We've just released Kollaborate Server 3.6.1, a minor update to our self-hosted file sharing and workflow management system.

Server-Specific Changes

• Hardened default security settings
• The default installer password has been changed (only affects new installations)
• Admin Dashboard - An encoding job is now considered unassigned if the server has been removed or is offline
• Admin - Number of available encoding licenses is now shown on Servers page

Other Changes

• Player - All admins can now remove original files / proxies, not just the file's owner
• Comments - Right-click a comment and choose Copy Direct Link to copy a direct link to that comment. To send to someone outside the project, create a shared link as normal, then visit that link and copy the comment link from the player.
• Comments - Markers can now be imported from a CSV file (Timecode, Author, Comment format)
• Player - The maximum height of a vertical video is now dependent upon your screen size, to ensure it's always visible
• Files - Even though it is valid for a URL to contain an exclamation mark, some email apps interpret it as punctuation and mangle pasted folder URLs. This has now been prevented.
• Sharing - The default link name is now the title of the file
• Tasks - Various fixes for importing tasks from a CSV file
• Password Reset - Fixed an incompatibility with users with special characters in their email addresses
• Sharing - Fixed an issue where share link connection could be lost when an error appears on the screen
• Encoding Servers - Follow redirects when communicating with servers
• Files - More robust support for getting a file's frame rate
• Player - Ensured download info box is still visible on small size videos
• Various small bug fixes, optimizations and code modernizations

Kollaborate is an essential cloud workflow platform that allows you to share files with clients and team members while integrating with Digital Rebellion apps and services. Kollaborate Server allows you to host the platform in-house on your own servers and storage. To find out more, see the Kollaborate Server overview or register for the free cloud trial (Server trials are available on request).

Pro Maintenance Tools 2.4.1 - Apr 22 2022

• Compressor Repair - Improved permissions checking for Compressor 4.x
• Preference Manager - Improved compatibility with Adobe Creative Cloud 2022
• Plugin Manager - Improved support for creating installers for large plugin bundles
• Media Salvage - Fixed an issue where it was possible to select the wrong codec
• System Toolkit - Fixed an issue where non-movie types could be associated with QuickTime Player
• System Toolkit - Various code modernizations
• General bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

Preference Manager 4.5.3 - Apr 1 2022

• Improved compatibility with Adobe Creative Cloud 2022

Cut Notes: Kollaborate Edition 2.6.1 - Mar 25 2022

You can now batch export all cuts for a project in a single step from the Projects pane.

Cut Notes for iPad 2.6.1 - Mar 25 2022

You can now batch export all cuts for a project in a single step from the Projects pane.

CinePlay 1.7.2 - Mar 23 2022

• Click the media file's duration to toggle between duration and time remaining
• Improved performance of hoverscrub thumbnails
• Fixed an issue where the playhead could jump elsewhere after deleting a marker
• Fixed an issue where the file extension could appear incorrectly in the export dialog
• Fixed an issue where it may not be possible to step to the next frame in some instances
• Minor bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

Digital Rebellion Software Update 2.5.6 - Mar 1 2022

• Fixed a crash that could occur for users running old versions of Digital Rebellion apps on their system
• Minor bug fixes, tweaks and improvements

FCS Remover 3.2.1 - Jan 27 2022

• Fixed an issue where some folders for Compressor 4 would not be removed

Compressor Repair 2.4.1 - Jan 27 2022

• Improved permissions checking for Compressor 4

Kollaborate Server 3.6 - Jan 5 2022

Breaking Change: Kollaborate Server now supports directly sending emails via  a user-supplied SMTP server. This is now the recommended way of sending emails. If you configured email sending through the mailserver Docker container (which has now been removed), you will need to go to the Configure page in the Admin Area to set it up again.

Additionally, our Email Routing service is now deprecated and will shut down in March 2022. We recommend customers upgrade to 3.6 and switch to the new SMTP sending feature before this date. (We will be contacting affected customers separately with more details.)

Server-Specific Changes:

• Direct SMTP email sending
• The default workflows for new projects can be customized from the Admin Area
• Admin Dashboard - Only calculate average encoding time for files from the last 24 hours
• Admin Dashboard - Fixed an issue where clearing the render queue doesn't requeue jobs correctly
• Admin Dashboard - Added the ability to clear failed encoding jobs only
• Fixed an issue where errors wouldn't be shown when creating a new user from the Admin interface
• Roles has been moved to the main navigation bar
• You can now override the "From" name shown in emails from the Configure page (by default it is the site's name)

Other Changes:

