v5.966pre1 - January 23 2019

[Edgemeal]

v5.966pre1 - January 23 2019

Changes since 5.965+dev0119:
+ Project bay: allow dragging complete (not trimmed) media into the media items tab
- linux: ExecProcess() fix return value when not waiting for process and process finishes quickly
- linux: add StartupWMClass=REAPER to desktop file

Major things in this prerelease (have existed in the +dev branch):
+ ARA
+ Video FX improvements, performance options
+ New stretch marker modes/project mode

Full log (will get edited for release)

+ API: fixed MIDIEditor_GetSetting_int [t=212449]
+ ARA: associate audio modifications with underlying source audio rather than individual takes (note, old projects will not load properly)
+ ARA: fix rendering short fades with large buffer sizes
+ ARA: if one instance of an ARA FX UI is already open, focus that UI when inserting a new instance of the same type of FX
+ ARA: load copied tracks even if the ARA plugin context is no longer available [p=2022675]
+ ARA: mirror edits in looped media
+ ARA: update edits to muted items and inactive takes when loading project
+ Automation: fix crash when duplicating empty automation items via region copy [t=212401]
+ Control Surfaces: add action to reset MIDI control surface devices
+ Control surfaces: actions for next/previous track update control surface offsets [t=184004]
+ Elastique: improve timing of timestretch ramps [t=204269]
+ JSFX: add gfx_a2 support
+ Joysticks: fix joystick support [p=2081611]
+ Linux: do not show (unused) video output colorspace options
+ Linux: fix crossfade window glitches [p=2083685]
+ Linux: fix project bay menu issues [p=2083685]
+ MIDI editor: allow resizing right edges of notes down to note insert size if lower than grid size
+ MIDI editor: fix possible access-after-free when editing notation
+ MIDI editor: obey note insertion length when in measure-grid mode [p=2072523]
+ OSC: fix support for s/track/x/name setting
+ OSC: fix unreliable setting of marker/region information by timeline-index
+ OSC: support modifying/creating markers/regions by ID, using /region_id/@/time and /marker_id/@/time etc
+ OSC: support writing marker/region values
+ Performance meter: auto-resize text areas to configured view options
+ Performance meter: optionally display video load
+ Project Bay: add position column for source media and media items
+ Project bay: allow dragging complete (not trimmed) media into the media items tab
+ Projects: add save copy of project and save copy of project as actions
+ ReaScript: EEL2 scripts support //@gmem=sharedMemorySegmentName starting line in first 100 lines of code (also shares with JSFX)
+ ReaScript: add gfx.a2/gfx_a2 for creating transparent images
+ ReaScript: add reaper.gmem_attach()/gmem_read()/gmem_write() to Lua for interacting with JSFX/Video Processors/EEL2 ReaScripts gmem[] segments
+ ReaScript: support UTF-8 os.remove()/os.rename() on Windows
+ Rubberband: improve timing of timestretch ramps [t=204269]
+ Stretch markers: add new "transient-optimized" and "no pre-echo reduction" stretch marker modes
+ Stretch markers: add project setting for stretch marker mode
+ TCP/MCP FX drag: update mouse cursor when changing modifiers
+ Theme: fix retina/hidpi inconcistency relating to label margins
+ VST: report loop points to plugins even if project repeat is disabled
+ Video: add Color Peeker preset
+ Video: add Decorative Spectrum Analyzer
+ Video: add RGB Histogram preset
+ Video: add Resize to project settings preset
+ Video: add Screensaver preset for use in monitoring FX
+ Video: add experimental adaptive framerate option
+ Video: add experimental option to aggressively update video when updating the arrange view
+ Video: add frame rate decimator preset
+ Video: add gfx_a2, which can be used to control RGBA alpha-channel writing
+ Video: add gfx_getpixel()
+ Video: add input_get_name() to get input take/track name
+ Video: add on_parameter_change()
+ Video: add performance tweaks and information to video window menu
