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Copyright 2016 elestream LLC January 2016
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.
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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.
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• 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.
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• 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.
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• 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.
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• 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.
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• 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.
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• 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.
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• 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.
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• 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.
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• 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.
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• 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.
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• 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
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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.
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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.
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CEA-708captionsinsertedintoH.264videoinanMP4fileviaVantagemayhavebedisplayedatimproperpositionsinSwitchonWindows,andmaycauseproblemswiththevideoqualityonOSX.Bothplatformsmayexhibitaudio/videosynchronizationissues.
Rewindingjumpsforwardbeforerewinding.
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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.
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• 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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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*
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*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