FFAStrans v1.4.1

Numerous improvements and fixes, and some new features.

• VMAF now use all cores available causing major speedup.
• Removed all 8-bit limitations from all applicable filter nodes.
• The "Insert Media" and "Overlay" filters now support any type of video format.
• "Insert Media" filter now supports "Overlay" mode for media supporting alpha channels.
• The "Stills" encoder now also support outputting actual source frame numbers.
• Generally improved handling of "odd" formats.
• Added periodic sampling option to "Video Quality".
• Added start, repeating and stop scripts/program per workflow.
• Support Avid Source Path/File columns by inserting "file://" prefix in Tape (.ref) field.
• Changing priority on running jobs can now be done from the inbuilt status monitor.
• Added custom work dir in the "Command executor" node.
• Add bigger popup input editor for too long text in input fields.
• Added tooltip for previewing too long text in input fields.
• Add %f_capture_rate% variable for reading camera capture frame rate.
• Improved error feedback from YouTube node.
• Improved parsing of correct media length.
• History logs are now always backed up when resetting status monitor.
• Rest API would in some rare not return a proper reply.
• Addressed issues with jobs seemingly being stuck in status monitor.
• Fixed rare cases of broken interlaced processing.
• Fix failed encoding from unknown audio codecs.
• Fix not checking default value for force leading zeroes on dates.
• Fixed broken encoding error status feedback.
• Fix some rare cases of timecode not being properly read.
• Fixed transwrapping issues with some encoders.
• Fix crash in Workflow Manager when deleting newly copied nodes.
• Fix priority not being properly set on API job submit.
• Fixed ProRes encoder not working properly on all frame rates.
• + General stability improvements and several other minor fixes.

FFAStrans v1.4.0.7

Pure bug fix release.

• Fixed cruicial bug/crash when monitoring growing files.
• Fix stills encoder bug when extracting single image.
• Fix potential race condition bug when several nodes are parsing same media source.
• Fixed rare API bug when submitting huge JSON bodies.
• Fix a color scheme bug in manager when showing bypassed nodes.
• Fix all running workflows restarting when stopping just one.
• Fixed a bug that could cause FFAStrans to not clean up old jobs/logs.
• Fixed some agressive enumration of history records.
• Several other minor fixes....

FFAStrans v1.4.0.6

• Fixed some illegal characters when parsing mac alias
• Fix occational double registration of new monitored files
• Fix loudness analyser not storing correct real peaks data
• Fixed rare error that sometimes caused retried jobs to not start
• Fix audio files getting double length when converting to video formats
• Update BMX to include fix for wrongly flagged aspect ration on some MPEG-2 formats.
• Fixed rare bug that sometimes cause FFAStrans to not continue with jobs containing priority splits.

FFAStrans v1.4.0.5

• Fixed SAR was not set when auto cropping IMX source in the A/V Decoder
• Fixed Interlace analyze node reported bogus results
• Fixed wrong progress on video analyze node
• Fixed rare issue where priority branches did not end properly
• Fixed issue that in some conditions caused a job queue to build up
• Fixed A/V Decoder not properly decoding some broken MPEG2
• Removed bogus 4:4:4 AVI option in the Uncompressed encoder node
• Removed too strict variable check when submitting jobs via API

FFAStrans v1.4.0.4

• Fixed continously growing files being picked up too early
• Fixed multiple hosts picking up the same growing file
• Fixed loudness analyser not returning correct channel layout

FFAStrans v1.4.0.3

• Fixed error in priority splits
• Fixed stills decoder having malformated color conversions.
• Fixed rare crash on badly formated time code
• Fixed a file locking anomalie

FFAStrans v1.4.0.1

Fixed a handle leak in the queuer.

UPDATE: Re-uploaded the package due to some stupidity in the first 1.4.0.1 package.

FFAStrans v1.4

Finally, long overdue, a new version that does not only focus on fixes and improvements but a set of new nice long awaited features.

