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Kollaborate Server 2026.2.1 Beta 2 - side-by-side playback and new file viewers

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 20:21:55 +0000

Kollaborate Server 2026.2.1 Beta 2 was released today as a pre-release version of our self-hosted workflow platform. This builds on Beta 1 which offered a new video player and image viewer.

Side-by-side comparison

You can now load a second file alongside another. You can compare any type of file with another, but if it's the same type it will automatically sync with the other player. Video and audio will sync playheads with each other and switching which file is active will switch audio source. Image viewers will sync zoom and pan position between each other, and document viewers will sync page numbers.

This behavior is customizable via the new Sync Settings panel. You can switch off sychronization and automatic audio and comment switching.

Comments switch automatically depending on which file is active, but you can also manually change this with a new dropdown in the Comments tab.

New document viewer

The document viewer for PDFs has been overhauled and now supports full screen and annotations.

New text viewer

There's a new viewer for text files that supports dynamic loading, meaning it can support very large files. It also supports full screen and there are options for line numbers and word wrap. You can comment on a specific line too.

Overhauled player page

The player page is no longer static, which means it loads faster and actions like setting workflows or switching between files can happen without a page refresh.

Other changes

If the player can't play back and it shows a download overlay, it shows a message to explain why it couldn't play (e.g. if "force download" was set on the file)
You can now click on the duration field of the video player to toggle time remaining
Fixed an issue where some files would incorrectly appear to be unplayable
Reduced browser memory usage
Various UI and styling improvements
Lots of small bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

Because it's such a large change, we're releasing this update as a beta. Although it's been extensively tested, you should expect bugs in real-world usage.

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).

Recent updates - April 2026

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 17:00:01 +0000

In case you missed it, here are some recent software updates for our products.

Kollaborate Server 2026.2.1 Beta 1 - Apr 1 2026

Note: This version contains major changes to our video player and image viewer. Although this has been tested extensively, we expect a change this big to still contain bugs in real-world usage and are releasing this version as a beta to get feedback.

Changes:

This version features a brand new video player and image viewer with an improved user interface and features like switching between proxies, better error handling and error messages, speaking captions out loud for accessibility, better mobile support, and the ability to add overlays like safe areas and aspect ratio mattes
Annotation overhaul - New shapes including boxes, circles, arrows and text. Shapes can be moved about, resized, and rotated, with full undo and redo. Shape colors are now independent of the comment's color.
New advanced search fields: frame rate, orientation (portrait / landscape) and uploader
The H.264 level is now shown in the Metadata tab of the player (for new uploads)
The old and new backends now communicate and synchronize with each other, which fixes an issue where encoding jobs might not start immediately after you set up the encoder
Lots of minor tweaks and optimizations

Kollaborate Server 2026.2.1 Beta 1 - major player and annotation overhaul

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 22:08:54 +0000

Kollaborate Server 2026.2.1 Beta 1 was released today as a pre-release version of our self-hosted workflow platform.

New video player and image viewer

Our video player and image viewer have been completely rewritten from scratch. The new versions are considerably more powerful and easier to use. We’ve made lots of UI improvements and everything feels smoother, more polished and more intuitive.

New controls

There is now a button to skip forward 5 seconds, as well as new keyboard shortcuts comma and period for back and forward 5 secs, respectively.

The JKL keys function more like an NLE, with slow-mo support when holding K and J or L, as well as fast forward and rewind speeds up to 16x.

You can also change the playback speed separately without having to fast forward.

Switch between proxies and the original file

The new player allows switching between different file proxies, so you can now create multiple proxies and switch between them. It will also allow you to play back the original file (assuming it’s browser-playable) as long as you have download permissions for the file.

Better error handling

The new player is more resilient to playback or network issues. If something does go wrong, error messages are much clearer.

Accessibility

The new player has the ability to speak captions out loud. This allows you to bring in an audio description SRT and have Kollaborate speak it audibly as the video plays.

You can customize Kollaborate’s behavior when speaking captions, including automatically lowering the volume while the caption is spoken, or pausing playback completely. You can also set it to pause playback if the speech overruns the length of the caption and then resume again automatically.

Better mobile support

The player functions better on smaller screens and touch-only devices.

Overlays

Our new player supports overlaying 4:3 and 16:9 safe areas, as well as various aspect ratio mattes.

Annotations

The biggest overhaul is to the annotation system.

Instead of a basic drawing pen that can’t be edited, we now have multiple tools including boxes, circles and arrows. After drawing, the shape can be moved about, enlarged, rotated or deleted. There is also a text tool that allows you to write directly on the image.

Shape colors are now independent from the comment’s color and different shapes can have different colors. There is also undo and redo functionality.

Other changes

New advanced search options: frame rate, orientation (portrait / landscape) and uploader
The H.264 level is now shown in the Metadata tab of the player (for new uploads)
The old and new backends now communicate and synchronize with each other, which fixes an issue where encoding jobs might not start after you set up the encoder
Minor bug fixes and improvements

Because it's such a large change, we're releasing this update as a beta. Although it's been extensively tested, you should expect bugs in real-world usage. While we think the new player is a big step up in usability, we're interested in feedback on the new changes, especially for uncommon workflows.

Recent updates - March 2026

Sat, 07 Mar 2026 18:00:02 +0000

In case you missed it, here are some recent software updates for our products.

Kollaborate Server 2026.1.1 - Feb 10 2026

Important: The Docker image is configured to convert the current database to your MariaDB version automatically. As such, we would recommend backing up the database before upgrading to any version as you may be unable to downgrade otherwise. You can download the current database as a .sql file from the Tools section of the Admin Area. We recommend doing this BEFORE copying the newer version's files over.

Note: 2025.3.1 and higher have important changes to how files are stored on disk that makes them backwards-incompatible with earlier versions. See the release notes for 2025.3.1 for more details.

Changes:

Overhauled the user experience of commenting on a link. The order of steps is now reversed, so the user enters their comment and is then asked for their name. This reduces user confusion about where to enter a comment.
Added a physical submit button to the comment text box to reduce user confusion about how to submit a comment
Significant architecture changes. We've completely rewritten large parts of our uploader and changed how jobs are sent to Kollaborate Encoder. Most of these changes have more of an effect on the cloud but you may notice slightly faster uploads as a result.
Added a Dangling File Locator tool to the Tools section of the Admin Area to help find files that exist on disk but not in the database (most likely because they failed to delete)
HAProxy will now automatically restart when new LetsEncrypt certificates are ready
Thumbnails now use WebP
Accessibility - Improved support for screen readers
Accessibility - Increased the contrast of certain on-screen controls
Fixed an issue where not all permissions may be imported when importing custom roles from another project
Fixed an issue where the duration overlay on a file's icon may not appear if the file exceeded 3 hours in duration
History / Webhooks - Fixed an issue where newlines would not be interpreted correctly in history data
Fixed an issue where captions would not be shown on-screen on mobile
Fixed an issue that could prevent deleted files being removed from disk
Fixed an issue where tags could not be added with square brackets surrounding the tag
Player - Fixed an issue where clicking the banner to download an unplayable file wouldn't work
Comments - Fixed an issue where link recipients could see buttons only relevant to logged-in users, such as Favorite and Make To-Do
Uploads - Fixed an issue where uploading a file revision may not apply scoped workflows
Webhooks - Fixed an issue where it may not send a signature for long results
Comments - Fixed an issue where changing the author filter wouldn't update the list of comments
Files - Fixed an issue causing title misalignment when opening a file in a new tab
Workflows - Added an option to view all comments when creating a share link action in a File Workflow
Trash - Fixed an issue where the page will crash if a file is deleted by a user whose account is then deleted
Sharing - Fixed an issue preventing some links from rendering
Player - Fixed an issue where PDF proxies of document files may not render in the player
Fixed an issue where aliases would not work correctly when downloading a folder as a zip file
Fixed an issue where proxies sometimes wouldn't download
Fixed an issue where files with extremely long filenames might become inaccessible after uploading
Fixed an issue causing some database passwords to not work correctly
Fixed an issue where deleting a version would delete all versions
File Deletion - Made trashing large quantities of files significantly faster
Server performance improvements
General bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

