Hippotizer Version 4.8.0 adds new features and functionality to V4 and V4+ systems.
| Software Assurance This version will install on all V4 and V4+ systems even if they report having expired Software Assurance, however when expired the output will be watermarked. Please see the Software Assurance section of this manual for more information for more info. Software Assurance on Hippotizer PREP and PLAY does not expire. |
- Systems currently running 4.4.X, 4.5.X, 4.6.X, or 4.7.X should export all programming, carry out a clean install and then import data into 4.8.0.
- Systems currently running 4.3.3 or older software must clean install 4.8.0; all existing programming and settings will be lost.
Installation Notes:
- The recommended capture card driver version has been updated. If you have a capture card fitted, please select ‘Yes’ when asked during installation to update your drivers to the correct version.
Features added in 4.8.0
Show Manager is now part of the HippoLauncher offering Hippotizer the capabilities to launch from a list of different show files for quick access. Show can also be locked limiting changes to a singular launched instance of a show file. The HippoLauncher has had some UI changes to accommodate the Show Manager, the user can now create shows with a unique name and description or select from an existing show and launch into either an editable, or locked state.
TCP/IP Launcher This module of HippoLauncher allows TCP strings sent across a network to launch specific shows from the Show Manager.
NDI 5.5 Support is now included in Hippotizer 4.8.0. All new features and support for NDI compliant products are included with NDI 5.5.
Media Encoding Expanded Hippotizer now has extended support for additional video codecs and improved compatibility with existing codecs.
Preset Timelines Are a new type of timeline that simplifies the UI for easily programmed preset only timelines. Timelines can be converted into a standard timeline from a preset timeline at the user’s discretion.
PLAY has been expanded to support unlimited mixes for a greater scope of access whether training or controlling Hippotizer servers.
SHAPE UI Docking Provides further customisation options for the SHAPE UI. New window options have been added to dock or pop-out UI elements. These new windows are utilised throughout SHAPE alongside an addition of a new Preview window, for displaying scene object outputs, and 3D viewer for visualising the 3D environment.
Automation Rate Monitor Now provides a readout for the user to monitor the update rate of incoming automation data. This readout is visible in SHAPE or as a new child Pin of SHAPE in Hippotizer.
Automation Modes Interprets automation data to align with specific protocol specifications.
Functionality Changes In 4.8.0
Nevis+ Status Component System status can now be monitored on the Nevis+ using the new Status component. This replaces the status pin found in the LED & Fan component.
Timeline has now been deprecated and replaced entirely by Timeline+. All timelines can be imported into the Timeline+ component to become compatible with this, and future releases.
Automation Controller is now the means to injest automation protocols into Hippotizer through the MultiController component. All previous automation support is maintained and should use the automation control source instead of individual protocol control sources.
‘All’ keyword added Remote control command pin can now take ‘All’ as a keyword for any of the functions in place of the Timeline ID number.
REST API ‘Callbacks’ We have added the ability for the REST API to generate “Callbacks” to users webpages to inform them of certain actions including, new media added, media change, timeline added and more.
Fixes in 4.8.0
- 4168 Zoom, ZoomX and ZoomY pins can now be correctly controlled by a Beatbridge speaker.
- 4515: Preset track in TimelinePlus now correctly applies presets.
- 4520: Fixed a crash in MediaManager if a new media transcode starts before MediaMap caching is complete.
- 4897 Scale of PixelMapperV4 fixtures now scales correctly with a change of the Pixelmap physical size.
- 4937 Flash/Highlight of fixtures in PixelMapperV4 now correctly lights the selected fixture.
- 4956 Optimised PixelMapperV4 actions within maps that include large numbers of fixtures.
- 5004 Improved wording of prompts when using the Shutdown Host and Shutdown Machine options in configurations page.
- 5074 Double clicking in a UI parameter group from a remote ZooKeeper now correctly resets all included parameters.
- 4839: Nevis+ now has a Status component to replace not having access to the LED & Fan component status pin.
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