Version 2.12.18

This is a bug-fix release which corrects two problems:

• Crash on some malformed .srt files (#1454).
• Errors on export due to filenames having the wrong file extension.

Thanks to our patron:

LightBender Post

and subscribers:

Jussi Siponen	Zbigniew Kamiński	Film.Ca Inc.
Central Cinema	Timm Kröger	José Delio Ares García
Owen Morgan	Glyndebourne	Mark Allender
John B. Thomas	Sem Rumo - Projetos Audiovisuais	Barak Epstein
Luiz Amoasei	Gerard Elmore	Irving Shapiro
Jeremy Spracklen	Carlos Lagido	Lichtspiele Kalk
Austrian Film Museum	Ross Meyer	Luke Granger-Brown
Stephen van Vuuren (SV2DCP)	Bears Rebecca Fonte

Version 2.12.17

This is a bug-fix release which corrects some problems in the command-line client and adds a build for Ubuntu 18.10.

Version 2.12.15

This is a bug-fix release which corrects failures to start up when the configuration file is corrupt.

Version 2.12.14

This is a bug-fix release which corrects overlaid burnt-in subtitles in some cases. It also fixes the Debian Unstable build.

Version 2.12.13

This is a bug-fix release which corrects bad parsing of ASS subtitle lines embedded into FFmpeg files (in lines which contain commas).

Version 2.12.12

This is a bug-fix release which fixes two bugs in 2.12.11:

• Fix failure to load UTF16 subtitle files on OS X (this was supposed to be in 2.12.11 but it was missed out).
• Fix failure to import DCPs with encrypted Atmos tracks.

Version 2.12.11

This is a bug-fix release which fixes two bugs in 2.12.10:

• Fix failure to load UTF16 subtitle files on OS X.
• Fix error on loading projects with missing subtitle files.

Version 2.12.10

This is a bug-fix release which fixes three small bugs in 2.12.9:

• Fix cut-off subtitles in the player in some cases.
• Add missing dcpomatic2_kdm_cli.exe to the Windows installer.
• Give better errors in some circumstances.

Version 2.12.9

This is a bug-fix release which fixes one bug in 2.12.8 and adds one new feature:

• Fix incorrect ordering of image files in cases with lots of numbers in the filename.
• Allow command-line configuration of config location (#1284).

Version 2.12.8

This is a bug-fix release which corrects some problems with 2.12.6, and provides a couple of small improvements:

• Fix failure to load image files with non-ASCII pathnames.
• Fix some reel length errors at the end of transcodes.
• Prevent the introduction of negative trims (which cause encoding errors).
• Assume .jpf files are JPEG2000 images.
• Fix the update checker (#1338).
• Speed up the timeline in some cases.
• Add build for Fedora 28.

Version 2.12.6

This is a bug-fix release which corrects four problems with 2.12.5:

• Fix slow exports.
• Fix failure to start on Ubuntu 18.04.
• Fix burn-in and preview of subtitles containing ampersands.
• Fix incorrect subtitle timing when there are more than two consecutive reels without subtitles.

Version 2.12.5

This is a bug-fix release which corrects four problems with 2.12.4:

• Fix invalid subtitles in DCPs in some rare circumstances (see #1293).
• Force remake of video when burnt-in subtitle colour, effect or effect colour change (see #1290).
• Fix crash on making a DCP after trimming the end of some subtitle content (see #1275).
• Significantly increase update speed when using large start trims.

Version 2.12.4

This is a bug-fix release which corrects six problems with 2.12.3:

• Fix incorrect crop in the preview in certain circumstances (#1274).
• Fix crash on startup with no audio devices (#1265).
• Prevent export starting until a filename has been specified (#1260).
• Fix missing subtitles when using two subtitle sources (#1271).
• Fix missing start icon for the player in Linux.
• Fix handling of 3D DCPs in the player.

It also contains an updated zh_CN translation from 刘汉源. Thanks!

Version 2.12.3

This is a bug-fix release which corrects two problems with 2.12.2:

• Fix crash when changing DCP audio channel count in some circumstances.
• Fix failure to check for updated DCP-o-matic versions (always reporting that the server is unavailable).

It also contains an updated fr_FR translation from Thierry Journet. Thanks Thierry!

Version 2.12.2

The most significant changes in this release are:

• DCP player — a separate and functional (albeit slow) player for DCPs.
• Audio in the preview — check your content's audio from inside DCP-o-matic.
• Export to ProRes/H.264 — allow people to preview your project, or convert DCPs to other formats.

There are also the usual set of translation updates, bug fixes and assorted new small features. Here's a full list:

Translation updates

zh_CN	刘汉源 and Rov (若文)
cs_CZ	Tomáš Begeni
nl_NL	Rob van Nieuwkerk
fr_FR	Thierry Journet
uk_UA and ru_RU	Igor Voytovich
de_DE	Carsten Kurz
pl_PL	Mike Mazur
es_ES	Manuel AC
da_DK	Anders Uhl Pedersen
pt_BR	Max Fuhlendorf
sv_SE	Adam Klotblixt

Major bug fixes

• Correctly include keys for referenced encrypted DCPs in KDMs (#975).
• Fix referencing of assets with non-zero entry points (#1021).
• Fix various strange behaviours with TrueHD streams.
• Fix bad DCPs when restarting an encrypted encode (#1232).
• Fix resolution levels with 4K outputs.