Introducing Organizations to Kollaborate

Wed, 25 Feb 2026 21:47:49 +0000

We've introduced a new feature to the cloud version of Kollaborate: Organizations.

Organizations allow you to grant other users access to your subscription, replacing the old Linked Accounts feature.

To invite a user to join your organization, generate an invitation link and send it to them. Multiple users can use a single link. You can specify the permissions applied to any user with the link, but these can be changed later if needed. There are two permissions available: creating projects and accessing all projects.

We have migrated users of Linked Accounts to Organizations automatically. We tried to do a best guess of the organization name from the email domain, so we recommend visiting the Organization page and double-checking it's correct.

This is just the first step: Organizations allow us to unlock a lot of future functionality, including Single Sign-On (SSO), as well as improving the experience and customization for companies using our service.

Note: this feature is not relevant when self-hosting so it is a cloud-only feature.

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. To find out more, see the overview or register for the free trial.

Kollaborate Server 2026.1.1 - new link commenting flow, major architecture overhaul and more

Tue, 10 Feb 2026 22:30:41 +0000

Kollaborate Server 2026.1.1 is now out, with some significant changes to our self-hosted workflow platform.

New Link Commenting Flow

We've overhauled how commenting works for shared links. The order of operations is now reversed: the user enters their comment first and is then asked for their name. This improves user-friendliness and solves situations where users couldn't figure out how to enter a comment or entered their comment in the name field by mistake. This is just for the first comment; they are not asked for subsequent comments.

This is not necessary when sending emails directly from Kollaborate, as Kollaborate will assign their name as the first part of their email address.

Physical comment submit button

There is now a physical submit button for the comment box. This solves issues where some users could not work out how to submit a comment. You can still submit comments by pressing Enter.

Major architecture overhaul

We've made significant changes to how uploads and encoding jobs work behind-the-scenes, including rewriting most of our uploading code. Most of these changes are intended for the cloud and will not have noticeable effects when self-hosting, but you may notice slightly faster uploads.

New admin tool: Dangling File Locator

This tool helps you locate files that exist on disk but aren't in the database. This can occur if the file was scheduled for deletion but permissions issues prevented it from being deleted.

Improved accessibility

We've increased the contrast of some user interface controls to be more accessible, as well as improving how the site appears on screen readers. We plan more improvements in this area in future updates.

Other changes

HAProxy will now automatically restart when new LetsEncrypt certificates are ready
Thumbnails now use WebP
Fixed an issue where not all permissions may be imported when importing custom roles from another project
Fixed an issue where the duration overlay on a file's icon may not appear if the file exceeded 3 hours in duration
History / Webhooks - Fixed an issue where newlines would not be interpreted correctly in history data
Fixed an issue where captions would not be shown on-screen on mobile
Fixed an issue that could prevent deleted files being removed from disk
Fixed an issue where tags could not be added with square brackets surrounding the tag
Player - Fixed an issue where clicking the banner to download an unplayable file wouldn't work
Comments - Fixed an issue where link recipients could see buttons only relevant to logged-in users, such as Favorite and Make To-Do
Uploads - Fixed an issue where uploading a file revision may not apply scoped workflows
Webhooks - Fixed an issue where it may not send a signature for long results
Comments - Fixed an issue where changing the author filter wouldn't update the list of comments
Files - Fixed an issue causing title misalignment when opening a file in a new tab
Workflows - Added an option to view all comments when creating a share link action in a File Workflow
Trash - Fixed an issue where the page will crash if a file is deleted by a user whose account is then deleted
Sharing - Fixed an issue preventing some links from rendering
Player - Fixed an issue where PDF proxies of document files may not render in the player
Fixed an issue where aliases would not work correctly when downloading a folder as a zip file
Fixed an issue where proxies sometimes wouldn't download
Fixed an issue where files with extremely long filenames might become inaccessible after uploading
Fixed an issue causing some database passwords to not work correctly
Fixed an issue where deleting a version would delete all versions
File Deletion - Made trashing large quantities of files significantly faster
Server performance improvements
General bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

Kollaborate quarterly update - Q1 2026

Fri, 30 Jan 2026 01:32:15 +0000

We’re launching a new feature on this blog where we update you on the progress of Kollaborate every quarter. Because this is the first, we’re going to outline the past year and what we’re planning over the next quarter.

Over the past year we released our new Rust backend, which has allowed us to speed up and modernize many features of the site. We have gradually moved more and more features to the new backend, including file operations, viewing comments, file delivery, thumbnails, and some parts of the upload process. User-facing pages are still using the old backend but will speed up as more features are moved to the new backend.

The new backend also gives us a lot more insight into how well the service is operating, so we can respond more quickly to problems, especially problems that are region-specific and don’t affect the US where we are based.

We also added many new features including emoji comment reactions, instant file moves between projects, file tags, tagging a user in a comment, global search, template projects, saved searches, and more.

What we’ve been working on for the past five months or so is switching to a different storage provider. Unfortunately it wasn’t as simple as just swapping over a URL and required us to account for a lot of different factors than we had to with our previous provider, so this has been a long, arduous process. But we’re almost at a place where we can switch over completely, so that will happen very soon.

Part of this process involved making significant changes to how we handle uploads. We rewrote our uploader to better handle every kind of possible network condition, as well as significantly speeding up the Finishing stage. This is most noticeable on larger files, where finishing will now take 1-2 secs irrespective of file size, where before it could take minutes for a very large file. We now have lots of stats about the upload experience to help us monitor and improve it, and our new system is able to detect problems automatically and route around them.

Over the next quarter we plan to finish the storage changeover and begin to reap the benefits of switching storage providers, including faster video encoding and improved video quality. We also have other features in the pipeline, such as new workflows, better accessibility, a new help center, a new video player, and a captioning overhaul, but not all of these will launch this quarter.

Recent updates - January 2026

Wed, 07 Jan 2026 18:00:02 +0000

In case you missed it, here are some recent software updates for our products.

Marker Import for Mac 2.2.4 - Dec 12 2025

Fixed an issue that could cause data to be duplicated when sending to Final Cut Pro

Recent updates - December 2025

Sun, 07 Dec 2025 18:00:02 +0000

In case you missed it, here are some recent software updates for our products.

