DNxHD codec will be not be released with RV on linux and Mac 64 until licensing issues are resolved. Avid is helping us to get better code support for DNxHD in the very near future including high performance DNxHD code for both decoding and encoding. RV will use the Avid DNxHD codecs on the mac with results that mimic what the Quicktime Player will output (which is unfortunately not quite right). The Sorenson, Intel Indeo, and old Apple Animation codecs have been disabled in the ffmpeg libquicktime plugin for similar reasons. Source code for the current version of ffmpeg and the accompanying libquicktime plugin (lqt_ffmpeg) are included with RV.

10bit framebuffer output (dreamcolor support, tested and confirmed on linux only so far)

improved caching, especially a two-level cache that allows reuse of images used in different frames of different views, and general performance improvements.

automatically push process file descriptor limit to system max

File menu item: "Clone Synced RV" that creates a new RV process on this machine synced to current session.

"linearizing" color transforms are not synced by default (so you can sync movie vs DPX, for example).

properly close mmap’ed files on windows

default movie color primaries to rec709 if movie’s colr atom is bad

more complete error messages from commands module

protect against non-spec DPX headers, including overflowing filename and non-ASCII characters

http headers were garbled in rv web get/post

crashes triggered by view changes during caching, or by reloading.

linux alsa audio crashes/hangs during scrubbing

robustly handle movies of odd-sized resolution.

FPS spikes when switching views

over blending equation corrected

reload range now restarts caching threads to cause immediate reload and recache

use 4cc provided by user in rvio output if codec is available

display update problems on vista/win7

16bit RGB tif conversion fixed

handle bad pixel-per-meter header values in PNG files

rvio use float LUTs by default

clamping in rvio by -inlog fixed

pixel aspect ratio preserved by -s resolution scaling

rvio/rvio_hw -init flag respected

cache mode preserved when clearing session

better handling of missing files

sync problems with multiple sessions

annotate color picker dialog non-modal on all platforms

rv/rvio produces full volume audio output

rvio DPX input memory leak eliminated

better recovery and messages when different packages provide modes with same name, or same package appears in path more than once

rvio B44 conversion memory leak eliminated

don’t allow rv to listen on network port that rv (or someone else) is already listening on

if requested network port is occupied, search several nearby ports to find a free one

changes in image resolution, color depth, etc cause immediate recaching (which is indicated in timeline)

audio waveform rendering improvements

audio waveform updates with audio offset changes

don’t draw "AUDIO buffering" feedback over other feedback

fix rare crash in waveform drawing

rvio quicktime output sometimes produced erroneous FPS

rvio always uses FCP "standard" timescale/duration for standard FPS values

fix problem with alpha contaminating LUT calculations on unpremulted images

additional mu commands addToSource, relocateSource, setSourceMedia to control particular source media.

prevent sync from stealing events from other modes (eg wipes)

improve startup time when caching is one and media frames are large

general stability improvements especially on exit and session close.

preserve caching mode when receiving session from sync partner

rvio and rvio_hw -iomethod command line option to change iomethod for all file formats

TIFF file format now uses "fast" IO methods. The formats preferences allow you to change the TIFF defaults like EXR, DPX, JPEG, etc

baked URL support

only register protocol handler when -registerHandler arg present (mac only)

source time code display on timeline

dialog box on external process errors

rvio quicktime output adheres to "prefered final cut" timescales and durations

rvio quicktime optional -outparms timescale=XXX duration=XXX overrides standard values

improved HTML manual and reference manual. Online and available from help menu.

with -outpa option, rvio will output pixel aspect ratio metadata for quicktime movies using pasp atom and track transform matrix

RV will respect pasp atom and fall back to track transform matrix to display quicktime movies with non-square pixel aspect ratio

-networkPerm command line option to set default network connection permissions

-mouse command-line option and preference to treat stylus events as mouse events.

“Show Environment” help menu item shows rv’s runtime environment

“Latest Documentation” help menu item links to latest verison of docs online

rvio and rvio_hw were not using fast IO methods, they now default to best known method for each platform

rv linux targa reader was failing to use fast IO methods

rv mac user’s max async requests in flight preference was not being passed to file format readers.

