CORTEX v5.1 Release Notes

randy · January 3, 2019, 12:51am

VERSION 5.1.1 b15543

COLOR: Simultaneous Dolby Vision Level 1 analysis and shot detection
GENERAL: Dual video outputs (SDR/HDR)
GENERAL: Dolby Vision HDMI tunneling
GENERAL: Ability to create a basic project (simplifies Project Manager)
RENDER: Temporal frame processing for conversion like 24->;30, 24->;60, 25->;50, 30->;60, 60->;30
RENDER: Ability to create/import DPP IMF package
RENDER: Ability to create AS-11 files
RENDER: Ability to create encrypted DCPs and KDMs
RENDER: Ability to create DCPs with subtitles
RENDER: Ability to create IMF Application 4 packages

COLOR: Previous/next buttons added for
EDIT: Imported IMFs are now locked initially until unlocked or supplemental is created
GENERAL: Ability to read MPEG-2 AVI files
GENERAL: Ability to read DNxHR MOV/MXF OP-1a
QA: Improved dead pixel detection
QA: Able to ripple accepted dead pixels throughout composition
RENDER: Ability to create Fox JPEG 2000 ASM and MOV Proxy files
RENDER: Ability to create DNxHR MOV/MXF OP-1a
RENDER: Ability to label audio tracks in a ProRes MOV file before rendering

peter · February 27, 2019, 5:53pm

EDIT: Always add DoVi breaks whenever editing in a file with embedded DoVi metadata. This includes import of IMF comp
GENERAL: Allow DNx OP-1A files to be opened with Enterprise license
GENERAL: Removed H.264 color range control. H.264 is now always encoded to full range. Any full-to-legal conversion can be done with a LUT.
GENERAL: Add support for Venice CineAlta-V at 6K-16x9 and 6K-2.39
GENERAL: Add new columns to ALE for RED camera metadata when RED clips are included
GENERAL: Extract & display RED AnamorphicMode and PixelAspectRatio metadata fields
RENDER: When resolving deliverable template replace {sourcefilename} with {reelname} for composition renders
RENDER: Add quicktime audio labels for channels 17-24
RENDER: Add ability to select one, two or all audio channels per track when making a generic OP-1A J2K
RENDER: Add ability to read/write dnx 80 in both op-atom and op-1a mxf files
RENDER: H.264 is now always encoded to full range. Any full-to-legal conversion can be done with a LUT
RENDER: Improve Samsung UpRes in very high luminance areas

EDIT: Fix issue with subtitle gain settings not changing after a trim
EDIT: Fix audio issue in 29.97 composition
GENERAL: iTunes HDR report min display luminance now contains 4 decimal places
GENERAL: Fix issue importing IMF with CPL that has no essence descriptor(s)
GENERAL: Make sure HDR Region of Interest is set from Dolby Vision metadata when adding a metadata file to the composition
GENERAL: Fix issue creating a config from a template and exporting templates
RENDER: Don’t set coding equations essence descriptor property when creating RGB IMF packages
RENDER: Fix issue attempting to render a composition with only a v2 track
RENDER: Fix field/frame sequence when rendering from 30i to 60p (or 25i to 50p)

peter · March 14, 2019, 8:51pm

QA: Apply Dolby content mapping prior to any analysis except Dolby level 1 analysis
RENDER: More improvements to Samsung UpRes in very high luminance areas

EDIT: Fix issue with dissolves not being displayed properly when importing a Dolby Vision IMF
GENERAL: Fix issue decoding interlaced DNxHD QuickTime files
GENERAL: Fix issue reading a DPX sequence where the endianess changes mid sequence
GENERAL: Fix issue reading 4096x2160 DNxHR HQX MXF OP-1A files
RENDER: Fix issue converting 59.94p to 59.94i and audio duration being incorrect
RENDER: When doing ProRes rendering in passthrough mode, be sure to retain the alpha channel if present