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Scene Maestro — for Mac

Scene Maestro 1.3.3

Scenica Player — for Mac, Apple TV, iPad, iPhone

Scenica Player 1.4.3
• Mac: Download
• Apple TV, iPad, iPhone: App Store →

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2023-02-23

Scenica Player 1.4.3

• Mac: fixed an issue where the mouse pointer was not always hidden at launch.
• Mac: support for multiple monitors.
• Mac: added a windowed mode where you can create player windows, mostly useful for testing.
• Fixed an issue where some 10-bit video files would not show up properly on Apple TV 4K (2022 model).
• Updated to latest NDI SDK.

Scenica Player 1.4.2 (iOS and tvOS update)

• Using Scenica Player to choose an image file or an image URL would result in a blank screen. Fixed.
• File transfers will now work correctly on networks where hostname resolution is unreliable. Previously, transferring files to the players was relying on mDNS or DNS-based hostname resolution: this dependency has been removed.

Scenica Player 1.4.1 (iOS and tvOS update)

• Fixed Scene Maestro networking issues introduced in 1.4.

Scenica Player 1.4 (iOS and tvOS update)

• Fixing an issue with orientation buttons and proximity blackout button (iPhone) when Scenica Player is running solo, without Scene Maestro.
• Updated to latest NDI SDK.

2022-10-11

Scenica Player 1.3.3 (iOS and tvOS update)

• The device name was not determined correctly on iOS/tvOS 16. Fixed.

2022-03-27

Scene Maestro 1.3.3

• Running Scenica Player on the same Mac as Scene Maestro could result in “File does not exist” errors when adding files.
• Deleting tracks could put the document in an inconsistent state where where deleting slides would not delete the correct ones.
• Copying groups in the list (option drag) did not refresh the list correctly and could cause other issues down the line.
• Copying groups between documents did not work. Now you can copy them with option-drag, and the slides they contain will be copied to corresponding tracks in the destination document (assuming the destination has enough tracks).
• Undoing the deletion of a group would put back the group at the end of the list. Now restoring at the original position.
• Fixed inconsistent canvas display after deleting slides or undoing adding slides
• Fixed inconsistent slide selection vs. canvas after adding a slide
• Show welcome at launch checkbox in preferences had no effect. Fixed.
• Clicking New Scene in Welcome window leaves the button-highlighted
• List of recent files in Welcome window is now updated immediately when new files are opened instead of at next restart.

2022-03-11

Scene Maestro 1.3.2

• Using more efficient messaging when sending a command to multiple players simultaneously.
• Fixed a message spillover bug where changing slide for players in a group could affect players in other groups.
• Due to changes in the message format, selecting different slide or track will need Scenica Player 1.3.2 or later to be simultaneous over many players.

Scenica Player 1.3.2
• Mac: Download

• Fixing issue with remote command spillover (when used in conjunction with Scene Maestro 1.3.2).

2022-03-07

Scene Maestro 1.3.1

• Adding a track will add a new track as the last one, not second to last (bug introduced in 1.3).
• Fixed issues where manipulating tracks could put the app in an inconsistent state.
• Undo could sometime make the app crash. Fixed.
• Fixing an issue that could cause column width to change spontaneously when selecting a slide with a long title.
• Removed “—” marks in inspector that were just visual noise.

Scenica Player 1.3.1
• Mac: Download

• [Mac] Fixed an issue where the mouse pointer would stay visible.