New features

• Speed up preview of DCPs in some cases by decoding JPEG2000 in the appropriate resolution (#986) and by multi-threading the decoder.
• Use new icon by Julian van Mil.
• Basic save-as (duplicate) (#746).
• Simple cover sheet support (#1039).
• Allow different locations for config.xml.
• Enable editing of the timing properties of several pieces of content simultaneously (#1010).
• Add button to restore original image subtitle colours.
• Use more up-to-date version of FFmpeg.
• Add tentative support for the S-Gamut3/S-Log3 colourspace.
• Get initial colour conversion from FFmpeg header, if it's understood (#993).
• Make "Add folder..." accept a directory of WAV files (#942).
• Add default scale-to (#664).
• Confirm overwrite of KDMs (#1008).
• Show overlapping subs in multiple tracks on the timeline (#941).
• Basic implementation of a tree view for DKDMs (#1012).
• Add priority control buttons to batch converter (#961).
• Add preference for default KDM target directory (#1013).
• Add approximate finish time to progress on jobs (#927).
• Some improvements to hints.
• Use orange for audio peaks that are quite near clipping and red for those that are very close (#1054).
• Add 1.43:1 (IMAX) ratio.
• Add --dcp-frame-rate option to dcpomatic2_create.
• Make jump-to-start on selection in the content list optional.
• Confirm overwrite of existing DCP when creating a new one.
• Add options to write KDMs to separate directories or ZIP files.
• Warn if there is no mail server configured when one is needed (#1046).
• Give a slightly better error when trying to add a KDM using add-file (#1035).
• Nag about potential problems when remaking the decryption chain.
• Improve management of certificate chains to make it harder to have an inconsistent chain / private key set.
• Add UTC+9:30 timezone to cinemas.
• Add size and audio/subtitle languages to contact sheet.
• Offer only flat/scope/full-frame as container choices and differentiate the names from the UI for content ratios.
• Support pos and fs tags in SSA subtitles.
• Remember the last directory used when opening DCPs in the player (#1121).
• Add option to specify a list of servers in dcpomatic2_cli (#1104)
• Add configuration option to set writer's maximum frames in memory.
• Colour axis labels in the audio plot (#835).
• Support for KDM creation from DKDM (#1132).
• Add rewind-to-zero button to film viewer.
• Add version number to encode server welcome message (#1157).
• Add simple copy and paste for content settings (#1051).
• Make certificate re-creation cancellable and default nags to not going away (#1158).
• Check that we can decrypt a DKDM when it is loaded (#1011).
• Try to improve the UI for decryption/signing keys by hiding the details and hopefully providing buttons to do what 99% of users will want to do (#1003).
• When doing jump-to-selected jump to the first subtitle in TextSubtitleContent (#1160).
• Allow configuration of default value of upload-to-TMS button.
• Mac builds are signed so they should run without scary warnings.

Minor bug fixes

• Fix corruption of an existing DCP when a new one is made with the same video asset (#1126).
• Fix incorrect subtitles in DVB streams in some cases.
• Prevent duplicate screen names within a cinema (#1007).
• Fix fading of subtitles.
• Prevent creation of a DCP with missing content or DCP content that needs KDMs/OVs.
• Fix insensitive subtitle controls after adding a VF.
• Fix non-frame-aligned trims when using trim-to-playhead.
• Fix display of progress meter (and crash) when sending emails from the KDM creator (#1045).
• Use CPL annotation text for ASSETMAP and PKL (#1048).
• Fix incorrect signatures caused by badly-created signer chains (#1218).
• Allow master and server to coexist on the same machine at the same time (#962).
• Make backup copes of config.xml and cinemas.xml if they fail to load so that data is less likely to be lost.
• Fix various small errors in emailed-KDM zip file format (#478).
• Speed up creation of 3D DCPs from still-image content.
• Fix incorrect reel numbers in subtitle XML/MXF.
• Fix addition of image sequence directories with dcpomatic2_create.
• Fix incorrect rendering of logarithmic DPX files.
• Fix content tab sensitivity when you load some audio-only content first.
• Fix ‘show DCP’ when project directory names contain spaces (#1091).
• Update ISDCF name when DCP frame rate changes (#1102).
• Use a default DCP name, if none is specified, rather than giving an error.
• Fix incorrect ISDCF name in some cases (#1118).
• Make Cmd+W work on OS X (#934).
• Mark .exr as a valid image file.
• Add missing factor to fix problems when padding in subsampled containers; should fix #1129.
• Fix sensitivity of stuff in KDM output panel.
• Fix wxWidgets debug alert on windows (#1153).
• Fix ISDCF name with full-frame content (#1118).
• Fix opening of ZIP files of certificates on Windows (#1124).
• Add a progress bar when loading large image file folders (#987).
• Update preview correctly when changing video filters (#1019).
• Set up a default KDM write mode and preselect the last used one when re-opening the KDM window (#1137).
• Fix hanging subtitles (#1101).
• Catch exceptions thrown when there are bad KDMs added to imported DCPs (#1000).
• Fix forced-appearance for subs from DCPs (#1162).
• Disable DCP panel controls which cannot be altered when another DCP is being referenced.
• Fix crash on making KDMs for an unencrypted project (#1188).
• Allow main DCP-o-matic and batch converter to run on the same machine and both access encoding servers (#1190).
• Don't select video streams for which we have no codec; warn in log about streams with no codec (#1184).
• Fix crash on adding content to a template in some cases (#1192).
• Use a different way to read frame rates from FFmpeg (#1030).
• Handle errors in subtitle XML better (#1209).

Thanks to 刘汉源, Rov (若文), Tomáš Begeni, Rob van Nieuwkerk, Thierry Journet, Igor Voytovich, Julian van Mil, Carsten Kurz, Mike Mazur, Manuel AC, Anders Uhl Pedersen and Adam Klotblixt.