Video-SkiAlp-Pro

- Separation of encoding from writing of Clips and WebTV streams and addition of monitoring of the packets exchange list.
- Rendering is separated into a child window.
- PTZ scenarios: correction of a system that was no longer working after reconnecting to the camera.
- If a camera's tape does not exist (recording was started after the fact), clip creation is not blocked.
- If the clip is not long enough to generate the screenshot on the finish line, fallback to 3 seconds from the start and error messages added to the log.
- Added scenario action to channel scenarios.
- Added sorting by time and not by order, and corrected the channel action.
- Slideshow: changes to images are saved correctly.
- Total slideshow duration cached.
- Stops slideshow playback if a slide is moved.
- Avoids creating buffers in zero cop mode.
- The necessary frame count is synchronised with the interface.
- WebTV encoding quality display corrected.
- Maximum output bandwidth increased.
- PTZ camera scenario forced to stop before a track change.
- Micro optimisation for sycnhro time recovery.
- The hand profile is used for precise cutting.
- Optimisation of OpenGL buffer management.
- Other corrections and optimisations.

- (VLS4267) Integration of the dynamic data register allowing access to the latest static files without having to update the software.
- (VLS4996) Statuses in the rankings are based on the acronym, prefix DQP added, statuses reordered according to the FIS model: DIC > DNF > DQP > DSQ > DNS > NPS > DQO.
- Update of the default scenario to display the results instead of the time in the first line and then the difference.
- In memory of the monitors, the time measurement tab is used for the scenario.
- Removal of the resynchronisation attempt in the event of different fps between the software engine and the generated stream (Clips or WebTV).
- WebTV: If the password is wrong, the correct message is displayed.
- WebTV: The API called is on the Publish server.
- Video loop playback no longer stops randomly.
- Homogenisation of the time base used to calculate the timing of the graphics engine.
- Removal of the resynchronisation attempt in the event of different fps between the software engine and the generated stream (Clips or WebTV).e.
- Added frequency mix mode at 120 FPS without vertical synchronisation.
- Avoids errors when modifying the first element and when stopping or deleting a video element in the slideshow.
- The duration of a video in the slideshow is correctly assigned when it is added.
- Added additional information on errors when sending clips: account expired, clips option not activated, wrong password.
- Added automatic resending of clips when an error occurs during sending.
- Nvidia graphics cards accept 8-stream encoding as standard.
- Clips are sent directly to the Publish server.
- Addition of "countdown" data.
- Improved display in upload management.
- Added Running Time, Before Start and After Start scenarios to the Config folder.
- Other corrections and optimisations.

Added multi-computer timing management.
Correction of streaming activation/deactivation.
The number of HDMI and blackbox outputs is no longer limited to a single output per type.
NDI logo added to camera input.
Corrected recording and restoring of audio inputs and outputs.
Updated NDI library v6.1.0.
Corrected loading of window positions in car mode.
Windows are now at least 64 pixels wide.
Improved management of window resizing.
Other corrections and optimizations.

- Streams disconnected from an output are erased when the track is changed.
- Avoids an error when resizing HDMI outputs.
- (VLS4936) RTSP streams are forced back to TCP by default.

- The old key coding system is abandoned in favor of a subscription model (VOLA Board).
- Unified translation management to support 18 languages.
- Added sleeve and event titles for ESF scenarios.
- (VLS4545) Added management of different tracks:
tracks can store several parameters:
 PTZ camera positions 0,1,2.
 PTZ camera movement scenario on start/finish.
link between media and outputs.
activation/Positioning of cards in Video-Control in control room mode.
the cut scenes depend on this track list.
- Only cut percentages can be changed if a recording has already been started.
- Video clips are automatically reprocessed if parameters have been changed.
- (VLS4728) recalculation of the ranking after a competitor has been modified or timing has been opened with a filter list has been optimized.
- Added support for Newtek NDI(R) inputs/outputs.
- An error message is displayed if the Internet connection is unavailable when WebTV is activated.
- New side menu for clip recording monitoring: information is gathered in one place.
- Options dependent on a protection key are refreshed once the connection to the timing software is re-established.
- (VLS4909) Typology correction for Norsk.
- Blackmagic 14.2.1 driver update, Desktop Video must be updated (https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/fr/support/download/b7c1baef38584d7895c537a6f7fbd26b/Windows)
- SQLite 3.46.1 update.

