lab - 8.0.5

Wed, 15 Dec 2021

Bugfixes

• Fixed: BRAW some metadata not correctly imported
• Fixed: Sony FX-3 timecode not correctly imported
• Fixed: Canon C300/C500 Mark III white balance not correctly imported
• Fixed: Import and copy/paste looks with reset curves node
• Fixed: Smart folder count did not respect "Show Clips Only" setting
• Fixed: Bug syncing resources to ShotHub
• Miscellaneous minor fixes and UI improvements

Silverstack Lab - 8.0.4

Wed, 01 Dec 2021

Bugfixes

• Fixed: Check for updates could cause crash
• Fixed: "Every Frame Playback" and JKL not working on macOS 12
• Fixed: Possible frameline inconsistencies on SDI-out for special clips when using reduced decoding resolution
• Fixed: In certain cases switching between clips in playback view could cause crash
• Fixed: Grading of Cinema DNG could lead to hang
• Fixed: RED "IPP2 for Custom Looks" was not enabled by default in SST 8.0.x
• Miscellaneous minor fixes and UI improvements

Silverstack Lab - 8.0.3

Wed, 24 Nov 2021

Changes

• Added: Support for Venice tilt and roll metadata
• Improved: Drylab export wizard now excludes trashed items
• Improved: Relinking supports clips that were renamed on offload

Bugfixes

• Fixed: Slack notifications login page
• Fixed: Enabled metal pipeline led to display issues with some clips
• Fixed: Enabled metal pipeline led to inconsistent waveform for some clips
• Fixed: Some DNxHRs were displayed stretched and off-color
• Fixed: Special BRAW clips could lead to hang or crash
• Miscellaneous minor fixes and improvements

Silverstack Lab - 8.0.2

Thu, 04 Nov 2021

Changes

• Improved: Performance of HDE offload speed on SAN storage systems

Silverstack Lab - 8.0.1

Thu, 21 Oct 2021

Changes

• Added: Enable Metal Graphics
  Added checkbox to "Use Metal Graphics", account preferences > copy + jobs > transcoding

Bugfixes

• Fixed: Update of playhead position in audio detail view
• Fixed: Pan of audio track did not work and influenced pan of other tracks
• Fixed: Audio track selection when switching clips
• Fixed: Crop value was not formatted in PDF reports
• Fixed: Application crashed when adding cuepoint via playback-hud
• Fixed: possible failure when transcoding to multiple formats

Silverstack Lab - 8.0.0

Tue, 12 Oct 2021

Changes

• New: Library Sync via ShotHub
  Keep a shared project clip library in sync across multiple Silverstack applications via ShotHub
• New: ShotID for referencing clips on ShotHub
  Forward the ShotID or burn it as QR code into transcodes to reference the clip's metadata on ShotHub via web interface
• Added: Multiple Audio Slate Markers
  Sync multiple video clips with the same or different claps on one audio clip
• Updated: Metadata Import Wizards
  Preview of changes before importing metadata from other applications, more options to adjust import, better mapping to Silverstack's metadata
• Improved: Support for more slating systems
  Different systems (Standard/American/All) with individual configuration and actions
• Added: File renaming during offload
  (for selected cameras and formats)
• Improved: Library layout condensation
  Option to show all columns with metadata or hide empty columns
• Improved: Custom Fields and Labels
  Can now be named for each project individually
• Added: Metal support
  Improves the performance of ProRes processing on certain systems
• Added: RED GPU decoding
  Can improve processing speed of R3D files on system with low CPU performance (opt-in)