A new major version of Silverstack Lab is available: Silverstack Lab 7.

You will benefit from new features, including the following:

• Silverstack CLOUD - Online Access to Your Silverstack Library
• Wipe View for Comparing Two Clips with a Splitter
• Reports:
  • Multi Reports Export
  • Reduced Report File Sizes
  • New Camera Sums Summary
  • Include Report Notes
• Still Image Exports with Custom Resolutions and Overlays
• Improved Search Filtering for Clips
• New Grade Control Interaction Types

As a subscriber the upgrade to Silverstack 7 is free.

Please note: The minimum system requirements are macOS 10.13 . The content of your Silverstack 6 library can be migrated to Silverstack 7.

See more details and download the new version from our website by going to "Learn more...".

Silverstack Lab - 6.5.8

Changes

• Prepared for macOS Catalina 10.15
• Added: Additional columns in ALE for Avid Media Composer (Tags, T-Stop, Focus Distance,...)
• Added: Exact resolution (e.g. 3840 x 2160) instead of approximate descriptive string in ALE
• Added: Additional option "Scene.takeCameraID" for "Clip Name Export Information" in ALE export
• Updated Blackmagic RAW SDK to version 1.4

Bugfixes

• Fixed: Path related burn in wildcards did not work for file sequences
• Fixed: Cue points were displayed unsorted in Clips Report
• Fixed: Report creation fails when custom fields contain non-html-safe characters
• Fixed: Verify job and tasks of a second run with separate (per job) verification behavior sometimes did not have a name
• Fixed: Possible hang in transcoding introduced by problem in Prores decoding on some systems

Silverstack Lab - 6.5.7

Changes

• Added: Advanced Camera Support for ARRI ALEXA Mini LF ProRes (.mxf) and ARRIRAW (.mxf) clips

Bugfixes

• Fixed: Tilt and roll dynamic metadata was not extracted correctly from ARRIRAW (.mxf) clips
• Fixed: Problems occured with audio sync by TC when movie clips are from before and after midnight

Silverstack Lab - 6.5.6

Changes

• Added: Extended the wildcard sets for transcoding, still image export and metadata burn ins including "Episode" and "Soundroll"
• Improved: Read ND filter, tint and lens attributes from Sony X-OCN clips

Bugfixes

• Fixed: Displayed total volume size in offload wizard added up when rescanning Codex VFS
• Fixed: Certain custom keyboard shortcuts were not restored after restarting the application
• Fixed: ProRes and H.264 files in .mxf container could not be opened when imported with generic clips input device
• Fixed: Canon .CRM clips did not show correct timecode
• Fixed: An issue that could lead to the audio&color panel closing when changing a clip in the timeline

Silverstack Lab - 6.5.5

Changes

• Added: Extract ZEISS xD (eXtended Data) from Sony Venice clips via dynamic metadata extraction
• Updated Sony RAW SDK to support new clip flavors from latest Sony Venice v4.0 firmware update
• Added: Read pre- and post-CDL transform information to "Look Name" field for Sony Venice clips
• Added: Prepare for possibly unsupported Looks when importing a Pomfort Look Archive
• Improved user guidance when offloading from Codex VFS volumes
• Improved: Allow reel names longer than 8 characters in EDL from DaVinci Resolve export
• Improved: Clearer error message when transcoding with an incompatible audio codec

Bugfixes

• Fixed: Custom burn in wildcards did not stick to transcoding configuration
• Fixed: "Suspend / Resume Job" was not available in context menu for second or later job in queue in jobs panel
• Fixed: Combined clips transcoding destination path was not sticky in some situations
• Fixed: Still image export working in Miniplayer did not export current frame but thumbnail frame
• Fixed: Changing read buffer size for copy jobs was not respected in some cases
• Fixed: Wrong fallback to filename as audio-track name in certain cases
• Fixed: Internal audio tracks were not muted automatically when syncing external audio in some situations
• Fixed: Crash when changing tabs in preferences
• Fixed: Crash when selecting a non-rgb color for clipping and range colors in Visual Controls preferences
• Fixed: Optimization for network use could slow down ProRes transcoding on macOS 10.14 (now only enabled for H.264/HEVC)
• Fixed: Copy jobs could fail with 0 sized files in file sequences
• Miscellaneous smaller improvements and fixes

Silverstack Lab - 6.5.4

Changes

• Added: Use custom wildcards for metadata burn ins
• Added: Copy and paste path wildcards between copy destinations in offload and backup wizards
• Added: Select from recently used path wildcards in offload and backup wizards' path wildcards panel
• Added: Made it possibe to define a custom set of displayed export options in the export menu
• Added: Include "Bin Path" wildcard also in transcoding wildcards
• Added: Button to directly open URLs in user info custom fields
• Updated: Integrated Blackmagic RAW SDK 1.3
• Added: Import CDL values from REDRAW to header info tab
• Optimized H.264/HEVC transcodes for network streaming