- Implementation of double buffering for HDMI Video Wall output to avoid flicker problems.
- Added tracking of camera tape recordings to view the history of recording launches.
- Displays an error message when recording is launched if the stopwatch is not synchronized or if the time difference is greater than 10 seconds with respect to the PC time.
- Avoids waiting for connection to display clip recording history data.
- Corrects clip cropping if only one camera is recorded.
- Added option to link or not the modification of overlay element values to effects.
- Overlays are generated on the interface cadence.
- The All : Fade effect modifies text and background transparency.
- Record logs are only displayed when the sub-window is deployed, to avoid overloading the interface.
- Web remote control interface added.
- Avoids an error if clips are recorded but no camera scenario is selected.
- Avoids cadence slowdown if one frame is faster to generate than the next.
- Output timing (including clips and WebTV) is synchronized with the engine if set to the same speed.
- blackmagic output: writing to the card is separated from the interface.
- Prevents round and event data from crossing (creating clips for the newly opened round with schedules from the previous round).
- Avoids an error when removing a channel type when the window is opened from the video hub.
- Isolation of the joystick motor to avoid slowing down the interface or blocking camera control if the interface slows down.
- Significant improvement in PTZ camera control latency.
- Joystick dead zone reduced from 9.6 to 3.2 %.
- Reversal of joystick axis direction does not reverse pan or zoom.
- Automatic joystick reconnection added.
- The PTZ parameters management page is displayed first.
- VOLA Aid: corrected installer non-display.
- Other corrections and optimizations.

Avoids an error when removing a channel type when the window is opened from the video hub.
If at least one output licence is not encoded, no overlay
is created. Outputs are not generated indefinitely if they are not encoded.
Displays competitors with status in the event ranking.
Other corrections and optimisations

Competitors not ranked in the first heat are displayed in subsequent heats when the "ranking by event" type is selected.
(VLS4567) Addition of the "Result" field in the ranking, displaying either the time in line 1, or the gap or status for the upper lines.
SQLite 3.45.1 update.
Other corrections and optimisations.

Avoids frame loss when updating recording statistics.
Avoids time correction of synchronisation lag if there is more than one frame to make up when encoding clips or WebTV.
Adds a clip trimming tracking window.
Avoids recording the clip history if the handle is still loading.
(VLS4412) Prevents the software from being blocked when a stream does not manage a timeout.
(VLS4534) Prevents a division by 0 when loading the video wall output.
Corrects an application freeze when video wall output is activated.
Corrects non-rendering of images on the video wall output.
Prevents a memory leak when resizing the video wall output.
Rounds up the number of frames per second to avoid falling below the number per second.
Faster release of the current frame for the next frame when encoding frames.
Cut scripts are external to the program and logged.
The double launch test is performed earlier.
Added the Vola-Aid remote control menu.
Added the missing freetype.dll DLL.
 

(VLS4420) VC Redist 2015x64 added for PCs not already up to date.
(VLS4413) Synchronization catch-up is only effective if the stream is set to the same speed as the engine and the render does not have too large a framerate difference, added current render speed.

The program is now only compatible with 64-bit architecture.
Displays non-synchronization details in timing software
Added live tape recording time.
(VLS3329) Correction of manual clip recoding.
(VLS4073) Parallel: running time displayed correctly.
(VLS4079) Competitors refusing to publish their personal data will not have clips created.
(VLS4047) Display of competitors with a status at the end of the ranking, details are shown by run.
(VLS4330) Videos with an accent in the path are played back correctly.
More precise timing of video playback (media player/camera ip/slideshow).
Audio timeout is less restrictive.
Passage number management in clip re-encoding.
Slideshow videos are decoded by the graphics card.
Protective key testing is performed in offset mode to avoid displaying watermarks in the event of a slow connection between the PC Chrono and the Character Generator
Switch to Blackmagic 12.4.2 driver.
Sound is now managed with a mixer:
Camera and media sound can be retrieved.
Sound from two auxiliary inputs can also be recovered.
Vu Audio Meters added to outputs.
Auxiliary outputs can be configured.
Each input can be broadcast to one or more outputs.
Input sound can be linked to camera activation (Fx keys).
Added a progress bar when the software is opened.
Use of cache for slideshows.
Better management of transitions when an input is broadcast on several outputs.
Fixed blackmagic stream not restarting after changing resolution +
Avoids writing sound when changing input or output format.
Added unopened test to timing software connection follow-up.
(VLS4039) Added unopened test to timing software connection tracking.
Added missing light style.
IP camera options window enlarged.
Clips can now be re-encoded.
Corrected the path of clip thumbnails displayed in the history ?
Clips are encoded on thread in background so as not to block insets.
When deleting a link between an input and an output, the image is deleted and the program is no longer blocked.
Avoids blocking when the program is closed.
Avoids sample rate encoding inconsistencies between input videos, which are encoded at 48000, and clip streams.
Corrects the non-resizing of tiles at software launch.
A single synchronization stream is created at encoding launch.
Improved stability of connection to timing window.
Fixed incompatibility of clips with some editing software when only one camera is used.
Deinterlacing support for blackmagic enrtées.
Possibility of choosing 50 or 60 fps framing. Displays must be set to the same frequency.
Correction of random exceptions at event changeover when loading data from timing.
Update FFMPEG 6.1, Freetype 2.13, FTGL 2.4.0
SQLite 3.42.3 update
DynaPDF 4.0 update
Removal of support for parallel protection keys.
Other fixes and optimizations.

