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Switch2.0.2ReleaseNotes

Switch™Telestream®Switchisanaward-winningcrossplatformmediaplayer,inspector,andcorrectiontool forprofessionals.Switchcomesinthreeversions:SwitchPlayer(free),SwitchPlus($49),andSwitchPro($295).SwitchPlayerisarobustmulti-formatmediaplayerwithdeepinspectioncapabilities.Themediaplayersupportshigh-qualityplaybackforMXF,GXF,MPS,MTS,MOV,MP4,LXFandmore.Theinspectordisplaysmediapropertiesincludingaudiochannels,aspectratio,bitrate,encodingformatsandmore.InSwitchPlayer,exportiswatermarkedorlimitedto30secondsorhalfthedurationofthemediafile.SwitchPlusisperfectforvideoeditorsandpost-productionprofessionals.Plusaddssupportfor embeddedcaptionplaybackandsubtitlefiles;professionalaudiometers;exporttoMP4,QuickTimeMOV,MPEG-2ProgramStreamsandTransportStreams;aswellasadditionalplaybacksupportfor:HEVC,MPEG-2 (Windows),andAC-3audio.

SwitchProisdesignedforBroadcastandMediaQCanalysisprofessionals.Proaddsfullplaybacksupportforadditionalformats:IMF,DNxHD,andJPEG-2000;extendstheprofessionalAudioMeters(includedinPlus)toincludealoudnesspanelwithoptionstocalculateloudnessgated(BS1770-3)orungated(BS1770-2);aswellasdeeperinspectionofapplicationspecificmetadata(e.g.,AS-11withDPPmetadata)aswellasvisualrepresentationofthevideo’sGOPstructure.SwitchProalsohasaninterlacingoptiontodisplayFields.SwitchProalsoaddsexportcapabilitiesincludinganiTunesexportpresetforcreatingasset-onlyiTunesstorepackages.

SystemRequirementsMacMinimumSystemRequirements OperatingSystem:OSX10.10orhigher CPU:AllMacsthatsupport10.10andabove,2.4GhzCore2Duoorfaster.


AnyCorei3,i5,ori7 RAM:4GBormore 256MBormore Display:1280x768orlarger,50Hzorfaster

WindowsMinimumSystem Requirements OperatingSystem:Windows764-bitSP1,Windows8,Windows8.1,

Windows10 CPU:2.4GhzCore2Duoorfaster.AnyCorei3,i5,ori7 RAM:4GBormore AnygraphicsadapterthatsupportsDirect3Dfeaturelevel10.1orbetter 256MBormore Display:1280x768orlarger,50Hzorfaster

Switch2.0.2IMPROVEMENTS

• Addedsupportforthe'R10g'videofour-character-codefromAJAasanequivalent

formatfor'R10k'(AJA10-BitRGB).• Thedefaultframeratefortranscodetemplatesisnowthesourceframeratewhen

possible.• Switch'svideopreviewnowusesLanczosscalingbydefaultinOSX10.11andlater,

toimprovethequalityofthevideowhenscaled.Thiscanbecontrolledviathe"Usehigh-qualityscalingforvideoplayback"preference.

• Whenmultipleaudiotracksarepresent,andtheycontainmorethanonechanneleach,Switchwillnowautomaticallysolothefirsttrackthatmatchesthesystemlanguage.Ifnonematchthesystemlanguage,thenthefirsttrackwillbesoloed.Thisavoidshavingmultiplelanguagesofaudioplayingsimultaneouslybydefault.

• Audiometerswillnowcontinuetoupdateevenwhenplaybackismuted.Theywillbedimmedtoreflectthattheyaremuted.

• AddedsupportforAppleLosslessAudioCodec(ALAC)decoding.• Thecurrentplaybackratewillnowpersistwhilelooping.• A"PauseAll"menuitemisnowavailablewhenallcurrentlyopenedvideosare

playing.


• Clickinganywhereinasecondaryfileinthecontainertaboftheinspectornowselectsthatrow.Previously,therewasanareawithinthatrowwhich,whenclicked,woulddisplayapopuprevealingthepathofthefile.Sincethisareatookupmostoftherow,itwouldfrequentlygetinthewayofmakingaselection.Youcanstilldeterminethepathofthefileusingthe"ShowinFinder"or"CopyURL"menuitemsintheaction(gear)button.

• Inanattempttoaidindeterminingwhencaptiontracksarepresentinsourcefiles,withouthavingtodoanexhaustivesearchofthemediathatwouldcausedelays,Switchwillnowsearchthemetadataforeachvideosamplethatisdisplayed,regardlessofwhethercaptionsareenabled.Acaptiontrackwillbeaddedintheinspectorwhencaptionmetadataisfound.

• SwitchwillnowdifferentiatebetweenC608andC708captionsinthetracklistintheinspector.Thereforeitisnowpossibletoviewcaptiontracksfor608and708captionsintheinspector.

• Addedfit-to-screenconstraintsizesforiPhone5/6/6Plus,iPad3/4/Air/Pro,AppleWatch,2K,UHD,&4K.

