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Catalyst Browse™
March 2017
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This document contains information on the following topics:
Thank you for using Catalyst Browse. This document contains information about installing and using Catalyst Browse.
Notable fixes/changes in version 2017.1
- Added support for grading in the Rec.2020/S-Log3 (HDR) color space.
- Added support for connecting to FTP devices by fully qualified domain name.
- Added support for reading fragmented MP4 files created by the Sony PWS-100TD1.
- Added support for reading files using the .mpeg file extension.
- Improved time-remaining estimates when uploading multiple clips to Sony Ci using the Share pane.
- Fixed a bug that could cause the application to become unresponsive when deleting a large number of clips from some slower storage devices.
- Fixed a bug that could cause essence marks added in Browse mode to be lost when switching to View mode.
- Fixed a bug that could cause incorrect Mark In/Mark Out timecode values to be displayed in the Inspector when sequentially previewing multiple selected
clips.
- Fixed a bug that prevented the application from reading ProRes 422 files created by the Convergent Design Odyssey 7Q+ recorder.
- Fixed a bug that caused color adjustments to be applied after the Look profile setting (when Grade in is set to Log) or after the RRT/ODT (when Grade in is set to ACES). Color adjustments are now correctly applied before the Look profile or RRT/ODT.
- Fixed a bug that could cause image corruption in transcoded clips when the Grade in drop-down list was set to ACES and no color-space conversion or color correction was applied.
- Fixed a bug that could cause inconsistencies in the available Output color space settings when transcoding after changing the Grade in setting.
- Fixed a bug that could cause the Render preset and Output color space settings to be set incorrectly after switching between the Export and Inspector panes.
- Fixed a bug that could cause the Exposure Index value to be set incorrectly after closing and restarting the application.
- Fixed a bug that could cause the Gain sliders to be set incorrectly after closing and restarting the application.
- Fixed a bug that could cause an unexpected error when attempting to add a clip to a clip list with missing files.
- Fixed a bug that could cause thumbnail images to be displayed incorrectly after rearranging a clip list in Adjust Color mode.
- Fixed a bug that could prevent the cursor position from updating for clip lists when typing a new timecode value below the video preview.
- Fixed a bug that could prevent keyboard shortcuts from controlling playback after updating the cursor position by typing a new timecode value below the video preview.
- Fixed a bug that caused deleted folders to remain in the Recent list in the Places pane.
- Fixed a bug that caused increased audio volume after transcoding mono MOV clips to XAVC format.
- Fixed a bug that could cause the Repair flash bands automatically check box to be selected and unavailable when using the Export or Share pane.
- Fixed a bug that could cause Start time and End time values on the File tab of the Inspector to be incorrect for clips rendered with Add padding to clips selected.
Notable fixes/changes in version 2016.3
- Added a Use fast device-to-device copy check box to the copy pane, allowing you to copy clips directly
between an XDCAM device and another device via FTP. When this check box is selected, clips are copied directly between
the devices without copying to your computer.
Copy progress is not displayed and copy operations cannot be canceled
when using fast device-to-device copy.
- Added support for reading X-OCN clips.
- Added support for reading XAVC interlaced proxy clips.
- Added support for automatically linking clips from a known folder structure (such as an XAVC or XDCAM volume) when importing
an EDL.
- Improved performance when reading ProRes clips (macOS only).
- When importing an EDL, blank space between clips is now displayed in a contrasting color in the timeline.
- Fixed a bug that could cause a blank space between clips in an EDL to be linked to a clip.
- Fixed a bug that could cause the application to crash when double-clicking the OK button after being prompted
to overwrite an existing clip list.
- Fixed a bug that could cause the application to hang when transcoding using an XAVC interlaced preset.
- Fixed a bug that could prevent copying of spanned AVCHD clips.
- Fixed a bug that could cause a black frame to be displayed at the Mark In point when sequentially previewing multiple selected
clips.
- Fixed a bug that could cause Mark In/Out points to be set incorrectly after resetting mark in/points and closing the application.
- Fixed a bug that could cause incorrect Mark In/Out points to be used when copying a clip with the Use mark in/out points check box selected.