Added run/race penalty on parallel qualifying events.
Replaced the penalty in the event after a finish on parallel events.
The start scenario of a camera is not read during a DNS.
A camera's start scenario is not read during a DNS/DNF/DSQ.
A camera scenario recording cannot be started if it is already being recorded.
Requests to PTZ cameras are not completely recreated after each movement.
The audio stream of a camera is not assigned to the video stream.
USB/UVC cameras are not hardware decoded.
Fixed error when launching on a system without Nvidia graphics card.
Recording of a camera scenario cannot be started if a scenario is playing.
The stop button stops the playback of a camera scenario.
The few moves after stopping the recording of a camera scenario are no longer recorded.
The playback of a camera scenario cannot be started if you are already playing back a scenario or if a scenario is being recorded.
The incoming camera scenario is played back regardless of how many competitors have left.
Other corrections and optimizations.

From now on the minimum Nvidia 522.25 drivers are required to encode WebTv or Clips.
Streams are stopped when restoring the hub.
WebTV no longer stops after a random time.
Fixed artifacts on WebTV if too many cameras are recorded.
Display the recording duration of a camera scenario.
Display of playback time over the remaining time when playing a camera scenario.
The absolute position is reached even if a PTZ scenario is playing.
Added two possibilities to calculate the calculation percentages of each camera segment: by percentage, by opener time, by distance.
Added encoding level for Nvidia cards (1 = low quality, 7 = high quality + double pass).
Camera scenario: the track no longer passes the finish.
In case of error in the encoding thread, the error message windows are now displayed on the interface.
Correction of the restoration of the hub which caused an error if the recordings or the diffusion were activated.
Recordings or broadcasting are deactivated then reactivated when the hub is restored.
Improved handling of maximum values for scenarios.
CUDA instance is only loaded once for all stream decodes.
(VLS3748) Parallel Qualifications: Running times are displayed correctly depending on the rating choice.
(VLS3749) Parallel Qualifications: Differences are displayed correctly depending on the ranking choice.
(VLS3752) Scoreboard : Added data : title, heat title and penalty for parallel and qualification events.
Other corrections and optimizations.
 

Adds the reading of a PTZ camera movement to the finish pulse.
Parallel: Prevents an error when the timing window is not open.
Fixes a problem with encoding and timing of audio in Clips and WebTV.
Support for audio interfaces with a quote in the name.
Added YoutubeLive output.
Added video decoding by the processor.
Adds a button to delete a line from the camera script.
Start of camera/output and WebTV/YoutubeLive recording no longer on the interface thread.
Reduced start-up time for recording clips.
Use of only one Frame Buffer Object per resolution.
The FBO of the interface is not recreated as many times as there are streams to record at the start of the recording.
Completely clean up resources after Clips and WebTV/YoutubeLive recording stop.
Added two states on recordings: warm-up/error.
(VLS3707) Updated dongle driver (v8.51), updated installer (v6.1).
(VLS3365) Parallel: added number of doors traveled, updated ICR 1232 rules for tie-breaking.
Registration info is updated every second.
Clip encoding management feed info is not duplicated.
Caching of record management tables.
Other fixes and optimizations.
 

Avoids an error when encoding clips.
Increased to 12 possible snippets per clip.
The channel scenario buttons panel is not displayed on any scenario that does not contain an action.
Correction of the management of the IP camera address field + change of the recording icon.
Increase of the number of camera scenarios to 8 configurations.
Possibility to move a scenario line down or up.
Rewriting of the animations management.
All output animations are read before changing mode (live / startlist / ranking).
Improvements of the example scenarios.
Improvement of the scenario for Parallel races.
Removal of the old management of the side menus.
Cleaning up of overlays at the end of the program and at the closing of the scenarios.
Cleaned up several memory leaks related to the following elements: interface font, sound management, watermark, image buffer, element positions, VideoHub, overlay effects.
Added additional information concerning access to the test file: connection in progress, existence/access to the file, test of read/write rights, timing window never opened, different software versions.
Possibility to configure hardware decoding for h264, hevc, vp9, av1 formats using by default the DXVA API and if possible either Cuda or QuickSync.
Separate tabbed stream configuration.
Support for hardware accelerated encoding with QuickSync.
Image format for conversion is detected after decoding the first frame.
Upgrade to level 4.2 for h264 encoding.
Better compression of the installation package.
(VLS2206) Rankings are based on filter lists created in SkiAlp-Pro.
(VLS2924) Rewrite of the management of the animations of entry and exit of inlays.
(VLS3341) Possibility to block the creation of a competitor's clip from the list of competitors, ESF: possibility to encode the usher's clip.
(VLS3481) It is possible to add images and videos in the clips, the duration of the display of the images can be set, they appear/disappear by fading.
(VLS2638) Addition of the start time for the display of start lists.
(VLS3218) The time at the intermediate points is based on the first time of the best of the respective filter.
The field for editing the address of the camera stream is now editable.
Added the set of colors for the windows.
The clip sending tracking window can be enlarged to full screen.
Added live upload tracking in the upload window.
It is now possible to save and restore the VideoHub configuration.
Updated Blackmagic version 12.2.2.
Switch to FFmpeg 5.1.2.
SQLite 3.40.0 update.
Updated the application's signature certificate.
Other fixes and optimizations.

