NeoDCP Player version 2.50 released
Dear friends and colleagues,
new version of the NeoDCP Player was just released. Many interesting features are ready to be used:
NeoDCP Player v2.50
(28th July 2014, beta)
- Implemented DCP ingest feature
- Implemented DCP hash verification feature
- Added full support for so-called Supplemental DCPs
- Unresolved file references are clearly marked when inspecting supplemental DCPs
- Added Spanish translation of the application
- Added more diagnostic checks to the DirectX initialization code
- Added more diagnostic checks to the MXF handling code
- More MXF file metadata displayed on inspect (average bit-rate, type, etc.)
- Added an option to disable subtitles rendering
- Added menu item to toggle digital mask visibility for projector/screen configuration
- Added support for the EffectSize subtitle attribute
- If needed, decryption key validity periods are extended by 6 hours (according to the DCI Specification v1.2)
- Added ‘Alt-F’ hotkey to switch between full-screen and windowed modes
- A warning is shown when running the 32-bit version under a 64-bit Windows OS
- It is possible to play CPLs containing audio even if the output audio device is not available
- Added license expiration dialog
- Licensing menu and dialogs redesigned
- Maximum picture queue size is now determined differently
- CPL selection dialog items reordered
- PKL content title is displayed instead when the PKL annotation text is empty
- KDM-related optimizations
- Redesigned the KDM browser window
- DCP inspect window redesigned
- The default border subtitle effect was too faint
- Fixed minor font style selection issue introduced in the previous version
- Corrected sizing of some GUI elements
- Changed colors of some GUI elements
- More verbose when PKL asset file info is incomplete
- More verbose when parsing invalid or missing ASSETMAP/CPL/PKL/MXF files
- More verbose when encountering errors during opening of playlist files
- Renamed the ‘default’ full-screen mode to ‘use Windows desktop settings’
- Changed the default setting of ‘Video scaling’ to ‘fit to the display area’
- Replaced the ‘B’ hotkey for digital mask by ‘Alt-M’ and changed its context to the controller window
- Slightly modified the behavior of excess CPU load indicator
- Most dialogs except file/folder selection are now centered on screen
- JPEG 2000 decoder updated
- PNG decoder updated
- Translations updated
- Decryption key expiration warning was sometimes shown way too early