- Fixed a bug that could prevent you from adding an essence mark at the beginning of a clip.
- Fixed a bug that prevented keyboard shortcuts from controlling playback in the EDL Import workspace.
- Fixed a bug that could prevent padding from being applied correctly when uploading a clip to Sony Ci and using the Transcode
clips before upload and Add padding to clips settings.
- Fixed a bug that could prevent color adjustments from being displayed correctly for some clip list clips in Clip List and Adjust Color modes.
- Fixed a bug that could prevent the Media Browser from displaying clip details when browsing folders containing large numbers
of clips.
- Fixed a bug that could cause the clip indicators in the Video Preview timeline to move unexpectedly when sorting clips in
the Media Browser while previewing multiple selected clips.
- Fixed a bug that could cause the Devices list in the Media Browser to display an incorrect folder structure after switching
Optical Disc Archive cartridges.
- Fixed a bug that could prevent the Include drop-down list in the Share pane from displaying the No color adjustments and Input settings only settings.
- Fixed a bug that could cause visual artifacts when previewing some 4K MP4 clips.
- Fixed a bug that prevented the Optimize encoding speed setting from working when rendering AVC/AAC clips.
- Resolved an issue that caused video with very high ISO settings to be displayed incorrectly. For these clips, no exposure processing is applied and the Exposure control is not available.
Notable fixes/changes in version 2016.2
- Added support for reading ProRes clips when using Catalyst Browse on Windows. Please note that reading 4444 XQ clips is currently supported on Windows only.
- Added templates for rendering QFHD and 4K XAVC Intra Class 480 clips.
- Added search support to the Media Browser.
- Added support for synchronizing multicamera MXF clips.
- Added support for preserving timecode start values when transcoding to XAVC S format.
- Added Export and Share panes to the right side of the application for improved usability.
- Added support for transcoding and including color adjustments when using the Share pane to upload to Sony Ci.
- Added support for adding and editing mark in and out points on the Summary tab in the Inspector pane.
- Added support for displaying the time remaining when transcoding, copying, backing up, and uploading clips.
- Added support for creating subfolders by right-clicking (control-clicking on macOS) a folder in the Places pane and choosing New folder from the shortcut menu.
- Added support for copying clips to XDCAM Station via CIFS.
- Added support for displaying embedded timecode for MXF proxy-only clips. Please note that mark-in/out points cannot be edited for clips with embedded timecode.
- Improved performance when browsing or playing back clips from XDCAM Station via CIFS.
When accessing media from XDCAM Station via CIFS, we recommend setting the Preview using proxy clips switch in Options to Off.
- Improved performance when playing back 4K or QFHD ProRes clips (macOS only).
- Added a Show thumbnails switch in the Application Options pane: enabling the switch will display thumbnail images in the Media Browser; turning off the switch can improve performance on some slower storage devices.
To improve performance when browsing SxS media in an XDCAM Station via CIFS, turn off Show thumbnails before accessing the media.
- When sequentially previewing multiple selected clips, each clip's timecode is now displayed.
- When sequentially previewing multiple selected clips, a vertical line in the Video Preview timeline indicates where each selected clip begins.
- The Copy file to drop-down list now preserves the last-used location.
- Summary metadata is now preserved when transcoding to MXF format.
- Audio meters are no longer displayed when previewing video-only clips.
- Updated Japanese, Simplified Chinese, French, and German language support.
- Fixed an issue that prevented users from editing cursor position, mark in, mark out, and selection length timecode values for clips with discontinuous timecode (LTC change table).
- Fixed a bug that could cause the application to crash when attempting to browse to a folder that had been deleted.
- Fixed a bug that could cause the render process to crash when canceling XAVC transcoding.
- Fixed a bug that could cause rendering to fail on some systems with multiple GPUs.
- Fixed a bug that could cause rendering to fail when transcoding some XDCAM clips to AVC/AAC (*.mp4) format using the Internet 480p widescreen preset.
- Fixed a bug that could prevent changes from being saved when adjusting mark in/out points in a clip list.