Separation of the input/output accesses from the link with SkiAlp-Pro.
Repositioning of the FPS on the video inputs.
Waiting for the timeout of the connection to an IP camera when closing the software or when a camera is destroyed.
No return to the 0 position if the camera is already displayed.
Add the possibility to disable the TCP forcing on RTSP streams.
Assignment of the following buttons to the joystick: 5 = start recording of the camera scenario, 6 = stop recording, 3 = playback of the recording, 4 = go to position 0 of the camera.
Correction of the missing overlays at the intermediates.
Correction of the stop of the playback of a camera scenario.
Correction of an exception to the change of run depending on the discipline.
Separation of command sending for PTZ camera control.
Fixed an exception on parallel qualifying events.
Better cleanup when stopping the recording of clips and WebTV.
Support of joystick moves for playback of IP PTZ camera commands.
Added camera scenario playback to the start impulse.
Other corrections and optimizations.
Improved initialization of the buttons around the viewing windows in the Video Control management.
Bypass for the zoom stop on some camera firmware.
The letter is added to the title of the drop-down menu when choosing a channel in OB mode.
Repositioning of FPS on video inputs.
Blackmagic 12.2.2 update.
Other corrections and optimizations.

(VLS2858) Scoreboard : Correction of the display of the ranking information in sub information.
(VLS1667) Cleaning of the menus of the management of the channels scenarios.
Other corrections and optimizations.
Correction of the times at the intermediates for the IPC events.
Other fixes and optimizations.

The title of the run and the race are taken from the activated race in SkiAlp-Pro.
Correction of the display of the name and surname.
The activation of the sound does not block the playback according to the frequency used by the source for clips and WebTV.

Fixed sound encoding in WebTV and Clip streams.
Optimization of encoding with CUDA.
The interface is based on 60 FPS.
Added letters for cameras greater than 4.

Fixed an exception where a stream would stop and double FPS when encoded without an Nvidia card.
Added missing DLL when no Nvidia card is installed on the system.
Corrects bad encoder initialization when neither QSV nor X264 is used.
Prevents an error if an encoder is not correctly initialized.
Avoids an error when destroying a scenario if it is displayed in the rating start list mode.
Avoids an error when initializing a scenario if the link is not made with SkiAlp-Pro.
Update of the default scenario.
 

Improved handling of the video engine's framerate.
SQLite 3.35.4 update.
Avoids an error during the calculation of the animations of the overlays.
Fixed the timer that does not take into account the creation time of a frame.
Blackmagic 12.0 update.
Camera PTZ Joystick: buttons 7 to 14 activate cameras on the final.
RTSP stream: latency is caught up as the stream plays.
Toggle Air" button added to send input to the configured outputs without using the "Fx" or "Pav. Num. X" + "+" or "-".
Added a button to access the output parameters from the "Video Control" interface,
Correction of the slideshow that could not be replayed after restarting Video-SkiAlp-Pro.
Interface font size is based on the height of the control window only.
Fixed memory leak in image resizing when decoding/encoding videos.
Fixed a bug in the initialization of Blackmagic channels.
Better search for the best performing hardware encoder.
Added 104*208 modules.
Updated video encoding and decoding libraries.
Adjustment of the Joystick sensitivity.
Integration of ZeroCopy encoding.
Upgraded to three streams hardware encoding on Nvidia cards.
Increase to 2 seconds keyframe for WebTV.
- (VLS1823) Reloading a scenario after modification is correctly cleaned.
Correction of the flickering of the Video Control grid.
Optimization of the movement management in a video.
Added option to manage UDP mode for RTSP streams.
Removed the 4 frames latency on video decoding (almost a tenth of a second latency gain).
Added option to remove bands or not if a day number is entered.
Improved initialization of buttons around viewing windows in Video Control.
Added windowed management mode allowing to choose which windows to display in Video Control at which place and their sizes.
Added a timeout for sending commands to PTZ cameras if they are no longer connected.
Added speed adjustment for joystick commands.
Fixed destruction of a graphic scenario when removing it from media inputs.
Avoids calculation error on overlay animations.
Improved encoding quality of WebTV.
Fixed slideshow freezing if it exceeds 11.5 minutes.
Other corrections and optimizations.