• Enabledsupportforraw8-bitunsignedLPCMinAVIcontainers.• Forexports,thedefaultresizemodeisnowLetterbox/Pillarbox.• ImprovedthemappingofMicrosoftWaveFormataudiocodestofourcharacter

codessothatASFandAVIcontainerscanmorefrequentlyidentifycodecs.• SwitchwillnowskipbadpacketsinASFcontainersratherthanaborting.This

allowsforplaybackoftherestofthemovieafterthebadpacket.• AddedsupportforE-AC3SystemB(DVB)audiotrackdetectioninMPEG-2

TransportStreamandProgramStreamcontainers.Decodesupportisnotavailable.• Switchwillnowdropoutoffullscreenmodewhentheapplicationorfrontmost

playerwindowbecomesinactive.• Multiplesecondaryaudioorsubtitlefilescannowbeaddedatonce.• Improvedsubtitle/captionmenuitemsforclarity.• Addedanerrortotheexportsummarydialogifyouattempttoexportvideowitha

non-zerocleanaperturetoMPEG-2ProgramorTransportStreamsasthesecontainersdon'tsupportit.

FIXES• Whenencounteringmultipleaudiotracks,wheresomearesupportedandothers

arenot,Switchpreviouslywasunabletoplayanyaudio.Now,weskiptheunsupportedaudiotracksandplaythesupportedones.

• Fixedabugthatcausedcorruptedaudioplaybackwhenanunsupportedaudiotrackprecededasupportedone.


• Toaidindistinguishingbetweenunsupportedaudioandaudiothatcontainssilence,therearenowbadgesintheaudiotracktableintheinspectorthatlabeleachtrackaseitheravailable,unsupported,requiringSwitchPlus,orrequiringSwitchPro.

• FixedabugthatpreventedplaybackofDNxHRfromwithinMOVandMP4containers.

• Fixedabugthatpreventedtheuseofthex264bitratecommandlineparameterforexports.

• MXFXDCAMfilesnowshowcommercialnameintheformatsectioninsteadof'mp2v'.

• FixedacrashwhentryingtoopenaparticularDigitalCinemaPackage(DCP)JPEG2000MXFfile.

• FixedaproblemthatpreventedtheuseofEBUSTLsubtitlefileswhoseTimeCode:Start-of-Programme(TCP)valueislargerthantheTimeCode:FirstIn-Cue(TCF),TTITimeCodeIn(TCI),andTTITimeCodeOut(TCO)values.

• FixedabugthatcausedsplitcaptionsfromWebVTTfilestodisplaywithoutaspacebetweensomewords.

• SwitchnowtoleratestheincorrectuseoftheVC-3picturecoding(DNxHRHQX)labelinBlackmagicDaVinciResolveMXFfiles.

• RelaxedvalidationrequirementsforDFXPcaptionfilestosupportthosecreatedby3PlayMediawhichfailtoincludetheXMLdeclarationnode.

• SwitchcannowdetectPackedRGB555,PackedRGB565,andMicrosoftRLEinAVIcontainers,eventhoughtheseformatsarenotplayable.

General• SwitchnolongerabortsindexingAVIfileswhenunsupportedaudiois

encountered.Thisallowsplaybackoftheothersupportedmediainthefile.• Fixedseveralproblems,includingacrashonWindows,whenopeningavideo

whilethestorewindowwasopen.• Fixedacrashwhenattemptingtoopenfileswithunsupportedvideo.• FixedacrashwhenopeningMP4orMOVcontainerswithnullmediaheadersand

notimecode.• Improvedperformancewhenresizingcausesthewindowtoextendpastthe

boundsofthescreen.• Fixedabugthatcausedthe"Subtitle/CaptionSource"menuitemonWindowsto

alwaysbedisabled.• Fixedabugthatcausedanyx264commandlineparametersenteredincustom

modetocontinuetobeusedwhenswitchingtoapreset.• Fixedabugthatcausedexternalpreviewtostopworkingafterswitchingdevices.


• FixedabugintheAIFFcontainerreaderthatmadeitassumeallaudiowasPCM.ThisresultedincompressedaudiobeingtaggedasLPCMwhichresultedincorruptedaudioplaybackinSwitch.

• UpdatedtheAVIcontainerreadertosupportdetectingaudioformatsthatarespecifiedbythesubformatfieldoftheWAVEFORMATEXTENSIBLEstructure.

• EnabledidentificationofAACandAC-3inAVIcontainers.• Fixedabugthatcausedtrimmedexportstoalwayshaveoneadditionalvideo

frameandcausedthe"Go"buttoninthetrimsectionoftheinspectortojumptothatsameoneextraframepasttheoriginallyintendedendofthetrim.

• Fixedabugthatcausedthetruncateddurationofunlicensedexportstobeincorrectwhenexportingtoacompressorpresetthatusesadifferenttimescalethanthesource.

• FixedahangwhenattemptingtoplayanH.262MPEG-2ProgramStreamfileexportedbySwitch.

• FixedacrashwhenplayingMXFOP-1b.• FixedabugthatcausedAACaudioinanMPEG-2ProgramStreamtobesilentin

Switch.• Fixedabugthatcausedeitherwastedtime,orlostframes,inexportswith

trimmedleadersandchangedframerates.• Fixedabugthatcausedtranscodeexportswithtrimsandreducedframeratesto

includesuperfluoushiddenframes,therebybloatingthefilesizeunnecessarily.Transcodeexportswillnolongerincludeanyhiddenframes.

• FixeddisplayofGOPtimelineathighresolutions.• Fixedabugthepreventedtheexportofthecurrentvideoframewithfileswhose

decompressorsgenerate'NV12'video.• Fixedabugthatcausedthemagnifyingglassbuttonintheexportprogressdialog

torevealallpriorexports,whenitshouldonlyrevealtheoneexportitisassociatedwith.

• FixedabugthatcausedtheaudiosampleratepopupintheinspectortobeblankifthesourceusedasampleratethatSwitchdoesnotsupportforexport.Now,Switchwilldefaultto48kHz.