Bugfixes

• Fixed: Custom keyboard shortcuts got lost after application restart
• Fixed: Flag in clips/thumbnails reports was grey instead of black which made it harder identifiable as being set
• Fixed: Format options selection in preferences was not sticky when reopened
• Fixed: Timecode not read correctly for SONY XD-Cam clips
• Fixed: Offload of a file sequence without file-extension and a "." in destination-path can fail
• Fixed: WebGate ALE not working completely correct for file sequences
• Fixed: User info does not show values after startup in some cases
• Fixed: Hang with ProRes clips in grid view when changing current clip while playing back
• Fixed: Verification speed for file sequences in jobs panel could show "0"
• Fixed: ND filter values for Alexa Mini ProRes clips were shown multiplied by 1000
• Fixed: ProRes clips from RED cameras were automatically double desqueezed
• Fixed: EDL import could not match in some cases for file sequences
• Fixed: Possible crash when importing invalid ZLCF files
• Fixed: Possible crash when unregistering bins
• Additional smaller improvements and fixes

Silverstack Lab - 6.5.3

Changes

• Added: Support for CDL and LUT metadata from SONY Venice clips
• Improved: Enable Red Rocket-X support for previously unsupported REDCODE RAW format types like e.g. from 8K sensors
• Improved: Make it possible to export Amira look files (.aml) from "CDL and LUT" grading mode to enable export of embedded looks from ARRI clips
• Added: Include rating and label as text in the XML export for Adobe Premiere Pro
• Added: New "Sound TC" column in ALE for Avid Media Composer for proper audio TC transmission
• Update to Blackmagic RAW SDK 1.2 to support latest Blackmagic Camera 6.2 update

Bugfixes

• Fixed: Sony Venice X-OCN recording formats 6k 16:9 and 6k 2.39:1 did not work properly
• Fixed: Sound/Audio TC separators in ALE did not conform with Media Composer standard (now changes to ":")
• Fixed: Addressed some potential transcoding job errors
• Fixed: Some column names in ALE for Media Composer did exceed permitted number of characters to be imported properly
• Fixed: Varicam AVC-Intra clips were missing some metadata
• Fixed: Preventing a hang when disconnecting Blackmagic Design DeckLink video device
• Fixed: Reel Name in metadata could have been missing in some situations for ProRes and H.264 transcodes
• Fixed: Legacy xxhash checksum types could still be selected but are not supported anymore since 6.5
• Fixed: Possible crash during file-scanning when metadata extraction fails
• Fixed: Format settings in preferences only took effect after closing the preferences window
• Fixed: Blackmagic RAW clips not closed after metadata extraction which could lead to card eject not possible
• Fixed: Prevented a possible crash when playing back R3D clips on machines with a high number of CPU cores

Silverstack Lab - 6.5.2

Changes

• Added: Audio and extended metadata support via audio file for Blackmagic DNG file sequences
• Added: Copy a file resource path to clipboard in context menu of resource in file tab of the right bar

Bugfixes

• Fixed: Crashed when playing back R3D clips on iMacPro
• Fixed: Selected transcoding configuration and target folder was not sticky in some cases in transcoding wizard
• Fixed: Possible hang when disconnecting Blackmagic Design DeckLink video hardware
• Fixed: Audio Details Panel did allow to set audio slate marker to a position outside of the audio clip
• Improved destination selection for combined clip transcoding
• Removed 2k resolution limitation for transcoding to H.264

Silverstack Lab - 6.5.1

Changes

• Added: Path metadata wildcards for white balance, tint, ASA and custom fields 1-3

Bugfixes

• Fixed: Crashes when playing back R3D clips on NVIDIA GPUs
• Fixed: Potential hang when job status changes
• Fixed: Audible frame stepping used wrong frame position
• Fixed: The "Generate reel folder icons" checkbox in preferences was not clickable anymore
• Fixed: ALE export used wrong timecode format for clips with drop frame timecode
• Fixed: Potential hang when transcoding to H.264 and DNx simultaneously