Marker Import for Mac 2.2.3 - Nov 27 2025

Improved compatibility with Final Cut Pro .fcpxmld files

Recent updates - October 2025

Tue, 07 Oct 2025 17:00:02 +0000

In case you missed it, here are some recent software updates for our products.

Kollaborate Server 2025.3.5 - Oct 7 2025

Fixed an issue that could prevent encoding jobs from completing (you might need to clear the queue in the Admin Dashboard and restart existing jobs)

Kollaborate Server 2025.3.4 - Oct 1 2025

Note: 2025.3.1 and higher have important changes to how files are stored on disk that makes them backwards-incompatible with earlier versions. See the release notes for 2025.3.1 for more details.

Changes:

Database Backups - More reliability when exporting a table that's in the middle of being modified
History - Fixed an issue where event thumbnails would be blank if the user did Quick Look on a file instead of opening the player
Workflows - Restored old behavior of instantly deleting the original file instead of trashing it when run from a workflow. Manually removing the original file will still trash it
Uploads - Fixed an issue where uploading from a file request link would fail if the resulting file had the same name as an existing file and would have been combined in a version stack
Heatmaps - Fixed an issue where heatmaps may not be logged for link users
Tasks - Fixed a crash when trying to view tasks from a project you don't have access to
Comments - Fixed an issue preventing comments from being printed correctly
Fixed an issue where events wouldn't be updated with the file's thumbnail when it changes
Fixed an issue preventing file revision emails from being sent
Fixed an issue that could prevent files in My Private Files being encoded
API - Fixed a crash that could occur when listing files
Player - Fixed an issue where thumbnails in the versions dropdown would be blank
Uploads - Fixed an issue where files uploaded to My Private Files could be encoded twice
Uploads - Fixed an issue where new versions of a file would appear as Version 1
Thumbnails - It will now retry creating a thumbnail from frame 0 if the file was corrupt and could not be seeked
Player - Improved the visual appearance of the timecode hover overlay
File Browser - Fixed an issue where not all files / folders would be returned if there are a large number of departments
File Moving - Fixed an issue where redirecting to the destination folder would not work correctly with departments
Player - Don't say it's the original file if a proxy replaced the original
Transcription - Fix crash if shared link doesn't exist
Upgrader - Fix issue preventing caches being rebuilt upon upgrade
Minor bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

Kollaborate Transfer 1.6.0 - Sep 18 2025

Support for converting H.265 / HEVC source files
Improved compatibility with recent versions of Kollaborate
Minor bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

Kollaborate Server 2025.3.3 - Sep 11 2025

Note: 2025.3.1 and higher have important changes to how files are stored on disk that makes them backwards-incompatible with earlier versions. See the release notes for 2025.3.1 for more details.

Changes:

Fixed an issue that could cause files to be moved to a duplicate folder instead of the intended folder
Uploads - Fixed an issue where uploading a file replacement could result in the new file being inaccessible
Player - Fixed an issue where loading poster / audio waveform would not appear
Fixed an issue that could cause icons in history events and email alerts to be blank
Minor bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

Recent updates - September 2025

Sun, 07 Sep 2025 17:00:01 +0000

In case you missed it, here are some recent software updates for our products.

Kollaborate Server 2025.3.2 - Sep 4 2025

Note: 2025.3.1 and higher have important changes to how files are stored on disk that makes them backwards-incompatible with earlier versions. See the release notes for 2025.3.1 for more details.

Changes:

Faster processing of PHP code and better caching makes pages load quicker
Encoding - Fixed an encoder crash if an overlay has an apostrophe in the file's title
Thumb Queue - Fixed a potential crash when adding new thumb jobs
Files - Fixed an issue where creating a new folder inside a folder with special characters in the path would make the new folder disappear
Player - Fixed hoverscrub thumb being blank when hovering over timeline
Uploads - Fixed an issue preventing large files being uploaded
Downloads - Fixed an issue where proxy URL might be incorrect when there are multiple proxies for a file
Minor bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

Kollaborate Encoder 2.0.1 - Sep 4 2025

Fix issue where it would say all encoded proxies were 540p irrespective of their actual resolution
Fix issue where old hoverscrub thumbs might not be cleared out

Kollaborate Encoder 2.0.0 - Aug 27 2025

Kollaborate Encoder no longer needs direct access to the web server's storage volume - it will now get all the data it needs by communicating only with the web server. This greatly simplifies installation and prevents certain issues that could occur when syncing file system changes through two Docker containers. (Requires Kollaborate Server 2025.3.1 or higher)
Fix issue where hoverscrub thumbs may not be created
Minor bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

Kollaborate Server 2025.3.1 - Aug 27 2025

Major new features:

We've significantly changed how we store files on disk in this version. Files are no longer stored according to the project they reside in, meaning they no longer need to be moved around when moving files between projects. This has the most benefit on the cloud, but will also speed up large transfers for self-hosting too. The two versions are designed to co-exist - all new uploads will use the new format and existing files will remain in the old format but will be upgraded if moved between projects.

This does of course make it harder to downgrade to an older version, so we have provided a tool in the Admin Area to downgrade your files to the older format before reverting back to an earlier version.

Other changes:

The following features were moved to the new backend: file deleting, file moving, splitting / combining versions, removing original files, removing proxies, encoding progress
Changed how the web server communicates with Kollaborate Encoder, meaning the encoder no longer needs to share storage with the web server (requires Kollaborate Encoder 2.0)
Added a new user permission: can leave comments. A user can be disallowed from leaving comments while still being able to view them
Color Scheme - Added a new option for the active tab background color
Upload Workflows - Support for "doesn't contain" as a match option
Admin - Added an option to disable disk size checks. This is for situations where the host OS doesn't communicate the correct file size of the storage volume to the Docker container (most often occurs on macOS).
Admin - Fixed issue preventing software update notifications from working
More descriptive error message if session Redis URL is not set
Sharing - Fixed an issue where links with an empty password could not be accessed, even if "require password" was off
Player - Make full-screen overlay use page's background color
Team - Fixed a crash if the project was not found
Print Comments - Fixed an issue where settings in the Export dialog would not be taken into account
Player - Fixed an issue where the CC button would not be highlighted when enabled
Fixed several issues causing problems when upgrading from a very old version
Sharing - Fixed an issue where clicking a user's name would produce an error page
UI - Fixed an issue where TimecodeInput wouldn't work with drop frame timecode
Workflows - Fixed an issue where users may not be able to approve files in the project root if they were non-admins added to another department
Projects - Fixed an issue where deleting a template project would not remove it from the list
Emails - Prevent digest emails from showing files that have been deleted
Player - Update the workflow dropdown when approving or rejecting a file
Projects - Fixed a crash when trying to modify a project that had been deleted
Player - Don't show users who can't access that department in the Unviewed section of the player
API - Don't allow comments to be inserted earlier than the start timecode
Team - Fixed an issue where activation link checkbox wasn't working
Projects - Fixed user count in table being inaccurate
Workflows - Fixed an issue where users would be unable to approve a file
Email - Fixed an issue where shared links might have their URLs corrupted
Player - Fixed an issue preventing large files being attached to comments
Files - Align titles irrespective of whether the file is unviewed
UI - Fixed an issue where some icons would not adopt the page's text color
Files - Fixed an issue where thumbnails may show file duration 1 second longer than it really is
Fixed an issue where folders created by the new backend could have the wrong owner
Fixed various issues with information not being copied across to aliases
Timecode - Fix issue where comment timecode would drift over time
Minor bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

Kollaborate Server 2025.3.1 - major storage and backend overhaul, encoder simplification and new permissions

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 20:51:54 +0000

Kollaborate Server 2025.3.1 and Kollaborate Encoder 2.0 have been released, with major changes to our self-hosted workflow platform for video professionals.

