RED Connect

Release Version 1.6.1

• Added: Support for Linux.
• Added: Rivermax SMPTE 2110 output on both Windows and Linux.

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Changes in this version

• Fixed: R3D file name reel numbering issue when saving Save to File and Replay R3D files.
• Fixed: CDL Saturation slider not working.
• Fixed: Changed the CDL Saturation slider range up to 4.
• Fixed: Save to File Start/Stop button logic changed to allow the Save to File option to be stopped, without interrupting the live broadcast.
• Fixed: Removed "Realtime Latency Settings..." tab, since its functionality is now available on the home page.
• Fixed: Changed the INI settings SaveR3DMaxFileSizeMB to SaveR3DMaxFileSizeGB. And changed the minimum supported R3D file size to 4GB. If the first file is less than 4GB, the frequency of AUX data blocks could cause issues with multipart R3D files, generated RED Connect from being loaded by older R3DSDKs.
• Fixed: Replay button now based on whether or not there are frames in the replay buffer, not on whether or not the camera is currently recording.
• Fixed: Changed the Replay buffer length setting to be treated as seconds instead of frames. The setting has always been labeled as seconds. Added code to attempt to adjust older settings from frames to seconds.
• Fixed: Replay Extend button always add the correct number of frames to the file.
• Fixed: Issue that was capable of causing the R3D files to not be created, because of audio block placement.
• Fixed: Issue where Replay files could stop writing early.
• Fixed: Removed the unused "Sent to SDI" line from the home page.
• Fixed: Fixed the Custom R3D File IO Streamer.
• Fixed: Log level definitions in the REDConnect.ini file are now accurate.
• Fixed: Issue where the custom DLLs were required to be in the folder with the RED Connect application, instead of in the plugins folder.
• Enhanced: Instead of hiding the active page tab it is now high-lighted, so it looks like an active page tab.
• Enhanced: Added a visible disabled state to the Save To File and Save Replay Start buttons. When they are disabled, they will be black with white outlines.
• Enhanced: Added a drop down to select Custom R3D File IO Streamer.
• Added: 'Available Replay History' line on the bottom of the Save to File / Save Replay box. It displays in real-time, how many seconds (and frames) are in the Replay History buffer.
• Added: The INI file settings to the log file.
• Added: Ability to refresh web pages when the application starts up. This will ensure the connected web pages are using the html that corresponds to the running version of the application. This functionality is enabled when INI settings/ReloadWebPagesOnAppRestart is set to 1.
• Added: INI setting CustomSettingsFilePath and a System Settings text edit box to allow users to change where custom settings are stored.
• Added: Drop down menu for loading custom settings INI files.
• Added: Support for applying RED Connect library 3D LUTs
• Added: INI setting for Lut3DLibraryPath and a System Settings text edit box to allow users to change where RED Connect's 3D LUTS are stored.
• Added: INI settings/Lut3DName to define the default 3D LUT.
• Added: support of applying CDL files.
• Added: INI setting for CdlLibraryPath and a System Settings text edit box to allow users to change where their CDLs are stored.

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Changes in this version

• Added support for NVIDIA NVENC split encoding.
• Added support for output to AJA SDI cards.
• Improved GPU image processing pipeline for reduced latency and smoother output.
• Improved responsive web UI.
• Added plug-ins folder in application directory to organize plug-in shared libraries according to whether they are image-processor plugins or custom-io plugins; libraries placed in the image-processor folder will appear in the 'Custom Image Processor' drop-down in System Settings.
• Combined 'GPU Latency' and 'Video Out Latency' into single 'Video Out Latency' setting; all but the last 50ms of latency will be applied before frames are scheduled for GPU processing. The last 50ms or less of latency will be applied after GPU processing is scheduled and will include GPU processing time.
• Added Destination panel to Home page in the UI so users can toggle different outputs on or off.
• Added Latency adjustment to the Home page.
• The location of the settings file has moved to C:\ProgramData\red\REDConnect.

Known Issues

• FPS Chart is blank - we are in the process of updating the FPS Chart to the new UI and this will be working again in an upcoming patch.
• CRC Check of received frames has been disabled.

Full release notes for RED Connect

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Changes in this version

• Fixed: Reduced drift by changing from frame number based synchronization to time based synchronization.
• Removed application enforced minimum latency.
• Added realtime interactive latency adjustments. Depending on the environment latency can be set (in realtime) from 300ms (or less) to 3000ms (or more).
• Added support for Precision Time Protocol synchronization.
• Added support to communicate with the camera via TCP.
• Added functional sections to the System Settings web page.
• Added support to save audio data to the R3D files.
• Added connection type, connection status, and output type information to the web page headers.
• Added realtime user customizable performance graphs.
• Added an option to save the camera stream to R3D files.
• Added an option to start saving the camera stream to R3D files as soon as the camera starts recording.
• Added an option to save the previous few seconds to a replay R3D file (the number of previous few seconds is user defined).
• Added the ability to append a user defined DLL to the rendering pipeline for doing things like dewarping (a simple dewarping sample DLL is included), additional image pipeline processing, or capturing/redirecting of the frames.
• Added the ability to redirect the R3D file IO via a user defined DLL to foreign or remote file systems (a sample DLL is included).
• Added the ability to run without Blackmagic SDI GPU Direct, when running streams lower than 8K60FPS.
• Added the ability to reset web page statistics in realtime.
• Known issue, when recording from the camera at lower frame rates and resolutions the SDI output may have some issues. To get around them, record from the camera at 4K 60 FPS, 8K 30 FPS, or higher and set the desired output format in the System Settings Output Video Settings panel

Full release notes for RED Connect

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