Interlaced PNG files were not being read properly

ffmpeg sse bug in audio decoding fixed

in/out manipulators not drawn when timeline was at top of window

rvio was not cleaning up #res files on windows

annotation paint stroke names were failing if user name had a "." in it

audio was failing in stack mode for some sources

non-power-of-two LUTs were incorrectly resampled

Wacom Stylus event handling problems have been imporved, esp on linux

rvio -cmap arg was failing to load layers

crop and uncrop parameters are now always relative to lower left corner

stylus will grab pointer events when needed, so scrubbing outside window works with stylus

DPX/Cineon IO will throw if data is missing, so truncated files will generate error instead of crash

default network permission settings were not remembered

EXR data window coordinate error caused "bouncing crop" when data window was animated

error dialog on quicktime export when there is no rv/rvio license available

rvio and rvio_hw added -resampleMethod flag (same usage as rv)

rvio and rvio_hw added -resize W H which will stretch input images

rvio_hw added -floatLUT arg to optionally use hardware floating point LUTs

annotation package version 1.2

Pillar-boxing effect on initial windows size when annotation forced on removed.

Pointer syncs properly between sequence and movie, and between media with different native orientations (eg dpx and quicktime).

Some patterns of single-step frame changes were not synced.

Hotkey "'" (backtick) now works for fullscreen toggle when menubar is hidden.

Interesting LANG/LC_ALL settings no longer confuse rvio/rvio_hw

Annotation check for bad settings

Sync bugs with 3-way sync

Better messages when mode fails to load

Renderer was not using image orientation for uncrop

Set range offset did not manage the edl properly in the case of multiple sources.

libscale source was not being disted

On windows and linux rv was not using rvio_hw

ExternalQProcess was not calling cleanup

Linux set clipboard contents as well as primary selection

Redraw bug when single stepping (no redraw)

Matte drawing order

RGBE/HDR reader less restrictive about header contents (for HDR shop)

Improved handling of pixel aspect < 1

-in and -out per-source command line args set in/out of source in the EDL from the command line. These args should be enclosed in [ and ].

Command-d (go to Desktop folder) and Command-H (go to home folder) work in file browser

Audio device failure on windows no longer causes "locked" audio preferences

"+" character now allowed in filenames

Alternate EXR in memory representation for drivers that no longer support single plane half imagery. If you are using an Nvidia drivers newer than the r100 driver with a G70 or earlier chip you may get increased performance. The option is available under Preferences→Formats→OpenEXR

Annotate mode now saves color per brush (pen or air brush) and keeps user preferences between sessions. Annotate can also be made to automatically start when in sync mode and various other annotation options with sync are available.

RV 64 bit is now called RV64 so that it can be easily installed along side the 32 bit version.

Added raw YUV image reader. Handles SD and some HD resolutions

RV now uses rvio_hw (hardware rvio) by default for exporting movies and audio files.

Per-source -pclut pre-cache lut command line option.

New help items in Help menu including bug reporting and support ticket creation.

rvio(_hw) can now pass output options to individual file and codec writers using -outparams ... from the command line. -formats now shows all available options for encoding. This allows the use of support ffmpeg encoders.

New env var RV_LUT_PATH is searched for LUT files that are not found.

Session files transferred over sync are now gzipped.

rvio(_hw) was failing to read B44A files properly.

Bad handling of in/out regions when inverted.

bug.mu (rvio) can now take any texture resolution for the bug image. The TIFF image orientation is properly handled and the pixels are properly unpremulted before being comped on top of the frame.

Apple Quicktime movies could not be used with pre-cache LUTs

Pre-cache LUT was incorrectly using half data type LUTs thus performing in geologic time.

Some parts of the UI and optional packages could no longer use the tablet.

Bad avi reader bug (crash) fixed.

RV64 and linux versions were crashing on some movie resolutions and codecs.

rvio(_hw) handle RV_PATHSWAP* variables on the command line

Mac versions can now process a URL on the command line

RV will automatically sleep all but one thread for codecs with poor random access performance. This mostly affects H.264 and H.263 derived codecs. Its no longer necessary to start RV with -rthreads 1 when playing back H.264 movies.

Fix for packages so that RV will not load packages new than the current version.

rvls output sorted by name

-gamma, -rec709, and -sRGB are now exclusive

Improved timeline magnifier tick mark drawing

File dialog performance improvements

Allow incomplete RVSession node in .rv file

Swapping in/out LUTs could appear to become stuck using the previous LUT

Some exceptions in audio were not caught during initialization

Most file I/O now uses the media file dialog

Bug in LUT loading when previous LUT had a prelut fixed

Adding multiple layers (eg stereo) from the command line in stack mode could cause a crash.