+ Video: add preset 'Apply track FX only where track has video items' [p=2073314]
+ Video: add shadow/midtone/highlight RGB adjustment preset
+ Video: add time_precise()
+ Video: add ui_get_state() function
+ Video: add vertical wipe
+ Video: added preset for Decorative Oscilloscope with Blitter (requires included JSFX video_sample_peeker)
+ Video: always force rendered videos to be even in dimension
+ Video: avoid re-rendering video frames when tweaking parameters during playback
+ Video: better preview behavior when slip editing items
+ Video: do not process any video when rendering audio-only
+ Video: do not run video processors in monitoring FX chain while rendering
+ Video: do not show empty processor parameter slots in envelope list
+ Video: experimental decoder prefetch support
+ Video: fix RGBA chromakeyed blit [t=213118]
+ Video: fix VLC decoding to RGB [t=215295]
+ Video: fix ffmpeg hang when seeking some old miniDV .avi files
+ Video: fix issues with videos whose dimensions are multiples of 2 but not 4
+ Video: fix refresh issues with linux or Windows/BitBlt() output
+ Video: gfx_evalrect() can take flags to process right-to-left, vertical
+ Video: gfx_evalrect() extended to take a third source for single-pass 3-way blends
+ Video: gfx_evalrect() improvements (can execute initialization code in context, does not hook r/g/b/a variables unless in RGBA mode, etc
+ Video: gfx_evalrect() returns -1 if failed compiling code
+ Video: improve Chroma-key presets, add separate RGB/YUV versions
+ Video: improve VLC decoding behavior near end of file [p=2069421]
+ Video: improve directshow output performance
+ Video: improve ffmpeg decoding near end of file [p=2069421]
+ Video: improve knob behavior with various step sizes
+ Video: improve monitoring FX performance during underruns/seeking
+ Video: improve playback recovery after CPU overutilization during normal playback
+ Video: improve preview behavior when scrubbing backwards continuously
+ Video: improve various presets, remove outdated presets
+ Video: increase maximum parameter count to 24
+ Video: input_info() will not clear project_w/project_h if they are passed as parameters and input is not present
+ Video: knobs respond to mousewheel
+ Video: option to show green frames for underruns, rather than previous frame
+ Video: optionally disable rendering cache for all media/video FX (can be used for low latency interactions)
+ Video: optionally send CC events on video window mouse drag (once option enabled, right click in MIDI learn window to assign)
+ Video: output colorspace preference no longer affects rendering pipeline, just display stage
+ Video: output mode configuration cleanups/improvements
+ Video: parameters can now be specified without indices for convenience
+ Video: reduce CPU use of video thread when sources active but otherwise idle
+ Video: reduce compilation overhead for gfx_evalrect()
+ Video: refresh processor knobs on undo/redo
+ Video: restrict code that gfx_evalrect() can execute (no gfx_*, no user functions)
+ Video: reverse video pre-fetch support, greatly improves reverse video playback when pre-fetch enabled
+ Video: show black rather than green frames when last video processor refuses to render output
+ Video: sort/rename presets and give categories
+ Video: support //@gmem=sharedMemorySegmentName (also shares with JSFX's options:gmem=)
+ Video: support fft() etc
+ Video: update Blur presets to use new gfx_evalrect() capabilities
+ Video: updated colorspace management logic
+ Video: vastly improve stopped/scrubbing video cache behavior
+ Virtual MIDI keyboard: do not adjust center position in response to UI sizing [t=209001]
+ WALTER: fix hidpi extended mixer mode setting [p=2075538]
+ macOS: switch to newer development toolchain for release (improves video playback on large monitors and fixes AUv3 issues on 10.14)
+ macOS: workaround for NSWorkspace race condition when launching external editors after open-copy [t=214818]

