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November 2013
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Lightworks v11.1.1 Release Notes
Introduction
This document summarizes updates and fixes for prior limitations made to this release
of Lightworks, and which are not described in the User or Installation Guides. See the
following sections:
New Features in Version 11.1.1 on page 3
Fixed in Version 11.1.1 on page 4
"Limitations and Known Problems in Version 11.1.1" on page 8
"Troubleshooting" on page 10
Technical Support Contracts on page 10
New Features in Version 11.1.1
The following features have been implemented in this version:
Offline activation option when internet is not present
Offline activation to the manage licenses button for offline-reactivation
Improved offline activation to generate a C2E file when using the Manage licenses
option
Added chord-click solo-select behavior to viewer track buttons (ie. same as timeline
buttons)
Simpler sign-in when the only available license is a Pro Trial
Added 24-bit audio export option to the export panel. Primarily for XDCAM HD
50Mbps exports
Added recognition of large tile sizes in preparation for Lightworks 11.5 (previously
called 11.2)
Added Master scale slider to the image key effect
Added BITC option for 'top-level sub-clip' name (on the 'edit texts' tab)
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Fixed in Version 11.1.1
Fixed in Version 11.1.1
The following fixes have been implemented in this version:
Fixed corrupted MI issue (causing "Internal error" during sign in)
Fixed sign-in issues related to available network connections
Prevented possible crash launching Premiere FX plugins
Fixed failure to start due to osprivate.dll
Fixed Prints showing media offline when inserted into a new edit
Fixed linking to audio files on MetaSan 4k sector size drives (which appear as local
drives)
Fixed system analysis to prevent "Internal Error" during activation
Fixed audio files not being copied to the Sound folder when restoring from an
archive
Fixed 'Doesn't contain' function on the References tab of the Searchcard
Fixed incorrect audio on Sony IMX PCM files
Treat de-interlaced progressive material as first field top
Transfer focus to the source viewer following a double-click
Fixed potential crash/crash on exit with WAV files that have less audio than expected
Fixed Add Effect 'Category' menu missing on the FX panel
Fixed incorrect audio replay rate when importing 29.97fps clip into 24fps project
Fixed Sync Groups potentially losing sync under particular circumstances
Fixed potential crash using Offline activations
Fixed truncated effect names (when they contain dots)
Fixed showing black for plugin FX that have never been configured
Fixed Internal Error during activation when only a USB internet dongle is available
Fixed audio corruption and sync drift on 1080p23.98 XDCAM HD files when using
copy local
Fixed potential crash related to memory in the 32-bit version
Improved memory allocation
Fixed AES audio in IMX files when using copy local
Ensure that rack name changes are respected when using the cogs menu to set
permanence (shared projects)
Improved rack updates/changes (shared projects)
Avoid writing out bin data whilst it is being read on another system (shared projects)
Fixed Blackmagic 16:9 PAL recordings being recorded as 4:3
Fixed incorrect interpretation of MP4 material containing AES audio streams
Fixed fatal heap memory corruption during recording with Matrox I/O
Fixed incorrect timecodes on audio files when using batch imports
Fixed XDCAM HD images turning pink and split screen due to MPEG422+Alpha
images being present
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Lightworks v11.1.1 Release Notes
Do not attempt to save dirty edits in the case of a crash (eg. if crashing because of
insufficient memory, writing edits may be dangerous)
Fixed byte-ordering in DPX timecodes
Fixed cached reads of uncompressed AVIs. Could cause a potential crash playing
WAVs or AVIs
Fixed imported MP3 files having a duration of '???'