Windows 64 still has no support for quicktime or other movie formats

Linux builds were failing on https urls on some systems

Linux 32 was failing to read many codecs

Improved timeline magnifier drawing

Mac includes rvio_hw (hardware rvio)

rvio and rvio_hw can pass codec specific parameters to writers

dnxhd decoding color space matches input on linux 32/64 and mac 64. win 32 and mac 32 are still using apple quicktime decoding which appears to have some color issues but matches the quicktime player.

dnxhd encoding on linux — doesn’t seem to work with avid products :(

Fixes for -l and -c cmd line args "consuming" following args

RV can now distinguish between full and "studio swing" range 601 yuv space correctly

RV fixes for LANG on linux causing confusion esp for french

Info widget now shows some of the display stereo state (rel offset, etc)

Command line args should now unconditionally override prefs

Sync disconnection cleaned up

PNG writer was using wrong parameters and aborting

Sync allow push session on start up

Shotgun explicitly clear session before building one from versions

rvio simpleslate allow blank args

rvio simpleslate calling fitTextInBox was nearly optimally badly implemented. Now its 1 minus that.

rvio bug in frame numbering with leader + overlays

rvui catch and ignore exceptions thrown from bad settings

rvio don’t load all of rv’s ui by default

16 bit resizing bug workaround until permanent fix can be found

added -debug mu to show more verbose backtraces with source lines when exceptions occur

-flags added to rvios

Mac 64 can now play same codecs that linux 64 can

The manual is being worked on and will be finalized just before release

There are usability issues which we will be addressing during the beta

Please report bugs via email at support@tweaksoftware.com.

Cross platform URL protocol handling. A new protocol type "rvlink" has been created to launch rv from web pages, email, and chat (or any MIME aware application).

Shotgun Mode. This is a package which communicates with the Shotgun production tracking system. Typically a configuration step will be necessary for each facility in order to use it. Note that the Shotgun Integration Package is distributed separately and is currently in limited beta testing. Features include:

Timeline Magnifier: Zoomed Timeline with Audio Waveform Display. An additional timeline has been added which displays the in/out range in more detail including optional audio waveform display. The timeline can now be used to resize the in/out region interactively with the mouse. New time display modes.

Web Integrataion. RV can now communicate with web servers directly (include secure servers). Web pages rendered by rv can communicate directly with RV’s scripting language through javascript.

Annotation Mode. This is the first release of annotation for RV. The package currently implements general mark-up/drawing per-frame using a few brush types and erasers. Annotations are stored in the RV session file. Support for Wacom devices.

Improved Sync. The sync mode can be used to transfer arbitrary binary data between RVs or external control programs. (NOTE: this is in addition to the existing pixel block transfer). Sync mode can now push/pull complete session information over the connection including annotation. Annotation will sync along with other rv state changes during a live session. Bandwidth usage has been reduced. RV can generate "sync links" which allow copy/paste in chat or email to create a single click peer-to-peer sync session. Turning on sync manually is no longer necessary when RV detects that it has connected to another RV.

Hardware RVIO. RVIO now comes in two flavors: software only and GPU accelerated. The software version works on render nodes and machines without dedicated graphics hardware. The hardware version requires a recent GPU in order to function properly. Both programs use floating point from read to write with no clamping. Software RVIO has been further optimized for speed.

Optimized TGA and TIFF I/O. TGA and TIFF are now using the high speed I/O as DPX, Cineon, EXR, etc formats.

Improved Audio Support. We say this every time a new version comes out :) When scrubbing is active RV will now play a single frame’s worth of audio when stepping frames from the keyboard. Options to turn off audio from the command line and yet more messing around with audio on Linux to make it more robust. Logarithmic (linear fader) volume controls.

RV Python Module. A basic pure Python module is included for controling RV from python. This module implements a Python client for RV’s networking protocol.

Miscellaneous.

PreCache LUT was failing for non-RGB images/movies. (e.g. Quicktime movies).

RVIO was crashing/wedging when rendering the slate

On the mac: the bundle identifier was incorrectly set to tweakfilms.com causing various failures

Fixed confusion when out point was before in point

RLA I/O was failing in 64 bit versions

Menus were being rebuild much more often than expected cause severe delays in some cases

For cards that are unable to handle 16 bit integral images: the TIFF reader will now reorder the pixels as planar so that these images are displayed correctly.

DPX output was writing corrupt files on windows

More robust handling of preference files with touchy audio on linux

Slow browser and dialogs can now be prevented in some cases by turning off "desktop aware" in the preferences.

Session type pref was being ignored in some cases

Memory leak in RVIO when writing optimized I/O formats (JPEG, EXR, DPX, etc)

Mattes could fail for images with a data window that differed from the display window