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Fix Update: 4.4.1053

  • Fixed an issue causing a false positive with some virus scanners

6/19/2025 - 4.4.1053

Fix Update: 4.4.1050

  • Fixed issue with graphics card detection on app startup

6/16/2025 - 4.4.1050

Fix Update! 4.4.1045
Fixed: App may hang when starting up
Fixed: Some network printers don't show when printing
Fixed: Error when using the designation editor or transcript pane: Index was outside the bounds of the array.
Fixed: When replacing docs, name and admitted status may get cleared out
Fixed: Load printers when printing rather than at startup

6/13/2025 - 4.4.1045

1 New Feature and 15 fixes since v4.4.974

  • New: Allow a default settings XML file to be placed in machine storage

  • Fixed: Error opening case on NAS: Unable to write to the case folder

  • Fixed: Error when opening case: attempted to write to readonly database

  • Fixed: Startup may hang due to WMI system queries not responding

  • Fixed: Exporting WMV to video may not show picture

  • Fixed: Replacing a doc by re-adding with a different filename copies with old filename

  • Fixed: Suppress errors during waveform generation

  • Fixed: Hotkeys don't work on floating panes

  • Fixed: Exhibit list export may hang on a large case

  • Fixed: Exhibit list export doesn't show progress and can't be canceled

  • Fixed: Video export fails with error: Generic error in an external library

  • Fixed: Zoomed depo video exports unzoomed

  • Fixed: Hidden video shows on exported designation videos

  • Fixed: Edits to printed labels may not get saved

  • Fixed: Objection report placeholder columns may get populated if path is set

  • Fixed: Multiple text annotations on a page may not show correctly

5/30/2025 - 4.4.1033

1 new feature and 27 fixes since v4.4.906
What's New:
• New: Allow annotations on AV clips
• New: When opening a case, automatically mark the case database as writeable
• New: Add friendly error message when case folder is not writeable
• Fixed: Media Bar search should show partial document ID matches before pages
• Fixed: Media Bar search can be slow on a large case database
• Fixed: Media summary is slow to calculate for 1000s of docs
• Fixed: Media summary may show incorrect page count when multiple documents are selected
• Fixed: Notebook search may not find native files
• Fixed: Default hotkeys using comma may get unassigned
• Fixed: Opening a large case database may be slow
• Fixed: Deleting a lot at once may take a very long time
• Fixed: Stopping 'Get media info' in Media bar has no effect
• Fixed: Stopping slow delete operation has no effect
• Fixed: Stopping slow media bar search has no effect
• Fixed: Error showing media script: Index was outside the bounds of the array
• Fixed: Error exporting designation video: Device failed -17
• Fixed: Media summary shows wrong linked document IDs
• Fixed: Error searching media bar: An item with the same key has already been added.
• Fixed: Optimize video may cause rotated video to become stretched
• Fixed: Error opening old case: SQL logic error, no such column DisplayOrder
• Fixed: Exported clips do not show video annotations
• Fixed: When properties pane is open, admitted date/time may change unexpectedly
• Fixed: Copying a notebook entry may insert at the wrong position
• Fixed: Add Media popup should allow dupes when bulk renaming
• Fixed: Editing transcript ID does not update XML and may revert to old ID
• Fixed: Network printers don't show when printing
• Changed: Suppress logging of waveform generation
• Changed: Turn off auto database optimization when opening a case

4/4/2025 - 4.4.974

Fixed: Callout connector style of None gets reset when you relaunch
Fixed: Cue step back from the beginning of a designation should step backward from end of previous
Fixed: Cue step forward into next designation may not set correct position
Fixed: Error exporting video: could not find any MFT for the given media type
Fixed: Extraneous database overhead when deleting records

1/24/2025 - 4.4.906

121 fixes, 64 other improvements since 4.3.709
as of v4.4.870 (A15)

Highlights
  • Presenting: Mark media as admitted, use Publish Lock to prevent publishing unadmitted material

  • Media Bar:  Better search results, new filter options, Search results now show in notebook hierarchy

  • Documents:  Faster image exporting, more optimization options

  • Audiovisuals:  Better waveform support, more playback options

  • Designations:  Unlimited highlighters, hide video per-designation, find/replace transcript text

  • Transcripts:  Find and replace all text, export as text

  • Reporting:  Objection report improvements, designation reports with page/line only

  • Preferences:  Change scratch folder, customize playback speeds, more A/V and designation text options

  • Licensing:  Activation now applies to all users on a machine, new failsafe if server outage occurs

  • Runtime:  Update from legacy .Net Framework 4.8 to modern .NET 8 runtime that's self-contained

Media Bar

New: Color code or star admitted exhibits

New: Add option to match exactly when searching media bar

New: Add sort option for Admitted date

New: Add option to manually sort multi-deponent lists when sorting by pageline/highlighter