[Edgemeal]

# ARA: add support for custom track and item colors (for SynchroArts)
# ARA: analyze active takes only
# ARA: communicate REAPER project measure offset to ARA
# ARA: disable debug messages
# ARA: display "Track N" if the track is not named
# ARA: do not adjust imported or recorded audio tempo without user intervention
# ARA: enable REAPER undo management for ARA plugins
# ARA: export media item and track names and colors (for Steinberg SpectraLayers)
# ARA: fix keyboard passthrough to Melodyne
# ARA: float the correct FX when ARA plugins are inserted after existing plugins and automatically moved to the start of the FX chain [p=2003812]
# ARA: float the correct inserted FX when using a keyboard shortcut to add ARA FX [p=2005328]
# ARA: more efficient handling when adding or removing media from a track
# ARA: omit ARA plugin state from REAPER undo (Melodyne has its own undo system)
# ARA: properly track which take is selected
# ARA: report project time selection to plug-ins
# ARA: restore pre9 and earlier behavior: ARA edits are not pooled when copying media items
# ARA: when loading projects saved with incompatible ARA handling, show an informative error message
# DirectShow output: restore asynchronous output behavior
# Linux: fix localization of main menu [p=2066516]
# Melodyne: improve keyboard command pass-through to plugin
# Render wildcards: put some wildcards in submenu, make help text and menu order consistent
# Save project copy displays MessageBox after saving
# Save project copy does not save undo history for new copy
# TCP/MCP: fix ctrl+clicking panels on Windows [p=2080820]
# Video: CC-sending from video window also sends CCs for mousewheel
# Video: DirectShow output fix, hopefully
# Video: Invert colors preset can optionally preserve alpha channel
# Video: add RGB decompose preset
# Video: align image rows for improved performance in certain instances (may require a lot of testing)
# Video: allow user-defined functions to be called from gfx_evalrect() etc
# Video: another possible DirectShow performance fix
# Video: better passthrough video processor support (fixes green frames, allows processors to fully disengage and passthrough)
# Video: blur presets add force RGB parameter
# Video: change video frame underrun display logic to show nearest frame, option to show underruns as green frames only affects playback
# Video: color peeker preset wont hold image when not in mouse context, optimizations
# Video: fix RGBA vertical gfx_evalrect()
# Video: fix YUY2 deltablit/xformblit clipping errors
# Video: fix a bug in the peephole/vignette preset
# Video: fix crash with reverse take and prefetch
# Video: fix ffmpeg loading on win32
# Video: fix multiprocessing issue with monitoring FX
# Video: fix peephole/vignette rounding errors in transition mode
# Video: fix/improve image overlay preset
# Video: gfx_evalrect() can analyze inputs directly without having to blit() when using flag|2
# Video: improve RGB shadow/midtone/highlight preset
# Video: improve Track opacity/zoom/pan to be RGBA alpha-aware
# Video: improve ffmpeg reading EOF handling
# Video: improve histogram preset
# Video: improve horizontal wipe to allow divider, fade
# Video: improve image overlay preset
# Video: improve pre-fetch latency
# Video: improve scrub/jog forward behavior
# Video: improve stepped parameter envelope handling
# Video: improve text overlay preset
# Video: improve video processor multiprocessing thread priority
# Video: increase video processor multiprocessing max to 4 threads (may or may not be worthwhile)
# Video: input_next_item(-1) returns first item on current track
# Video: internal cleanups (should have no effect)
# Video: oscilloscope goniometer center-fix for non-square output
# Video: panoramic panner mouse viewing mode (only usable as monitoring FX or if in low-latency video mode)
# Video: remove adaptive frame-rate reduction setting
# Video: show peak recent video frame rendering time in addition to average (load)
# Video: ui_get_state() also returns mousewheel state
# Video: ui_get_state() returns video window context when outside of window and mouse dragging
# Video: update presets for colorspace overhaul
# Video: video processor help overhaul
# WALTER: better knob mode behavior when using UI scaling
# video: spectrum analyzer optional log scale/sampling improvements

Full changelog - Latest pre-releases

[EpicSounds]

I can make this version crash within 30 seconds editing a video just by clicking on the edge of an item. I reported this in previous pre-release threads but now I have video proof

import video file, add some splits, click edge of split item to move play cursor.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwOGCKtAFXY




Thread 6 Crashed:: reaper/video
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x00007fffb9338d42 __pthread_kill + 10
1 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fffb9426457 pthread_kill + 90
2 libsystem_c.dylib 0x00007fffb929e420 abort + 129
3 libavcodec_plugin.dylib 0x000000010d9c0493 0x10d1ca000 + 8348819

[ovnis]

Hello !

Why automation item transition time option has disappeared?

The amount of click/glitch issue with AI track volume and some synths remains exactly the same inside the last version (so without the AI transition time option at 0 ms)!

