Announcing Cablecast 4.5.2

Today we are releasing the 4.5.2 version of Cablecast. This update includes system tray notification for VSX servers, speed enhancements when communicating with TCD/IP & RP devices, stability enhancements to the DVD Import tool, better device assignment algorithms for Video Servers, and a couple new Control Modules.

To receive this update, please contact our technical support department either by phone (866-866-4118 x250) or by email (support@trms.com).

Release Notes - Cablecast: 4.5.2

Feature - 1010: New Leitch RS12A Control Module
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Feature - 1011: New Ross AVM Series Control Module
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Feature - 1053: Added VSX Server notification app to the system tray
The Status of the VSX is now shown in the system tray. This also fixes a problem with running DirectShow graphs under the Windows service account.

Bug - 1028: DVD Import doesn't handle end of segments in MPEG stream
The importer would crash if it hit an end of segment in the mpeg stream during multiplexing. It now ignores end of segments and continues to write data to the original output file.

Bug - 917: DVD Import continues the preview while importing.
Previewing a DVD while importing causes severe performance problems. Clicking the "import" button now cancels the preview if it is running.

Bug - 918: Autopilot does not assign video server outputs properly
Autopilot now assignes Video Server outputs sequentially, rather than using Load Balancing.

Bug - 922: When making a new project, if there is no producer selected an error is thrown
Producer selection is now interpreted properly before sending the information to the database.

Bug - 923: Several areas of the public website need better error handling
Simple error handling was added. Work will continue on this issue in case 1065.

Bug - 924: Leftover VS1Helper.exe in the Control modules directory
Our build scripts weren't building the right set of projects.

Bug - 938: Communication between the TCD-IP and its RPs is extremely slow
TCD-IP now caches the RP's file list instead of querying the TCD-IP on each and every request

Bug - 942: Autopatch BCS CM does not show up in the available Control Modules list
The CM wasn't properly added to our project files.

Bug - 943: Control Module threads throw an error when stopped
The event log would fill up with "Thread Aborted" errors whenever the Device Control Service was stopped.

Bug - 990: Spelling error on About screen
"Tightrope" is now spelled correctly. Yikes.

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John Reilly
Developer
Tightrope Media Systems