Silverstack Lab - 6.5

Changes

• Added: Create AAF files for Avid Media Composer editing workflows
• Added: Transcode to DNx codecs in Quicktime container (.mov)
• Added: Audio details panel with audio waveform zoom for better visual sound sync control and subframe audio slipping
• Added: Advanced camera support for Blackmagic RAW (.braw)
• Added: Advanced camera support for Codex HDE ARRIRAW files (.arx)
• Added: Advanced custom crop options to exact resolutions and offsets
• Added: Library sorting options for automatic library organization e.g. alphabetically
• Added: Transcode to H.264 and HEVC (H.265) in MP4 container (.mp4)
• Added: Custom naming scheme for still image names with metadata wildcards
• Added: Custom naming scheme for report names with metadata wildcards
• Added: Smoother scrubbing through clips in player
• Added: Copy speed optimization for file sequences and high performance drives
• Added: Keyboard shortcuts window to assign custom keyboard shortcuts to all actions in the main menu
• Added: Take over metadata from LiveGrade Pro via PFLA when matching Looks
• Added: Audio support for Panasonic Varicam AVC-Intra clips
• Added: Support for Panasonic EVA1 HEVC clips
• Added: Support for SONY X-OCN XT clips
• Added: Automatic metadata export option for ARRI Webgate in transcoding configuration settings
• Added: Option to disable MHL-file creation
• Added: Show result curves in video scopes
• Added: "Episode" path wildcard
• Added: Placeholder text in table view when filtering for clips does not return a result
• Added: Shortcut for QC UI Layout
• Added: Creation date tooltip for bins in library
• Added: Made it possible to rename LUT Nodes to custom names
• Added: "Hash Values" column that shows concatenated hashes for clip/file
• Added: Show bit depth of HEVC clips in "Codec"
• Added: Library folder chooser in Offload Wizard to control library folder to register to
• Added: Enabled separate audio tracks TRK columns in exported ALE to be compliant with Avid Media Composer audio column
• Added: New desqueeze factors 1.8 and 1.65
• Added: Made it possible to read notes from audio clips and transmit them to video clips in automatic TC Audio Sync
  Assign a custom column to receive audio notes by renaming it to "Audio Comment" in the preferences
• Improved: Enhanced ProRes transcoding speed especially on new MacPros running macOS 10.12 and higher
• Improved: Grey out volume icons in file tab when volume is offline
• Improved: Enabled better contextual export of still images in table/collection view and timeline
  Now exports thumbnail frames in table/collection view and current frames in timeline
• Improved: Enabled "Esc" application wide to leave text fields
• Improved: Enhanced ARRI Webgate ALE export for better compatibility with Webgate structure metadata
• Improved: Updated predefined table view presets with meaningful column selection and sorting order
• Improved: Enhanced behavior of "Jump to Previous Clip" by not going through first frame of current clip
• Improved: More clear dependency job highlighting in Jobs panel
• Improved: UI enhancements for Offload Wizard
• Improved: Improved native handling of ProRes clips with generic input device
• Improved: Detecting a meaningful project settings default for manual ALE Export
• Improved: Smarter behavior of transcoding preview to cope with revealing transcoding configurations in an empty library
• Improved: Replaced "Ascending/Descending" in collection view with faster graspable wordings
• Improved: Renaming "FPS" to "Project FPS" in General Info and table view column to be more precise
• Improved: Enabled Source Audio Info in Avid ALE Export by default
• Changed: Always enable Drylab export option independent of Drylab Creator installed
• Updated sensor formats for ZEISS xD workflow
• Updated Canon RAW SDK
• Changed: Removed support for macOS 10.10 and 10.11

Bugfixes

• Fixed: An issue where copy progress remained at 0 KB/s for some time when copying large clips from file sequences
• Fixed: In a timeline with multiple clips selected the current frame got lost when using "Jump to Next Clip"
• Fixed: Did not read TC properly from RED clips when extracting dynamic metadata and ZEISS extended data
• Fixed: When renaming clips while transcoding to DNx MXFs transcoded clip information was referenced in ALE and MXF instead of source clip information
• Fixed: In grid view when transitioning clip borders SDI seems to play always at same position

Silverstack Lab - 6.4.10

Bugfixes

• Fixed: Did not detect some Sony Alpha clips correctly for example from Sony Alpha 7 III
• Fixed: Backing up RED split clips to the same volume twice in some cases could lead to not being able to start the backup

Silverstack Lab - 6.4.9

Changes

• Added: Include "Tint" in ALE export

Bugfixes

• Fixed: Grade controls didn't refresh immediately using copy and paste look
• Fixed: Copying file sequences with very long paths that contain non-ASCII characters could cause potential problems with registered paths in Silverstack library
• Fixed: Potential crash when ingesting RED clips
• Fixed: Potential crash when scheduling transcoding jobs

Silverstack Lab - 6.4.8

Changes

• Added: Adjustments to work together with the new CODEX Device Manager

Bugfixes

• Fixed: Some transcoded DNx clips did not open in Avid Media Composer when decoded with attached Avid Nitris DX hardware
• Fixed: Playback could jump to unexpected position with external device connected in "Every Frame" playback mode when changing clip during playback
• Fixed: Scopebox was only updated during playback when internal scopes were active
• Fixed: Application could go into sleep in certain cases when in background
• Fixed: User interface in external video preferences dialog was not updated when devices was plugged/unplugged
• Fixed: SDI status indicator did not update when device was disconnected
• Fixed: Issues occured in some cases with external video out when changing clips in timeline during playback
• Fixed: QTake xml did not match by R3D info if it was available
• Fixed: Table column layout was not restored correctly after report generation
• Changed: Prevented "Zoom to fit (without black bars)" fitting strategy for transcoding configurations to create clips with odd width or height
• Changed: Limited audio channel layout options for AAC codecs to "Stereo Mixdown" due to compatibility issues

Silverstack Lab - 6.4.7

Changes

• Added: Support for internal audio of Sony RAW and X-OCN clips
• Added: Make it possible to read TC UBits from audio clips and transmit them to video clips in automatic TC Audio Sync
  Assign a custom column to hold TC user bits by renaming it to "TC UBits" in the preferences

Bugfixes

• Fixed: Failed to decode last frames of some Panasonic Varicam clips which lead to a transcoding error
• Fixed: Grading Sony RAW caused a hang after some time with SDI out enabled
• Fixed: Playback view broken when entering fullscreen, switching to another application an then activating Silverstack again by clicking into the main window
• Fixed: Burn-ins in transcoding preview were invisible after editing parameters
• Fixed: Transcoding burn-in overlay image could not be removed
• Fixed: The Mac went into sleep between jobs in certain cases
• Fixed: Closing fullscreen player could make the player hang until restarted
• Fixed: Soundroll metadata didn't end up in ALE when exported for source video clips

