Avid Liquid 7.2 Fixes
UPDATED: 06/15/2007 04:26:09 PM

This document describes the recent fixes to Avid Liquid 7.2

Audio:

  1. Resolved an issue with SmartSound clips repeating samples on each clip edit

  2. Audio time warps now play back in sync when there is another audio track below

  3. Adjusting the pan and volume via mouse control now functions properly

Capture/Print to Tape:

  1. Vertical Lines no longer occurred in captured SD SDI footage in Avid Liquid Chrome HD

  2. HDV scene detection during capture is now functioning correctly

  3. In the following 720 60P format, stripe tape no longer fails with the error message “Command can not be executed at specified position on tape" This has been resolved

  4. Panasonic P2 files can now be recorded to tape successfully

  5. With the ProBOB, capturing DVCPRO25.AVI with i.Link no longer has reversed fields at output. This has been resolved

DVD:

  1. Resolved an issue where compiling a DVD would hang at the “Compiling VOB Files” status (around 60% complete)

  2. DVD Export: Resolved an issue with default settings for media size. You can now modify the image size on machines without a DVD burner

  3. DVD Export: You can now allow 18/15 maximum GOP sizes for NTSC/PAL to avoid re-encoding of 18/15 GOPs

  4. Resolved an issue with the navigation in the DVD menu, where it jumped to the wrong chapter in the VOB files. This is now resolved

  5. DVD burners are now recognized on a clean Windows XP operating system install on an HP XW8200 workstation

Effects:

  1. Applying the following combination of time warp + sequence container + cross fade would result in a black inlay. This is now resolved

  2. Opening the BAS-Clapper transition in Hollywood FX no longer causes an abnormal exit to the desktop. This has been resolved

Import/Export:

  1. SmartSound clips now export in MPEG-2 with audio

  2. Exported MPEG-2 clips that are then imported no longer display the “file or compression is not supported “error

  3. Previously, when exporting Avid Liquid codecs in Adobe After Effects 7, a slight pixel shift occurred. This has been Resolved

  4. When in Adobe After Effects 7, the Avid 2VUY HD QT codec now exports at the correct frame rate

  5. Previously, DVD Export would fail with an "Export Failure (render error)" when audio settings were set to Dolby Digital and Matrix Surround. This has been resolved.

  6. DivX import and export’s aspect ratio is now correct for 16x9

  7. The ALE link path is now remembered correctly after another import when using FireStore drives

  8. Addressed an issue with silent audio in the clip/source viewer with MPEG1 imported clips in Liquid Chrome Xe

  9. Resolved an issue where XReceive of XDCam clips were not importing consistently

  10. Re-encodes are no longer needed when you export IBP extended resolution media. This is resolved

  11. Resolved an issue where certain AVI files (type 1, for example) could not be imported correctly

  12. Exports to PlayStation portable devices now correctly export as 16x9 instead of 4x3.

  13. XDCAM DVCAM proxy clips are no longer overwritten by additional XReceive/imports.

  14. Resolved an issue with copied clips being unable to verify via the “verify imported media” feature. This now works correctly

  15. IBP-Codecs now support SD Extended Resolutions

  16. Resolved verify media issues – including an issue with the dialog window as well as the verify media/copy option

  17. XReceive of Panasonic P2 clips now supports reel names that use 20 digits of creation/update time in XML. Previously this was 10 digits

  18. Resolved an issue with the MPEG output settings for HD/HDV 1080

  19. Imported animations that were copied into projects now have the correct file path in the project backup

  20. XReceive XDCAM Studio files no longer abnormally exit to the desktop.

  21. Liquid Chrome XSend to Avid Media Stream Server no longer produces eight .wav files

  22. Clip Xsend no longer creates black clips. This has been resolved

  23. Importing BSI files no longer causes an abnormal exit to the desktop. This has been resolved

  24. XSend to Avid Media Stream Server now correctly includes the audio files

  25. An XReceive on more than 12 clips no longer causes a system crash

  26. XSend to Adobe After Effects 7.0 is now functioning correctly

Installation:

  1. Reinstalling Liquid no longer removes HollyWood FX from Liquid

  2. The Spanish version of Liquid installations no longer enumerate all effects on the first start

  3. Installation on a clean system no longer adds a wrong path to the render/capture directory

  4. Resolved an issue with installing Hollywood FX; no longer requires a C:/ directory path

Playback/Timeline/Trim/Scrub/Editing Functions:

  1. Resolved an issue with new slices for trimmed video clip

  2. Avid Liquid 7.2 can now import projects from the latest version of Studio

  3. Audio scrub in trim editor now works correctly with ProBOB output

  4. Audio key frames can now be set properly at the start/end of clips using the “add key frame” button

  5. Resolved a performance issue in HDV when fusing green slices

  6. Resolved the following error “Bad Slice Count”; when building sequences

  7. Resolved the following issue - with a ProBOB connected, the video output monitor was 8 frames behind the inlay after shuttling had stopped in the timeline

  8. HD1080/60i MPEG-2 is no longer field reversed in a NTSC SD timeline. This has been resolved

  9. Setting Mark In during play no longer causes Liquid to lock up. This has been resolved

Render/Consolidate:

  1. Resolved issue with the SmartSound render folder changing to the c:/ directory

  2. Resolved a problem where Liquid would become sluggish while rendering in HDV

  3. A color shift no longer occurs in the rendered result of 1080/59.94 HD media with over-layed titles

  4. Selecting Consolidate Sequence via the right click menu now works correctly

  5. Applying a RT FX 3D CPU effects will no longer render pixilated. This has been resolved

  6. Applying a DMC filter now renders correctly when there is more than one keyframe applied

  7. Improved the process for converting projects from Liquid v7.1 to Liquid v7.2

  8. SmartSound clips, when placed underneath a track with an IPB clip, now renders and plays back correctly

  9. HD render times are now improved with sequences that contain multiple color correction clips

  10. A fuse of a 16:9 sequence now correctly shows clip properties as 16:9 rather than 4:3

  11. With “export separate audio streams” selected in the export settings, fused sequences no longer generate eight .wav files.   This has been resolved

  12. Inlay (playback) no longer freezes after 1-2 seconds when used with unique render/fuse codecs

Settings:

  1. Selecting manage project->save a copy now correctly prompts for duplicate folder names

  2. Changes to motion detection settings no longer creates unwanted edit changes.

  3. Removed second head restrictions for older catalyst ATI drivers

User Interface:

  1. Resolved an issue in the Spanish version of Liquid; where a Mixer tab was missing from the keyboard settings.