Clips are handled by passing.
Update of Blackmagic librarie.
Fix of channels inti for Blackmagic devices.
Others corrections and optimizations.

Joystick support for controlling PTZ cameras Vola
Control of PTZ cameras by keyboard arrows
Adding crop and pip independently to video inputs and outputs
During a change of status competitor the data in race at finish remains displayed
Support for new action scenario
Avoid running the video while editing a slideshow
Switching to 48000Hz for sound on clips.
Correction of lists in the management of the shipment
Possibility to re-encode a clip after the arrival
Possibility of forcing the reconnection of ip cameras
Ability to record a camera patrol and replay it afterwards
Synchronize the change of the sleeve and the recording of clips to avoid the blockage with change of sleeve
Adding the data Title Event and race
Updating encoding libraries
Others corrections and optimizations

New Design:
New control bar at the top for readability
Hub: The cameras are up and the media down to match the video mode control.
Removed the Logos/slideshow/video modes that duplicated the media channels.
New buttons on media inputs: scenarios can be edited directly + access to settings.
New Media slideshow, to manage slideshows independently of scenarios.
Enhancements of the textures minification/magnifications for a more crisp rendering.
New protection replacing the sliding bars.
The clips can be recorded with the sound.
Thumbnails are loaded as you scroll the send list of clips.
New protection key encoding based on temporary keys for Clips-Pro and WebTV.
Other corrections and optimizations.

The last scenario used is saved and selected during the next opening of the software.
Fixed the "Always active" option in the ranking that replaced the live ranking lines.
Take into account the "Add to main display" option.
Added a "After start" data for the scenario, + Add a default scenario that displays the last competitor left for 10 seconds.
Added hardware acceleration support for video decoding.
Addition of the support of the PTZ camera flew.
Added an option to perform a precise cut of the clips.
The selection of the displayed streams is saved and restored at the start of the program.
Updated the decoding library for better support for Intel QSV processors.
Fixed the calculation of the position of the video and the timing on certain video formats.
The program no longer crashes when the slow motion editor is closed and playback is paused.
The pause button is displayed instead of the play button when the slow motion editor is opened.
Fixed opacity pre-loading media.
NVidia encoders are limited to 2 streams (fallback to the software encoder).

The configuration of the recording directory of the clips is taken into account.
The status of the "Timing Connection" button is restored when the program is reopened.
The program will not create any more errors when you delete a slide if the slide show is currently playing.
When you open the editing of a slide the rendering is forced to this slide.
The program is no longer blocked if an IP camera is no longer available on the network.

Fixed the recording of the IP cameras that recorded a blue video.
Fixed the recording of the Clips-Pro outputs not configured in the first position.
Fixed the download of videos to a Clips-Pro space.

Improvement of the quality of the encoding of the stream to a BlackBox output.
If an error occurs in the camera record manager, the message will no longer appear in the popup but in the message label of the record.
Prevents software from blocking during shutting down if no audio interface is available on the computer.

Better management of the cleaning of buttons textures.
Other corrections and optimizations.

Adaptation for the 6.0.00 version of SKIALP-Pro.
Added independent multi-output management that requires different encoding.
Added preview full screen modes (keyboard support for keys A, B, C, D displays the full screen flow).
Added a clip editing mode to cut or add a slow motion.
Added a drive to preview or review the clips before sending.
Added an entry to handle different overlays with different scenarios.
Added support for USB cameras.
Updating the Encoding bookseller: Now 3 encoders are available and automatically selected according to the PC's capabilities: by the Nvidia graphics card (very high performance), by the graphics processor of the Intel CPU (best performance), or by Software mode.
Many other fixes and optimizations.

- (VLS238) The running time with factor is well accumulated in the 2nd run..
- (VLS240) Intermediate time are factored.
- (VLS241) Telemark: The penalty is applied only once in the second round.
- (VLS243) Clips: A different clip resolution from the original format of a HDMI camera no longer distorts the image.
-Minor fixes and optimizations.

- (VLS4) Better support for networking camera.
- (VLS5) Adding a portrait-image mode running on the flags principle.
- (VLS18) The images of the flags are no longer limited to 3 characters.
- (VLS20) The position displayed in the starting list is based on the order of the starting list.
- (VLS39) Competitors fields parameters are based on thoses configured in SkiAlp-Pro.
- (VLS79) Optimizing the import of scenario-tabbed backups.
- (VLS92) The clips are sent in the right race even after changing of event.
- (VLS97) Correction of the title of the series displayed on the parallel ranking (linked to the field "Last name and first name").
- (VLS98) Handicap race: the factor is applied on running time.
- (VLS100) Added information to show that "Final" and not "Small Final".
- Update of SQLite 3.16.2.
- Correction of the recording of an HDMI camera (the image was flipped).
- The slideshow stops its videos when it is stopped (for resource saving purposes).
- The number of rows reimported when saving a scenario is correct.
- Others corrections and improvements.