Silverstack Lab - 6.4.6

Changes

• Ready for macOS 10.14 (Mojave)
• Added: Advanced Camera Support for XF-HEVC clips from Canon XF705 camera
• Added: Metadata export option for ARRI Webgate
• Added: Make "Submission Date" and "Submission Time" path wildcards available in transcoding
• Added: Include cue points of clips in exported COPRA XML
• Added: Option to adjust in and out points for multiple clips
  Accessible by holding the alt key while having the "Clips" main menu entry opened
• Added: Option to ignore AJA video hardware (in "External Video" preferences)
• Updated sensor formats to determine sensor widths for ZEISS xD workflow

Bugfixes

• Improved: Handle unsupported number of audio channels when transcoding to AAC audio more gracefully
• Fixed: Exposure index for SONY RAW clips has not been taken into account for color processing
• Fixed: Rename "Source Soundroll" to "Soundroll" in Avid ALE export to make it go to the existing "Soundroll" column in Avid
• Fixed: Wrong camera manufacturer "ARRI" was used for ZLCFs from SONY ProRes clips
• Fixed: Camera model metadata was not read correctly for SONY cameras
• Fixed: Possible crash when ingesting DNG clips
• Fixed: Audio playback did not work for RED ProRes Proxy clips
• Fixed: Small proxy files from SONY cameras were detected as clips by mistake
• Fixed: Transcoding certain clip types could fail due to a problem with overlay/watermark burn in
• Fixed: Transcoding of certain MPEG2 clips failed
• Fixed: Transcoding to multiple formats at a time with different decoding resolutions could produce image artifacts
• Fixed: Video scopes waveform display was shifted in certain cases

Silverstack Lab - 6.4.5

Changes

• Prepare data base to import libraries from Silverstack Offload Manager
• Added: Import "Circle Take" from QTake as "Flagged"

Bugfixes

• Fixed: Ignore temporary TimeMachine local snapshots volume on macOS 10.13 to avoid it mounting temporarily
• Fixed: Machine might have gone to sleep while copy is running on macOS 10.13
• Fixed: REDRAW audio could be silent for certain clips
• Fixed: Camera Tilt/Roll of first frame was not read on ingest for ARRIRAW clips

Silverstack Lab - 6.4.4

Changes

• ZEISS Lens Correction: Updated sensor formats for CP.3 xD lens data import
• ZLCF Export: Fill in placeholders for not available fields to maintain compatibility with ZEISS eXtended Data Plug-ins

Bugfixes

• Fixed: Scopes did not open in Silverstack XT
• Fixed: LUT .cube sidecar file was always applied to RED clip, even if look source "None" is selected (if RED IPP2 processing disabled).
• Fixed: Look Source “File” did always use IPP2 independent of enablement
• Fixed: CDL based look of Alexa Mini ARRIRAW MXF clips was applied twice
• Fixed: Timecode of DNxHD MXF files was not extracted
• Fixed: Look name in grade editor was not updated if CDL is loaded
• Fixed: Error when transcoding to more than two destinations at once with DNx codecs
• Fixed: Sensor fps of 47.952 was shown as 48 fps in table view
• Fixed: Offload wizard verification behavior could show configuration string that did not match originating job types
• Fixed: Hang when using a Decklink card and switching to DaVinci Resolve
• Fixed: Clip metadata was only partially detected for ProRes clips recorded along REDRAW with RED cameras
• Fixed: Rounding problem in audio sequences export for Premiere Pro that could lead to a one frame audio offset for certain frame rates
• Fixed: Resume message sometimes showed for already failed jobs
• Fixed: Miscellaneous inconsistencies concerning table view default columns and presets in different wizards
• Fixed: Rounding issues when syncing audio and video with 23.976 fps footage
• Fixed: Sony RAW GPU Processing for 6k clips, quarter res decosing on Intel Iris GPU did not work
• Fixed: Black bar at the bottom in transcoding for 16by9 3.2k ARRI Alexa ProRes
• Improved: Grading performance improvements
• Workaround: Make it possible to change the color space and gamma curve used for REDRAW clips, to work around double lutting with certain workflows.

Silverstack Lab - 6.4.3

Bugfixes

• Fixed: Mistakenly showing files as offline in some cases when sealing a folder
• Fixed: External video out not showing image analysis and frame lines
• Fixed: Not possible to switch to transcoding preview mode with long timelines
• Fixed: Crashes in COPRA export
• Fixed: ARRIRAW black and white (B+W) clips do not open properly caused by missing header info
• Fixed: Relinked resources are marked as "Source" in File Tab of the right bar
• Fixed: Crash when a smartfolder predicate contains a newline character
• Fixed: Issues in handling of audio clips with sample rates other than 48 kHz
• Fixed: Cue points are exported to Premiere Pro markers with one frame offset
• Fixed: Unchecking the cue points checkbox in the Premiere Pro export does not keep them from being exported
• Fixed: Grid view does not work properly with smart folder clips timeline
• Fixed: C300 clips do not playback when not preserving folder structure on offload
• Fixed: C300 clips shown as online though sidecars are not present
• Fixed: For RED clips .cube LUT file that is in same directory as clip is always applied regardless of "Look Source" setting
• Fixed: Interlaced MTS clips are not correctly ingested

Silverstack Lab - 6.4.2

Changes

• Added possibility to ingest transcoded clips of a failed job manually from the job context menu