Fixed license expiry-time display (1-day late expiring)
Fixed memory fragmentation issues causing random crashing
Fixed material being incorrectly deleted if a clip is imported from the Material folder
and then deleted
Fixed potential crash managing licenses
Fixed incorrect field order on interlaced imports (incorrect files will need to be re-
imported into this version)
Fixed reading of scan mode from Quicktime DV files (usually second field top)
Fixed frame delay between Lightworks viewer and SDI output
Fixed renders of interlaced material in 1080Psf projects to Matrox YUYV showing two
images one on top of the other
Fixed hang when pressing Stop on a sync group
Allocated large object heap above 2Gb as an attempt to resolve randomly failing
pixel shader compilation
Fixed incorrect aspect ratio being read on 4:3 MP4 files
Fixed MP4 files with AAC audio not importing
Fixed 64-bit version running out of memory
Clip audio levels to 12dB for all exports (Primarily AAFs to AVID)
Fixed playout tool appearing incorrectly during playout
Fixed Omneon files failing to import
Fixed potential crash importing MXF XDCAMHD422 FFMBC sample
Fixed being able to search for clips based on the hard drive location on the Search
card
Fixed potential crash undoing an effect in the video routing
Fixed playback of image sequences
Fixed potential crash if codec initialisation fails
Fixed source surfaces being held after pixel shader is finished (using unnecessary
GPU memory)
Fixed potential crash entering projects (when encountering a subclip with an empty
cell)
Further improvements to 64-bit memory handling, including a config entry for
memory to be reserved
Introduced linking to material which had been previously imported using 'copy-
local' or 'transcode' for AAF import
Fixed only one audio track being decoded on MP4 imports
Fixed linking of imported AAF to shots imported with 'create-link'
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Fixed in Version 11.1.1
Added Clip name option to Find Material function
Fixed video image on the record panel flashing when in Standby using Blackmagic
Codec (UYVY)
Fixed H.264 .mov and .MP4 files appearing incorrectly
Updated to Main Concept Transcoding SDK 3.2 and LL SDK 9.7
Fixed .MXF audio (created by AVID) not playing back correctly
Fixed media potentially disappearing and showing offline
Fixed issue of two file readers competing for the same file metadata
Fixed output on SDI when using the playout tool
Fixed incorrect audio on multi channel MP4 sample
Translate media links in AVID AAFs when referencing the "Avid MediaFiles" folder
Fixed user defined names for media locations
Fixed potential crash using shared projects
Fixed potential crash with empty project name
Fixed playback of XDCAM SR MXF files
Fixed potential crash leaving a project after disconnecting FX nodes
Fixed loading of files with .jpeg extension
Fixed potential crash opening the FX panel
Fixed import of Mulitpage Tiff sample
Fixed crash when dragging a timeline FX segment (whilst the edit is playing)
Fixed SDI output being incorrect when doing live editing from a sync group
Fixed import of four channel EDLs
Fixed Image key effect not scaling correctly
Fixed import of Omneon MXF sample file
Fixed Keyframe scale graph not working correctly
Fixed FX losing their routing when dragging and dropping
Fixed batch import panel defaulting to Copy Local on fresh installs
Fixed Clipboard stripview Timecode track showing ??? for Timecode
Fixed Clipboard not working correctly when using the Replace function
Fixed XDCAM 422 8-ch exports with information only on channel 1
Fixed Subclips not syncing by Timecode in Sync Groups
Fixed In points being added incorrectly at the start of an edit when using undo
Changed file reader for RAW .MOV files
Changed All Avid-target AAFs to contain only one locator which is always in URL-
format
Added automatic backup of clip .ED5 files when they are deleted
Added awareness of new master scale parameter on Image Key effect
Fixed keyframes on Image Key scale to respect Linear/Non Linear setting
Fixed Image key effect not scaling correctly when exporting/rendering to different
resolutions
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Lightworks v11.1.1 Release Notes
Fixed suppress re-link on AAF-import
Fixed incorrect audio replay rate during AAF import (especially with 23.98/24)
Fixed slight inaccuracies in shot-length, cut-point positions, cue-positions, and
timecode-length when importing AAFs
Changed AAF file locators on export for interchange with Blackmagic Resolve V10
Beta (local media only)
Fixed incorrect audio replay rates when clips are imported during file import from
AAF
Changed EDL export to limit Reel IDs to 8 characters. Adding (edl_limit_reel_length
0) to the config.dat file disables this behavior
Changed Reel IDs and 24P Reel IDs to default to the clip name if they're missing on
file import (rather than assigning a random cookie name)
Fixed potential failure/crash on startup when unusual disks/devices are attached
(RAMdisk)
Fixed inability to change the Reel ID on the clip labels panel
Fixed potential crash trimming video only track in 64bit build
Fixed potential crash using Live Edit function with Matrox I/O hardware
Fixed audio being out of sync during Live cutting (only audio from the first selected
clip in the sync group will be heard during live cutting now)
Changed LW.TTF in preparation for the next version of Lightworks 11.5
Removed render option from the video routing panel
Respect track selections when making a copy
Ensure that items added to a project after the export tool was opened are exported
as expected
Prevent potential crash copying new logs from one project to another
Fixed projects on shared workspace incorrectly receiving messages when deleting or
updating logs
Fixed incorrect field ordering on interlaced material that has varispeed added
Fixed issue where a project could lose its output format setting
Fixed startup on Windows 8.1 using the 64-bit version
Improved indexing on Long GOP files (MP4 and H.264 MOVs) to reduce import time
Fixed XDCAM EX sample importing with the incorrect audio