Storage overhaul

More backend modernization

We've continued the work of moving away from our older PHP-based backend. In this release, file deletion, file moves, combining / splitting versions, removing proxies, and removing original files were rewritten on the new backend.

Removing original files also has the added benefit that it is no longer destructive. Instead of immediately permanently deleting the original file, it now gets split off and trashed. Although it's no longer possible to restore it back as the original file, it can be restored as a separate file if needed.

Encoder simplification

Kollaborate Encoder is much simpler to set up in this release, as it no longer requires direct access to your storage volume. This means that you no longer have to share the volume as a network volume between both servers. It will now coordinate file transfers with the web server.

New permissions

You can now control whether or not the user can leave comments on a file, so you can choose to have a user be able to view comments but not add their own.

Other changes

Color Scheme - Added a new option for the active tab background color
Upload Workflows - Support for "doesn't contain" as a match option
Admin - Added an option to disable disk size checks. This is for situations where the host OS doesn't communicate the correct file size of the storage volume to the Docker container (most often occurs on macOS).
Admin - Fixed issue preventing software update notifications from working
More descriptive error message if session Redis URL is not set
Sharing - Fixed an issue where links with an empty password could not be accessed, even if "require password" was off
Player - Make full-screen overlay use page's background color
Team - Fixed a crash if the project was not found
Print Comments - Fixed an issue where settings in the Export dialog would not be taken into account
Player - Fixed an issue where the CC button would not be highlighted when enabled
Fixed several issues causing problems when upgrading from a very old version
Sharing - Fixed an issue where clicking a user's name would produce an error page
UI - Fixed an issue where TimecodeInput wouldn't work with drop frame timecode
Workflows - Fixed an issue where users may not be able to approve files in the project root if they were non-admins added to another department
Projects - Fixed an issue where deleting a template project would not remove it from the list
Emails - Prevent digest emails from showing files that have been deleted
Player - Update the workflow dropdown when approving or rejecting a file
Projects - Fixed a crash when trying to modify a project that had been deleted
Player - Don't show users who can't access that department in the Unviewed section of the player
API - Don't allow comments to be inserted earlier than the start timecode
Team - Fixed an issue where activation link checkbox wasn't working
Projects - Fixed user count in table being inaccurate
Workflows - Fixed an issue where users would be unable to approve a file
Email - Fixed an issue where shared links might have their URLs corrupted
Player - Fixed an issue preventing large files being attached to comments
Files - Align titles irrespective of whether the file is unviewed
UI - Fixed an issue where some icons would not adopt the page's text color
Files - Fixed an issue where thumbnails may show file duration 1 second longer than it really is
Fixed an issue where folders created by the new backend could have the wrong owner
Fixed various issues with information not being copied across to aliases
Timecode - Fix issue where comment timecode would drift over time
Minor bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

Recent updates - July 2025

Mon, 07 Jul 2025 17:00:01 +0000

In case you missed it, here are some recent software updates for our products.

Kollaborate Encoder 1.8.2 - Jun 16 2025

Fixed an issue that could cause videos with a watermark to be too short
Don't merge empty audio tracks
Simplify cleanup of temp files
Send encoding progress to new Rust backend
Minor bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

Kollaborate Server 2025.2.1 - Jun 16 2025

Emoji comment reactions
Comments now use the new backend
Comment Exporting - Supports setting file encoding for better compatibility with Avid
Comment Exporting - Support for exporting an FCP 7 XML with the markers attached to a slug, for easier importing into Premiere Pro
Share - Allow specifying custom expiry dates in QuickShare dialog
Quick Share - Hide comment options when sharing files from My Private Files, where commenting is not available
Player - Fixed an issue where toggling captions off would show the wrong captions when switching languages
Fixed an issue causing a crash when loading the player if event information was corrupt
Fixed an issue causing email alerts to incorrectly be sent when replying to your own comment
Workflows - Fixed an issue where deleting the original file wasn't working
Player - Fixed rewinding requiring multiple keypresses to trigger
Fixed a crash when trying to view Files page
Projects - How to create a template is now more obvious when creating a new project
Files - Fixed an issue where upload error messages would be cut off
Emails - Fixed formatting issues with custom messages to link emails
Files - Fixed a crash that could occur when viewing a link while logged in
Files - Fixed a crash when sorting by uploader
Player - Fixed an issue where clicking inside the comment box in full screen could pause the video
Fixed an issue where dates weren't taking into account the user's timezone correctly
Sharing - Fixed a crash with 100% numeric link IDs
Minor bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

Kollaborate Server 2025.2.1 released with emoji comment reactions

Mon, 16 Jun 2025 21:05:59 +0000

We've just released Kollaborate Server 2025.2.1, a major update to our self-hosted workflow platform for video professionals.

The big new feature in this version is emoji comment reactions. Now you can add extra context to a comment by acknowledging it with a thumbs-up, or simply laughing at a joke. We support all modern emojis so you're not limited in the reactions you can choose.

We've also modernized the commenting system and comments are now being delivered by our new backend, which should make them much faster to load than before.

Comment exporting has options allowing you to choose the file encoding, which can help with issues importing certain characters into older apps, but the default of UTF-8 will suffice for the majority of cases.

We've added a new option to export comments to a blank slug in an FCP 7 XML file, which makes exporting into Premiere Pro easier. To import using this method, import the XML file into Premiere and place the slug on your timeline on a track above the content. You can then disable the track or hide the slug to see the content below, while still being able to access the markers. This is an alternative to using our Marker Import app and round-tripping an XML of your entire project. However, despite the existence of this feature, our recommended method of importing markers into Premiere Pro remains to use our Premiere panel.

You can view the full list of changes here after logging in.

There is also a new update to Kollaborate Encoder with minor bug fixes and improvements to burning in watermarks.

Recent updates - May 2025

Wed, 07 May 2025 17:00:01 +0000

In case you missed it, here are some recent software updates for our products.