New: Media bar - Add search filters for scripts, links and notebooks

New: Add checkbox to "Optimize PDF" for rasterizing pages into new PDF (not foldered images)

New: Sorting media bar by date should default to "Sort Newest to Oldest"

New: Add "remove duplicate media" right-click option to notebooks - and remove auto-dedupe from Target Notebook

New: Add Fill/Clear Bates options to AV

Fixed: After turning off Show ID and Name, Show ID gets turned back on automatically but has no effect

Fixed: Selected media may get obscured when media info panel expands in media bar

Fixed: Media in script may not show duration summary when selection is changed quickly

Fixed: AV clip tuning may not be set correctly for clips duplicated in a script

Fixed: Renumber IDs command does not report progress correctly

Fixed: Media Bar - Name sort should work same as ID

Fixed: Copy/pasting media in script does not copy auto-advance wait time

Fixed: Pages and AV segments should not be expandable when added to notebook from scripts

Fixed: Don't show auto-advance wait time for designation lists

Fixed: Error when deleting clips: Count not find part of the path...

Fixed: Transcript rename error incorrectly states that only letters and numbers are allowed

Fixed: Media bar search results may not reappear after the search phrase is changed

Fixed: Optimize Video should not be available on Clip records

Fixed: Copy Clip/Annotation Info should be unavailable for segments/pages with no children

Fixed: Imported annotations failed to detect changes in pane layout

Fixed: Auto-advance options shouldn't be available on right-click menu for single desigantions in notebooks

Fixed: Open sidebar button should be grayed out if there's nothing to open (eg no notebooks)

Fixed: Bulk edit IDs should not allow spaces and other invalid ID chars

Fixed: Bulk edit ID/rename allows you to set duplicates

Fixed: Optimized PDF and Video should get new Created Date assigned in Windows

Fixed: Bates import may fail while checking dupes with overlapping assignments in text file

Fixed: Media bar search ordering should be based on relevance, not arbitrary DB order

Notebooks

New: When showing items added to target notebook, use all trees where notebook is expanded

New: Show notebook search results in actual notebook heirarchy

Fixed: On-the-fly impeachments get auto-added to target notebook with a 'Missing media' caption

Fixed: Notebooks can't be copy/pasted into the root level

Fixed: Notebook search may not match correctly on Native file names

Fixed: AV Clips imported from notebook shouldn't get re-added to segment if they exist

Presenting and Viewer

New: Add options for pres. status bar: Hide ID, show milliseconds on time

New: Add prefs option for color of Redact (R) tool

New: Automatically prompt user to optimize docs that are slow to load (popup, banner, etc)

New: Publishing designation with no video should auto-publish as text only

New: Prevent system from sleeping while presentation is open

New: Add a way to set resolution of images when using Copy/Save as Image in Viewer pane

New: Add option to revert display names to default

Fixed: When pages are deleted from a doc, the first/last media links in viewer do not update

Fixed: When a display is disconnected, other displays may lose their assigned names

Fixed: Native file popup remains when selecting designation list in viewer

Fixed: Updating a saved annotation in presentation doesn't update it if its also loaded into the Viewer pane

Fixed: Change native file instructions from 'media bar' to 'notebook'

Fixed: When changing media in a script, both old and new IDs briefly show at the same time in status bar and viewer

Fixed: Viewer toolbars, errors, and scrubber should reset when case is closed

Fixed: Line, Arrow, Freehand do not render correctly with Blend Mode other than Normal

Fixed: Setting Arrow thickness to None throws "object reference" error

Audiovisual Playback

New: Add 1.5x playback speed option

New: Add prefs setting for playback speed increments

New: Add "Clear screen when playback completes" for AV media

Fixed: Blanking at end doesn't work for full AV segments, only clips

Fixed: Undo caption when zooming AV shows "Undo Zoom Page"

Fixed: Waveform does not render for some encodings and container formats

Fixed: Video playback should not begin when publishing a split-screen page next to a clip

Fixed: Go to beginning button does not work when playing in reverse

Fixed: Reverse playback doesn't update frames but does update time

Fixed: Make scrubber labels more visible against waveform

Designations

New: On scrolling designation text, allow setting to zero emphasized lines in prefs

New: Add hotkey for toggling link split-screen on the fly

New: Add option to hide video per-designation

New: Add option to turn off doc links globally, like scrolling text

New: Allow adding more designation highlighters

New: Find/Replace all occurences of text in a transcript

New: Allow on-the-fly impeachments to be saved to target notebook

New: Add path/browse link to "Missing Video" popup when preview or publishing from Transcript Viewer

New: Allow saving designations zoomed in, and zooming on the fly

New: Add hotkeys (up/down) for scrolling transcript published as text

New: Add pref setting for text style of unsynched text in transcript pane

Fixed: Des. Editor allows setting link page/line out of range

Fixed: Error when scrolling text takes more space than available on the screen: "Assertion: height is non-negative"

Fixed: After unpinning transcript, it may not change until a new list is selected

Fixed: Prevent editing designation range to another video segment

Fixed: Make the Designation Editor usable with less vertical space (scrollbar?)