Fixed frame repeats/skips when playing 30p/29.97p material in 30-frame projects
Fixed pixelation and image breakup when scrubbing through and reverse playing
XDCAM HD samples
Fixed aspect ratio on M2TS samples when browsing on the import panel
Fixed playback stuttering on XDCAM EX samples
Removed the "possible corruption" message when exporting AAF with embedded
audio (hitting the 2GB limit)
Fixed pixelation and image breakup on Canon XF MXF samples
Fixed sync on 30/29.97/25 material imported to 24-frame projects with NO telecine-
transfer setting
Fixed audio only clips not being restored from archives
Link files are now included in Backup Archives regardless of options selected
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Limitations and Known Problems in Version 11.1.1
Limitations and Known Problems in Version 11.1.1
The following limitations and known problems have been identified in this release:
Windows 32-bit on page 8
Windows 64-bit on page 9
Matrox Hardware I/O on page 10
Blackmagic Hardware I/O on page 10
Windows 32-bit
Still images will not be scaled proportionally during export
CDDA ripping is no longer available
MP3 audio files will be extracted locally as WAV files to the Sound folder
You will need to restart Lightworks once a Pro / Pro Trial license file has been applied
in order to enable some of the Pro features
Analyzing MP4/H.264 MOV files on the import panel will be slower than previous
versions due to the time needed to create the .lvix index files
MP4 files (GoPro etc) imported natively may have a slight delay when scrubbing
Potential crash when importing QTRef files
Potential crash exporting a bin of multiple files
Audio VU meters may display incorrect levels when in Standby mode on Voice Over
recordings. Recordings will be correct
Matrox YUYV 1080p 25fps AVI Recordings/Rendering will be incorrect
You will not be able to install the 32-bit and 64-bit version on the same system unless
you change the name of the shortcut icon
There is currently no audio linking for AVCHD with AC3 audio. AC3 audio in AVCHD
files will still be copied locally
There is currently no audio linking for QuickTime files audio will still be copied locally
Some audio files may not import correctly or may not link correctly, please send us
any samples you experience issues with
Some QuickTime files may import with audio at the incorrect length. This is under
investigation
Transcoding may be slower than previous Beta versions this will be resolved with
changes in 11.5
Video analysis tool appears through the FX configuration panel when configuring a
color correction effect
AC3 audio will not import on .MOV wrapped files
Uncompressed Blackmagic SD option will not work correctly for some formats
Potential crash importing WMV file
You will need to set Stop record if label break to No for successful recording using
a Firewire deck
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Lightworks v11.1.1 Release Notes
You will need to set Stop record if label missing to No for successful recording
using a Firewire deck
DV recordings may have a black frame at the end of the recorded clip
Potential memory leak playing very large Avid DNxHD edits
Audio monitor delay setting will not be accounted for during export
Cannot record HDV through Firewire
Avid DNxHD 10-bit encode is not possible
Make sure any other applications are closed before attempting to install Lightworks
Video track can turn red after removing certain FX
You will still experience some performance issues working with H.264 MOV files
natively, improvements on going
XDCAM EX (mov) QuickTime files will not play correctly
Error during startup when Matrox MTX utils installed error copying Matrox DSX
driver Please turn off UAC in Windows
Image on viewers and SDI output may look very poor on old ATI graphics card when
set to 10-bit precision
SHIFT clicking a tile into a viewer has currently been disabled. You can now double
left click tiles into existing viewers
XDCAM HD files may show pixelation on the viewer when dragging the timeline
marker through them quickly
PCM Audio on IMX XDCAM samples is pink noise
.VOB files appear as Sound only on the import panel, but yet import with picture.
Performance will be slow
Image quality on playback may be poor when project card set to NTSC Fields
You will not be able to transcode 1080p 60fps files on import to Avid DNxHD (MPEG
AVI works correctly)
Blu-ray VC1 export does not generate a valid file. It imports back as Sound only
Audio on exported AVCHD files cannot be played by Windows Media Player it is just
mute
Firewire decks MUST be switched off after recording
Windows 64-bit
You will not be able to install the 32-bit and 64-bit version on the same system unless
you change the name of the shortcut icon
You will not be able to import MJPEG MOV files (please use the 32-bit version)
There is no QuickTime Movie/MPEG4 import/export via Apple SDK
Premiere and After Effects plugins are not supported
Audio content analysis is disabled
CDDA ripping
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Matrox Hardware I/O
If your system is not fast enough or does not have enough memory, the captures
using MXO2 will stop with a dropped-frame message
If the drives you are recording to are not fast enough the captures using MXO2 will
stop with a dropped-frame message
Blackmagic Hardware I/O
Do not bypass the audio mixer panel when using Blackmagic I/O
If you are using a Decklink Duo, you will only get I/O from SDI 2, not SDI 1
Audio monitor level control has no effect on Blackmagic recordings
You will not be able to view video on the Blackmagic output if Precision is set to 10-
bit. Change to 8-bit
You will not be able to view video from Boris Red via the Blackmagic Output when
Lightworks is running
Troubleshooting
If you experience an issue with your Lightworks installation, or something is not working
as expected, visit our FAQ page at http://www.lwks.com/faq where you can type in a
question relating to the issue and view the search results. If you do not find an answer to
your question, you can refer to the Lightworks forums at http://www.lwks.com/forum.
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