OSX

• Fixedabugthatcausedthewrongexternaldevicetobemarkedasactive.• Pendingchangesintheinspectorarenowautomaticallycommittedwheninitiating

anexport.• Fixedabugthatcauseddisplayproblemswhenpastingmultiplelinesoftextinto

textfields.• Disableduser-invokedcompletionintextfieldsviatheescapekeyastheyare

inappropriate.


• Fixedabugthatpreventedthesystem-providedundoandredofromworkingintextfields.

Windows

• Fixedseveralbugsthatpreventedplaybacknavigationviathekeyboardafterinteractingwiththetimeline.

• AudiometerswillnowworkevenwithoutanaudiodeviceonWindows.KNOWNISSUESGeneral• CEA-708captionsinsertedintoH.264videoinanMP4fileviaVantagemayhavebe

displayedatimproperpositionsinSwitchonWindows,andmaycauseproblemswiththevideoqualityonOSX.Bothplatformsmayexhibitaudio/videosynchronizationissues.

• Frameswithlongdurationsmaketimedisplayappeartostallbecauseitalwaysshowsthepresentationtimeoftheframe.

• VANCisnotoutputinfastforwardandreverseplaybackmodes.• ASFfileswithvariableframeratedisplayincorrectframerateintheinspector.• Ifthefirstvideosamplecannotbereadwithin3seconds,openingthefilewillfail.• NodetectionofinterlacedcontentisdoneforWindowsMediafiles.• WMVsourcesexportfileswithA/Vsynchronizationissueswhentranscodedto

H.264inaMPEG-2TSorMPEG-2PScontainer.

Windows• AncillaryLTCtimecodeisnotpassedwhenusingtheKONA4Gwiththe4kmode

firmware.• AncillaryLTCtimecodeisnotpassedwhenseeking/scrubbing.MacAppStore• IntheMacAppStoreversionofSwitch,whenopeningafilethatreferencesother

files,suchasQuickTimeReferenceMoviesorIMFXMLfiles,Switchwillprompttheusertoexplicitlygivepermissiontoopeneachofthereferencedfilesinordertosatisfythesandboxrequirements.UserswhopurchaseSwitchdirectlyfromTelestreamdonothavetoperformtheseadditionalsteps.


• UserswhopurchaseSwitchPlusfromtheMacAppStoreandthendecidetopurchaseSwitchProarenotofferedupgradepricing,butinsteadmustmaythefullprice.

Switch2.0.1FIXESCustomerIssues

• PreventSwitchfromlaunchingonOSX10.9,whichisunsupported• Preventopeningofbundledirectories,suchasFinalCutProXCameraArchivesand

ACHDpackages,topreventtheOSfromchangingthepermissionsandmakingthemunusable

• Fixedacrashthatoccurredwhencertainsystemfontsweredisabled,corrupted,ormissingonOSX

• Addedtheabilitytotogglebetween2ormoreSDIdevicesinExternalPreviewGeneral

• Fixedtheexportaudiobitratepopupintheinspectortonotbeemptybydefault• FixedanissuewhereA/Vsyncwasoffwhenaddingatriminaudiotranscodemode• Fixedaproblemwhereexportmenuoptionsandkeycommandsfailtorespond• FixedsituationswhereAJAdeviceswouldoutputnoisewhenaudioisdisabled• Fixedaproblemwhereframecountandtimecodedisplaymodeswereenabledwhen

therewasnovideo• FixedaproblemwherechangingtheinterlacingmodeusingSDIwillcausetheplayer

tostopworking(WINDOWSONLY)• IfFlip4Macisinstalled,WindowsMediadecodingwillbeavailableinSwitchPlayer

Switch2.0NEWGeneral

• Addedsupportfordisplayinginterlacedfieldssidebyside.


• AddedsupportfordecodingWindowsMediaVideoandWindowsMediaAudioinASFfiles,includingWMA7/8,WMA9Standard,WMA9Pro,WMA9Lossless,WMA9Voice,WMA10Pro,WMV7,WMV8,WMV9Standard,WMV9Advanced,andMicrosoftSMPTEVC-1.

• Addsupportforscrubbingusingthemousewheel,trackpad,andmagicmouse.• Audiopeakmeterdisplayswillnowbedimmedformutedchannels.• Themuteandsolobuttonsontheaudiometerwindowcannowbeusedtocontrol

anentiretrack.• AddedsupportforrunningSwitchforWindowsonaLightspeedServer.• Addedpersistenceofsettingforenablingclosedcaptionsinallfiles.

CustomerRequestedFeatures

• Addedsupportforomittingvideoandexportingonlyaudio.• AddedtimelineviewofGOPstructureanddatarate.• Addedtheabilitytoopenmultiplesecondaryaudioorsubtitlefilesatonce.• Addedtheabilitytodraganddropmediaontothewelcomedialogtoopenthem.• Addedtheabilitytodraganddropsecondaryaudioand/orsubtitlefilesontothe

containertaboftheinspector.• Addedsupportfor24-bitand32-bitAppleQuickTimeAnimationRLEdecoding.• Addedpersistenceofthetimedisplaytypesetting.• Addedtheabilitytopassclosedcaptions(608and708),AFD,V-chip,andtimecodeas

VANCtoexternalpreviewdevice.• AddedsupportforAJAandBlackmagic10-bitRGBdecoding.• Addedsupportforpreserving'©mak','©mod',and'©xyz'metadatainQuickTime

MOVfiles.• Addedtheabilitytojumptoadesiredtime,timecode,orframenumber.• Addedsupportforaudiodeviceswithmorethan8channels.• Addedsupportforrestoringtheplacementoftheinspectorandaudiometer

windows.FIXESCustomerIssues

• WorkedaroundabuginFinalCutProXthatcreatesH.264MOVfileswhosecontainerreportsaframerateof29.97fpsbutwhoseessencereportsaframerateof25fps.TobeconsistentwithAppleapplications,theessenceframerateisnowignoredinthiscase.