Fixed: When it opens, the transcript pane should show the active trancript in the tree or tuner if there is one

Fixed: Designation dashboard may not show the first time you publish

Fixed: Editing link pg/ln may not update tune point to the correct time

Fixed: When previewing designation tuning, the buttons may shift in the UI

Fixed: When replacing media, treatments/clips from original may not show until refresh

Fixed: Transcript search may not match unsynched text

Fixed: If the tuner is closed with unsaved changes, the user should be prompted to save immediately rather than later when the selection changes

Fixed: Transcript pane text may not automatically update with new highlighters when they're imported from prefs

Fixed: Prev/next designation buttons in dashboard don't show hotkey on the tooltip

Fixed: Don't allow preview option on unsynched transcripts

Fixed: When changing untuned link to first designation line, time should include min. offset

Fixed: Transcript viewer may not update after highlighters are edited/imported

Fixed: Hitting ESC should cancel out of the designation wizard

Fixed: Pause indicator may wrongly reappear on designation after changing tuning

Fixed: Copy Transcript Lines without Page/Line may format unprefixed lines incorrectly

Transcript Synching

New: Manually edit timecodes when synching

New: Manual Sync - Allow shifting timecode (using [/]) on multiple lines at once

New: Manual Sync - Allow clearing timecodes from multiple lines at once

New: Add "shift pagination up/down by x" to sync tool

New: Add line numbers to sync error popup in sync tool

New: Add segment indicators to transcript in sync tool

Fixed: In sync tool, when unsynched line in a different segment is selected, video position is not correctly set

Fixed: Edit transcript text dialog may have inconsistent text indentation

Fixed: Unsynched segments shouldn't get removed when saving changes in Sync tool

Fixed: Increase transcript sync times to double-precision

Fixed: Error editing transcript text with unsynched media segment: Index out of range

Fixed: Transcript sync tool may incorrectly set offsets for newly added segments

Fixed: Transcript sync tool may fail to show error message when saving with invalid sync

Fixed: After syncing lines in multiple segments, first transcript line of video may get duplicated

Fixed: Manual sync may set timecode incorrectly when synching segments out of order

Fixed: Manual sync may incorrectly show out-of-order sync indicator for lines in added segments

Fixed: Manual sync may fail to set page/lines for added segments

Fixed: Manual sync tool may not find video if extension does not match

Fixed: Sync tool should keep fewer transcript backups

Fixed: Manual sync tool may not let you start synching in the middle of an unsynched range

Fixed: Don't set sync point if video position is out of valid range

Reports

New: Obj report should warn of responses do not match objection pg:ln range

New: Obj report should show error if a response column is added without a objection column

New: Save export, report output paths to case settings

New: Show warning, not error, when objection report includes objections for a depo not in the current list

New: Add text encoding auto-detect when importing transcripts from text and obj report files

New: Add option for page/lines without text on designation report

Fixed: Designation report does not list linked docs for split-pane pages

Fixed: Objection report - Non-breaking space in objection causes them not to be included

Fixed: Objections TXT file with C2A0 (non-breaking space) cause line to be ignored. Should be replaced with space.

Fixed: Objection report should not show blank objections if column is missing from objection file

Fixed: Transcript highlighter priority by Highlighter order is reversed

Import and Export

New: Add "only selected notebook" checkbox to Exhibit List options

New: Add timecodes to ascii transcript export

New: When exporting images from notebooks, add option to exclude full docs that are in notebooks

New: Doc image export should export rasterzed pages directly when using original media dimensions

New: Add list/script checkboxes for exhibit list export

New: Export transcript to ascii with page/lines

New: Add option to include only admitted docs/AV in exhibit list export

New: Add prompt to create highlighters when importing new IDs

New: Include highlighters in XML export

Fixed: CMS transcript with dot in the deponent name may fail to import

Fixed: Line numbers with leading zeros don't get ignored when included in the transcript text

Fixed: When importing a non-OnCue transcript XML, notify the user that it is in fact a non-OnCue xml file

Fixed: Transcript import may truncate deponent name with accent characters

Fixed: Importing CMS may fail with error: "Specified argument was out of range..."