Kollaborate Server 2025.1.4 - Apr 23 2025

Telemetry has been removed from this version due to a low signal-to-noise ratio
Allow importing comments and captions from another file
Player - The comment count is now shown in the Comments tab
Player - The approval section is now collapsible
Player - Allow more easily switching workflow from the Player page
Fixed an issue preventing removing the original file if the file is in My Private Files
Uploads - Fixed an error that could occur when uploading to My Private Files
Player - Fixed an issue where disabling player tabs wouldn't work
Player - Fixed a crash if tags are corrupt
Emails - Fixed an issue where it could inadvertently send alerts about a user's actions to that user
Files - Fixed an issue where deleting a version stack might not delete all files in the stack
History - Fixed an issue where user names could appear empty
Folder Downloading - Fixed an issue causing empty zip files when downloading a subfolder inside a department
Fixed several permissions issues with My Private Files
Minor bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

Kollaborate Server 2025.1.3 - Apr 11 2025

Added CPU optimizations to improve performance - requires a CPU made in the last decade
Fixed several issues with the installer, including an issue preventing licenses from being installed
Comments - Fixed user tagging not working on Chrome
Fixed a crash when generating thumbnails manually
Projects - Show error message when deleting a project if it can't be found
Files - Fixed a crash when viewing the Files page if a user doesn't have permission to view workflows
Sharing - Show error if linked file doesn't exist
Quick Share - Fixed an issue where the Quick Share dialog wouldn't show Delete Link and Email Link buttons
Fixed a crash when viewing tasks
Minor bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

Recent updates - April 2025

Mon, 07 Apr 2025 17:00:01 +0000

In case you missed it, here are some recent software updates for our products.

Kollaborate Server 2025.1.2 - Mar 31 2025

Changes:

Added compression and caching to pages and static files, which should improve page load times, especially on slow connections
Thumbnails - Fixed an issue where thumbnails wouldn't be cached by the browser
Fixed an "unable to transition state" error that could occur when auto-logging in
Redis - Support for connecting with a username and password
Database - Automatically retry failed transactions up to 3 times
Reduced unnecessary telemetry logging
Fixed an issue preventing comments from being exported
Comments - Fixed an issue where tagging a user in a comment could fail
Global Search - Fixed an issue where no results would be produced if caches hadn't been generated yet
General bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

Kollaborate Server 2025.1.1 - Mar 16 2025

Changes:

We've changed the version number format. Versions now include the year, the current major version this year and a minor version number
Apache has been replaced with our own custom Rust web server. This provides significant performance, security and robustness improvements
The Rust backend will eventually replace all PHP code on the site. As of right now, file streaming, downloads, heatmaps, captchas, some parts of the upload cycle, some background tasks, and some file operations are using the new backend, with the rest being forwarded to the old backend
User login sessions have been completely rewritten and now use Redis Stack Server
No need to visit /upgrade and run the upgrader manually anymore. Database upgrades now happen automatically when Kollaborate Server launches
We've added traffic management features including load shedding (to mitigate DDOS attacks) and rate limiting
You may have seen lots of 404 errors in your logs for URLs like /wp-admin. These are users scanning for vulnerabilities (Kollaborate does not use these technologies and is not vulnerable to these issues). Those users are now automatically banned for 3 days or until the server is relaunched
Kollaborate will now automatically backup your database periodically, including before running the database upgrader
We've upgraded MariaDB to 11.4, which provides performance improvements. Remember to backup your database before copying the files across, as the upgrade will happen automatically when Docker restarts
Synced Sessions have been deprecated and will be removed in a future version. In the long term we are still committed to solving this problem, but will solve it in a different way
The Favorites page has been removed - use filters on the Files and player pages to view favorite files / comments
Kollaborate will now show you in the Projects and Admin UIs that a software update is available
Easier setting of maximum uploaded file size inside server_config.toml
Kollaborate Server now uses telemetry. This sends any log entries marked Error, Warn or Debug to us to help us fix problems. To switch this off, go to the Configure page of the Admin Area, scroll to the Telemetry section at the bottom and then restart the server once complete.

Other changes:

Admin - Added a new tool to regenerate proxies
Admin - Fixed an issue where it would not correctly show whether a user was suspended
Import Captions - Only show .srt and .vtt files in the file browse dialog
Upload page - Fixed an issue where the breadcrumb path would be incorrect when uploading a revision or replacement
Share - Various UI tweaks to the URL / password copy dialogs
Uploads - Fixed an issue where not all files would be uploaded when dragging in a folder containing hidden files
Fixed an issue where it would be unable to connect to the database if certain characters existed in your password
Player - Fixed a crash that could occur when viewing a link to a file that doesn't exist
Player - Fixed error page having navigation in the wrong place when trying to view a link that has been deleted
Account - Better error handling if uploading an avatar fails
Files - Fixed an issue where it would be difficult to tell if color-coded files were selected
Comment Export - Fixed an issue where exporting comments from a group of files would produce the error "No comments to export" if one of them didn't have comments
General bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

Changes since Beta 3:

Added configuration options for turning off software update checks and automatic malicious user banning (see Installation Guide for more details)
Several fixes to make user sessions more reliable
Fixed an issue that could prevent folders being downloaded
Files - Fixed an issue where pinning a file didn't work correctly

Kollaborate 2025.1 now live on the cloud

Sun, 06 Apr 2025 18:10:11 +0000

We've just launched a major Kollaborate update with significant changes. To minimize disruption, we are making it opt-in for now and will gradually roll it out to everyone.

Note that if you're opted in but your colleagues are not, you may have access to features they do not. For example, if you grant a user permission to modify others' files, they will only be able to modify them if they are also opted in. This will become less of a problem as more users are opted in, but you may prefer to manually opt in your entire team at the same time.

File Tags

Add tags to files to give them new context. Click on a tag to view all other files with this tag.

Tags are also integrated with Workflows. You can have an Upload Workflow automatically add tags to a file if it meets certain criteria (e.g. adding a "vfx" tag if certain terms appear in its filename). File Workflows can add tags that can disappear when the file is assigned a different workflow, which is great for adding context-specific tags.

Tag Users in Comments

You can now tag a user in a comment to get their attention by pressing the @ key. (Chrome and Firefox only)

Global Search

Trying to find a file but don't know what project it's in? Global Search allows you to locate files wherever they exist.

Template Projects

Template projects can be created with teams, folder structures, saved searches and tasks. You can then create a new project from this template and these elements will be automatically created in the new project.

View by Last Comment

A custom column is available on the Files page to sort by the date of the last comment on a file.

There is also a filter to show files with unviewed comments (i.e. comments added since you last viewed the file), which is very useful for cutting through the noise on a big project and getting to the information you need faster.

Search and Sort by Duration

There is an optional Duration column that can be added to the Files page for sorting, and you can also search by duration.

Update Hold Timecode

There is now a button in the comments tab next to the timecode display to set it to the current playhead position. This is useful if you start typing elsewhere and need to correct where the comment will be inserted.

Higher quality thumbnails

Thumbnails have been upgraded to be double the size.

Saved Searches

Searches can now be turned into filters by saving them.

New Permissions

We've added new permissions: modifying others' files and modifying others' comments. This allows you to grant users control over others' resources without having to make them an admin.

Additionally, links now have the option to make the transcript viewable to recipients.

User Interface Improvements

This isn't a full UI redesign (that's being worked on) but we've updated the color scheme, icons, fonts and made other UI tweaks. This includes new user interface controls for thumbnails, timecode and copying text.

Backend Overhaul

Kollaborate's backend has been significantly improved and modernized, providing security, reliability and performance improvements. Currently the old and new backends coexist and the majority of the user-facing areas are still on the old backend, but we plan significant performance improvements as we switch more things to the new backend.

