Xena 5.1 Release Notes Bug Fixes in 5.1
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1. Pre 4 3 1 Control Panels are not compatible with 4 3 1 drivers nor vice versa because of a change in Video Format representation Windows Media Encoder configuration files Device names for Windows Media and DirectShow have been changed to include the AJA company name For instance the Capture filter for XenaSD formerly was listed as Xena SD Video Capture Device and is now with the 4 3 driver listed as AJA Xena SD Video Capture Device The Windows Media Encoder configuration files in the Xena menus have been updated to reflect the new names For other configuration files the device with the old name will not be found and you will have to re select the devices PCI Firmware note In January 04 a bug was found in the Xena PCI implementation and new boards are now shipping with the fixed firmware The problem was that some BIOS implementations notably for the new Intel 7505 chipset would end the PCI Reset phase before the Xena was fully initialized The result was that Xena would not detect a 64 bit slot and DMA transfer speeds would be slowed down to 32 bit speeds The new firmware finishes initialization faster in accordance with the PCI specification For the old boards this problem can be prevented by using software to put the board into 64 bit mode The Control Panel will support this Force 64 bit mode in a future release New Features in 4 2 10 bit YCbCr video under DirectShow v210 pixel format i2. Xena DXT product Added preliminary support for 64 bit Windows XP CAMD 64 Added new Register Watcher utility CNewWatcher The old avWatcher is still included also as NewWatcher may be incompatible with Windows 2000 machines Bug Fixes in 4 5 Improved sync when genlocking to noisy inputs C New XenaHD XenaHD R and XenaHD2 boards Firmare fix for rare power up problem inputs display only noise This problem Cand fix affects only new XenaHD XenaHD R and XenaHD2 boards New firmware for XenaHD2 fixes a potential timing problem that can cause the last line of data captured to be corrupted testHDavDma Test PCI Performance with XenaHD will no longer crash if run while in 72 p video format New Features in 4 4 Multiple Control Panel instances for multiple board installations For multiple board installations start one Control Panel for each board Please note that multiple board installations are still not supported completely for Windows Media applications Capture problem fixed for XenaHD CSome frames were shifted horizontally Problem existed in 4 3 thru 4 3 3 About 4 3 3 The 4 3 2 Release Notes indicated that there was a problem using 4 3 2 with XenaHD2 Actually this is not true The problem Windows Explorer problems unless audio features are disabled existed only for an OEM version of the XenaHD2 Retail versions of the card do not exhibit this bug Bug Fi
3. Xena 5 1 Release Notes Bug Fixes in 5 1 XenaHD Playback of HD video from AVI files has been improved for some formats The frame rates specified by the Render filter now match the rates requested by Windows Media Player This in turn prevents the addition of a CPU intensive AVI Decompressor filter to the DirectShow filter graph and thus improves performance This changes improves playback performance of 1080i 59 94 720p 60 and 1080p 24 video XenaSD Fixed a problem which caused inability to playback some avi files when Windows Media Player is configured for Output to Xena A fix was made for 720x480 capture and playback Known Problems in 5 1 When Windows Media Player is configured to output to Xena HD the playback Frame Rate may be incorrect 1920x1080 and 1280x720 video will always be played at 29 97 frames per second This is due to an interface incompatibility between Windows Media Player and the Xena HD driver This is not a new problem but a problem which has existed with all Xena HD versions A solution is being researched It may be helpful to set the Video Format to 1080i1 59 94 or 720p 59 94 Cin the Xena Control Panel when playing video that was recorded at rates This will result in some dropped or duplicated frames but the hardware will at least produce a valid output signal RELEASE HISTORY New Features in 5 0 Added support for new XenaHS board This is the dual rate board used in the
4. all sequence 2 The Output to Xena Board configuration now works for Kona boards also Fixes in 4 0 4 Start Menu some shortcuts were not working Xena User s Guide AJA logo was missing New Features in 4 0 3 PowerCG support Photoshop plugins AfterEffects plugins Control Panel A Capture page has been added Includes support for ThumbsPlLus Known Issues 1 The Export Select File dialog on the Video Processing page of the Control Panel does not include YUV files To export a YUV file drag and drop the file onto the Control Panel 2 Windows Messenger There seem to be incompatibilities with Windows Messenger Windows Messenger may fail after installing the Xena 3 Windows Media Player There is a problem with the DirectShow graph clock when using Windows Media Player that will not currently allow us to output every frame while still maintaining the correct video rate The rate out of our board will always be accurate so some frames will be dropped You can expect to see about one dropped frame per hour This is something that will probably not be fixed until the next Microsoft Operating System Longhorn ships For rock solid frame reliability try the Xena board with QuickClip PRO software from Drastic Technologies 4 Windows Media At high data rates and strict requirements for stream quality there may be issues with Windows Media DirectShow Windows Media applications or with the Xena