Bugfixes

• Fixed crash when relinking with verification
• Fixed verified resources state when offloading file sequences to multiple destinations

Silverstack Lab - 6.4.1

Changes

• Added: Make tags available in smart folder

Bugfixes

• Fixed: Bin verification status wrong for bins containing clips with multiple sidecars
• Fixed: Opening offload wizard resets wildcard handling preferences to value from template
• Fixed: Video out with AJA devices not working in some cases
• Fixed: ZEISS lens correction not applied
• Fixed: Unverified offload or copy jobs could fail due to an MHL error
• Fixed: Verify Wizard should select documents per default, independent of "view" menu
• Fixed: Avoid crash in transcoding if a selected resource is unregistered before the transcoding job starts

Silverstack Lab - 6.4

Changes

• Added: Native Video Scopes in Multiple Flavors
• Added: Verification States
  Immediately see if any copy of a file misses verification or is defective
• Added: Separate Copy and Verification Jobs
  Schedule separate copy and verification jobs to complete copy first and verify afterwards
• Added: Schedule new jobs to be executed at earliest possibility
• Added: Running Jobs for Bins
  Monitor in the library which bins have running jobs
• Added: Select a job to see its dependant jobs in the jobs panel
• Added: Support for Dynamic Lens and Camera Metadata
• Added: Burn in Options for Dynamic Lens and Camera Metadata
• Added: H.265/HEVC transcoding format (available starting from macOS 10.13)
• Added: DNxHR transcoding formats
• Added: Metadata export for COPRA dailies system
• Added: Tags field for keywords
• Added: Advanced Camera Support for 5.9K RAW clips from Canon C700 FF
• Added: UI Layout "Files"
• Added: Custom ACES IDT for RED Log3G10/RWG
• Added: "Bin Path" wildcard

Bugfixes

• Fixed: Offload and backup wizard share same destinations and settings but should be separate

Silverstack Lab - 6.3.6

Changes

• Updated Canon RAW SDK

Bugfixes

• Fixed: Black border around image when using crop functionality with certain resolutions in combination with anamorphic desqueeze
• Fixed: Anamorphic ProRes files from RED cameras are not displayed correctly
• Fixed: Timecode extraction of RED 48 fps clips not matching TC shown in REDCine-X due to 60@30 TC display
• Fixed: Decoding of DNGs with some resolutions fails
• Fixed: Problem with GPU decoding for clips from SONY cameras that leads to crashes
• Fixed: Visual Controls panel always shows again when closed with "x"
• Fixed: Clip Name for certain Canon C300 RMF files is empty
• Fixed: Final Cut Pro 7 and Premiere Pro export wizards ignore resource selection
• Fixed: C300 clips with certain custom name patterns are not detected
• Fixed: Accessory view in Project Settings export/import panel not visible under macOS 10.13
• Fixed: Flip mode not respected for combined clip transcoding
• Fixed: Black level for Phantom .cine clips is off in certain cases

Silverstack Lab - 6.3.5

Changes

• Added: Custom fields available in smart folder rules

Bugfixes

• Fixed: Enablement of transcoding destinations not sticky in transcoding wizard
• Fixed: "All Tracks (Skip muted Tracks)" audio channel layout option with all tracks muted can lead to failing transcoding job
• Fixed: Preview image in grid view does not respect flip setting
• Fixed: Twist in ACES color pipeline LUTs causing images to be visually off
• Fixed: Audio in synced sequences exported to Premiere Pro are one frame off
• Fixed: Multiple audio tracks in synced sequences exported to Premiere Pro always reference first audio track
• Fixed: Switching for Tangent Element panels between Silverstack and LiveGrade not working properly
• Fixed: Visual controls panel stays open when closed with "x" instead of button in player header bar
• Fixed: Crash when importing PSLA that includes bin with empty name
• Fixed: Crop not working in transcoding if decoding resolution is not set to "full"
• Fixed: Frame lines can be enabled for video out in grid view mode and then cause strange effects

Silverstack Lab - 6.3.4

Changes

• Added: Improved Look Matching to better work with shot log entries from LiveGrade 4
• Added: Warning about little remaining disk space in transcoding wizard
• Added: MovieSlate import now maps "slate" entry in xml to "shot" in Silverstack

Bugfixes

• Fixed: Crashes on audio reading of certain ProRes clips
• Fixed: Slow app-startups with large libraries
• Fixed: Thumbnails for ARRIRAW clips have black border when crop is applied
• Fixed: Clips from Canon C300 can not play back during copy
• Fixed: TC for certain MXF clips ingested with the "Generic" input device always starts with 00:00:00:00
• Fixed: TC for ARRI AMIRA MPEG clips always starts with 00:00:00:00
• Fixed: Look matching by Episode, Scene, Shot, Take not working if one entry is missing
• Fixed: Look matching by Episode, Scene, Shot, Take did also match by Reel
• Fixed: Sony RAW can not be opened on older devices with incompatible GPUs
• Various bugfixes

Silverstack Lab - 6.3.3

Changes

• Added: Support for ARRI ALEXA LF
• Added: Support for SONY VENICE (SONY RAW and X-OCN)
• Added: Possibility to transmit license location identifier with license activation
• Improved detection of audio clips (BWAV) for files without Fileset-Family-UID