Changes include:

• New core features:
  • Hosts group: Group hosts into different named groups and assign nodes or/and workflows to them
  • Job slots per node: Assign a higher number of job slots to a node in order to better "allocate" resources on the executing host
  • Cron scheduling support for monitors
• New functions:
  • $dateweek(): Calculate week numbers
  • $timecalc(): Time calculator
  • $waccess(): For testing write access
  • $owner(): For getting owner of a file
  • $asplit(): Split/format array into a string
  • $ffconcat(): For creating a "ffconcat version 1.0" string
  • $shortcut(): For parsing Windows shortcuts and macOS alias files
• New variables:
  • %i_v_precharge%: Get precharge value from MXF files
  • %s_options%: System variable for advanced altering of job behavior
  • %f_pix_aspect%: Pixel aspect ratio as float
  • %s_frame_rate%: Represent frame rate as num/denum string
• New API method:
  • GET /jobvars/ for getting final value of user variables after job end
• Improved processing speed, quality and color precicion for all encoders
• Huge database I/O optimizations for thos with larger farms
• Dolby E decoding in the "A/V Decoder" (Experimental)
• "Forget missing files" are now supported by all applicable monitor nodes
• Support the new frame properties in AviSynth+
• Support Mac alias in the "Folder" monitor and improved Windows shortcut support
• Improved support for encoding files with cover art
• Properly support audio buffer files > 4GB in the "A/V Decoder"
• Support reading stdout/err in command executor as unicode
• Support XDCAM-EX 35 720p in the "XDCAM-HD" encoder
• Support multiple selection in the status monitor
• Inbuilt status monitor now shows history pages instead of one huge list
• Improved "Color conversion" filter
• Improved navigation in the status monitor using arrow keys
• Improved up-time reliability
• Native support for "ffconcat version 1.0" input sources
• Native support for reading IMF files
• Support writing 64 bit audio files in the "Extract audio" node
• Support UTF-8 formated mail bodies in "Send E-Mail" node
• Playlist support in "YouTube" decoder and save list to variable
• Clear complete work cache dir from FFAStrans Manager
• Support SinPowResize kernel in "Resize" filter
• Improved automatic cleaning of log and work files
• FFAStrans will now archive job logs and keep them for an extended period
• Fix several long path issues in monitors and FTP delivery
• Fix slow opening of long workflows
• Fix comparing negative number not working in the "Conditional" node
• Fix graphical artifact when moving too far out on a large workflow
• Fix some number like strings being strictly regarded as number
• + Lots other minor fixes and improvements

FFAStrans v1.3.1

• Added 4:4:4 profile (XQ) to the ProResKS encoder.
• Added "MXF (BMX)" wrapper option to the Panasonic P2 monitor.
• Added option for removing farming settings when exporting workflows
• Added PUT method for updating existing workflow through API
• Added user option to read from STDERR and/or STDOUT in the "Command executor" node.
• Improved general robustness when executing many jobs at the same time.
• Reduced general priority on sub processes in order to not halt system.
• Fixed some special case FTP monitor issue that caused files to not be downloaded properly.
• Fixed framerate bug when encoding to BMX (MXF)
• Fixed an issue where setting %s_source% to "" (nothing) resulted in some erratic behavior.
• Fix some job retry issues.
• Fix audio config crash in the DV encoder.
• Fixed rare memory leak issue.
• Fixed MOV bug in the DNxHD encoder
• Fixed a problem with the A/V Media decoder created zero-length clips.
• Fixed an issue that caused some image sequences to not be properly parsed
• Fixed a problem where plugin processors GUI got stuck behind manager window.
• Fixed a bug where the "Fade" filter ignored audio/video enable/disable
• Fixed an issue that caused the "Custom FFmpeg" encoder to not work properly when using custom ffmpeg mapping.
• Fixed an API issue where history was not always correctly returned.
• Fixed an issue causing some AviSynth based video filters to not work properly on older CPUs
• Fixed a flaw with priority connections in conjunction with executing on error.
• ++ Several other minor improvements and fixes

FFAStrans 1.3.0.2

Pure bug fix release.

Changes include:

• Fix progressive closed GOP encoding in the XDCAM-HD not working.
• The "Video quality" node would sometimes return a bogus "inf000000" value.
• The "Video quality" would fail if source or ref was IMX-D10 content.
• The "%s_cache_record%" variable was not correctly populated.
• Fix the "Sequence" monitor disregarding the "Recurse" setting.
• The "Sequence" monitor would sometimes not work due to an invalid input option being set.
• Two succeeding encodings on the same branch could fail if using the inbuilt encoders.
• Fix minor issues with properly recognizing some pixel and color formats when processing.
• The loudness table in "Audio extract" encoder gui did not set a value.
• A few other minor edge case issues addressed.