The demo mode is correctly desactivated with a coded dongle in network use

Updating the program to reflect the changes made in SkiAlp-Pro 5.0.00.
Video clips can be uploaded manually.
The bandwidth allocated for sending clips may be limited.
The quality of the video captured by Blackmagic acquisition is at maximum.
New mode of cameras recording scenario (before and after finish).
General improvement in performance and stability of the program.

Better stability for video clips recording.
Clip cutting is based on heat indepandantly of classification choose in SkiAlp-Pro.
Avoid to restart recording if last frame has not been transferred to final file.
Little adjustement for the offset during start of recoding.
Add of checks to avoid possible error before start recoding vidéo.
Camera simple scenario : avoid to retrieve old configuration.
Camera simple scenario : hide the preview graphic.
Show the recording frame count on the main gui.
Video stream are correclty close at the stop of clip recording and live streaming..
Video library is closed only one time on the main thread.
Correction of error « nvoglv32.dll » at the stop of recoding.
Cleaning of context transition buffer at the stop of recording and when sizes change.
Stop the recording before changing size parameters instead of after.
Better release of ressources at the stop of recording and live streaming.
Destruct of OpenGL buffers at the program close.

Reducing the number of buffers needed for encoding and decoding the stream.
Fixed error when loading a run into the manager of recording video clips.
Updating the textures management library to the 3.17.0 release.
Correcting the definition of timing directory to install the software.
When selecting a video file the Width / Height is no longer distorted.
The main window is now always over the render window.
Fixed freezes the video in a slideshow after a first reading.
Fixed freeze when playing the background video overlay channel.
Adding a button to forward all videos at once.

- Update of Sqlite librairy v3.11.0.
- Add of camera scenarii for different track depending on the graphic scenario choosed.
- Separate of live streaming and clips recording.
- Add of a button to start recording before the first competitor start.
- Correction of freeing locks in runing buffer.
- Improve buffer management in video decoding.
- Better internal organisation for recording and live streaming.
- Avoid a null pointer exception on event changing.
- Improve the bandwith target for clips recording.
- Change of bandwith level in clips parameters.
- Add of FPS info on video decoding tiles.
- Others optimizations et improvements.

- Increase timeout on Clips-Pro video post.
- Correction of I-Frame in video clips. (at the start and on a camera switch).
- Resolve a conflict between the live streaming and video recording.

- Live video streaming to new serveur address.
- Correction of video index in video inputs parameters window.
- Lowering video quality limit for live streaming.
- Rtsp stream (IP camera) are forced to TCP.
- Camera scenarii : add of a simplified mode.
- Camera scenarii : 3 new possible mode : before and after start, between start and finish, before and after finish.
- Preview window is not always on top.
- Mouse cursor is hide when it pass on the render window.
- Use of libopenh264 to encode and decode H264 video.
- Little optimizations for video recording.
- Update of FFmpeg library (20151211).
- Correction of some traductions.

- Correction of protection key detection.
- Avoid error if you delete a camera displayed on the final render.
- Better cleaning of buttons textures.
- Background UI is darker.
- Better support if vidéos and camera (By using FFmpeg LGPL3.0 v09/11/2015).
- Access to media are now on a separate thread.
- New progress and time bar for playing videos.
- Add play/pause buttons for video.
- New integrated support for live streaming to Vola servers.
- Support audio from interface for streaming.
- Correction of differents video resolution for video clips.
- Better timestamping for video clips.
- Superior preset used for video clips (better quality with same bitrate).
- Better video splitting management (percent are now used for all the race).
- Others littles optimization for video clips recording.
- Video streams are now cadenced at 30fps.
- Avoid stop recording or live streaming when your resize the software window.
- Optimizations of textures loading (no unecessary file walk).
- Textures : correction of 24 bits images loading.
- Image selection : proportionality check is now disabled when you change image.
- Alpha channel is set at 255 for BMP 32bits file.
- The mini preview use all the available space.
- Show the time when playing a slideshow.
- Support for video in slideshow.
- Correction of time when swaping a slide.
- Backround slide is now fade out when using fading effect between slide.
- Slide duration is now 5 seconds by default.
- Key F1 à F4 : Now directly send camera stream to the final render.
- Key 1 à 4 : Now preview/take control of media channel.
- Lighyweight setup pak 60Mo => 29Mo.
- New Vola logo in default graphic template.
- Correction of firstname/lastname field in the default scénario.
- Others littles corrections and optimizations.