Always clicks in this last version (with no transition time option) :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCfk63layPk

With the previous version (transition time at 0 ms):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbcV5rI156c

And when this issue (synth+AI track envelope) doesn't occur, with this last version, there is fare more "click" than the previous version with AI transition setted at 0 ms !

With the last version (click):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neiiV88aUYc

With the previous version with AI time transition at 0 ms (no click):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoKqo0iPdG4

So again, we have this issue which have mainly disappears inside previous versions :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIYroIbX_Yc

[ovnis]

In this video, we can see I have created a new AI (so, no 0 ms envelope).

Same glitch/click with the same problematic synths than before...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQmAD5oATaM

[musicbynumbers]

+ Project bay: allow dragging complete (not trimmed) media into the media items tab

Thanks devs!

That will be a massive help for custom project bays! sound designers will be super happy about it.

[mabian]

Guess this could rather be a 5.97 or even higher... official ARA support alone is worth a consistent version bump

- Mario

[multibody]

Concerning ARA:

1. I still get crashes after analyzing full songs in polyphone mode and moving blobs around. Would it help to post a crashlog? Then I would try to do that.

2. Its possible to import tempo maps. But I was not able to get usable results with that. In the melodyne-plugin it works perfectly and the melodyne-metronome matches. But after importing the tempo to reaper the audio and the reaper-metronome do not match or diverge after some time. Could someone post instructions how to do this properly?

[zappsunzorn]

This update is so good it is almost evil

[schwa]

Originally Posted by ovnis

Why automation item transition time option has disappeared?

That code branch won't be in this release. It will most likely be in the next one.

[schwa]

Originally Posted by multibody

Concerning ARA:

1. I still get crashes after analyzing full songs in polyphone mode and moving blobs around. Would it help to post a crashlog? Then I would try to do that.

Yes, any way to examine or reproduce a crash would be much appreciated.

[ovnis]

Originally Posted by schwa

That code branch won't be in this release. It will most likely be in the next one.

Great!

[Meo-Ada Mespotine]

I'm so excited by the gmem-stuff

[mschnell]

ReaScript: EEL2 scripts support //@gmem=sharedMemorySegmentName starting line in first 100 lines of code (also shares with JSFX)

Can this be used to avoid sending Midi generated by a JSFX in a track via MidiToReaControlPath to trigger an action to start a script ?

And vice-versa to transfer information from a script to a JSFX ?

-Michael

[lb0]

Originally Posted by mschnell

Can this be used to avoid sending Midi generated by a JSFX in a track via MidiToReaControlPath to trigger an action to start a script ?

And vice-versa to transfer information from a script to a JSFX ?

-Michael

It's not ideal for triggering an action - as you'd need a deferred script running to receive the data and trigger the action. I don't think you can send data directly to the control path.

It's great for passing data between scripts/JSFX though - although numbers only - so complex data types like strings etc. first need to be converted to bytes and then converted back the other end.

[dupont]

i noticed laggy GUI with voxengo cruchessor plugin in this release.

[24toReaper]

+ ARA: support for ARA2-compatible plugins (note: there are no publicly available ARA2-compatible plugins)

-> Official version 4.2.1 of melodyne is out since Jan 8. (https://twitter.com/celemony)

I was able to update Melodyne Studio 4.2.1, not being a Celemony betatester...

Is this not ARA2 ?

Thanks
24toReaper

[EvilDragon]

Yes, that is ARA2.


Cockos should update that bullet point

[azslow3]

Originally Posted by EvilDragon

Yes, that is ARA2.
Cockos should update that bullet point

I had to read it several times, and it still sounds confusing:

ARA: support for ARA2-compatible plugins

I think obvious interpretation is "we was supporting ARA, but now we support ARA2 as well". From all previous discussions I was sure REAPER is supporting ARA2 only, so it is not supporting ARA(1).
So, what exactly that statement means?

[schwa]

I removed that bullet point. The REAPER build process collects all of the changelog lines since the last release, so that ARA2 comment was like a year old. We'll manually edit the changelog prior to the actual release.