• Player - Show video codec and track information in the Metadata pane
• Set language on a per-file basis (this can be done from the Edit Metadata page for the file)
• Team - Shows a padlock icon next to a user if they have Multi-Factor Authentication enabled
• Uploads - Show remaining upload count in page title
• History - Show file move events on the History page
• Share - Show the file upload link's description to users when uploading
• Player - Added n / p shortcut keys to go to next / previous file
• Fixed an issue causing potential conflicts with similar folder names
• Files - Various page performance improvements when navigating and uploading files
• Files - Fixed strange behavior when interacting with a file immediately after upload (e.g. favoriting or Quick Look)
• Player - Disabled browser player download button on mobile
• Files - Fixed page scrolling unnecessarily when dragging in files to upload
• Player - Fixed an error when subscribing / unsubscribing to a file
• Various minor fixes, code modernizations and refactorings

We've had some enquiries from customers about the Log4j vulnerability currently causing havoc across the internet. Log4j is a Java library and none of our products or backend processes use Java. Therefore, none of our products, including customers' self-hosted Kollaborate Server installations, are affected by this security flaw. (Self-hosted customers could still be vulnerable if they run other software on their servers that uses Log4j.)

Kollaborate Server 3.6 is out now - a major update to our self-hosted workflow platform.

Direct SMTP email sending

Kollaborate Server can now send emails directly using a user-supplied SMTP server, which is much more user-friendly than the old system utilizing Postfix. If you were using Postfix with a previous version, you will need to add your SMTP server information in the Configure page of the Admin Area to resume sending emails with version 3.6.

Your email provider will be able to supply information about connecting to their SMTP servers, or alternatively you can use Gmail or Amazon SES. Note that if you have two-factor authentication switched on with your email provider, you will likely need to set up an App-Specific Password for Kollaborate Server; your provider will be able to provide more details on this if it is necessary.

This is now our recommended way of sending emails from Kollaborate Server so we are also deprecating the Email Routing subscription service. This service will shut down in March 2022 (the exact date depends on your billing renewal date) and we have contacted affected customers about this directly. To avoid disruption, customers should upgrade to 3.6 and setup their SMTP information before the shutdown date.

Customize Default Workflows

The default workflows added automatically when creating a new project can now be customized from the Admin Area. Setup rules for automatically color coding files or complex approval chains that will be applied when the project is created.

(It should be noted that actions requiring specific files (such as adding a watermark image) cannot be set in default workflows as those files won't exist in new projects.)

Codec and track information in player

The Metadata tab in the player now shows information about the video codec of the original file and the audio track configuration. This information will not show for older files but will be gathered for all files uploaded from now on.

Set language on a per-file basis

The audio language setting is used to determine which caption language to show by default. Previously this could only be set on a project-wide basis but now can be overriden for specific files. This can be done from the Edit Metadata page.

Other Changes

• Admin Dashboard - Only calculate average encoding time for files from the last 24 hours
• Admin Dashboard - Fixed an issue where clearing the render queue doesn't requeue jobs correctly
• Admin Dashboard - Added the ability to clear failed encoding jobs only
• Fixed an issue where errors wouldn't be shown when creating a new user from the Admin interface
• Roles has been moved to the main navigation bar in the Admin Area
• You can now override the "From" name shown in emails from the Configure page (by default it is the site's name)
• Uploads - Show remaining upload count in page title
• History - Show file move events on the History page
• Share - Show the file upload link's description to users when uploading
• Player - Added n / p shortcut keys to go to next / previous file
• Fixed an issue causing potential conflicts with similar folder names
• Files - Various page performance improvements when navigating and uploading files
• Files - Fixed strange behavior when interacting with a file immediately after upload (e.g. favoriting or Quick Look)
• Player - Disabled browser player download button on mobile
• Files - Fixed page scrolling unnecessarily when dragging in files to upload
• Player - Fixed an error when subscribing / unsubscribing to a file
• Various minor fixes, code modernizations and refactorings

Kollaborate is an essential cloud workflow platform that allows you to share files with clients and team members while integrating with Digital Rebellion apps and services. Kollaborate Server allows you to host the platform in-house on your own servers and storage. To find out more, see the Kollaborate Server overview or register for the free cloud trial (Server trials are available on request).

CinePlay 1.7.1 - Nov 18 2021

• Fixed an issue that could cause annotations embedded in exported frames to be misaligned

CinePlay: Kollaborate Edition 1.8 - Oct 4 2021

• Compatibility with videos in Photo Library on iOS 15
• UI improvements
• Stability improvements
• Minor bug fixes and tweaks

CinePlay for iOS 1.8 - Oct 4 2021

• Compatibility with videos in Photo Library on iOS 15
• UI improvements
• Stability improvements
• Minor bug fixes and tweaks

Kollaborate Encoder 1.6 - Oct 2 2021

• Upgrades the Docker container to use Ubuntu 20.04
• Upgrades ffmpeg to 4.4
• Fixed an issue where it couldn't get a response from the web server if a redirect occurred (such as from http to https)
• Fixed several issues that could cause temp files to not be cleared out afterwards
• Minor bug fixes and tweaks

Kollaborate Premiere Panel for Windows 1.0.5 - Sep 23 2021

• Compatibility with cookie policy changes in recent Premiere versions