• FixedabugthatcausedaudiooutputtoAJAhardwaretobe6dBtoolow.• ImprovedperformanceofplaybackfromMPEG-2TransportStreamswithcaptions

displayed.• Fixedahangthatoccurredwhileplayingbackwardswithloopenabled.• Improvedplaybackperformanceatendofvideowithclosedcaptionenabled.• ImprovedtoleranceofmalformedGXFfiles.• FixedabugthatcausedthecolorofHEVCfilescreatedbyEpisodetobewashedout.• FixedacrashwhenopeningsomeSCCfiles.• FixedabugthatpreventedtimecodefromdisplayingproperlyinMXFproxyfiles.• FixedabugthatpreventedMPEG-2GOPtimecodefromdisplaying.• Fixedabugthatcausedthewrongkeytobeusedforgeographiclocationmetadata.• FixedabugthatcausedSDvideotobecroppedwhenviewedfullscreen.• FixedabugthatpreventedthelastlineofcaptionsfrombeingdisplayedinProRes

files.• FixedabugthatpreventeddisplayoftimecodeandcaptionsinMP4files.• FixedabugthatcausedlossofA/Vsyncwhenopeningtheaudiometerswindow

whileplaying.• FixedabugthatpreventedplaybackofHEVCfilescreatedbyEpisode.

General

• Fixedabugthatcauseda404errorwhensigningupforthemailinglistintheMacAppStoreversion.

• FixedabugonWindows7thatcausedtheaudiometerstoflash.• FixedabugthatpreventedtheiTunesStorePackageProfilepopupmenutonot

displayundercertainconditions.• Fixedabugthatpreventedthedisplayofwarningsintheexportsummarydialog

whenexportingiTunesStorepackages.• Fixedabugthatcausedthecontainertypeintheexportsummarydialogtoalwaysbe

MOV,regardlessofthesettings,whenexportingiTunesStorepackages.• FixedacrashwhenencounteringinvalidIMFfiles.• AudiofromsecondaryfileswillbeomittedfromtheprimarymediafileiniTunes

Storepackageexports.Additionally,anyaudiotracksthatcontainaudiofrombothprimaryandsecondarysourceswillalsobeomitted,andyouwillbewarnedaboutthesemixedtracks.

• FixedanaudioclickingdistortioninMXFOP-1bfiles.• ITTfileswillbeassignedthedata_fileroleof"subtitles"andSCCfileswillbeassigned

theroleof"captions"iniTunesStorePackagemetadataXML.Inaddition,theiTunesStorePackagevalidatorwilldisplayawarningwhenuserstrytocreateiTunesStorePackageswithsubtitlesthatarenotfromITTorSCCfiles.


• FixedabugthatcausedpreferencestobeallclearedonWindowswhenresetting.Nowtheyreturntotheirdefaultvalues.

• Preventedacrashinthex264encoderbynotallowingodd(asopposedtoeven)videodimensions.

• Subtitletracksthatrequireindexingnowhavetheirdurationsupdatedwiththeresultsofindexing.

• FixedseveralbugsthatpreventedopeningandplaybackofIMFpackagescreatedbyVantage.

• Improvednetworkaudioplayback.• Fixedabugthatcausedpreviewtodisplayinterlacedwhendouble-ratedeinterlacing

wasenabled,ifthewindowwasnotfullsize.• Addedpersistenceofpreferenceforshowingloudnessmeters.• Fixedabugthatcausedchangestoaudiosettingstobelostafteraddingorremoving

asecondaryaudiofile.• FixedacrashwhileplayingHEVC.• FixedabugthatcausedthelossofA/Vsyncwhenresizingthepreviewwindowwhile

playing.• AddedtoleranceforMPEG-2videothatonlycontainsthethesequenceheaderinthe

firstGOP.• Improveddouble-ratedeinterlacingtoavoidshakyvideo.

KNOWNISSUESGeneral

• Some10-BitDNxHD&DNxHRfileswillcauseacrashonWindowsiftheCPUdoesnotsupportSSE4.1.

• CEA-708captionsinsertedintoH.264videoinanMP4fileviaVantagemayhavebedisplayedatimproperpositionsinSwitchonWindows,andmaycauseproblemswiththevideoqualityonOSX.Bothplatformsmayexhibitaudio/videosynchronizationissues.

• JPEG-2000videoinanMOVcontainermaycauseacrash.• Switchassumesthatsecondarysubtitlefilesareauthoredinsyncwiththevideowith

thefirstcaptionstartingatzerotime.• ChaptermarkersinQuickTimeMOVfilesareneitherreadnorwritten.• PerformanceproblemsarenoticeablewithASFfilesinreverseplaybackmode.• Frameswithlongdurationsmaketimedisplayappeartostallbecauseitalwaysshows

thepresentationtimeoftheframe.• ColorsareoffwhentranscodingvideofromanycolorspaceotherthanRec.601.• Hangwhilecancelingexportsduringshutdown.