[EvilDragon]

It means that ARA2 support is in. Reaper never supported ARA1, nor will that happen.

[EpicSounds]

@schwa do you need anything more from me on that crash?

[Justin]

Originally Posted by EpicSounds

I can make this version crash within 30 seconds editing a video just by clicking on the edge of an item. I reported this in previous pre-release threads but now I have video proof

import video file, add some splits, click edge of split item to move play cursor.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwOGCKtAFXY




Thread 6 Crashed:: reaper/video
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x00007fffb9338d42 __pthread_kill + 10
1 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fffb9426457 pthread_kill + 90
2 libsystem_c.dylib 0x00007fffb929e420 abort + 129
3 libavcodec_plugin.dylib 0x000000010d9c0493 0x10d1ca000 + 8348819

Can we get a full crash dump? Also rpp, reaper.ini and source media would probably help...

[svijayrathinam]

I am trying to do a save project as with media files of a large project with about 16GB of media files..but it takes for ever. It has taken so far 6 hours and it still hasn’t finished doing it. The project contains various types of media items such as video files, flac files, wav files subprojects etc. the project also contains media files with different sample rates such as 192khz, 96 kHz, 48, 44.1. The project also has files referenced from other hard drives.

I understand a16gb project can take time..but definitely not this long. I have tried to do it in 3 different computers and i have the same problem in all of them. All computers are macintosh. Two computers running Mojave and one running high sierra.

P:S. I also tried to do this with the commercially released version and I get the same issue.

[EvilDragon]

If it happens in older versions too, you're posting in the wrong subforum

[svijayrathinam]

I am not sure... I only had the necessity to do this today...so I am not sure when this bug started.. But it definitely exists in this version. I will also post on the bug report forum. Thank you for your guidance

[Jack Ruston]

I'm having trouble with melodyne. It analyses, but a lot of the time it only plays back tiny snippets of audio. If I analyse a number of times it sometimes then works for a bit. It's as if the blobs aren't passing audio back to the track reliably. Anyone else?

[mirceablue]

Yeah have to say that Melodyne behaviour is strange. Sometimes after I analyze a new track it works ok for 15 minutes but after that is becoming slugghis and respond with some delay.Also when I try to move the notes it jumps few position after the intended one. Can't find a way to reproduce al this but it happens.

[xpander]

The changelog is already big for a mere point release, but was there any specific reason the theme norec image feature was left out from this one?
(+ Themes: add [track|mcp]_recarm_[auto_]norec images)

[ovnis]

Probably this : "That code branch won't be in this release. It will most likely be in the next one".

[schwa]

For the Melodyne performance issues, what is really needed is some sort of way to reproduce the problems! One thing to keep an eye on is memory use, to see if it's perhaps constantly increasing even when not actively editing in the plugin.

[Yanick]

Hi, schwa! Will be solved the problem of resetting the melodyne when you add the fx chain with sws slots? I have already mentioned this error

[EvilDragon]

Methinks that needs to be supported on SWS side, Cockos might not have anything to do with that one.

[Dimson]

In version 5.965 the filter events does not work correctly

In version 5.963 works correctly

[Yanick]

Originally Posted by EvilDragon

Methinks that needs to be supported on SWS side, Cockos might not have anything to do with that one.

I checked it could happen without SWS, but not yet understood in what cases
When I use the melodyne without an ARA, it is not reset after adding the FX chain by any means (including using the script Track Template VIP from heda)

[schwa]

Originally Posted by Dimson

In version 5.965 the filter events does not work correctly

Fixing, thanks.

[Justin]

Originally Posted by EpicSounds

@schwa do you need anything more from me on that crash?

yes please! Full crash report / project / reaper.ini / minimal media / source properties text would all be appreciated! Waiting on this still....

[fwd0120]

This update sounds awesome! I'm a little confused though as to what ARA support means for Reaper. Does this mean we will be able to use Melodyne directly on clips in the TCP? Just looking for a quick rundown

[EvilDragon]

ARA means that you can directly access any item on the track from a single Melodyne instance located in track FX.

[fwd0120]

I added an instance of melodyne 4.2 (vst3) to a track with vocals, but it didn't show blobs automatically or anything. I must be missing something