Fixed: CMS Import may assign wrong ID to first transcript line of video

Fixed: Error importing single-page transcripts: Sequence contains no elements

Fixed: Exporting video with zero length should give better error than "At least one input file must be specified for concatenation"

Fixed: Video export with hidden depo video may drop audio

Fixed: Video export fails with error: Cannot load cuDevicePrimaryCtxRetain

Fixed: Export popup does not save "Designation Line Format" setting

Fixed: Image export popup settings aren't saved after relaunch

Fixed: Can't set transcript date before year 1800 when importing

Fixed: Video export using Intel QSV may fail due to incorrect audio/video bitrates

Add and Remap Media

New: Add Media - Add delimiter option for "Nth space"

New: Remap media popup should auto-associated all segments when a new one is chosen, matching on filename pattern

New: Add option to ignore files with errors on Add Media popup

Fixed: When adding media using space as ID/Name delimiter, ignore leading spaces in filename

Fixed: Replaced docs get "(2)" added to filename instead of using original name

Fixed: Foldered pages should not get renamed when added, should be ordered numerically

Fixed: Replaced docs should not have name/bates cleared out if none are set on replacement

Printing

New: Adjust print label size presets to be larger

New: Add info tool tip explaining slip sheets

Fixed: Printed barcode replaces underscores with spaces

Fixed: When printing, 'Only print annotation' checkbox is not sticky

Fixed: Printing media from within notebook should use the media ID for the job name

Fixed: Print dialog may fail to activate after printing AV

Preferences

New: Add pref to change temp/scratch folder location

New: Add warning to H/W accelerated playback that it may cause slow loading

Fixed: Settings xml should not contain empty tags for missing values

Fixed: Assigning keypad + as Hotkey doesn't work

Fixed: Hotkey reference guide is missing background image and logo

Fixed: Rename 'case highlighters' to 'designation highlighters'

Fixed: Preferences text boxes should not allow user to enter extremely large numbers

Fixed: Preferences should not use E notation for showing numbers

Fixed: Database polling interval states that it accepts -1 value but does not

Licensing

New: Add means of license activation during server outage

New: Save license file in ProgramData as well as user's appdata, so that admin can activate for regular users

Database

New: Ignore leading zeros when retrieving/searching by name

Fixed: Database recovery leaves behind ".recovered" file even if it is irrecoverable

Fixed: Database Tools show unhelpful "Operation is not valid..." error if no db path is entered

Fixed: Can't retrieve a record by Name.Page if its name is all numbers

Fixed: Shorten shared case activity notification threshold to 15 minutes

Other

New: Make Retrieve by ID popup blink when it receives keystrokes

Fixed: Change "Retrieve by ID" caption to read "Type an ID, Name, or Bates then enter"

Fixed: Retrieve by ID should support Cancellation and not prevent case closure

Fixed: Properties pane does not let you edit the filename after changing extension to .ppt 

Fixed: Files pane list does not refresh when refresh button is clicked

Fixed: Include skipped updates in list when maually checking for updates

Fixed: Error changing multi-select list box: Assertion: index is between...

1/3/2025 - 4.4.870

Fixed: Importing list XML with split-screen annotation with same ID as existing single-page annotation may cause duplicate IDs

7/11/24 - 4.3.709

Fixed: Hovering over publish button when ribbon is collapsed causes binding error to be shown

Fixed: Can't advance media script with arrow after deleting items

Fixed: Scrolling text may show blank line when continuous text is turned on with 9 lines

Fixed: When importing transcripts, count all lines per page and use the most common

Fixed: Adding designation that span pages might unexpectedly split if lines-per-page is wrong

Fixed: Remove Overlaps and Merge Page-to-Page should not use "lines per page" setting on transcript

Fixed: CMS imported with extra lines on first page throws off page count

Fixed: When replacing multiple files that conflict with same existing ID, they may not get unique IDs assigned

Fixed: Adding foldered media with multiple dots in the folder name truncates incorrectly

Fixed: Add to Notebook submenu should not list native files

Fixed: Split-screen AV is blank when printed from the AV tree

Fixed: Video export fails with error: "OpenEncodeSessionEx failed: unsupported device"

Fixed: Change default video renderer back to VMR-9

Fixed: Media bar tab may not collapse correctly, showing blank space

Fixed: Error when replacing docs: LockTimeoutException

Fixed: Error when making lots of changes at once on a case shared on a NAS: 'SQL logic error'

Fixed: Error deleting split-screen annotation: 'The file is in use...'

Fixed: Saving annotations may fail with error: 'The process cannot access the file...'


New: Allow downgrades/rollback via updater

6/7/2024 - 4.3.668

Fixed: Time labels don't hide when blanking presentation

Fixed: Target notebook may fail to auto-scroll to the bottom when manually adding to it

Fixed: Video export may fail with error: 'Cannot load nvEncodeAPI64.dll'

Fixed: Transcript XML import fails with error: 'Object reference not set...'

Fixed: Error working in designation editor: "information for developers..."

