Viz Engine & Viz Artist version 2.8 Patch Level 5 released
August 4, 2008
Viz Engine and Viz Artist version 2.8 patch level 5, is the first official release to support the new Matrox X.mio2 boards. All Matrox X.mio2 users which currently use RC versions of Viz should upgrade to the official pl5. Note the information about the new Matrox SDK which is required.
Other than that, it is a bugfix version, with important bugfixes for Viz Artist and Viz Engine running on Panasonic CGP platforms.
There are some other bugfixes and new features, which are relevant to all users. If it is time to upgrade your installation, choose to upgrade directly to pl5.
Main new features:
- Upgraded Matrox SDK to 5.0.3-166 (5.0 release), which adds support for new Matrox X.mio2 boards
- Matrox: added output repeat mode in configuration file
- Play clips with/without alpha, Texture or DVE, regardless of configuration (parameter Matrox - ContainsAlpha)
- Allow minimum clip pipeline-size of 15 (instead of 30). Necessary for playing two HD-clips to keep memory usage below the 2GB limit.
- New config parameter: Use Nvidia Frame Counter, to force Viz Engine to use its internal system counter instead of the Nvidia frame counter
Main Bug Fixes:
- Fixed scene default setting for flicker filter, in config file
- Fixed deadlock when loading scenes with texture video input, when input configuration set to inactive (A bug that was introduced in pl4 hotfix 3)
- Proper error messages in viz log, when clip was not found
- Fixed various bugs for Viz Artist and Viz Engine on Panasonic CGP500 platforms
- Fixed preview command "RENDERER PREVIEW SCENE*... name" for output PAL, NTSC and 720p
- Fixed audio bug which did not play on first invocation
- ImageClip plugin: fixed a memory leak
- Command 'RENDERER SET_PERFORMANCE 1' now works
- Targa: fixed a memory leak when ringbuffer is disabled
- Fixed Local VCP preview engine which crashed due to problems in some plugins (Moviz, Grabbit, PieSlice, PieValues)
Important Notes
Matrox SDK 5.0.3-166 (5.0 release), which adds support for new Matrox X.mio2 boards is mandatory with this Viz Engine version (mostly on machines with a Matrox card installed). When upgrading to PL5, make sure to install the updated SDK which can be found on the ftp.
If your setup finds a mismatch with the SDK version installed, a dialog box will appear. Choosing Cancel will let you continue working, but will ignore any installed Matrox Boards.
For full details, installation notes and a list of known issues, read the Release Notes here.
Download version from the ftp in /products/VizEngine2x/NT/Latest Individual Installers/
Download the Matrox 5.0 SDK from the ftp in /products/Vizrt Drivers/Matrox/Xmio/5.0.3 release/