Bugfixes

• Fixed: Crash when trying to ingest .mxf files with only a single character in filename
• Fixed: "FPS" falsely named "Name" in General Info
• Fixed: Possible crash in grid view
• Fixed: Crash when audio resource becomes offline during playback
• Fixed: Audio Clips do not transport timecode range in PSLA
• Fixed: Crash when ingesting clips with a fps between 0.0 and 0.5
• Fixed: Crash when trying to playback clips on a machine without a display attached
• Fixed: Backup wizard showing different sizes in resource selection and window title when clips with sidecars are selected

Silverstack Lab - 6.3.2

Changes

• Added: Tooltip for file size in Data Wrangler Summary shows file size in bytes

Bugfixes

• Fixed: Reports contain unscaled thumbnails and therefore get too big
• Fixed: Issues with offline R3D clips in playback view
• Fixed: Problems playing back audio from AVCHD clips

Silverstack Lab - 6.3.1

Bugfixes

• Fixed: Problem ingesting RED ProRes clips on 10.10 and 10.11
• Fixed: Hang when storing a new look to the grade library
• Fixed: Some audio tracks in Premiere Pro export are not in sync
• Fixed: Detected duration of AVCHD clips can be wrong
• Fixed: Added missing strings for new R3D color spaces

Silverstack Lab - 6.3

Changes

• Added: Extract LTC (linear timecode) from audio tracks of video clips
• Added: Three thumbnails per clip for Clips and Thumbnails reports
• Added: Support for eGPUs and selection of preferred GPU in the preferences
• Added: Crop clips to a custom aspect ratio
• Added: Custom frame lines for transcoding and visual controls
• Added: Bitrate options for H.264 transcoding
• Added: Direct transfer of audio synced clips to Adobe Premiere Pro in "synced sequences" via XML
• Added: Enabled simultaneous backup to more than one LTO via LTFS
• Added: Replaced "All Tracks (Skip Muted Streams)" option with "All Tracks (Skip Muted Tracks)" option, that also takes muted tracks —not only muted streams— into account
• Added: "All Files" count in project overview and reports project summary
• Added: Choose decimal places for file size values in preferences
• Added: Select "Custom" in Avid ALE export project format selection to enable custom resolutions
• Added: More detailed selection for content of tracks column in Avid ALE export
• Added: When Library is selected for PSLA export then by default name the PSLA like the project
• Added: Option to create waveform data for internal audio tracks of entire bin in audio panel gear menu
• Added: Suspend/Resume entries to context menu of jobs
• Updated sensor formats for ZEISS xD workflow
• Improved transcoding error handling when external audio clips are offline
• Improved thumbnails report predefined column layout

Bugfixes

• Fixed: Single tasks in cancelled jobs displayed with pause icon
• Fixed: Some minor bugs related to suspending and cancelling jobs
• Fixed: "Library Folder Name" wildcard for transcoding broken
• Fixed: UI issues in look matching wizard

Silverstack Lab - 6.2.4

Changes

• Added: Workaround for US characters in QTake XML files
• Added: Cue point summary in ALE export

Bugfixes

• Fixed: Jobs do not properly finish under macOS 10.13 resulting in error code 15
• Fixed: List of transcoded clips in file tab empty after switching projects
• Fixed: Suspended jobs can not be resumed in some cases
• Fixed: Automatic anamorphic detection for ARRIRAW clips with anamorphic factor 1.3
• Fixed: "Library Folder" wildcard missing in transcoding wildcards
• Fixed: Problems with accessory views under macOS 10.13
• Fixed: Still image export of ProRes clips takes decoding resolution of playback into account
• Fixed: Possible hang of transcoding queue when transcoded clips could not properly reingest
• Fixed: Various issues that lead to occasional crashes

Silverstack Lab - 6.2.3

Changes

• Added: Allow multiple resolutions for combined clip transcoding
• Added: Enabled RED Monstro 8K VV sensor support
• Added: Read TC from SONY F3 files
• Added: Clip name ingest option to avoid similar clip names for Panasonic DNGs
• Added: Read white balance, tint, and crop metadata from Phantom files
• Added: Read T-Stop and focal length metadata from arriraw .ari and .mxf files using the first frame

Bugfixes

• Fixed: Newlines in cue points summary of report does not trigger line break in html
• Fixed: VaricamLT DNGs recorded with the Atomos Inferno are not detected
• Fixed: Colors of some DJI recorded DNGs are not correct
• Fixed: Automatically detect color space of F55 XAVC clips
• Fixed: Value of "Custom 2" is exported as "Custom 1" into AVID ALE
• Fixed: Custom name of custom columns does not change in AVID ALE when exported
• Fixed: ALE info not responsive to actually transcoded audio tracks
• Fixed: Columns in PFLA look matching wizard not sticky
• Fixed: Saved layout is displayed as "Custom Layout" after restart
• Fixed: Popover with job details in bottom task bar empty in "will suspend" job status
• Fixed: Ignore audio checkbox not working for CSV reports
• Fixed: XML for ARRIRAWs not detected as sidecars
• Fixed: Comments not taken over to transcoded clips after transcoding
• Fixed: Look from file not working in transcoding preview mode
• Fixed: Issues with no audio coming to transcoded clips in some cases
• Fixed: Cancelled jobs are ordered to the top of the job summary view
• Fixed: Problem restarting transcoding jobs if Silverstack was closed while adding transcoded clips to library
• Fixed: Limit columns in ALE to 255 characters, otherwise Avid MediaComposer might crash on import
• Fixed: Audio mix sometimes not saved to database when adding external audio tracks
• Fixed: iXML interleave index not respected for audio clips
• Fixed: Sizing of Flag and Preview column in clips table view too large
• Fixed: Problem when trying to start Silverstack from an user account limited with parental controls