Deprecations / Removals

The Favorites page has been removed from the user dropdown. Please use the filters on the Files and player pages to filter by favorites.

Custom file permissions have been removed. Please use departments to control access to files.

The App Storage section of My Private Files has been deprecated and will be removed in a future version.

Synced Sessions have been deprecated and will be removed in a future version. We remain committed to solving this problem but plan to do so in a different way in future.

Other Changes

History can be exported to CSV
Download the current frame as an image
Require Multi-Factor Authentication before accessing a project
Player - Improved JKL key behavior to be more in line with NLEs
Files - New filters: Uploaded by Me and Uploaded by Others
File rename events are now stored in history
File move events for each individual file are stored in history when moving a folder
New file browser offers better performance for large projects
Show link users when a comment is marked as "to-do" or "done"
Sharing - Show search bar on folder links
Comment Export - Fixed an issue where exporting comments from a group of files would produce the error "No comments to export" if one of them didn't have comments
Files - Fixed an issue where it would be difficult to tell if color-coded files were selected

Kollaborate Server 2025.1.1 - major backend overhaul, performance and security improvements, and much more

Sun, 16 Mar 2025 21:08:37 +0000

We've just released a major new update for Kollaborate Server, our self-hosted workflow platform for pro video.

New version number format

The first thing you'll notice is that we're now numbering versions by the current year, the major version number for this year, and a minor version number.

New backend

We've replaced Apache with our own custom web server. This provides performance, security and robustness improvements. Our plan is to eventually rewrite all of the PHP code on the site with the new system. As of right now, file streaming, downloads, heatmaps, captchas, some parts of the upload cycle, some background operations, and some file operations are using the new backend, with the rest being forwarded to the old backend.

So both backends currently coexist and we had to completely reimplement user login sessions to work with both systems at the same time, which now make use of Redis Stack Server. If you have a non-Docker installation you'll need to install Redis Stack Server - see the Installation Guide for details on how to do this.

Automatic upgrades

No more having to visit /upgrade and run the upgrader manually. Upgrades will now happen automatically when Kollaborate Server launches.

Security / traffic management

We've added several security and traffic management features to increase the availability of your site under load or malicious abuse. Kollaborate Server will now shed load at times of extremely high traffic, which can help mitigate DDOS attacks. It will also rate limit requests and return an error if a user makes too many requests too quickly.

You may have seen lots of 404 errors in your logs for URLs that don't exist like /wp-admin. They are users scanning for vulnerabilities (Kollaborate does not use these technologies and is not vulnerable to these issues). Those users are now automatically banned for 3 days or until the server is relaunched. This setting can be switched off if desired - see the Installation Guide for more details.

Automatic database backups

Kollaborate Server will now periodically backup your database, including before a database upgrade.

Synced Sessions deprecated

The Synced Sessions feature has been deprecated and will be removed in a future update. We remain committed to solving this issue in the long-term, but plan to solve it in a different way.

Favorites page removed

The Favorites page has been removed. Please use the filters on the Files / player pages to filter favorites.

Easier setting of maximum uploaded file size

It's now much easier to set the maximum uploadable file size - just edit max_upload_size_gb in server_config.toml.

Update notification

Kollaborate Server now checks for updates automatically and will show an icon to let you know that an update is available.

There are lots of additional changes - see the release notes for more details. We're excited to take this big step with our new backend and we welcome feedback about the changes.

Recent updates - March 2025

Fri, 07 Mar 2025 18:00:01 +0000

In case you missed it, here are some recent software updates for our products.

Kollaborate Server 2025.1.1 Beta 3 - Feb 27 2025

Note: This release is a beta version. Although it has been extensively tested, we have given it a beta label due to the major changes it contains. You should therefore be cautious before rolling it out to a production server.

Changes since Beta 2:

Fixed an issue where some scheduled tasks were not running
Fixed an issue where deleted files may not be deleted on disk
Fixed an issue where it would be unable to connect to the database if certain characters existed in your password
Fixed an issue where it would sometimes not be able to determine the correct IP address of the user if the user was connecting through a proxy, which would cause them to get kicked out of their session
Fixed an issue that could cause a "you are not logged in" error to incorrectly appear
Admin - Fixed an issue that would incorrectly ban a user if they visited certain admin pages
File Downloading - Fixed an issue where files would be downloaded without a file extension on Chrome
The Favorites page has been removed - use filters on the Files and player pages to view favorite files / comments
Added telemetry. This sends any log entries marked Error, Warn or Debug to us to help us fix problems. To switch this off, go to the Configure page of the Admin Area, scroll to the Telemetry section at the bottom and then restart the server once complete.
Fixed an error that could occur when marking a file as viewed / unviewed
Malicious users are now banned for 3 days
Installer - Fixed an issue where it could fail silently at the licensing step
Player - Fixed a crash that could occur when viewing a link to a file that doesn't exist
Player - Fixed error page having navigation in the wrong place when trying to view a link that has been deleted
Account - Better error handling if uploading an avatar fails
General bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

Kollaborate Server 2025.1.1 Beta 2 - Feb 17 2025

Changes since Beta 1:

Admin - Added a new tool to regenerate proxies
Fixed an issue where scheduled tasks wouldn't run
Fixed an issue where pages would fail to load if the browser sent unnamed headers
Fixed an issue where checking for updates produced an error
General bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

Kollaborate Server 2025.1.1 Beta 1 - Feb 13 2025

Note: This release is a beta version. Although it has been extensively tested, we have given it a beta label given the major changes it contains. You should therefore be cautious before rolling it out to a production server.

Changes:

We've changed the version number format. Versions now include the year, the number of major versions this year and a minor version number
Apache has been replaced with our own custom Rust web server. This provides significant performance, security and robustness improvements
The Rust backend will eventually replace all PHP code on the site. As of right now, file streaming, downloads, heatmaps, captchas, some parts of the upload cycle, and some file operations are using the new backend, with the rest being forwarded to the old backend
User login sessions have been completely rewritten and now use Redis Stack Server
No need to visit /upgrade and run the upgrader manually anymore. Database upgrades now happen automatically when Kollaborate Server launches
We've added traffic management features including load shedding (to mitigate DDOS attacks) and rate limiting
You may have seen lots of 404 errors in your logs for URLs like /wp-admin. These are users scanning for vulnerabilities (Kollaborate does not use these technologies and is not vulnerable to these issues). Those users are now automatically banned for 24 hours or until the server is relaunched
Kollaborate will now automatically backup your database periodically, including before running the database upgrader
We've upgraded MariaDB to 11.4, which provides performance improvements. Remember to backup your database before copying the files across, as the upgrade will happen automatically when Docker restarts
Synced Sessions have been deprecated and will be removed in a future version. In the long term we are still committed to solving this problem, but will solve it in a different way
Kollaborate will now show you in the Projects and Admin UIs that a software update is available
Easier setting of maximum uploaded file size inside server_config.toml

Other changes:

Admin - Fixed an issue where it would not correctly show whether a user was suspended
Import Captions - Only show .srt and .vtt files in the file browse dialog
Upload page - Fixed an issue where the breadcrumb path would be incorrect when uploading a revision or replacement
Share - Various UI tweaks to the URL / password copy dialogs
Uploads - Fixed an issue where not all files would be uploaded when dragging in a folder containing hidden files
General bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

Kollaborate Server 2025.1.1 Beta 1 - new backend with significant performance, security and robustness improvements

Mon, 10 Feb 2025 06:31:30 +0000

We've just released a major new update for Kollaborate Server, our self-hosted workflow platform for pro video. This version is beta due to the number of major changes involved.

