Raylight Cutter Bug Release

Raylight Cutter (Windows version) bug release is today. The new version is 1.0 Build C.

Release Notes:

1. Audio editing and Transitions

Many bugs were fixed in the audio fades and audio editing in transition mode. The length of an audio fade can now be controlled by dragging a crank handle off the audio scissors. The audio rolls are shown correctly now when you click on a transition in the pie chart: the top rolls show the sound for the tail of the previous cut, the bottom rolls are for the head of the next cut. By clicking on the top or bottom video rolls you can highlight the corresponding audio rolls. If a roll is selected, any cuts made are applied only to that roll.

2. Secondary Monitor

The size and quality of the 2nd monitor is now controlled using a temporary solution. This will eventually be done with an icon in the settings screen, but for now, the file monitor.txt (in the Documents/RaylightCutter folder) can be edited with NotePad to set the scale and frame size. For example

scale     2

width    1280

height    900

scale = 1 is for full resolution, 2 for half resolution, etc.

the height and width must be supported by the monitor. To see a list of supported sizes, look at the file DirectDraw.txt in the same folder, after the program has run at least once with the 2nd monitor connected.

Also the "2" icon on the viewer must be enabled (lit up) for the 2nd monitor to operate.

3. Deinterlacing

Deinterlacing preview has been improved. High-quality deinterlacing is turned off when you scrub through footage or playback in real time. Deinterlacing is turned on when the video roll is 60i or 50i format and the project settings are progressive, and you are stepping through the video frame-by-frame using the page down key, or when rendering. The upper field/lower field first icon now works, and has the correct effect on 60i to 24p conversion. The frame rate interpretation (60i/30p/24p) is now saved when you change it and has the correct effect on deinterlacing. 3:2 and 2:3:3:2 pulldown removal is working now when you either render or step through footage frame-by-frame.

4. Stability

Some improvements have been made to prevent the program from crashing due to a video frame buffer overrun.

5. Audio Box

The audio box has been modified to make the local and global icons bigger.

6. Flicking Clips

The "flick a clip" feature has been implemented. You can drag your finger (or mouse) from the center of a clip in the folder view towards the project reel and it will assemble into the project after the last cut. We will put up a video this week to demonstrate this.

What's Next

Looking ahead the next release will support the HEVC (H.265) codec using the Main Concept decoder in demo mode, and will have further improvements to the user interface.

A bug release is coming soon with some of the above changes (1,3,4,5,6), and more, for the Mac OSX version.

Raylight Ultra 1.3 Released

The new Raylight Ultra adds direct P2 MXF export, with smart rendering, of the most popular P2 formats: DVCPROHD and DVCPRO50. All frame rates for 50Hz and 60Hz systems are supported. Ultra 1.3 is a free update.

Also you can now get two upgrades of interest to AVC-Intra users: Power Pack I with 3X faster AVC-Intra playback compared with the standard Raylight Ultra, and Power Pack II with faster playback and also direct export, with smart rendering, of AVC-Intra formats to P2 MXF files.

The AVC-Intra format uses 50 or 100Mbps H.264 I-frame compression for higher quality and more resolution compared with DVCPROHD. Example P2 cameras with AVC-Intra are the Panasonic HPX3000 and the HPX300.

To update to Ultra 1.3 go to our update page. You must be a registered user to get the free update.

Raylight Ultra 1.2.3 Released

Raylight Ultra 1.2.3 has been released.
Get it at dvfilm.com/update.

This version fixes some permissions issues when not running as administrator.
It includes an update to the installer for integration with Vegas 10.0

Raylight Ultra 1.2.2 Patch Released

A patch for Ultra 1.2.2 has been released. Version 1.2.2 introduced a bug that would prevent Raylight AVI's from being imported into Vegas 9 (32 bit) under Windows XP, or would prevent
the Raylight Ultra format from being selected if you tried to export a Microsoft AVI with Vegas 9 and Windows XP. The patched version (1.2.2 A) corrects this problem.