• VANCisnotoutputinfastforwardandreverseplaybackmodes.• ASFfileswithvariableframeratedisplayincorrectframerateintheinspector.• PlayingAACinMPEG-2ProgramStreamresultsinsilentaudio.• Ifthefirstvideosamplecannotbereadwithin3seconds,openingthefilewillfail.• NodetectionofinterlacedcontentisdoneforWindowsMediafiles.• WMVsourcesexportfileswithA/VsynchronizationissueswhentranscodedtoH.264

inaMPEG-2TSorMPEG-2PScontainer.

Windows

• AncillaryLTCtimecodeisnotpassedwhenusingtheKONA4Gwiththe4kdriver.• AncillaryLTCtimecodeisnotpassedwhenseeking/scrubbing.

MacAppStore

• IntheMacAppStoreversionofSwitch,whenopeningafilethatreferencesotherfiles,suchasQuickTimeReferenceMoviesorIMFXMLfiles,Switchwillprompttheusertoexplicitlygivepermissiontoopeneachofthereferencedfilesinordertosatisfythesandboxrequirements.UserswhopurchaseSwitchdirectlyfromTelestreamdonothavetoperformtheseadditionalsteps.

• UserswhopurchaseSwitchPlusfromtheMacAppStoreandthendecidetopurchaseSwitchProarenotofferedupgradepricing,butinsteadmustmaythefullprice.

Switch1.6.2NEW

• NowavailableontheMacAppStore.• AddedsupportforAvidAVCProxyinMXFOP-Atom.• DramaticallyimprovedspeedofindexingMXFfiles.• Audiotracklanguagesarenowdisplayedinthetooltipsofthemenuitemsformuting

andsoloingtracks.• Fixedanissuethatpreventedanimationofuserinterfaceelements,suchasaudio

meters,onWindowswithNvidiaGeForcedriversofversion352.86orlater.FIXES

• ImprovedsupportforIMFbytoleratingmissingrequiredelementsintheCPLfile.


• FixedabugthatcausedpoorplaybackqualityofMXFOP-1bfilescontainingAVCUltrabecausefield2decodingwasfailingwithoutmultiplePPSNALunits.

• Fixedabugthatcausedthecurrentmute/soloconfigurationtoresetifyouopenedtheinspectorwhileplaying.

• Fixedacrashthatoccurredwhenexportingmultipleaudiotracksthatusedthesamesourcechannels.

• Fixedabugthatcausedtheplaybackof20-bitPCMaudiotobetooloud.• FixedacrashwhenattemptingtoopenanFLVfilewithcomplexscriptobjects.• FixedabugthatcausedinvalidiTunesStorePackagemetadata.xmlfilestobecreated

inpackageswithanassettypesetto"Preview"andaterritoryotherthan"WW"(Worldwide)

• Fixedabugthatcausedtheexportdialogtodisplayblackbarsafterresizingtheaudiometers.

ClosedCaptions&Subtitles

• FixedabugthatpreventedthedisplayofsomesubtitlesiftheITTfilespecifiedatextregionthatwastoosmalltoshowallofthesubtitlesinthespecifiedcharacterset.

• FixedabugthatpreventedthedisplayofCEA-708captionscontainingunicodecharacters.

• FixedabugthateithercausedacrashorpreventedthedisplayofDVBsubtitleswherethebitmapobjectdatacontainedpixellinesofdifferentlengths.Windows

• FixedacrashonWindowswhenexportingafterresizingtheaudiometers.• ImprovedperformanceofplaybackofJPEG-2000onWindows.

KNOWNISSUES

• Some10-BitDNxHD&DNxHRfileswillcauseacrashonWindowsiftheCPUdoesnotsupportSSE4.1.

• CEA-708captionsinsertedintoH.264videoinanMP4fileviaVantagemayhavebedisplayedatimproperpositionsinSwitchonWindows,andmaycauseproblemswiththevideoqualityonOSX.Bothplatformsmayexhibitaudio/videosynchronizationissues.

• Rewindingjumpsforwardbeforerewinding.• JPEG-2000videoinanMOVcontainermaycauseacrash.• Double-ratedeinterlacingproducesshakyvideo.• Switchassumesthatsecondarysubtitlefilesareauthoredinsyncwiththevideowith

thefirstcaptionstartingatzerotime.


• ChaptermarkersinQuickTimeMOVfilesareneitherreadnorwritten.• Changestoaudiosettingsintheinspectorarelostafteraddingorremovinga

secondaryaudiofile.• SomeHEVCfilescauseacrash.• LightspeedserversdonotmeettheminimumrequirementsforSwitchforWindows.• Switchisunabletoopenanyfilesonstoragedevicesthatdonotsupportfilelocks.• iTunesPackages:Fileswitha".scc"extensionarebeingassignedaroleof"subtitles"

insteadofcaptionsinthedata_fileelement

MacAppStore

• IntheMacAppStoreversionofSwitch,whenopeningafilethatreferencesotherfiles,suchasQuickTimeReferenceMoviesorIMFXMLfiles,Switchwillprompttheusertoexplicitlygivepermissiontoopeneachofthereferencedfilesinordertosatisfythesandboxrequirements.