- Competitors at start: update of the exchange format of SkiAlp-Pro v3.0.20.
- Databases: correction of errors by changing write modus to cache only.
- Correction of gap at intermediates calculation when there are two runs and a "total of runs" classification type.
- Parallels: update of the serie when the competitors numbers change.
- Optimisation and cleaning. Correction in the scenario tabs creation. Deletion and creation at each switch among scenario tabs.
- Save and load of all lines in a scenario tab.
- Correction of the menu for data directory configuration.
- BlackMagic capture card: SDK update to version 10.3.4.
- Modifying lines positions affects all effects for position too.
- New capture card: support of Vola HD Capture Card.
- New translation: addition of the language file in dutch.
- Correction selection of "No media" on already assigned media.
- Correction Intensity image hang if audio is active.
- Several corrections (COM objects initialisation in the main Thread, calls of destructors)

Parallels: update of the name of the serie when competitors numbers change.
Parallels: start list is now separated into series.
Parallels: start list data: addition of data « Result of competitor ... ».
Parallels: addition of a start list scenario in the template graphic file.

•      Encoding / cutting / joining videos in one pass instead of 4.
•     Added moov atom in the recorded videos for online play starts immediately.
•     The miniature is done at the crossing of the finish line.
•     Adding an entry "Still images" to load and position logos (to be used instead of Media Player for logos and other still images).
•     Adding of the management and support of live streaming for the Vola Web TV
•     Integration of FFmpeg in Shared mode.
•     Downsizing of the pack to 12mo
•     Recording a video is not valid if the assembly of video is not done correctly.
•     settings of trackbars  and different panels.
•     Correction of the handling of the different runs in parallel events (running time and rankings).
•     Adding buttons to manage rankings / start list for the Video-Pro interface.
•     Adding shortcut M and C to change the transition from one media to preview.
•     Cleaning the source code.

•      Change order of layers of the media: F1 = foreground F4 = background.
•      Disabling of error message at launch if the sound is not initialized.
•      No black semi transparent square if a flag is captured but the file does not exist.
•      Initialization Fixed video player connected to the overlay channel.
•      If media is an image, one copies it only once in graphics memory.
•      Fix the source of the ranking in parallel mode (for records).
•      Minor optimizations.

- Sound integration for video and media captures: the sound is internally managed in Stereo 48000Hz.
- The sound is picked up by the HDMI or RCA on BLACKMAGIC interfaces or directly from a media.
- Windows Vista / 7: It is necessary to have updated DirectX to use sound (http://www.microsoft.com/fr-fr/download/details.aspx?id=35).
- Option to turn the sound continuously or only when the image is online.
- Insert the sound depending on the input transition, MIX mode, the sound appear fused to the maximum value set.
- The sound comes out bland on media with an output transition defined MIX.
- Adding stereo VU meters to monitor audio input.
- The deletion of a media settings are now correctly restored.
- Optimization of final render layers: a Cut drain the layer list.
- Margin settings between previews of cameras to make best use of available space.
- The funds of the video inputs are now checkerboard to better visualize transparency.
- Optimization of the re-calculation rankings (Launch faster and no more delays at arrival and at a large number of classified competitor).
- Fixed handling of the hours of the start / finish to manage records in parallel tests.
- If the reference of a record is the arrival then the recording time is the percentage of the total course.
- No launch update verification.
- Reduction of 20 mega bytes package.
- Other minor updates

•      Integration of the window to set a recording scenario.
•      Cleaning, restructuring and optimizing code recording the video stream.
•      Headers of the temporary video files are correctly added as header before any writing.
•      Avoids freezes when the recording starts.
•      Registration is now shut down properly when the box is unticked.
•      The flow is necessarily stopped even after changing the scenario of cameras.
•      The thread registration is now correctly stopped and cleaned.
•      The time of end recording is now updated regularly: no more error stream selection.
•      Better management of the shutdown / reboot by camera.
•      Correction of the calculation of ranking positive and negative differences after arrival and after an intermediate
•      Changing the scenario by default to display the positive / negative differences over the total race time instead of the run time.

- Integration of multi-cameras management.
- Up to 4 cameras simultaneously.
- Up to 3 media (video files).
- Here are the formats and media supported: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/features.php?cat=input
- The inlays are considered as media and can be mixed or not. A transition effect can be set.
- The preview window is now optionnaly divided into four parts:

• - Top left: a preview area where you can see a media before sending it to the final stream.
• - Top right: the final stream sent on the screens.
• - A strip of four frames containing the signal from the cameras in real time.
• - A strip of four frames, the first containing the inlays and the three others videos to choose from.