New version number format

The first thing you'll notice is that we're now numbering versions by the current year, the major version number for this year, and a minor version number.

New backend

We've replaced Apache with our own custom web server. This provides performance, security and robustness improvements. Our plan is to eventually rewrite all of the PHP code on the site with the new system. As of right now, file streaming, downloads, heatmaps, captchas, some parts of the upload cycle, and some file operations are using the new backend, with the rest being forwarded to the old backend.

Automatic upgrades

No more having to visit /upgrade and run the upgrader manually. Upgrades will now happen automatically when Kollaborate Server launches.

Security / traffic management

Automatic database backups

Kollaborate Server will now periodically backup your database, including before a database upgrade.

Synced Sessions deprecated

The Synced Sessions feature has been deprecated and will be removed in a future update. We remain committed to solving this issue in the long-term, but plan to solve it in a different way.

Easier setting of maximum uploaded file size

It's now much easier to set the maximum uploadable file size - just edit max_upload_size_gb in server_config.toml.

Update notification

Kollaborate Server now checks for updates automatically and will show an icon to let you know that an update is available.

There are lots of additional changes - see the release notes for more details. We're excited to take this big step with our new backend and we welcome feedback about the changes.

Recent updates - January 2025

Tue, 07 Jan 2025 18:00:01 +0000

In case you missed it, here are some recent software updates for our products.

Kollaborate Server 3.9.2 - Dec 31 2024

Changes:

Files - Support for deleting the base version of a version stack
Comment Importing - Added the ability to specify the encoding of the marker list when importing. This can resolve some issues when importing Avid marker lists with non-English characters, but for most use-cases the default of UTF-8 is sufficient
Player - Changed next / previous file shortcuts in the player to Shift + N / Shift + P
Uploads - Added a navigation breadcrumb to the Upload page so you can easily go back to where you were before
Share - Links now show the full link title when hovering over them on the Share page
Files - Fixed an issue where renaming a file in a version stack would incorrectly show it as Version 1
Files - Fixed an issue where audio uploads could hang
Trash - Fixed an issue where files deleted from archived projects could not be removed
UI - Fixed an issue where certain accented characters may not display correctly
UI - Fixed an issue where the Share and History pages might not render correctly
Config - Fixed an issue where database passwords with semicolons in them would not be saved correctly
Fixed an issue that could cause the mail queue to hang
Fixed an issue where cookies wouldn't be set when viewing the Adobe panel in Premiere 25.x
Web Hooks - Fixed an issue where Kollaborate could not communicate with a script if the web server changed the case of the header key
General bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

What we're planning for Kollaborate in 2025

Fri, 03 Jan 2025 20:40:21 +0000

We’ve become aware that Kollaborate’s existing architecture makes certain features hard to deliver, so after considering all available options we recently embarked on a Rust rewrite of the backend.

The benefits of rewriting in Rust are improved performance, increased reliability, greater efficiency / better use of resources,
and much greater control of the overall experience. We have focused so far on areas where a lot of data was being processed, such as delivering media files and thumbnails, as well as downloading a folder as a zip file, and have seen noticeable performance increases.

Some of the features the new backend will eventually enable are a public API (for self-hosting), background file transfers, and WebDAV support, among many others. For self-hosted customers, it will also eventually offer simpler licensing and an openly-accessible trial version. We have also laid the groundwork for a lot of features that we will enable once we are less reliant on the old backend. We’re still working on rewriting backend parts in Rust, but when we’re ready to start converting user-facing areas of the site we will be conducting a big UI overhaul.

This project will take a long time to complete, but we’ve structured it in such a way that the old and new backends can run concurrently and we can switch features over to the new version as and when they become available. We will be releasing a preview version soon for self-hosted customers and will be rolling it out to the cloud in the next couple of months.

Recent updates - November 2024

Thu, 07 Nov 2024 18:00:01 +0000

In case you missed it, here are some recent software updates for our products.

Kollaborate Encoder 1.8.1 - Oct 16 2024

The Docker image now uses Ubuntu 24.04 and ffmpeg 7.1
Added num_threads configuration option to limit the number of threads encoding will consume (0 = the number of cores in your system)
Fixed an issue where custom encoding parameters would not be received from Kollaborate Server
Minor bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

Kollaborate Server 3.9.1 - Oct 16 2024

Changes:

Admin - Support for adding announcement banners to the top of certain pages or a one-time full-page announcement upon next login
Player - Shows a dropdown on player page to switch between creating a new shared link and showing existing links to this file
Templates - Tags and color coding are now preserved when importing from a template
Dashboard - Overhauled page styling and made it display better on mobile devices
SSO - Kollaborate now sends X-Forwarded-For headers for better compatibility with certain SAML providers
Admin Dashboard - Added a progress spinner when clearing out deleted projects and files
Fixed an issue where the user's last login time was incorrect, making features that depend on this operate incorrectly
Admin - Fixed an issue where SSO couldn't be switched on
Admin - Fixed an issue on the SSO page where entering any invalid information would reset all fields to empty
File Browser - Fixed some instances where the file browser was rendering incorrectly
Fixed an issue where it wouldn't redirect to a login page if the user's session expired in some instances
Encoding - Fixed an issue where custom encoding settings might not be sent to the encoder (please also update Kollaborate Encoder to 1.8.1)
Player - Changed an assumption when downloading proxies that only one proxy would exist for a given frame size
Synced Sessions - Fixed an issue that could prevent new sessions being created
Files - Fixed an issue that could prevent filtering by unviewed files
MFA - Added some time leeway when entering MFA code
Synced Sessions - Fixed an issue where session user list would show garbled participant names
Synced Sessions - Fixed an issue that could prevent users joining a session
Admin Dashboard - Fixed an issue where it would show files and projects that had already been marked for deletion as still in the trash
Admin Dashboard - Fixed an issue where it would run out of memory if trying to delete large projects with thousands of files
Admin Dashboard - Fixed an issue where deleting trashed files would not clear out deleted files in other users' private storage areas
Player - Fixed an issue where the option to view earlier revisions' comments did not appear
Player - Fixed an issue where choosing the Print option when exporting comments did nothing
Player - Fixed an issue where selecting another revision's comment view wouldn't disable the comment text field
Player - Fixed the player changing size when pausing in full screen on macOS
Comment Importing - Better support for Avid marker lists exported from recent versions of Avid
Comment Importing - Fixed an issue where the comment author's name may not be read correctly from Avid marker lists
Tags - Fixed an issue where moving a file between projects could cause tags from other files to point to the new project
File Browser - Fixed an issue where it would not be possible to select files inside departments
Share - Fixed an issue where filtering by links to a folder and then clicking on the folder name would produce an error
Global Search - Ignore archived projects when searching
UI - Fixed an issue where comment areas could be too small
Comment Exporting - Fixed an issue where duplicate comments could appear when combining comments with the same timecode
Tasks - Fixed crash when sorting by task creator
Tasks - Fixed sorting by due date not working as expected
General bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

Kollaborate Server 3.9.1 released with Annoucements feature

Thu, 17 Oct 2024 22:01:01 +0000

Kollaborate Server 3.9.1 is now out, which is mainly a bug fix release but has some small new features.