- Fixed a bug that caused flash band and essence marks to display incorrect timecode values in clips with discontinuous timecode (LTC change table).
- Fixed a bug that could cause clips to display an offline media icon after deleting them in the Media Browser (Windows only).
- Fixed a bug that could cause the application to become unresponsive after deleting a large number of clips from an XDCAM Disc Drive Unit.
- Fixed a bug that prevented Look profile settings from honoring Undo actions.
- Fixed a bug that could cause the incorrect source color space to be saved with color presets when Preview using proxy clips was selected in Options.
- Fixed a bug that could cause the incorrect source color space to be applied when applying a color preset that was created with an earlier version of Catalyst Browse.
- Fixed a bug that could cause playback to stop or loop at a clip's mark out point when multiple files were open for playback.
- Fixed a bug that could cause inconsistent behavior in the video preview after resizing the application window.
- Fixed a bug that could cause distorted audio when previewing clips (macOS).
- Fixed a bug that could cause the application to respond slowly when navigating folders in the Places pane.
- Fixed a bug that prevented the application from persisting the current folder when browsing an FTP device and switching between Browse and View modes.
- Fixed a bug that could cause intermittent audio noise when playing some clips.
- Fixed a bug that prevented clip lists from being selected in the Media Browser after creating them.
- Fixed a bug that could prevent discontinuous timecode (LTC change table) displaying correctly for clip lists.
- Fixed a bug that caused a clip's mark points to be used when adding the clip to a clip list.
- Fixed a bug that could prevent Summary metadata edits from being saved to Professional Disc volumes.
- Fixed a bug that could cause some IMX clips to display incorrect audio channel counts.
- Fixed a bug that could prevent temporary files from being removed after sharing clips via Ci and canceling the operation.
- Fixed a bug that caused proxy-only clips to display blank thumbnail frames after uploading to Ci.
- Fixed a bug that could prevent related media from being copied correctly when copying clips.
- Fixed a bug that could cause audio inconsistencies when transcoding to AVC/AAC format.
- Fixed a bug that prevented some applications from reading XDCAM EX clips copied from a disc image folder.
- Fixed a bug that could cause the Copy button to be temporarily unavailable when browsing clips via FTP or slow network connections.
Notable fixes/changes in version 2016.1.1
- Updated Japanese, Simplified Chinese, French, and German language support.
- Re-enabled support for offline registration.
- Fixed a bug that could cause the application to crash when loading some MXF files rendered by DaVinci Resolve.
- Fixed a bug that could cause the application to crash when deleting or renaming folders that were being viewed in the Places pane.
- Fixed a bug that could cause the application to crash in some cases when selecting folders in the Places pane and Media Browser.
- Fixed a bug that could cause the application to crash when disconnecting USB devices.
- Fixed a bug that could cause the application to crash when opening some AVCHD clips with invalid metadata.
- Fixed a bug that could cause the application to crash when opening some transport stream (*.mts) clips.
- Fixed a bug that could cause the application to crash when opening ProRes clips (macOS only).
- Fixed a bug that could cause the application to crash when opening or playing some *.mp4 clips.
- Fixed a bug that could cause the application to crash when transcoding to *.mp4 format.
- Fixed a bug that could cause the application to crash when copying some clips after adjusting mark in/out points.
- Fixed a bug that could cause the application to freeze when navigating an FTP server.
- Fixed a bug that could cause thumbnail images to display incorrectly after transcoding.
- Resolved an issue that prevented Catalyst Browse from reading DNxHD MXF clips encoded by the Adobe Media Encoder.
- Fixed a bug that caused the Date modified value to be displayed inconsistently in the Inspector and the Media Browser list view.
- Fixed a bug that could result in audio synchronization discrepancies when transcoding to AVC/AAC (*.mp4).
Notable fixes/changes in version 2016.1 (2.2)
- Added support for playing clips that span discs on an Optical Disc Archive volume. An
 icon is displayed to identify spanned clips, and an indicator is displayed in the timeline to identify the point where the clip switches discs.
Please note that playback of ProRes and AVCHD clips that span discs is not supported.
