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

Scenica Player 1.4.4
• Mac: Download
• Apple TV, iPad, iPhone: App Store →

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All Versions

2023-05-02

Scenica Player 1.4.4

• Added support for front and rear camera as input for Scenica Player on iOS, and for built-in camera and external video capture devices for Scenica Player on macOS.
  • This can be controlled remotely from Scene Maestro (requires 1.4 beta), but the video feed is kept local to the player and is not available on Scene Maestro for the moment, which displays a gray area instead.

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.