2022-02-26

Scene Maestro 1.3

• Rebuilt the user interface with a better macOS look and feel and improved document handling
• Can open many documents at the same time now, but only one document is active (controlling players) at any given time. Use the wi-fi icon to connect to screen and thus choose the active document.
• Added Preferences, About, and Welcome windows
• Added a preference setting for UI appearance (system, light, or dark)
• Added auto-update and check for updates.
• Added support for undo and redo.
• Individual screens don’t have slides now, only groups, and so when a screen is selected you can still see the group’s slides and can navigate through them.
• Groups and screens are shown displayed as an outline.
• You can see what version of the player is running on a remote device in the Add Screen window and in the screen inspector.
• Online status is now depicted by the icon color in the list of group and screens.
• There now is a single [+] button for adding all kind of things.
• Can now open multiple inspectors at once, if the option is selected in preferences.
• Can switch to the first 10 tracks using shortcut keys (numbers 1…9 and 0).
• Can now set an image in your Scenica Account from the License window. This image will show up on the ID screens for all players registered with the same account.
• Replaced Underscan section with more flexible margin controls: move the mouse over the canvas and drag the yellow squares on the edges.
• Resolution / Refresh settings for Mac version of Scenica Player have been added.
• Sliders in the Color Adjust section shows a proper scale and are now accompanied by steppers.
• Saturation section is renamed Color Intensity and harbors four sliders: Saturation, Brightness, Contrast, and Vibrance (a filter that increase or decrease saturation while keeping the skin tones pleasant).
• Added video output delay setting.
• Fixed various issues related to changing in and out marks for a slide.
• Fixed an issue where in and out marks for slides made from the same file would be interchanged during playback.
• Track inspector now allows tracks to be reordered.
• Track inspector now behave correctly when there is no screen in the document.
• List of tracks in the toolbar pushes overflowing tracks to a menu when the list does not fit the available space.
• If Scene Maestro was paused and a new player came online, video could start playing in Scene Maestro and the player. Now everything stays paused when Scene Maestro is paused.
• A slide could continue to play in the preview area after being deleted. Fixed.
• Mirroring and color adjustments are now previewed in the canvas.
• Aspect ratio used for the canvas when a group is selected now uses measurements of the first screen in the group.
• Fixed issue where loading some media would make the app freeze instead of just emitting an error (when, for instance, a file was expected to be present but is missing).
• NDI playback could drop video frames due to faulty time synchronization. Fixed.
• Fixed an issue where NDI streams could cause a crash when disconnecting
• Fixed an issue where NDI streams maintained in the background would be kept running for longer than necessary
• Updated NDI SDK
• Added forced reconnection for stalled NDI streams (in preferences). This setting is propagated to players.
• NDI version is now displayed in the about box
• File Transfer preferences for sequential or concurrent downloads, configurable timeout and number of retries for failed downloads
• File transfer status and errors are now visible in the screens column.
• Added diagnostic overlay in preferences: when enabled various diagnostic information will be visible over the content in the players and in the Scene Maestro canvas.

Scenica Player 1.3
• Mac: Download

• Improved responsiveness when scrubbing or changing parameters remotely with sliders. Most notable on less powerful devices or when content playback is consuming significant resources.
• Progress bar while loading content was sometime stuck and not showing the actual progress.
• Fixed an issue where the screen would stay black on the Apple TV HD when the device is set in single-app mode.
• Fixed an issue where NDI streams could cause a crash when disconnecting
• Updated NDI SDK
• [Mac] Support for changing the resolution and refresh rate from Scene Masetro.
• [Mac] OpenGL renderer now works correctly at HiDPI resolutions for older Macs
• [Mac] Text on ID screen was not always sized properly
• NDI playback could drop video frames due to faulty time synchronization. Fixed.
• Support for Scene Maestro network settings and file transfer indicator
• Support for Scene Maestro’s diagnostic overlay.
• Added support for video output delay controlled remotedly by Scene Maestro.
• Fixed issue where loading some media would make the app freeze instead of just emitting an error (when, for instance, a file was expected to be present but is missing).