- Added support for copying only the portion of a clip between the mark in and mark out points from an Optical Disc Archive volume.
- Added support for browsing devices via FTP. Click the Tools button in the Places pane and choose Add remote server to specify a server's connection settings.
Playback and editing functions are not available for clips loaded from an FTP volume: editing mark in/out points; editing summary metadata; repairing flash bands; transcoding; uploading to Ci; and creating clip lists.
- Added a Copy proxy only check box to the Copy pane to speed your workflow by copying only proxy-resolution clips.
- An
 icon is displayed to indicate proxy clips that do not have full-resolution clips available.
- When you edit the metadata for a proxy file, the metadata for the full-resolution clip is updated when you copy the proxy clip back to the device.
- Added support for the Rec.2020 color space in the Source drop-down list in the Adjust Color workspace.
- Added support for choosing the output color space (Rec.709 or Rec.2020) when using an external monitor device connected via a Blackmagic Design device.
- Added support for the Rec.2020 color space when transcoding to 10-bit QFHD/4K formats:
- XAVC Intra 3840X2160 or XAVC Intra 4096x2160
- DPX 10 bit when the source clip is QFHD/4K resolution
- Added an indicator in the timeline to identify discontinuous timecode (LTC change table).
- Added support for saving a snapshot of the current frame to a file.
- Added a Display secondary window switch to Options to show the video preview in a secondary window that you can position anywhere on your screen or on a secondary monitor.
- Added a shuttle control and Mark In/Mark Out buttons to the Preview pane in the Inspector to allow you to adjust mark points in Browse mode.
- The mark in/out portion of a clip is now displayed as a blue bar in the Preview pane in the Inspector.
- Temperature settings for color presets created in versions of Catalyst Prepare 2016.1 or later will now be correct when loaded in Catalyst Browse.
- Added support for copying clips from View mode.
- Added support for copying clips when Catalyst Browse is started in view-only mode.
- Added new low-bit-rate templates for transcoding HD AVC/AAC clips.
- Fixed a bug that could cause the application to crash when rearranging clips in a clip list with Preview using proxy clips enabled.
- Fixed an issue that could cause audio distortion during playback when Preview using proxy clips was selected (macOS only).
- Fixed a bug that could cause the application to crash when renaming or deleting an open clip list.
- Fixed a bug that allowed clips from known folder structures to be copied to folders that contained subfolders.
- Fixed a bug that could cause unexpected behaviors when canceling flash band detection.
- Fixed a bug that prevented you from rearranging clips in a clip list that contained only two clips.
- Fixed a bug that could cause the full-resolution clip to be loaded when dragging a proxy file from the Sub folder of a Professional Disc volume to the Catalyst Browse application.
- Fixed a bug that could cause clip lists to be saved to the incorrect folder after selecting a folder in the Places pane.
- Fixed an issue that could cause timecode to disappear from the end of the transport bar when resizing the application window.
- Fixed a bug that prevented the Tab key from moving focus to the next field in the Summary tab in the Inspector.
- Fixed a bug that prevented DPX file names from reflecting the Add padding to clips setting when transcoding.
- Fixed a bug that could cause clips to discard a frame when transcoding with the Add padding to clips setting turned on.
- Fixed a bug that prevented look profiles from being saved and loaded with color presets.
- Fixed a bug that could cause the Exposure index value to be read incorrectly when working with clips recorded by the Sony Alpha α7 II camera.
- Fixed a bug that could cause the application to incorrectly report "The media is offline, missing, or unsupported" when selecting a clip list.
- Fixed a bug that could cause video thumbnail images to display incorrectly on some systems using an NVIDIA GPU.
- Fixed a bug that could prevent essence marks from being created in MXF files that were not in known folder structures.
- Fixed a bug that could prevent XAVC S clips from being read on some hardware configurations.
- Browsing an Optical Disc Archive volume is not available when copying clips from the volume.
- On some computers, the application can hang during startup/registration. Updating your graphics driver will allow the application to start normally.
- Spanned AVCHD clips may exhibit audio and video noise when previewing the transition between clips. Transcoding is not available for spanned AVCHD clips. We recommend that you copy the clips to your local drive before working with them.
