Hippotizer Version 4.8.3 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.X.
- Systems currently running 4.3.3 or older software must clean install 4.8.3; 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.
- MA3 personalities are now included in the installation directory. After installing Hippotizer they can be found in: C:\Program Files\GreenHippo\HippotizerV4\documentation\3rdParty
Features added in 4.8.3
Timeline+ Improvements
- Extended media player ribbon info overlay to include duration and start time.
- Media player clip info now shown in properties panel.
- Media player keyframes can now snap to the end of a clip ribbon.
- Auto-Play timelines on start-up options now added to timeline properties.
- Added a search feature for Timeline+ tracks. Search filtering can now be stored directly into track filters.
- Adding search filtering in the properties panel.
- Show only tracks with keyframes button added in the track filter section of the Timeline+ editor.
- New right click menu option for inserting previous or following keyframes when hovering over a track in the timeline editor.
New MacroManager functions for HTTP devices
- Added both ‘Get’ and ‘Post’ functions to the MacroManager allowing for commmunication to a specified address, with support for header and media type information.
Functionality Changes In 4.8.3
Expanded Timeline+ API for MacroManager to include a timecode enabled object.
Mpeg Converter tool is now deprecated and has been removed from the HippoLauncher Advanced tab. Please use version 4.5 of Hippotizer to convert V3 libraries to the FlexRes format.
Mask FX Update Included a 5th parameter; Play mode: values below 0.5 are play forward once playmode, values of 0.5 or above are play forward looping playmode. Play modes affect the masking clip only.
Fixes in 4.8.3
- 5636: Duplicate right click menu option removed from unsupported MultiController devices.
- 5656; Fixed double click to reset shortcut on some elements in the Mixes page.
- 5689; Fixed timecode offset, through the Notch Engine, becoming incrorrect after a restart of Hippotizer Engine.
- 5690: Automatically close ZooKeeper sub-windows after 10 seconds when using HippoLauncher ‘Shutdown ZooKeeper’ button or closing a main ZooKeeper window.
- 5719: Updated Touch Engine SDK to allow texture sharing support for later versions of Tox components.
- 5741: Fixed the shape visualiser pin, when set to shaded texture mode, incorrectly showing the ZooKeeper background texture.
- 5796: Fixed Preset Timeline not controlling a remote Engine after the remote has been restarted.
- 5812: Fixed an Engine crash when connecting a Streamdeck to the server while running.
- 5819: Improved ZooKeeper performance for increased quantity of pins in custom views.
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