v2.4.0 Stable

Changes since 2.4.0 RC 1:

Core

Improvements

• Support 4K DCI frames
• Build: Allow configuring diag font path at build time
• AMCP: Add CALLBG command to perform CALL on background producer

Fixes

• OSC: Background state not being produced
• Scanner: resolve issues with database not being updated

Producers

Improvements

• HTML: Expose cache-path setting

Fixes

• FFmpeg: Unable to play files with extra dots in filenames
• FFmpeg: Support parameters with name containing a dash
• FFmpeg: Audio channels being swapped unexpectedly

Changes since 2.3.3

Core

Improvements

• Custom resultions can be specified in casparcg.config
• Interlaced mixer pipeline to ensure field accuracy
• Preserve unicode characters in console input/output
• Producers to be run at startup can be defined in casparcg.config
• Support 8K frames
• Support 4K DCI frames
• Remove undocumented CII and CLK protocol implementations
• Config parameter can be an absolute system path, not just relative to the working directory
• AMCP: Add CLEAR ALL command
• AMCP: Command batching syntax
• AMCP: LOAD/LOADBG/PLAY commands accept a CLEAR_ON_404 parameter, to instruct the layer to be cleared when the requested file was not found
• AMCP: Add commands to subscribe and unsubscribe to OSC on any port number
• AMCP: Add CALLBG command to perform CALL on background producer
• Build: Require C++17 for building
• Build: Support newer versions of Boost
• Build: Support newer versions of TBB
• Build: Disable precompiled headers for linux
• Build: Support VS2022
• Build: Replace nuget and locally committed dependencies with direct http downloads
• Build: Allow configuring diag font path at build time
• Linux: Support setting thread priorities
• Linux: Initial ARM64 compatibility
• Linux: Rework build to always use system boost
• Linux: Rework build process to better support being build as a system package
• Logging: add config option to disable logging to file and to disable column alignment
• Transitions: Support additional audio fade properties for STING transition

Fixes

• Crash upon exiting if HTML producer was running
• AMCP: Ensure all consumers and producers are reported in INFO commands
• AMCP: Deferred mixer operations were not being cleared after being applied
• AMCP: LOAD command would show a frame or two of black while new producer was loading
• OpenGL: Fix support for recent Linux drivers
• Linux: Fix endless looping on stdin
• Route: Fix error when clearing layer
• Transitions: Fix wipe duration

Producers

Improvements

• Decklink: Require driver 11.0 or later
• Decklink: Scale received frames on GPU
• FFmpeg: Update to v5.1
• FFmpeg: Improve performance
• FFmpeg: Allow specifying both SEEK and IN for PLAY commands
• HTML: Update to CEF 117
• HTML: CALL 1-10 RELOAD to reload a renderer
• HTML: Expose cache-path setting
• NDI: Upgrade to NDI5
• System Audio: Allow specifying output device to use

Fixes

• Decklink: Log spamming when using some input formats
• FFmpeg: Prevent loading unreadable files
• FFmpeg: Unable to play files with unicode filenames
• FFmpeg: Don't lowercase filter parameters
• FFmpeg: Support parameters with name containing a dash
• HTML: media-stream permission denied
• HTML: Expose angle backend config field, the best backend varies depending on the templates and machine
• HTML: Crash when multiple iframes were loaded within a renderer
• Image: Improve file loading algorithm to match the case insensitive and absolute path support already used by ffmpeg

Consumers

Improvements

• Artnet: New artnet consumer
• Decklink: Configure device duplex modes in casparcg.config
• Decklink: Output a subregion of the channel
• Decklink: Add secondary outputs in a consumer, to ensure sync when used within a single card
• iVGA: Remove consumer
• NDI: Upgrade to NDI5

Fixes

• Decklink: Fix stutter when loading clips
• FFmpeg: Fix RTMP streaming missing headers
• NDI: dejitter