Switch1.6.1BugFixes

FixedaMemoryLeakthatoccurredwhenplayingbackClosedCaptionsonWindows

FixedabugthatcausedexportedDNxHDcontenttobeincompatiblewithSwitch ChangedUngatedLoudnesstodisplayBS1770-1ratherthanBS1770-2 CorrectedanoutdatedlinksothattheapplicationdirectstothecurrentUser

Guide

KNOWNISSUES

VeryloudaudiofromPCMAESSMPTE302M20-bitaudiofiles BadTimecodegeneratedfromexportedH.262orH.264contentwhenconverting

theFramerate Drop-downlistsintheInspectorwillresetfollowingvideoplayback ChangesintheInspectorarenotregistereduntilfocusisshiftedawayfromthe

fieldinquestion


Switch1.6

FixesandEnhancements

New!SwitchPlus($49)licenselevel. New!Externalpreview/SDIouttoAJAT-Tap,ioXT,io4K(Mac),andAJAKona3G,&

Kona4(Win). New!ProfessionalAudiometerswithdecibelscale,averageloudness,maximum

peak, New!Additionalexportsupportto:MP4(MPEG-4Part14),MPEG-2Transport

Stream,andProgramStreamfileformats;aswellasx.264,MPEG-2Video(includingHDV,IMX,XDCAM,XDCAMHD,XDCAMEX,XDCAMHD4:2:2),AAC-LC,MPEG-2Audio.

New!Addedplaybacksupportfor:IMF(InteroperableMasterFormat)files;aswellasJPEG-2000,DNxHR,DNxHDSQTR(ThinRaster).

New!AddedplaybacksupportforsubtitlesfromSpruceSTLandSubRipSRTfiles New!NowlocalizedinEnglish,French,German,Spanish,andJapanese. Addedkeyboardshortcutsforenablingclosedcaptions Addeda“Clear”buttontothewelcomedialogthatallowsyoutoremoveoneor

morevideosfromtherecentmedialist. Addedanoptiontoturnoffthewelcomedialog Theexportsummarydialog’svideosectionnowdisplaysboththestorageand

displaydimensions,whenthetwodiffer.Itwillalsodisplaythepixelaspectratio(PAR)

BugFixes

FixedacrashwhenlaunchingSwitchforWindows64-BitonolderAMDCPUs. Youcannowdouble-clickthetitlebartozoominOSX10.10(Yosemite). Fixedacrashthatoccurredifyouwereexportingfromafileoveranetworkand

thenlostordisabledthenetworkconnection Fixedanissuewithfilesthathavemultiplevideotracks,whereSwitchwasplaying

thewrongvideotrack. FixedtheverticalpositioningofcaptionsfromWebVTTfiles. FixedabugthatcausedtimecodefromaGXFfiletoshowasnon-drop-framewhenit

wasactuallyindrop-frameformat. Fixedabugthatcausedthedisplayofsubtitlesandclosedcaptionstobecutoff

whenapplyingacleanaperture.


Fixedabugthatpreventedtheresizeconstraintandresizemodesettingsfrombeingrevertedwhenrevertingthevideosettings.

Fixedthepreservationandconversionoftimecodewhenusingdouble-ratedeinterlacing.

Fixedahangthatoccurredwhenclosingthelastvideowindowandreturningtothewelcomedialog.

FixedabugthatcausedastatictimecodetobedisplayedforMXFOP-Atomfilesthatdonotcontaintimecode.

FixedabugthatallowedspuriousCEA-608CC3datatopreventSwitchfromdisplayingsomecaptionsfromCC4.

Fixedtheexportprogressdialogsothatnewexportsareplacedatthetopandmoreeasilyvisible.

FixedabugthatcausedMPEG-2TransportStreamfileswith24-bitSMPTE302Maudiotobemistakenlyidentifiedas20-bitaudio.

FixedVANCextractionfromDVvideoessence.AddedCEA-708captionextractionfromVANC.

FixedtheverticalpositioningofCEA-708captionswithanchorIDsotherthanzero. Fixedthepreviewofdouble-ratedeinterlacingwhenthevideoisnotdisplayedat

fullsize. FixedabugthatcausedSwitchtoopenmultipleinstancesofthesamemediafile

ratherthanbringingtheexistinginstancetothefront. Fixedthedisplayofexportprogresswhenunlicensed. Fixedtheaudiosamplerateconvertersothatitnolongerattenuatestheaudioby

-0.2dB. FixedabugthatcausedanincorrectcleanaperturetobereadfromLXFIMXfiles. FixedabugthatcausedtheGather-Support-Informationfeaturetocollectcrash

dumpfilesfromotherapplications.(WindowsOnly) Fixedacrashwhenquittingtheapplicationwhileinfull-screenmode.(MacOSX

Only)KNOWNISSUES

Some10-BitDNxHD&DNxHRfileswillcauseacrashonWindowsiftheCPUdoesnotsupportSSE4.1

IfanITTfilespecifiesatextregionthatistoosmalltoshowallofthesubtitlesinthespecifiedcharacterset,somewillnotbedisplayed.ThisishandleddifferentlyonOSXthanonWindows.


CEA-708captionsinsertedintoH.264videoinanMP4fileviaVantagemayhavebedisplayedatimproperpositionsinSwitchonWindows,andmaycauseproblemswiththevideoqualityonOSX.Bothplatformsmayexhibitaudio/videosynchronizationissues.

Rewindingjumpsforwardbeforerewinding.


Switch1.5.1 FixesandEnhancements Fixedabugthatcausedmulti-lineCEA-708captionstoonlyshowthefirstlineifthe

captionscontainedcertainspecialcharacters. Fixedabugthatcausedroll-upCEA-608captionsatthetopofthescreentoonlyshow

asinglerow,whenitwasconfiguredtoshowmultiplerows. FixedabugthatpreventedthedisplayofCEA-708captionsembeddedinAVCA/72

SupplementalEnhancementInformation(SEI). FixedabugintherenderingofCEA-608captionswithmid-rowstylechanges. FixedabugintherenderingofCEA-708captionsonWindowswhichpreventedthem

fromdisplayingthecoloredbackground. SwitchwillnowensurethatblanklinesinCEA-708captionshavethesameheightas

non-blanklinestopreservethecorrectverticalspacing. FixedabugthatpreventedSwitchfromdetectingPCMaudioincertainWAVfiles. FixedabugthatcausedtimecodefromMXFfilesnottobedisplayed SwitchwillnowwarnyoubeforeexportinganiTunesStorepackage,ifyouhave

trimmedoffanychapters.Ifyouchoosetocontinue,thesechapterswillnowbeautomaticallyomittedfromthepackage.Inaddition,allchapters’startingtimecodeswillnowbeautomaticallyadjustedduringexporttoaccountfortrimming.