5. driver itself There may also be issues with the way all these components interact Feedback to AJA regarding performance compatibility and problem areas is encouraged Feedback can be directed to sdkSupport aja com We have fairly high confidence in Windows Media Encoder and Capture applications in general for Standard Definition rates High definition rates Xena HD present more issues and performance may vary according to PC hardware specifications and system set up Likewise Video playback applications Windows Media Player with the Xena Control Panel modifications is currently the only known application to use this feature of the Xena may exhibit performance problems in some situations especially at HD rates
6. eDualLink txt Bug fixes in 4 1 Bug Fix On XenaSD and XenaSD2 some boards exhibited a periodic storm of green lines in the output video Bug Fix Gen lock to input was often failing after system start up with video connected Bug Fix XenaHD would not gen lock to a 72Qp input Control Panel capture and export bugs fixed Capture From Input1 Input2 now produces 2 correct files the specified filename filename ext from Input1 and filename KEY ext from Input2 Export of file to Channel 1 now looks for a corresponding key file and exports it to Channel 2 Typing a filename into the filename edit box now works correctly CIn 4 0 6 the last filename selected in the choose file C dialog was used YUV files are now accessible in the choose file dialog for Capture Fixes in 4 0 6 Fixed bug causing Windows Media Player re configuration to fail The Control Panel installer now sets the Control Panel application s working directory so that the files needed for Windows Media Player re configuration can be found Fixes in 4 0 5 Improvements to Windows Media Player re configuration Cin Xena Control Panel gt Windows Media Prefs gt Windows Media Player Preferences 1 We can now recover in case the Control Panel is uninstalled while set to Output to Xena Board Previous versions required uninstalling Windows Media Player or performing a System Restore to recover from this uninst
7. s now supported in the driver s DirectShow interface Cin addition to YUY2 UYVY and RGB32 This format has always been available through our proprietary API XenaHD board revision Support for new XenaHD board The XenaHD hardware was redesigned due to parts availability issues The functionality is the same as the previous XenaHD board Bug Fixes in 4 2 Synchronous switching of FrameBuffer Format at start of stream playback This prevents garbage frames of the wrong format Slightly changed frame period specification for 720p to enable playback of recorded 72Qp video Bug fixes in 4 1 1 Embedded audio On XenaSD embedded audio output is no longer corrupted with clicks This firmware bug had existed since the 4 0 release Export YUV YUV files are now accessible in the Control Panel s choose file dialog for Export Benchmark DMA Benchmark tests are now more consistent FrameBuffer Format is set before testing Known bugs in 4 1 1 Embedded audio bug On XenaHD and XenaHD2 the embedded audio output may not be compatible with some disembedders Specifically high end Panasonic VTR s will refuse the audio New Features in 4 1 New User Manual with Installation instructions Dual Link 4 4 4 test pattern files are available for the XenaHD2 This allows the XenaHD2 to be used as a dual link test pattern generator Available patterns are RGB Color Bars and RGB Line Sweep See ReadM
8. xes in 4 3 2 With 4 3 1 the new XenaHD boards did not function with Windows Media Player The new board s device ID was not supported properly Bug Fixes in 4 3 1 With the 4 3 release there was a bug in the XenaSD Control Panel after upgrade to 4 3 from any previous software version the video format selected in the Control Panel was invalid If the format was not manually changed to a valid format any DMA operation could cause a system crash Bug Fixes in 4 3 Embedded audio For XenaHD embedded audio output is now compatible with Panasonic and Sony VTR s 10 bit YCbCr video under DirectShow v210 pixel format did not work correctly under version 4 2 Genlock Improved genlock capability for XenaHD and XenaHD2 Xena Control Panel Capture could be broken for 11 boards if installed after a 22 board If a 22 board was installed and the selection was left at Input2 Capture would be broken and there was no way to set it back to Input1 the drop down selection is disabled for 11 boards New Features in 4 3 Xena Control Panel New check box in Windows Media Preferences page 64 bit PCI slot to enable 64 bit DMA transfers even when the board does not detect the a 64 bit slot This is to allow older Xena boards which don t always autodetect to run at full speed in 64 bit PCI slots Box is disabled and checked if a 64 bit slot is auto detected Compatibility Control Panel versions
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