Pre-release: OnTheAir Node 4 (with OnTheAir Live 4 and OnTheAir Manager 4)

About pre-releases (read me!)

Before you download and use a pre-release version, make sure to check the READ ME article to know how to use pre-release versions and their limitations.

Download links

	OnTheAir Node Version 4.0b40 (2 December 2022)
	OnTheAir Manager Version 4.0b15 (25 November 2022)
	OnTheAir Live Version 4.0b8 (2 December 2022)

 

Warnings and Important modifications

• As OnTheAir Node is now a "regular" application, and is not started from a system preference pane anymore. To start it use the aliases that are installed in "/Applications/OnTheAir Node/"
• Because what we used previously has been deprecated for security measures by Apple, there is no "auto-start" option anymore. To automatically start the Node with your computer, you should add it to the login items. Currently there is no automatic restart of OnTheAir Node in case of an issue. 
• The playback preferences are different than the one of OnTheAir Node 3. So if you switch from one to the other, make sure to change them in both versions.

Release Notes

OnTheAir Node

• Full Compatibility with macOS Big Sur (11.0) or later.
• Universal application for better performances on Apple M1 Silicon computers. Make sure to read the following article for more info on compatibility with M1 computers.
• Full compatibility of NDI with Apple Silicon computers. 
• NEW: OnTheAir Node is now a "regular" application. There is no more System Preference Pane. Start it from the Applications folder.
• NEW: Secondary Audio Output: Additionally to the video output on the selected video device, you can now also output to another available audio output on your Mac. Works with CoreAudio, so supports the audio devices that are available for macOS (including Dante or MADI).
• NEW: Support for OP47 Subtiltling. (Requires the CC option). It is supported either in an MXF file with OP47, or using SRT or .STL sidecar files.
• NEW: Support for .SRT sidecars files with Closed Captioning. (Requires the CC option)
• NEW: Support for SCTE triggers. (Requires the CC option - only when embedded in MXF file, no "manual" trigger)
• NEW: Added the ability to perform basic playback controls from the Node user interface, when Node is running a schedule (Pause/resume/stop/resync schedule)
• (A few more features will be added before the release)

OnTheAir Live and OnTheAir Manager

• Full Compatibility with macOS Big Sur (11.0) or later.
• Universal application for better performances on Apple M1 Silicon computers. Make sure to read the following article for more info on compatibility with M1 computers.
• NEW: Inspector: View timecode of file, and added the ability to go to specific timecode by entering a value in the "current position" field

Improvements

• 4K decoding performances improvement