Fixed: Video export may have poor quality

3/22/2024 - 4.3.592

Fixed: When video is blanked in presentation, X+ID to show a doc may fail and cause audio to continue playing

3/11/2024 - 4.3.589

Hotfix: Video export fails with error 'dl_fn→cuda_dl→cuInit(0) failed’

3/9/2024 - 4.3.587

195 bugs fixed, 105 other improvements


Media Bar

New: Fill Bates Numbers in Notebooks

New: For Renumber IDs, add option to choose starting ID

New: When adding scripts via "+" on media bar, default name should not conflict

New: Add option when deleting, to check for references in lists and notebooks

New: Add support for copy/pasting AV Clips in media bar

New: Allow copy/paste annotations between docs, pages

New: [Media Bar] Add hotkey for "Collapse All" (ctrl + F9)

New: Optimize Video on right-click to transcode to known good encoding

New: When editing transcript/depo ID, save deponent name/date back to transcript XML

New: Warn user when renaming and ID/Name/Bates conflict, including full barcode

New: Add "Sort by Timecode" option for AV clips in Media Bar

Fixed: Make PDF optimizer errors more friendly

Fixed: Media Bar should not refer to showing sidebar with selected as plural

Fixed: Items deleted from notebooks or lists may not be removed from tree until refresh

Fixed: Treatments imported with designation XML may not show in tree until refresh

Fixed: Media info/summary pane does not refresh when video is remapped

Fixed: Added pages using "Add Pages" may appear in reverse ID order until refresh

Fixed: Media Bar may behave as though previously selected items are still selected although they aren't

Fixed: Imported/filled Bates numbers may not update in Media Bar until refresh

Fixed: Media summary may not update after pages are added to the selected PDF

Fixed: [Media bar] Disclosure caret may fail to disappear from tree nodes when all children have been removed

Fixed: [Media Bar] Designation may not expand to show links added to the selected designation

Fixed: Publish as text not showing for individual designations

Fixed: Show Name/ID in media bar does not apply to child media

Fixed: Remove bulk edit ID/Name from transcripts tree

Fixed: Dragging transcript into Media Script should not show drop indicator

Fixed: When changing cases, sidebars showing single list/notebook should revert to showing all

Fixed: Can't drag child into last position under parent

Fixed: Sorting designation by transcript should sort on date first, then ID

Fixed: Can't add designation from right-click on a list in notebook

Fixed: Error dragging newly-saved annotation: "Object reference not set..."

Fixed: Edit ID should not allow you to add leading zeroes

Fixed: Tree caret may not disappear after last child is deleted

Fixed: [Media Bar] Add Clips ID dropdown is not sorted

Fixed: Create new list from selection does now allow you to click save

Fixed: When sorting designations, transcript should sort by deponent name, then date, then ID

Fixed: [Media Bar] Adding script/list from right-click menu does not set unique name

Fixed: Adding L1 media to list/script by media ID should add children as scenes

Fixed: When assigning Bates using F2, warning of dupe shows too late to be seen

Fixed: Import/Fill bates should not assign to depo segments or designation lists

Fixed: Sorting by last modified should not sort unmodified docs before most recent

Fixed: Drag-and-drop to reorder pages does not mark doc as modified

Fixed: [Media Bar] Turning off key navigation does not allow certain command hotkeys to work

Fixed: Show previous L1 by ID does not wrap to end from first ID

Fixed: Adding des. to script by ID adds existing scene rather than new designation

Fixed: Media bar may jump back to prior tab after clearing search then quickly switching tabs


Notebooks

New: Add support for native files in notebooks which open external apps on F5 or double-click

New: Show notebook separators as horizontal lines for 5x dashes or equals

Fixed: Foldered images dragged into Notebook get extra notebook added for the doc folder

Fixed: When reordering items in a notebook, discontinuously selected items should group together once moved

Fixed: Can't drag notebook descendent to after its parent if its parent is last child

Fixed: Designations in notebooks should not be able to be renamed

Fixed: When stepping thru designations in the editor, notebook sidebar does not update selection if it is last used

Fixed: Notebooks don't update correctly when moved to/from root-level

Fixed: Set Target Notebook should not be allowed on media entries in Notebooks

Fixed: Notebook "Add" options should not be available if multiple items are selected

Fixed: Add Notebook button (+) does not work if media is selected in notebook

Fixed: Fill Bates in notebooks assigns Bates multiple times if doc is in notebook twice

Fixed: Adding media IDs to script in Notebook causes error: "Operation is not valid..."

Fixed: Add to Target Notebook may cause error "Assertion: 'matches' count is between 1 and 1, inclusive"

Fixed: Presentation Notebooks drop-down does not show new Notebooks added since case was opened


Presentation and Viewer

New: Add "(2x)" caption on "Stop Presenting" commands

New: Allow adjusting the size, color, and placement of presentation Status Bar text

New: Show remaining time for AV playback in the presentation status bar

New: If depo video is missing, automatically look for the same file with any other AV file extension

New: Add toggle to begin AV playback automatically on publish

New: Add popup for notebooks, scripts on presentation toolbar (hidden by default)

New: Enable hardware acceleration for LAV Player

New: Add keyboard shortcut (shift + v) to hide designation video from view on-the-fly (and keep audio playing)

New: Add frame step buttons to presentation toolbar (shown by default)