- This preview can be switched from mosaic mode, or as before, to just having the final.
- Video inputs and the media can be incorporated into the final stream with transition effects, for now CUT = Gross, MIX = fade.
- The time for the fade can be defined.
- Keyboard shortcuts are defined to manage the flow:

• - Keys F1 to F4 => Put in the foreground the media or the overlays (F1).
• - Keys 1-4 => Video-caption inputs.
• - Enter key: showing video.

- The video position is now applied to the inlays and input signals.
- Cleaning, reorganization, simplification of the code and optimizations:

• - A single OpenGL context for the preview and rendering.
• - Only FrameBuffers are now used, RenderBuffer are abandoned.
• - Only an update of the timing data on ~ 3 frames instead of 2 updates per frame. (update every 50ms).
• - Remove unnecessary buffers deletion.

- Integration of an intelligent cache for banners and flags => better management of the random-access and graphic memory.
- Video replacing overlays now uses VLC too.
- Updating the Library to the BlackMagic 10.3.4 version dated of 2014-10-24.
- Video capturing by a BlackMagic card is now optional. Withdrawal of error messages at launch if there is no card.
- The data unloading is done only once at the close of the program.
- Limitation of files recording to 1.5 Go (limit C ++ 32 bits).
- Remove of infinite loops when an error occurs while recording in database.
- Optimizing the loading of images of format .BMP.
- Optimization of the calculation of transition effects (faster and more accurate).
- Adding effects: text or background angle and opacity of the text.
- Correction of the delay effect on the page change in ranking mode, or start list.
- When launching the application, the first video input and the inlays are directly displayed.
- Integration of running time for parallel events.
- Managing the start list and ranking in parallel events.
- Update of the example scenario for parallel ranking.
- Add of a test pattern for video adjustments.
- Add of a button to space vertically and evenly a group of data lines (between the first and the last selected line).
- Add of a button to space horizontally and evenly a group of data lines (between the first and the last selected line).
- Add of a button to align to the left a group of data lines (takes the first value).
- Add of a button to align to the top a group of data lines (takes the first value).

- Correction of the time of displaying of a data after a finish.
- Scrolling effect improved in relation with the alignment of the background.
- Update of the sample of scenario in mode Time Measurement: adjusting the background for the last name and first name.
- Update of the sample of scenario in mode Ski School.
- Logo Vola Racing replaced by Vola Timing.

- Addition of "Penalty" data.
- Translations: several updates.

- Option for texts to scroll if they are too long.
- Addition of a color light for the event directory validity, and a color light for the connection to timing.
- Direct update of the replacement of the timing computer with another computer: no need to stop and start again Video-SkiAlp-Pro.
- Scenario, tab "Effects": addition of a button "Copy the list". The button "Paste" now adds a new effect with the copied content.
- Creating a graphic taking another graphic as a model: character fonts and diaporama are copied too.
- Nation flags: new flags with a shadow and rounded corners are now downloadable from Vola server.
- Scenario: text or flag: new parameters "Opacity" and "Angle".
- Scenario data: new option "Finish dwell time".
- Video recording: record parameters are initialised for each new graphic.
- Parallels: update when there is a competitor change at start.
- Optimisation of the encoding and publication of videos. Use of the x64 capacities of the computer OS.
- Option to record videos with or without overlays.
- School of Skiing: whatever the country regulation, possibility to set a scenario "Time measurement - School of Skiing" with medals.
- Update of the default graphic template.
- Support of the English language and possibility to translate the software.
- Texts change happening during a transition out are now recorded.
- New data arriving precisely during a transition out are now recorded, even if they are identical to the previous ones.
- Display of all data even if the new competitor has been introduced during the transition out of another (previous) competitor.
- Display of texts having the value "0" (for example: "0" points in a ranking).
- The parametrised display delays are now taken into account on effects for transition in.
- When opening a new graphic, improvement of the re-initialisation of text fonts, background images and effects.
- When starting Video-SkiAlp-Pro, the main window is resized if it does not fit in the PC screen.
- Blackmagic capture systems: update of the driving library.
- Possibility to record a "bug report" when an "Access violation" occurs.
- Software recast: update of user controls (buttons, entering, grids, etc.), internet exchanges, HTML encoding, read/write of files, etc.

Publication of on-line videos :

• Automatic save and publication on the web
• Selection of the different parameters of starts
• Information on the current save
• Increase of the delay for publication
• Number of trials limited to 3
• Test of the size of the files before publication
• Wait of a valid synchronisation before the start of the recording
• Pause if no competitor is on course
• Close the encoding plugin if you close Video-SkiAlp-Pro

Encoding of videos :

• Adaptation for Smartphones.
• Force the position of window at the bottom right of the screen.
• Avoid the memory saturation if too many frames are captured.
• Manage of personalised resolutions.
• Other small improvements