Fixedacrashwhenaddinganinvalidormalformedsecondarysubtitlefile. Fixedproblemswithopeningfileslargerthan4GB,includingthefailuretoopenin

somecases,aswellastheinabilitytogetcreationandmodificationdates. Fixedthecommandkeyequivalentformutingaudiotoavoidconflictswiththe

operatingsystem’scommandkeyequivalentforviewingallwindowsinthecurrentapplication.(Maconly)

Fixedproblemswhenexportingtoapaththatcontainsmulti-byteunicodecharacters.(Windowsonly)

Switch1.5FixesandEnhancements• New!NowavailableforWindows• New!SupportsextractionandplaybackofCEA-608&CEA-708captions• New!SupportsplaybackofSCC,DVB,TTML(iTTandSMPTE-TTcaptions)andWebVTT

subtitlefiles.• New!Fullscreenplayback.• New!SupportsplaybackofMXFOP-1aProxyandMXFOP-1bfiles.• New!SupportsplaybackofAppleProResXQ.• New!SupportsplaybackofAvidDNxHR.


• New!Supportsplaybackof10-bituncompressedYUV(‘v210’)video.• New!NowincludesvalidationofaudioandvideocodecsforiTunesStorepackages.• New!Nowsupportsexportingof32-bitsignedintegerand32-bitfloatingpointLPCM

audioinbothbigandlittleendianformats.• Modernizeduserinterfaceappearance.• ImprovedviewingofAS-11DPPmetadata• Thescreensaverisnowdisabledduringplayback.BugFixes Chapterorderisnowrecalculatedifthechaptertimeischangedmanuallyusingthe

timecodeboxandchaptertimeissetbefore/afteranotherchapter MXFDNxHD4:4:410bitRGBfilesmadewithAdobePremierewillnowopenandplayin

Switch A-Lawandµ-LawPCMarenowaudibleinSwitch Fixedseveralbugsthatcouldcauseexportstobemalformedifthemovie,track,ormedia

durationcouldnotbeexpressedinthegiventimescalein32-bits. FixedanissuewherefilescreatedbySwitchcouldnotbeusedinOmneonorVantage

Server6.3becausethecomponenttypevalueofthe'hdlr'atomwasnull AlphachannelarenowpassedonintranscodedexportstoProRes4444 DisplayedpositionofcaptionsisnowadjustedforchangestoCLAPKnownIssues HEVCsupportisexperimental,pleasenotifyTelestreamDesktopSupportifyouhavean

HEVCfilethatcannotplaybackinSwitch WhenusingSCCcaptionfiles,thefirstcaptionmustbeatzerotimecodetobedisplayed

insyncwiththevideo 59.94timecodeisdisplayedin29.97withtwoframespertimecodewhendoingdouble

ratede-interlacing

Switch1.1FixesandEnhancements New! iTunesTimedText(ITT)subtitlefilescannowbeaddedassecondarysubtitlefiles

andwillbeincludediniTunesStorePackageexports. New!Thetablecolumnsintheinspectorarenowresizablehorizontally. UpdatedthecodesigningofSwitchtosupportthenewGatekeeperrequirementsofOS

X10.9.5andlater.


AddedsupportformutingorsoloingentiresecondaryaudiofilesviatheAudiomenuorviacontextualmenusintheAudioMeterswindow.

MovedtheContainerMetadatasectiontosecondfromthetopintheinspector,justbelowtheFilesection,andabovetheSecondaryAudioandSecondarySubtitlesections.

AddedsupportforreportingaproblematicfileviatheHelpmenu,evenifthefileisnotopen.

Container,video,andaudiometadatafieldnowrequiresaSwitchProlicenseforviewingand/orediting.

BugFixes FixedabugthatcausedtheinspectortoenterExportmodewhenevertheuser

changedtabs. FixedabugthatcausedacrashonMaverickswhenscrubbingtotheendofthevideo

andthenholdingthe“J”keytorewind. Fixedabugthatcausedacrashwhenaddingmorethan32channelsofaudio. Fixedabugthatcausedthecurrentdisplayscaleofthevideotobelostwhenreverting

changes,resultinginimpropercalculationsforvideoedits,whenthemoviewasnotdisplayedat100%.

Fixedabugthatallowedthecroptopinsettopersistwhenchangingfromvideotranscodetopass-through.

Fixedabugintheremappingofaudioinputchannelstooutputchannelsthatpreventedthepreservationofoldmappingswhenthespeakerlabelorderofthesourcedidnotmatchtheorderdefinedbytheprogram(i.e.Source:LCRLbRbLFE,Export:LRCLFELbRb)andthesourcecontainedanothertrackwiththedesiredspeakerlabel.Previously,theremappingcodewouldonlypreservethemappingifitwasinthesameorderwiththesamespeakerlabel.Now,ifthatfails,wealsoacceptthefirstunusedoldmappingwiththedesiredspeakerlabel.