New: Add option for confirmation when closing presentation

New: Add ability to show/hide buttons on viewer and presentation toolbars (separately)

New: Add Shift+Arrow as alternate hotkey for frame step

New: Add indicator to "Add to Target Notebook" on toolbar showing if auto-add is turned on

New: Add center alignment option for presentation status bar

New: Add 'media errors' to designation dashboard (for missing videos)

New: Add option to show playback elapsed time in pres. status bar

New: Add pref to start depo playback paused

New: Add 'Clear Viewer' button to Viewer pane

New: Show scrubber for depos in presentation

New: Add media ID to Publish tooltip in ribbon

New: Allow zooming on video clips

New: Allow split-screen layout to be saved with A/V clip and document

New: Add hotkey label to "Reset Zoom" command in menus

Fixed: Presentation status bar has no space between playback time and media ID

Fixed: AV scrubber tick lines become too dense for 4+hr clips

Fixed: Threads may deadlock when unloading multiple lav players simultaneously

Fixed: When publishing video from transcript, "begin playback automatically" setting is not honored

Fixed: Error when showing media script with missing AV file: "Failed to seek to position..."

Fixed: Waveform renders with uneven peak widths when high-dpi scaling is used

Fixed: Designation Clear Screen when playback complete does not work with AA off

Fixed: T to toggle scrolling text ON should work if designation text is turned OFF

Fixed: Publishing designation as text should continue until auto-advance is off

Fixed: Publishing transcript selection as text may present selected designation as text instead

Fixed: Designations published as Text Only may show out of order

Fixed: Scrubber may stop tracking position after playing to end of audiovisual media

Fixed: If an onscreen treatment is modified during designation playback, then the changes reappear if the treatment comes up again

Fixed: Newly linked treatments don't show in designation that's already loaded into presentation

Fixed: Hide keyboard status in presentation when its targeting the viewer

Fixed: Compound media rotations cause video to become skewed

Fixed: Publish from transcript may start paused due to bad sync times (old CMS import bug)

Fixed: Can't undo hitting ID+Enter to go to scene

Fixed: Show previous ID hotkey throws error when at the first ID: "Index out of range..."

Fixed: Viewer media links should open in media bar rather than sidebars if possible

Fixed: Scrolling pages (ctrl+scroll) quickly in viewer causes blank pages, error "Media brush must not change..."

Fixed: Waveform render may not get canceled when AV content is unloaded

Fixed: Unsynched AV may jump back to cue point when pausing

Fixed: Video blanks when app loses and regains focus

Fixed: Go To field in Viewer does not work when On-Air

Fixed: AV not show video frames on some machines for certain aspect/resolutions

Fixed: Error while updating viewer "Media brush must not change..."

Fixed: Pre-load media causes lag when scrolling pages

Fixed: Unsplitting linked media using "/" should not hide annotation toolbar

Fixed: Media script playback should use first child if media is top-level (L1)

Changed: Integrate EVRPresenter for rendering video and make it the default

Changed: Waveform should default to 1:1 in presentation

Fixed: Viewer labels may get out of synch with split-screen doc/AV

Fixed: When double-click to erase is set to "only when tool is active", callout tool can erase anything


Docs and Annotations

New: Allow split pane layout to be locked when saving annotations

New: Add "Lock on Save" toggle to automatically lock split-pane annotations when saved

Fixed: Error creating callouts when machine region uses comma as decimal separator

Fixed: Error when scrolling docs: "Object reference not set..."

Fixed: Saved annotations may get duplicate barcode assigned if Properties Pane is open

Fixed: Deskew does not get canceled when closing app

Fixed: Deskew pages does not properly report overall status

Fixed: When a saved annotation is unsplit, then updated, it does not remove its sibling treatment

Fixed: Split/scrolled treatments may lose one of the pages when saved or updated

Fixed: Saved annotations may show as not found if pages were added or removed from a doc

Fixed: Overlapping highlight annotations in same color may render with holes

Fixed: Changing color of highlight annotation may not correctly re-render with new color

Fixed: TIFF files are slow to load, rasterize at wrong resolution

Fixed: Errors while saving treatments may cause presented content to change

Fixed: Panning/scrolling pages and text stops working if you click too fast

Fixed: Updating a treatment should update the one for the active pane, not the one selected in the tree


Designations and Transcripts

New: Allow ctrl+select on transcript to add/save multiple designations at one time

New: Allow transcript to have no date, or time only

New: Create a single designation list for entire transcript

New: [Transcript Pane] Make "Add all to new list" button shown by default

New: Add .docx transcript import

New: Add support for importing unstructured transcript text

New: Add "Reset text size" to transcript viewers

New: Add timecode column to Transcript Viewer

New: Add log message when tuning is auto-saved in Designation Editor

New: [Manual Sync] Add confirmation to save before closing

New: [Manual Sync] Add ability to save changes without closing popup

New: [Manual Sync] Auto-select transcript after importing

New: [Manual Sync] Auto-find/add media segments when importing transcripts

New: [Manual Sync] Add auto QA when lines/segments are out of order

New: [Manual Sync] Add hotkey [,] for stepping sync point forward/back

New: [Manual Sync] Add slower playback speeds when synching (0.25, 0.5x, etc)