Silverstack Lab - 6.2.2

Changes

• Added: Read ND filter values from ARRIRAW

Bugfixes

• Fixed: DNxHD transcoding fails with audio
• Fixed: Memory leak in transcoding that could e.g. lead to errors for long Combined Clip transcoding on certain machines
• Fixed: Crash when suspending transcoding job with only one task
• Fixed: Issues when suspending automatically paused transcoding jobs
• Fixed: Altering sensor width in ZEISS Lens Correction in General Info not working
• Fixed: When importing ZLCF files for a clip the TC is not displayed in the Lens Correction panel
• Fixed: When project overview fields are set to automatically be filled by metadata the report shows multiples of it
• Fixed: Crash when activating imported table view layouts created with previous versions

Silverstack Lab - 6.2.1

Bugfixes

• Fixed: RED clips appear as offline after library migration
• Fixed: Crash when re-ingesting transcoded DNx clips
• Fixed: Transcoding jobs in queue remain in waiting state

Silverstack Lab - 6.2

Changes

• Added: Reordering and suspension of jobs
  Scheduled copy and transcoding jobs can be reordered and suspended in the jobs panel
• Added: ZEISS lens correction
  Dynamic lens data from ZEISS CP.3 XD lenses can be imported, reviewed and exported
• Added: Combined clip transcoding
  Transcode multiple source clips to one combined clip
• Added: Advanced camera support for Canon Cinema RAW Light (.crm)
• Added: Advanced camera support for Kinefinity KineRAW (.krw)
• Improved decoding of SONY RAW for faster transcoding
• Improved decoding of Phantom Cine RAW for faster transcoding
• Added: Decoding with reduced resolution for ProRes in playback and transcoding
• Added: Audio support for ARRIRAW in MXF container
• Added: Easy copy and paste of looks with shortcuts
• Added: More lightweight column selection for table view
• Added: Renaming of custom metadata fields in preferences
• Enhanced Movie Slate import options
• Added: Export to Drylab Creator (enabled when Drylab Creator installed)
• Added: Audio channel layout transcoding option to transcode all tracks exluding muted clips
• Added: Keyboard shortcut to toggle Look on/off
• Added: Enabled WAL (write ahead logging) to prevent database corruption

Bugfixes

• Fixed: Database restore mechanism broken
• Fixed: Automatic ALE export in transcoding preset crashes in configuration
• Fixed: In and out points for clips can not be taken away anymore after setting them
• Fixed: Table view does not keep the last sorted column as secondary sort descriptor
• Fixed: Source audio clip names not properly transported to Adobe Premiere Pro
• Fixed: Sorting order of columns does not lead to a custom layout
• Fixed: Source audio clip names not transported properly into ALE for AVID
• Fixed: Source selection in AVID ALE export not working correctly
• Fixed: Red clips are missing camera manufacturer metadata
• Fixed: Issue with project statistics re-calculating repeatingly when transcoded clips are re-ingested

Silverstack Lab - 6.1.4

Bugfixes

• Prepared for macOS High Sierra (10.13)
• Fixed: Changing sorting order of columns does not lead to a custom layout
• Fixed: "Source Audio Clip Names" do not end up in AVID ALE
• Fixed: Source paths not written into AVID ALE as defined in source selection step
• Fixed: Playback hangs with in and out points enabled
• Fixed: Crashes when using the image multi grid view with clips of certain resolution
• Improved double check mechanism for multiple mounted Codex VFS
• Fixed: Problem with MHL file creation when using only one file and no folder structure wildcard on multiple destinations
• Fixed: Movie Slate import issues concerning multiple notes and end TC

Silverstack Lab - 6.1.3

Bugfixes

• Fixed: Clips with 23.976 transcoded to DNxHD including audio tracks showed an additional black frame at the end in AVID Media Composer in some cases
• Fixed: RED Rocket can be blocked for transcoding by playback in Silverstack
• Fixed: Bypass filtering was ignored when decoding with a RED Rocket
• Fixed: "Ignore audio clips" checkbox for creation of reports not working
• Fixed: "ALE should only reference video tracks" option in ALE export wizard broken
• Fixed: When importing a library archive volumes are wrongly assumed online

Silverstack Lab - 6.1.2

Changes

• Added: Added additional clip name export options for Avid ALE export
• Added: Splitting scene metadata from BWAV audio "Scene" and "Shot" if applicable
  Scene metadata from BWAV files that carries both, scene and shot in the format "Scene-Shot" will be splitted into dedicated metadata for "Scene" and "Shot"
• Scanning speed improvements for F65 and ARRIRAW (MXF)