The new download is available at dvfilm.com/update

Raylight Ultra 1.2.2 Released

Raylight Ultra version 1.2.2 has been released. Get it at dvfilm.com/update

New to this release:

1. Fixed a bug where more than 8 processors would cause the decoder to crash.
2. Fixed a bug where AVI's made with RayMaker would have a scrambled image.
3. Improved playback performance with AVC-Intra and more than 2 processors.

Raylight Ultra 1.2.1 Released

This maintenance release addresses a few bugs including:

• Bug regarding some AVC-Intra 50Hz formats that would cause the decoder to error out
• Bug that would cause an error when more than 350 clips were opened

Registered users can get Ultra 1.2.1 at dvfilm.com/update

New users can purchase at dvfilmstore.com

Raylight Ultra 1.2 Has Been Released

Highlights of New features and bugs fixes:

• Adds AVC-Intra support for MXF files. Automatically builds proxies for real-time AVC-Intra editing when importing the MXF files into Vegas 9.
• RayMaker can now make AVC-Intra AVI files (32-bit systems only). RayMaker 3.6 has improved pulldown removal for Variable Frame Rate video, and is also capable of making ½-size as well as ¼-size proxy AVI’s.
• Ultra 1.2 fixes memory usage problems and sub-clip problems in the Vegas 9 plug-in.
• Ultra 1.2 displays the P2 UserClipName in the Vegas Explorer window.
• Ultra 1.2 Supports Windows 7 32- and 64-bit versions as well as older Windows systems

Complete documentation is available in the ReadMe file included with the software. Registered users can get Ultra 1.2 at dvfilm.com/update

New users can purchase at dvfilmstore.com

Raylight Ultra with AVC-Intra

Try the new Raylight Ultra 1.2 Beta release with new native, AVC-intra support.

You must be a registered purchaser of Raylight Ultra to get the download.

New features include
1) native AVC-Intra support for P2 Cards.
2) automatic built-in generation of proxies for AVC-Intra real time playback.
3) optional 10-bit YUV mode for better image quality
4) automatic switching between proxy and original files
5) UserClipName metadata appears in the status bar of the Vegas explorer.

Presently works only with Vista 32, XP 32, and Vegas 9.0. RayMaker does not yet support AVC-Intra.

Do not use this software to start an important new project. There are known and unknown issues with the software. Use at your own risk! Some of the known issues are listed in the email that you will get with the update.

Report problems or suggestions to DVFilm Support, go to DVFilm.com, click on Support and then Support Request.

Here is the link to get the update: http://dvfilm.com/update/updateBeta.htm

A sample AVC-Intra P2 clip (24 MB zip file) is available at http://dvfilm.com/upload/AVCI_test.zip

Raylight Ultra 1.1.1 Released

New in 1.1.1
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Fixes a bug in the Vegas 8.0 plugin which causes SD files to crash in suppress recompression mode.
Fixes a bug in the Vegas 9.0 plugin with Vegas 9.0c that caused the image to be zoomed in or black in the preview window.
Fixes a bug in the Vegas 9.0 plugin where the audio from tracks 3,4 would not play in 4-Track mode.
Fixes a bug in the AVI codec when playing proxy AVI's.

Current customers can request the free update here.

DVFilm Raylight (Windows) 301-13 Released

DVFilm Raylight 301-13 was released August 1 to correct a problem with the Vegas plugin. Get it at dvfilm.com/update

This is the "legacy" release for the old DVFilm Raylight, which has been superceded by Raylight Ultra. Barring any major problems with 301-13 it will be the last update you will need for the future.

On the other hand this is now an obsolete product as it will not work with Vegas 9 or later versions, nor with Windows Vista 64 or any future versions of Windows. If you have not upgraded to Ultra please do so after you have finished your current project.

Ultra has better performance, gives you access to metadata and all 4 audio tracks, works with 64-bit Vegas, and will support AVC-Intra in future updates. The special upgrade price of $50 is good only through late summer 2009. Get it at dvfilmstore.com. End sales pitch.

Raylight Ultra 1.1 Released

This version of Raylight adds support for Sony Vegas 9.0 as well as support for Vista 64.