2021-11-30

Scene Maestro 1.2

• Added color saturation control
• Added blur control: lens blur (bokeh) and fog blur (gaussian)
• Sections in inspectors are now collapsable
• Sections in inspectors show a reset button when using non-default values
• Changing the track name from the inspector would not update it in the slide list, fixed

Scenica Player 1.2
• Mac: Download

• New: Mac version
• Added support for color saturation and blur when operated remotely from Scene Maestro
• Properly cropping the image when aspect-fill is used together with underscan

2021-11-04

Scene Maestro 1.1

• Use the underscan slider to size down the image and add black borders
• Can now scrub within the currently playing slide
• In an out marks for videos in the Slide inspector; trimmed regions are shown as black in the scrubber
• The window can now be smaller, and resizing the screen column will hide the buttons instead of the screen names.
• Improved presentation of HDR video files. Scene Maestro will now enable macOS EDR mode when displaying “brighter than white” HDR colors on displays that support that.
• Support for 10-bit colors on Intel Macs.
• Fixed incorrect orientation when playing portrait videos
• Fixed a crash when adding a HLS stream
• Losing the NDI signal will display the ID screen (after 1 second)
• Fixed a memory consumption issue when NDI streams are maintained in the background
• Opening a document left in paused state did not show the current video and the pause button was visible instead of a play button
• New commands in View menu to toggle visibility of screen list & inspector sidebars
• New shortcut keys:
  • All Screens
    • Y: Rewind Track
    • U: Play/Pause
    • I: Previous Track
    • O: Next Track
  • Selected Screens
    • H: Rewind Slide
    • J: Play/Pause
    • K: Previous Slide
    • L: Next Slide
• Drag and drop into the list of slide could work or not depending on details of how the document was opened. Fixed.
• Closing the document could leave audio playing in the background. Fixed.

Scenica Player 1.1.1 — Apple TV, iPad, iPhone

• Fixed an issue where some previously working video formats would show a blank screen.

Scenica Player 1.1 — Apple TV, iPad, iPhone

• iPhone: sounds are no longer muted by the Ring/Silent switch
• Losing the NDI signal will display the ID screen (after 1 second)
• Fixed a memory consumption issue when NDI streams are maintained in the background
• Support for in an out marks defined in Scene Maestro for videos
• Reduced watermark size by about 15% on Apple TV and iPad
• Fixed incorrect orientation when playing portrait videos

2021-10-16

Scene Maestro 1.0.3 — Mac

• Network chatter is significalty reduced.
• Fixed an issue where Scene Maestro could congest the network in the presence of too many instance of Scenica Player.

2021-10-06

Scene Maestro 1.0.2 — Mac

• Doing pause, rewind, then play would cause a quick flash of the ID screen.
• Updated to the NDI 5 SDK.

Scenica Player 1.0.2 — Apple TV, iPad, iPhone

• Remotely doing pause, rewind, then play in Scene Maestro would cause a quick flash of the ID screen.
• The progress bar was failing to display loading progress in some circumstances.
• Updated to the NDI 5 SDK.

2021-09-22

Scene Maestro 1.0.1 — Mac

• Fixed issue where Scene Maestro could fail to scan for players on the network immediately after opening a document
• Moving a screen to another group could fail to send the updated screen slides to the player. (When the screen is using the group’s slides.)
• Support for proximity blackout for iPhone players.
• Fixed an issue were rotation settings would apply in reverse for NDI streams.

Scenica Player 1.0.1 — Apple TV, iPad, iPhone

• New: iOS version
• Proximity Blackout feature (on iPhone): screen becomes black when close to an object, similar to when making a phone call. While the screen is black, touches become unresponsive.
• Orientation changes from Scene Maestro now propagate instantly to the players. This was not the case when the player was paused or displaying still images.
• Still image could sometime display the ID screen (especially after hitting pause and play in Maestro)
• Screen won’t sleep at all while the app is open. Previously keeping the options screen open would allow the device to sleep according to the device’s settings.
• Changed the playback pipeline to always use CoreImage.
• Video files that fail to play (due to decoding issues for instance) should no longer put the app in an unusable state.
• The app is now better at cleaning up its temporary files
• Fixed an issue were rotation settings would apply in reverse for NDI streams.

2021-08-26

Scene Maestro 1.0 — Mac
Scenica Player 1.0 — Apple TV

• Initial release

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If you want to test pre-release builds, see the beta download page.