Bugfixes

• Fixed: Copy destination volume changes after use of wildcards
• Fixed: Audio clips in library mistakenly added to Lost and Found folder when sealing drive
• Fixed: FCPXML export for DaVinci Resolve not working correctly for long clips with 23.98fps
• Fixed: Tab header bar in right bar not visible in some cases under macOS 10.11
• Fixed: Crash if Phantom clip becomes offline while opened in player
• Fixed: Crash when removing external audio clips from a video clip from selection or bin on macOS 10.10
• Fixed: Crash when audible frame stepping is active and no audio present or "Every Frame Playback" mode selected
• Fixed: Originator field (mapped to Recorder Model in Silverstack) not correctly read from BWAV file
• Fixed: Invalid characters in recorder model from BWAV originator leading to reports not working
• Fixed: Crash in some cases when accessing "Config" UI Layout
• Fixed: Invalid tint values coming from ARRIRAW MXF

Silverstack Lab - 6.1.1

Bugfixes

• Fixed: Missing implied files warning is shown for some Alexa cards even if all files are there

Silverstack Lab - 6.1

Changes

• Added: Project settings export and import
  Enables transfer of transcoding configurations, library folder structure, offload templates and more.
• Added: Easy slipping, re-sync and batch edit of external audio clips
• Added: Advanced camera support for Canon Uncompressed RAW (.rmf)
• Added: RED IPP2 pipeline option for custom looks
• Added: Audible frame stepping
• Added: Possibility to skip thumbnail creation on ingest
• Clean up of xxHash checksum options
• Added: Change root path for transcoding destinations without erasing it and adding a new one again
• Added: Black bar option for frame line burn-ins
• Added: Burn in options Clip Frame Index, TC Frame Index and Audio TC
• Added: Burn in background option "None"
• Improved performance of burn in drawing
• Added: Select current in grid view by clicking on the image in the playback view
• Added: Possibility to duplicate folder structure in library
• Extended ALE Export with source audio and source video clip info
• Added: "Clip Name in Tape Column" option to Avid ALE export
• Improved Adobe Premiere Pro export option with more metadata
• Improved audio sync when multiple audio clips match one video clip
• Enabled AVID ALE export also for non DNx transcodes in metadata workflow dropdown
• Adjust Reel Name in Quick Time header for transcoding according to Adobe Premiere Pro Export Reel Name settings
• Added: Locking of transcoding configurations
• Added: Make possible to delete transcoding configurations with cmd + backspace
• Added: Audio support for DNxHD transcoded clips in library
• Improved display of audio clips in shooting day report
• Added: Option to ignore to audio clips in Clips Report
• Added: Behavior of quick entry HUDs now also available for slate info fields in QC tab
• Added: Make possible to delete all external audio clips from a bin
• Added: Adjust size of temp and tint steps in the preferences
• Added: Transfer of audio mix to all clips in current bin
• Added: Support for AVID NEXIS storage systems
• Added: New lines between cue points in clips report for better display

Bugfixes

• Fixed: Work around copy speed drops in some cases under macOS 10.10 and higher
• Fixed: Issue where smart folder recalculation during offload jobs lead to problems with large libraries
• Fixed: External audio tracks are muted when adding a second audio tracks via TC audio sync
• Fixed: When custom thumbnail is set, position changes when creating a custom look
• Fixed: Not allowing ingest of duplicates not working for audio clips
• Fixed: Make possible to export a CSV independently from FCPXML for DaVinci Resolve also for multiple formats in the DaVinci Resolve Export Option
• Fixed: Audio playback broken for ProRes from Varicam
• Fixed: Negative 'FileSize' tags in XML export
• Camera metadata from arriraw is not camera but model name
• Limiting the timeline length to 1024 items to improve loading time
• Fixed: Two file sequences in a single folder not ingested correctly
• Fixed: Problem with .psla Library Archive import
• Fixed: Issues with audio files including multiple streams
• Fixed: Crash after transcoding from ARRIRAW source
• Fixed: Wrong video scaling also on video out for certain resolutions under macOS 10.11
• Fixed: Improved Quick Time metadata tagging for display in Quick Time Player
• Fixed: Naming inconsistencies for DNx formats

Silverstack Lab - 6.0.2

Bugfixes

• Fixed: Alignment of SDI out is wrong if the clip has a different aspect ratio then the video out
• Fixed: 1:1 scaling of SDI out can sometimes not show all parts of the image
• Fixed: DNxHD transcoded clips are in some configurations not moved to the correct location after the job finished
• Fixed: The ALE exported after a DNxHD transcoding can be empty in some cases
• Fixed: The ALE exported after a DNxHD transcoding job is not set to the correct frame rate
• Fixed: Duration metadata of clips ingested with the generic input device is sometimes one frame too short
• Fixed: Image scaling quality is sometimes not good on 10.11
• Fixed: FCPXML and Resolve export does not respect the selected source volume
• Fixed: Selecting multiple bins doesn’t create combined statistics of all bins
• Fixed: Too long volume name field can prevent resizing of left bar
• Fixed: Transcoding jobs sometimes do not pause when starting an offload job
• Fixed: Open report after creation option in report export is not restored
• Fixed: Audio clips with multiple devices but same codec only show one device in shooting day report
• Various smaller stability and user interface fixes

Silverstack Lab - 6.0.1

Bugfixes

• Fixed crash when migrating some existing Silverstack 5 projects