- ASC-CDL (.cdl) files are not displayed in the Load ASC-CDL dialog when the file is saved in a known folder structure (such as an XAVC or XDCAM volume). Saving the ASC-CDL files in a generic location such as the General folder will allow you to load them.
- When playing 4K clips, the video preview can display irregularities on some systems that do not meet the system requirements for 4K media.
- Transcoding performance can be slow when transcoding to an exFAT-formatted SxS card on Windows.
- On some systems, transcoding can fail when using Intel HD Graphics Driver for Windows 8.1 version 10.18.15.4279. Please use the latest driver from Intel.
- In some cases, transcoding does not work correctly if an EDL is opened while an EDL is already open in the EDL workspace. If you switch to Browse or View mode and reopen the EDL, transcoding will work as expected.
- If you use the Upload to Ci feature while the EDL Import workspace is open, the last-selected file from Browse or View mode is uploaded to Ci rather than the loaded EDL (macOS only).
- Blackmagic Design Desktop Video 10.1.1 or later is required when using an external monitor via a Blackmagic Design SDI or UltraStudio device.
- If playback is not smooth when previewing high-resolution clips, click the magnifying glass in the video preview window and decrease the preview resolution.
- The Combine relay clips command can produce incorrect timecode if used to combine clips that are not relay clips.
- Catalyst applications can crash on some Windows 10 systems that include multiple GPUs (one AMD GPU and one Intel or NVIDIA GPU). Please check for updated AMD GPU drivers: http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/AMD-Radeon-Software-Crimson-Edition-16.1-Hotfix-Release-Notes.aspx.
- If you need to format an SxS card, please use the Memory Media Utility.
- If you need to format or finalize an XDCAM Professional Disc volume, please use the XDCAM Drive Software.
- After importing an EDL, the spacebar does not start/stop playback, and JKL keys do not shuttle playback.
- When working with clip lists or multiple selected clips, the Start time value in the Inspector does not match the timecode of the cursor position in some cases.
- In some cases, the application can crash during startup when attempting to read some MP4 clips. Resetting the application preferences as described below can reset the last-viewed folder and allow the application to start normally.
- If you want to reset the applications's preferences to their default values, hold Ctrl+Shift while double-clicking the application icon. When the application starts, you'll be prompted to reset all preferences.
- When copying a clip list and its clips to an XDCAM device via FAM, the clips' UMID data is changed, which breaks media links and will cause the copy operation to fail.
- Copying growing MXF clips to the PDW-HD1500 via FTP can fail.
- Attempting to preview a clip with a backslash (\) in the file name will result in a "The media is offline, missing, or unsupported" error message (macOS only).
The following lists the minimum system requirements for using Catalyst Browse:
- A 64-bit operating system: Microsoft® Windows 7, Windows 8.1, or Windows 10 or macOS 10.11 (El Capitan) or 10.12 (Sierra)
- 2 GHz processor (multicore or multiprocessor CPU recommended for HD; 8 cores recommended for 4K)
- 500 MB hard-disk space for program installation
- Solid-state disk (SSD) or high-speed RAID for 4K media
- 4 GB RAM (8 GB recommended; 16 GB recommended for 4K)
- NVIDIA, AMD/ATI, or Intel GPU
with support for OpenCL 1.1 or later with at least 512 MB of memory (2 GB recommended for 4K) or a CPU with SSE 4.2 or higher. OpenGL 2.1 is recommended for optimum performance.
You must provide your registration information to Sony Creative Software Inc., a US company, in order to activate the software. Product requires online registration.
The install utility creates any necessary folders and copies all files required by Catalyst Browse to your computer.
Installing on Windows
- Download the install utility from our Web
site.
- Double-click the file, and then follow the on-screen prompts
to install the appropriate version of Catalyst Browse for your computer.
Installing on macOS
- Download the Catalyst Browse DMG file from our Web
site.
- Double-click the downloaded .dmg file.
- Drag the Catalyst Browse icon into to your Applications folder to install it on your computer.
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