Current customers can request the update here.

Raylight Ultra 1.0.1 Update Released

This is a minor release that fixes a bug in the Raylight Vegas plugin related to 4-track audio. There was a sync issue resulting in extra audio artifacts.

Current customers can request the update here.

Raylight For Windows Update 3.1.10 Released

This update for Raylight has a newer version for the Adobe Premier plugin. If you do not use this plugin, then you do not need to update.

Current customers can request the free update here.

Raylight For Windows Update 3.1.9 Released

This is a maintenance release that fixes a bug where AVIs created from HD source MXF files were not converted properly.  Only a single unique frame would be output.

Current customers can request the update here.

The free demo version has also been updatead to 3.1.9. Anyone can download it here.

Raylight For Windows Update 301-8 Released

This maintenance release fixes the following bugs

1. The Raylight Vegas plugin was not setting the correct codec for dvcproPal MXF files resulting in distorted images when MXF files were viewed in Vegas.
2. RayMaker was not setting the correct codec in the output AVI file for dvcproPal. These AVIs when viewed in Vegas appeared distorted.

Current customers can request the update here.

Raylight Windows 301-7 Update available

New DVFilm Maker

Raylight for Windows Update 301-5 now available

Update 301-5 fixes a bug where Vegas requests a compressed frame and Raylight displays a popup message that Vegas "wanted a compressed frame" which we don't support. It should not have generated an error message.

As always, the update for registered users can be requested at this page.

Raylight for Windows 301-4 update available

A new version of Raylight for Windows, version 301-4, is now available.
This version updates the Vegas plugin to support Vegas Pro 8.
It also adds timecode support.
Registered users can request the update at this DVFilm site page

Raylight with Vegas Pro 8

The Vegas plugin will be updated soon for V8. In the meantime Raylight can be made to work with Vegas 8 by using the following workaround:


http://dvfilm.com/cgi-bin/board/main.cgi?board=rayvegas;action=display;num=1188422584

Raylight Ultra Install Issue on Windows 7

Users installing Raylight Ultra on 64-bit Windows 7 will experience a problem preventing the Raylight plugin from registering properly with Vegas 9. If you are running either the 32-bit OR the 64-bit version of Vegas 9 on 64-bit Windows 7, complete the installation as follows:

1. Locate the folder where Vegas 9 is installed.
For 64-bit Vegas 9 the default path is:
C:\Program Files\Sony\Vegas Pro 9.0.
For 32-bit Vegas 9 the default path is:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Sony\Vegas Pro 9.0.

2. Edit the file DVFilm.fio2007-config file using Notepad. If this file doesn't exist create it.

3. If you are using 64-bit Vegas 9 the contents of the file should contain:

[FileIO Plug-Ins]
DVFilmMxfPlug=C:\Program Files\DVFilm\Raylight Ultra 1.1.1\RaylightVegas90-64.dll

The Raylight Ultra installer will have left off the "-64" at the end of the plugin file name. Naturally, if you changed the default destination path for Raylight Ultra you will need to adjust the path accordingly.

4. If you are using 32-bit Vegas 9 the contents of the file should contain

[FileIO Plug-Ins]
DVFilmMxfPlug=C:\Program Files (x86)\DVFilm\Raylight Ultra 1.1.1\RaylightVegas90.dll

The Raylight Ultra installer will have left off the "(x86)" from the path name. Again, if you changed the default destination path for Raylight Ultra you will need to adjust the path accordingly.

5. Restart Vegas and it should now find the appropriate Raylight plugin to handle MXF files. You can tell if the plugin is installed properly by opening the Vegas explorer pane, and selecting a video MXF file. If the plugin is installed properly and the MXF file is a supported type (AVC-Intra coming soon!), then below the explorer pane, you will see information about the MXF file as well as "DVFilm Raylight Ultra" displayed.

This issue is caused by a failure to reliably obtain the installation path of Sony Vegas 9.0 under Windows 7.0. The issue will be resolved in future releases of Raylight Ultra and Sony Vegas