New: [Manual Sync] Allow editing transcript text, like in des. editor

New: Add instructions to Manual Sync tool

New: Add option enable find/replace when editing transcript text

Fixed: Remove Overlaps may fail to set videoID correctly, causing error on re-import

Fixed: Remap and sync tool do now allow browsing to audio files

Fixed: Highlighters may fail to update in UI after changing colors or names

Fixed: Can't use spacebar after editing pg/ln range in tuner

Fixed: Edited transcript text may not show on designations

Fixed: Remap video paths may not update top-level AV/Depo record path

Fixed: Transcript row height stops getting smaller as text is shrunk

Fixed: [Transcript pane] Allow transcript/highlighter drop-downs to shrink so they don't overflow

Fixed: Deleted (deferred) designations may trigger warning that designations exist when deleting a transcript

Fixed: [Manual Sync] Error clicking transcript while playback is running: "Can only change SelectedItems..."

Fixed: Error when opening transcript sync tool: "horizontalDimension is not NaN or Infinity"

Fixed: Transcript can't read short dates and times (eg "1am", "2/23 3p")

Fixed: Transcript pane Go To field shows red error indicator when emptied

Fixed: App hangs with high CPU when using "Cue Step Backward" repeatedly on presented designations

Fixed: Tuning a clip does not update the list "modified" date

Fixed: Designation playback may begin unexpectedly if first clip has zero duration

Fixed: Des. export to text with "PG:LN - PG:LN" format is missing [transcript] tags; won't re-import

Fixed: Des. export to text with "PG:LN - PG:LN with text" should be labeled "won't re-import" (does not re-import in v3 either)

Fixed: Error "index is between 0 and 0" when transcript viewer is refreshing

Changed: Change sync tool so single-click does no seek; only double-click does

Changed: Change "Toggle" to "Hide/Show" for video and scrolling text commands

Fixed: Transcript imports with "§" in text

Fixed: Importing list XML with all missing media should not create an empty list

Fixed: Video export may fail for raw audio files in media script

Fixed: Edit Colors popup shows custom colors as all black

Fixed: Designation editor may only show last line of designation


Reports

New: Add option to turn off doc links on Designation report

New: Rebuild Legacy reports in QuestPDF, including newer features

New: [Des. Report] Option to show "(edited)" on edited lines

New: Add option to condensed transcript report to have all pages condensed after cover page

New: Add option to toggle priority for highlighter overlap on Transcript report

New: Add setting to XML for max perceived lightness of HL color on reports

New: Show line number when Objection Report input file has page/line error

Fixed: Renamed doc ID may not be reflected on report for newly imported des lists

Fixed: Objection reports may not read obj text file with correct encoding

Fixed: Objection report with Word format throws error for single-line designations/objections

Changed: Remove legacy reports and dependencies


Import / Export

New: Add HW acceleration support for video export

New: Add "update" clarification to Import popup

New: Allow exporting individual designations to video

Fixed: Transcript text import may include garbage if source file has UTF-8 encoding

Fixed: CMS Import may set sync times incorrectly for lines adjacent to unsynched lines

Fixed: Can't export synched audio with embedded text

Fixed: [Video Export] Scrolling text hidden by a link may not reappear once the link is cleared

Fixed: Video export may throw error when time before/after links is very short

Fixed: Exported AV clip audio may cut off early when source has MP3 audio track

Fixed: Video export may fail for audio-only media in scripts

Fixed: Video Export is glitchy when some clips have audio and others don't

Fixed: Exported transcripts in XML may not auto-reimport with list if they were marked as a non-depo transcript

Fixed: Exhibit list export does not sort transcripts by id

Fixed: MDB import throws error if no deponent name is set

Fixed: When exporting video with missing transcript XML, error message is unhelpful

Fixed: Error importing CMS with multiple transcripts: "The given key was not present..."

