Version 2026.x:

2026.0.1.GM.1442 - UPDATE RELEASE

• Fixed an issue that could cause the REST API to fail if two channels had the same prefix, such as “Channel1” and “Channel10".

2026.0.0.GM.1440 - INITIAL PUBLIC RELEASE

• Channels can now be configured to run in “Auto” mode instead of selecting a specific input format. In this case, the channel detects the format of the input and configures itself, including all capture presets automatically to the incoming format. If you are updating from a previous version, all channels will initially use the previous fixed format, but they can be changed to use the new “Auto” detection mode.

• The Capture Presets tab in the configuration panel has been redesigned. The “TV Norm” and “Codec” selections have been replaced with two “Encoding” selections to select the “family” and “flavour” of the codec to use and “Format” and “Frame-rate” selections. Both of these also support “Auto” (depending on the codec selection, not all codecs support multiple formats and/or frame-rates). Capture presets that have “Auto” selected in combination with a channel with “Auto” selected for the format result in a setup that adapts fully to the input’s format, allowing you to record in multiple formats and/or frame-rates without needing multiple capture presets for each format and/or frame-rate.

• In previous versions, if the incoming format didn’t match the channel’s format (assuming the channel is configured for a single specific format), the viewer was black with “NO SIGNAL” displayed. Now, the preview shows the input (video, audio and timecode) with “WRONG FORMAT” displayed, and the channel cannot record. In addition, the channels “Messages” group in the inspector shows “Wrong format”. If you move the mouse over this message, you will see an additional tooltip detailing the detected and expected format. For channels with “Auto” format selected, you will never see “WRONG FORMAT” as the channel will accept any format, but the “Messages” inspector group will show a “Format changed” message each time the input format changes. Again, the message’s tooltip will detail the previous and new format.

• When the input format changes, all capture presets are automatically adapted for the new format. As capture presets can have fixed or “auto” format and/or frame-rate selected, capture presets may or may not be available given the current input format. If the capture preset(s) currently selected for a given channel are available for the new format, they will remain selected. However, if one or more capture presets were selected that are not available for the detected format, they will be automatically de-selected and the channel will show “CONFIGURATION” in the viewer and will not be able to record until other capture preset(s) are selected that are compatible with the current format.

• The “Audio Monitor” inspector group has been renamed “Preview Monitor” and now has an additional checkbox to enable monitoring of closed captioning. When enabled, if the incoming signal includes CEA608 or 708 VANC captioning, the live preview will overlay the captions. Note that this does not affect the recording, it is purely for previewing.

• Updated Blackmagic ATEM SDK to 10.2.1. If you are using an ATEM device, please install the ATEM Switchers 10.2.1 driver update. Updated to Desktop Video SDK 16.0 to follow upon general availability. Please use Desktop Video drivers 16.0 for maximum compatibility.

• Removed errors and restrictions for certain capture presets (e.g. XDCAM, DNxHD) based on the video bit-depth (8-bit, 10-bit) of the source. Instead incoming video is now transferred to the format required by the specific encoder as necessary.

• When recording uncompressed video, the recorded video now matches the selected bit-depth of 8 or 10-bit, regardless of the video supplied by the input.

• The local NTP and LTC over audio clocks are now synchronised once every minute when not recording to prevent drifting over time when a source is delivering frames slightly slower or faster than the specified timebase.

• Any incoming SCTE-104 VANC messages are now logged in the channel’s “Messages” inspector group. Hovering over the message in the inspector will display a tooltip with more information about the specific SCTE-104 message.

• If the multi-viewer has empty viewers (not connected to any channel), selecting a viewer now displays configuration options in the inspector. These options include showing a clock with the current time, an image or various timers (countdown, stopwatch, time until a certain time in the future). In addition, you can select a currently disconnected channel to show it in the empty viewer.

• When assigning an image to an “empty” viewer in the multi-viewer, the image is now “clipped” to the viewer’s size depending on the scaling selected. For example, “Resize Aspect Fill” will ensure that the aspect is preserved while filling the available viewer area, but now without exceeding the bounds of the viewer. When selecting an empty viewer in the multi-viewer, there is a new “Channel Preview” option that allows you to display a channel’s preview in the viewer, either capture or playout channels.

• When clicking the “C” (Capture Preset) button at the top left of the channel viewer, the pop-up window now displays “Auto” for the resolution of any capture presets configured to automatically adapt to the input’s format & resolution.

• When writing SCC, MCC or metadata sidecar files, if the sidecar path matches exactly the main asset’s path, and the naming preset is defined to create sub-folders (e.g. date, time), then the sidecar files now respect those sub-folders and are now written in the same folder as the main asset. However, if the sidecar path doesn’t match, then the sidecar file will be written to the defined path plus the name of the asset (without any sub-folders).

• The audio sample bits selection has been replaced with a configuration button that differs depending on whether “Linear PCM” or “AAC” has been selected as the audio encoder. If “Linear PCM” is selected, the configuration button shows a window with a selection of audio sample sizes. If “AAC” is selected, the configuration button shows a window where you can enter the AAC encoding bitrate in kbit/s. AAC audio now supports 44.1 kHz in addition to 48 kHz sampling.

• MP4 and HLS containers now support the full range of audio channels, so you can record 1, 2, 4 or 8 pairs of stereo channels or up to 16 channels of mono encoded in AAC in addition to now being able to specify the encoding bitrate.

• Linear PCM now supports recording 32-bit audio in addition to 24 and 16-bit.

• Updated macOS 26 Tahoe related UI functions.

• Improved online licensing information and handling.

• Updated to NDI 6.3.2.0 for improved performance and stability when using NDI sources.

• Improved the missing LTC over Audio detection and error handling, both in Just Control and the REST API.