NeoDCP Player version 2.50 released

Dear friends and colleagues,

new version of the NeoDCP Player was just released. Many interesting features are ready to be used:

NeoDCP Player v2.50

(28th July 2014, beta)

• Implemented DCP ingest feature
• Implemented DCP hash verification feature
• Added full support for so-called Supplemental DCPs
• Unresolved file references are clearly marked when inspecting supplemental DCPs
• Added Spanish translation of the application
• Added more diagnostic checks to the DirectX initialization code
• Added more diagnostic checks to the MXF handling code
• More MXF file metadata displayed on inspect (average bit-rate, type, etc.)
• Added an option to disable subtitles rendering
• Added menu item to toggle digital mask visibility for projector/screen configuration
• Added support for the EffectSize subtitle attribute
• If needed, decryption key validity periods are extended by 6 hours (according to the DCI Specification v1.2)
• Added ‘Alt-F’ hotkey to switch between full-screen and windowed modes
• A warning is shown when running the 32-bit version under a 64-bit Windows OS
• It is possible to play CPLs containing audio even if the output audio device is not available
• Added license expiration dialog
• Licensing menu and dialogs redesigned
• Maximum picture queue size is now determined differently
• CPL selection dialog items reordered
• PKL content title is displayed instead when the PKL annotation text is empty
• KDM-related optimizations
• Redesigned the KDM browser window
• DCP inspect window redesigned
• The default border subtitle effect was too faint
• Fixed minor font style selection issue introduced in the previous version
• Corrected sizing of some GUI elements
• Changed colors of some GUI elements
• More verbose when PKL asset file info is incomplete
• More verbose when parsing invalid or missing ASSETMAP/CPL/PKL/MXF files
• More verbose when encountering errors during opening of playlist files
• Renamed the ‘default’ full-screen mode to ‘use Windows desktop settings’
• Changed the default setting of ‘Video scaling’ to ‘fit to the display area’
• Replaced the ‘B’ hotkey for digital mask by ‘Alt-M’ and changed its context to the controller window
• Slightly modified the behavior of excess CPU load indicator
• Most dialogs except file/folder selection are now centered on screen
• JPEG 2000 decoder updated
• PNG decoder updated
• Translations updated
• Decryption key expiration warning was sometimes shown way too early