Fixed: Import from TXT with ID conflict does not let you click OK on rename prompt

Fixed: Transcript text import may set lines per page incorrectly

Fixed: Media script export to video should use first segment if media is top-level AV

Fixed: Media script import should add L1 IDs as first child

Fixed: Bates fill/import conflict list shows dupes

Fixed: Notebook import takes a long time with 7000 docs

Fixed: Video encoding to MPEG-1 may fail if source has 8 kHz sample rate

Changed: Consolidate video export for lists to single ffmpeg operation per clip

Changed: Increase large label size on Image Exports

Changed: Make ffmpeg "Conversion failed!" error more friendly

Fixed: Video export may be jerky using Original size with multiple source formats

Fixed: Video export may fail if settings change while export is running


Adding Media

New: Recreate folder structure in case media folder when dropping folder with nested media

New: Add AMR audio playback extension

Fixed: When a PDF is replaced by AV with same ID, media gets put in wrong tree and folder

Fixed: Deleted AV may not delete the media file from the case folder

Fixed: Encrypted PDF may show as corrupt on Add Media popup

Fixed: [Add media] Use Page Numbers as Bates setting is not sticky

Fixed: Add media dialog may fail to finish checking for ID conflicts when it shows

Fixed: Multiple Add Media windows open if you drag more files in while one is up

Fixed: Replacing doc by dragging into Media Bar causes split-screen annotations to be lost


Preferences

New: Add "Reset to Defaults" to keyboard preferences sections

New: Add "Reset to Defaults" for each section of Pref panes

Fixed: Prompt user to save preferences before exporting

Fixed: Importing prefs does not include Case Highlighters

Fixed: Can't unset a hotkey once one has been set on a command

Fixed: Prefs "Reset to Defaults" does not work on presentation status bar settings

Fixed: Can't assign hotkey to Publish as Text command

Fixed: Color preset hotkeys in Presentation Prefs do not save when changed

Fixed: Typo in prefs > general > advanced: "sotware"

Fixed: Hotkeys that have been changed in prefs but not yet saved don't get checked for conflicts when editing others

Changed: Improve layout of preference panes

Changed: Add notice to Reset Settings popup that it won't reset case paths

Changed: Prefs export should go to _exports folder by default

New: Add pres toolbar dock/position to preferences


Properties

New: Allow editing folder and filename in Properties pane for docs, AV, depos

Fixed: [Properties Pane] Show most recent "modified by" info for lists/scripts that includes changes to media/tuning

Fixed: Properties pane scrollbar may stop working after the selected record is changed

Fixed: Can't use mouse wheel to scroll properties pane

Fixed: [Properties pane] start/stop time on tuned clips show in reverse order


Printing

Fixed: Print job name for notebook should be notebook name

Fixed: [Printing] Include subnotebook checkbox is broken

Fixed: Print preview page number does not update shown page when changed


New Case

Fixed: Can't add spaces to case name

Fixed: [New Case] Disable 'Create Case' button until a case name is entered

Fixed: Error when creating a new case with a space at the end of the case name


Database

New: Add indicator showing other users' activity in the case

New: Migrate case/repository to nested context with case lifetime scope

New: Add support for async streams to database API

New: Track database changes and auto propagate to all active users

New: Track machine name in Users table

New: When database I/O errors occur, recommend that the user move their case to C: (e.g. desktop)

New: Add busy indicator when database contention is high

Fixed: Error thrown when Publish tooltip changes: "A TwoWay or OneWayToSource binding cannot ..."

Fixed: Assertion failure errors show redundant error message

Fixed: Optimize DB should purge deleted script and notebook entries

Fixed: Malformed database errors may not get reported correctly, or cause app to hang

Fixed: Track created/modified dates in universal time

Fixed: Modified By/On fields may not get read correctly from database

Fixed: Prevent SQLite from creating a new DB file if the old one disappears due to network/NAS glitch

Fixed: Select from database by primary key ignores "order by" parameter

Fixed: Suppress database notification when running background optimization

Fixed: Improve delete performance so that deferred deletion is not necessary

Fixed: Database auto-retry delay is too long; calculation is backward

Fixed: Database connections take longer to open the longer the app is open

Changed: Refactor repository access, change notification to occur within records


Other

New: [Files pane] Add column for Date Modified

New: Add "will not cancel subscription" to Deactivate License on menu

Fixed: Edit Color popup displays incorrect RGB hex value for selected color

Fixed: Log file may not get split up according to max size settings

Fixed: Remove IEquivalence extension methods from 'object' type

Fixed: Workflow ribbon and Displays/Publish may be grayed out if ribbon was closed previously

Fixed: Access Violation in LAVVideo.ax may get logged when app is closed

Fixed: Help tooltip on 'Optimize PDF' says "Exporting Images" (link is correct)

Fixed: Error logged on app shutdown: "System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception: Invalid window handle"

Fixed: Pane text may turn black when the pane is made floating

Fixed: Some open panes may not reopen when OC is relaunched

Fixed: Null reference exception when unloading AV media

Fixed: Invocation throttling should invoke only once per interval, but it invokes once for each request

Fixed: When switching panes, keyboard focus may stick with prior pane (eg Go To in Transcript pane)

Fixed: If an error occurs while loading the workspace, the default Annotate/Present workspace should load automatically

Fixed: Error on startup: "Object reference not set to an instance of an object in PathTextBlock.cs"

Fixed: Double-click to toggle auto-advance can cause database to hang

Fixed: Changing workspaces with Media Bar Search open causes it to get stuck hidden

3/8/2024 - 4.3.578

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