Fixedabugwithstutteringwhenpausingandresumingplayback. Fixedabugthatoccasionallycausedthelossof1or2videoframesofftheendofa

videointranscodeexportsifthecompressorwasmorethan1framebehindindeliveringitsoutput.

Fixedabugthatpreventedthepurchaseofanewserialnumberifadeactivatedserialnumberwasinstalled.

Fixedabugthatpreventedtheincreaseanddecreasesizemenuitemsfromworkingwiththeshiftkeydownifthevideohadnoaudiotracks.


Fixedabugthatcausedblackbarsonthetop,right,andbottomofnon-square-pixelH.264videodecodedbyCoreVideoandshownwiththepixelaspectratio(PAR)disabled,suchaswhenincrop,resize,orcleanaperturemodes

FixedthreebugswhereSwitchincorrectlymappedLeftCenter(Lc)andRightCenter(Rc)speakerlabelstoLeftSide(Ls)andRightSide(Rs),respectively.

Switch1.0FeaturesMediaPlaybackSwitchhastheplaybackcontrolfeaturesofaprofessionalplayer,suchas:Fastforwardandrewind,slowmotion,aswellassingle-frameforwardandback.SwitchalsosupportsplaybackofsecondaryaudiofilesaswellasSCCfiles.Containers:

• AAC• AC3*• AIFF• AVC(AVCElementaryStream)• AVI(openDML)• DV• HEVC(HEVCElementaryStream)*• GXF• LXF• MOV• M1V(MPEG-1VideoElementaryStream)• M2V(MPEG-2VideoElementaryStream)• MP3(MPEGLayer1/2/3AudioElementaryStream)• MP4(ISOBasedMediaFormat)• MPG(MPEG-1SystemStream)• MPS(MPEG-2ProgramStream)• MTS(MPEG-2TransportStream)• MXF(OP-1a;AS02,AS03,AS11)• MXF(OP-Atom)• SCC• WAV


VideoCodecs:• AppleProRes• DNxHD*• DV25• DVCPro25• DVCPro50• DVCPro100• DVCProHD• H.263• H.264• H.265*• JPEG• MPEG-1• MPEG-2• MPEG-4

AudioCodecs:

• AAC• AC3*• MicrosoftADPCM• MPEGAudioLayer1,2,3• IMAADPCM• G.711aLaw• G.711uLaw• G.726• PCM

*Note:duetoroyaltiesDNxHD,HEVCandAC3playbackiswatermarkedinSwitchPlayer.

MediaInspectionSwitchenablesinspectionofcontainer,videoandaudiocodecproperties,andsubtitleassets.ContainerinformationFilename,location,size,type,duration,creationdate,modifieddate,secondaryaudio,secondarySCCfiles,metadata


VideocodecinformationFormat,bitrate,subsampling,colorspace,locale,duration,framerate,whetherthefileisinterlacedorprogressive,encodedsize,cleanaperture,pixelaspectratio,displaysizeandadditionalmetadata*

AudiocodecinformationPertrack:sourcefile,channels,formatPerchannel:speakerlabels,sourcetrackAdditionalinformation:bitrate,samplerate,locale,durationandadditionalmetadata

*Note:Advancedinspectionofapplication-specificmetadataincludedonlyinSwitchPro.MediaEditandExportInexportmode,userscanmakechangestothefile:Trim,scaleorcropthevideo;changetheaspectratioandcleanaperture;rearrangeaudiotracks;editspeakerassignments;addmetadata;insertchaptermarkers;andaddcaptiontracks.VideoandAudiopass-throughmodeenablesuserstomakenon-encoding-relatedchangestomedia.Formorein-depthdetailsseebelow.EditDetailsContainer:Edit:filename,filetypeandmetadataVideo:Edit:format,colorspace,locale,trim,scale,crop,changetheaspectratioandcleanapertureAudio:Edit:format,rearrangeaudiotracks,channels,editspeakerassignments,samplerate,andlocaleVideoandAudiopass-throughmodeenablesuserstomakenon-encodingrelatedchanges.Subtitle*:InspectyoursubtitletrackTime:Settrimin-and-outpointsandaddchaptermarkers*


*Note,exportofSCCfilesandchaptermarkersareonlysupportedaspartofaniTunesstorepackage.iTTfilescanbeaddedassecondaryfileforexportaspartofaniTunesstorepackage.

Exportformats

Containers: MOV SCC(onlyaspartofaniTunespackageexport)VideoCodecs: AppleProResAudioCodecs: PCM

ExporttoiTunesSwitchcontainsaniTunesexportoptionthatcreatesacompleteasset-onlyiTunesstorepackage.

ComingFeatures Fullscreenplayback SwitchforWindows Supportforembeddedclosedcaptions Supportforaddingcaptionstofileexport SupportforopeninganddisplayingchaptermarkersinMOVfiles Supportforaddingchapterstoexportedmovies Additionalcontainersandcodecsforexport

KnownIssues HEVCsupportisexperimental,pleasenotifyTelestreamDesktopSupportifyouhaveanHEVCfilethatcannotplaybackinSwitch Chapterorderisnotrecalculatedifthechaptertimeischangedmanuallyusingthetimecodeboxandchaptertimeissetbefore/afteranotherchapter DisplayedpositionofcaptionsisnotadjustedforchangestoCLAP WhenusingSCCcaptionfiles,thefirstcaptionmustbeatzerotimecodetobedisplayedinsyncwiththevideo Alphachannelisnotpassedonintranscodedexports 59.94timecodeisdisplayedin29.97withtwoframespertimecodesample

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