Announcements

You can now add banners to the top of pages to communicate information to users. This could be information like tutorials or details about scheduled maintenance. You can add site-wide banners or just add them to specific pages. Banners support HTML input so you can add styling and URLs to banners.

Additionally, you can choose to add a full-page announcement to users upon their next login. This will show a page that they need to click past to get to the Projects page. This page will only appear once for users.

Announcements can be accessed from the Tools page in the Admin Area.

Share Dropdown

Clicking Share under the player now gives you a choice between sharing a new link or viewing existing links to a file, instead of creating a new link immediately.

The remaining changes are bug fixes and the full list of changes can be viewed here after logging in. There is also a corresponding Kollaborate Encoder 1.8.1 update that is required for compatibility with this Kollaborate Server version.

Recent updates - October 2024

Mon, 07 Oct 2024 17:00:01 +0000

In case you missed it, here are some recent software updates for our products.

Kollaborate Server 3.9 - Sep 9 2024

Note: Due to the need to build caches, the upgrader may take a while to run if you have a large number of projects and/or a large number of files.

Changes:

File Tags - Add tags to files to add additional context. Clicking a tag shows you all other files with that tag. Tags can be searched and both File and Upload Workflows can be used to automatically add tags to a file
Global Search - Search for files across all projects at once
Comment Tagging - Users can be tagged in comments by pressing the @ key, and there is a new alert sent when a user is tagged
Files - There is now an optional "Last Comment" table column that can be sorted, and a new filter for files with unviewed comments (i.e. new comments since you last viewed it)
Files - Support for adding a Duration column to the Files page for sorting by duration, as well as making it available as a parameter in the Advanced Search dialog
Overhauled the File Browser for improved performance when dealing with very large projects
Admin - Added a new Rebuild Caches tool
Player - Added a button to change hold timecode to the current playback position
Player - Hold is now reset if the user has only whitespace in the comment field
Files - Allow filenames to span two lines if no status is set on the file
Comments - Show link users when a comment is marked as "to-do" or "done"
Uploaded AVIF images are now correctly recognized as images instead of generic files
Saved Searches - Editing a saved search no longer requires you to do a Save As under the same name - now just click the Update button
Projects - Project admins can now edit project tags
Docker - Improved proxy performance
Docker - Updated to Ubuntu 24.04
UI - Overhauled multiple interface controls, most notably checkboxes, which now behave more consistently
UI - Navigation links can now have sublinks for more easily locating important pages
Alerts - Added a new alert when a file is uploaded to a File Request link
Encoding - If more than one proxy type is set up and the workflow is set to remove the original file, the original file is removed only for the first proxy
Sharing - Show name of link instead of original folder name to link recipients
Sharing - Shared links are now removed when a file is moved between projects
Player - Filters and searches are taken into account when showing the Next / Previous buttons
UI - Show total storage space for all projects the user can access in the page footer (before this amount was project-relative)
Sharing - Show search bar on folder links
Permissions - Update terminology to clarify that the "access" permission corresponds to viewing others' files
Uploads - Fixed an issue that was preventing uploads with matching filenames from automatically being placed in version stacks
Uploads - Fixed thumbnail stretching on email alerts for file request links
Player - Fixed an issue where video may be pillarboxed on wide displays
Projects - Fixed an issue where deleting a project and then creating one with the same name would say the project still exists
Sharing - Fixed an issue where Quick Share settings may not save when Quick Share is initiated from the player page
Files - Fixed an issue where moving an empty folder might inadvertently move additional files
Files - Fixed an issue where deleting a department with only an empty folder inside could delete additional files
Encoding - Fixed an issue where encoding profile might not be sent to encoder
Uploads - Bitrate now specifies Mbits instead of Mb, for clarity
Uploads - Fixed filesize / bitrate being the wrong way around
Files - Fixed an issue where making a change that causes a version stack item to update would incorrectly collapse the stack
Trash - Fixed an issue where trash size would not be automatically updated when clearing out the trash automatically
Tasks - Fixed an issue where editing or deleting a task could show an error
Various UI tweaks and improvements
General bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

Kollaborate Server 3.9 - File Tags, Global Search, Comment Tagging, View by Last Comment and more

Mon, 09 Sep 2024 21:52:34 +0000

A new major version of our self-hosted Kollaborate Server software is here, with many new features. Our goal in this update was expanding productivity by adding features that allow you to find what you're looking for faster.

File Tags

Add tags to files to give them new context. Click on a tag to view all other files with this tag.

There are additional filters added to the Files page for viewing files with or without tags, which is useful for finding untagged files when you're tagging your entire project.

We've been testing this feature internally for a while and I can't overstate just how much of a game-changer file tags have been for my own projects.

Global Search

Need to find a file but don't know which project it's in? Global Search allows you to locate files in all projects you can access.

Comment Tagging

Team members can now tag other users in comments to get their attention and there is a new option in notification settings for managing mention alerts.

View by Last Comment

There is an optional Last Comment column that can be added to the Files page, allowing you to sort by the date of the most recent comment. There is also a filter on the Files page for files with unread comments (i.e. comments added since you last viewed the file). This filter is extremely useful for quickly catching up to activity on a large project.

New File Browser

We've created a new file browser which greatly improves performance over the old one, especially for very large projects.

Search and Sort by Duration

Advanced searches can now take into account the duration of a file, and a new Duration column can optionally be added to the Files table for sorting by duration.

Update Hold Timecode

When typing during playback, the comment area will "hold" the current timecode position. You can now move the playhead elsewhere, click the button next to the timecode and have it update to the new position.

Many more changes

Other changes include:

Admin - Added a new Rebuild Caches tool
Player - Hold is now reset if the user has only whitespace in the comment field
Files - Allow filenames to span two lines if no status is set on the file
Comments - Show link users when a comment is marked as "to-do" or "done"
Uploaded AVIF images are now correctly recognized as images instead of generic files
Saved Searches - Editing a saved search no longer requires you to do a Save As under the same name - now just click the Update button
Projects - Project admins can now edit project tags
Docker - Improved proxy performance
Docker - Updated to Ubuntu 24.04
UI - Overhauled multiple interface controls, most notably checkboxes, which now behave more consistently
UI - Navigation links can now have sublinks for more easily locating important pages
Alerts - Added a new alert when a file is uploaded to a File Request link
Encoding - If more than one proxy type is set up and the workflow is set to remove the original file, the original file is removed only for the first proxy
Sharing - Show name of link instead of original folder name to link recipients
Sharing - Shared links are now removed when a file is moved between projects
Player - Filters and searches are taken into account when showing the Next / Previous buttons
UI - Show total storage space for all projects the user can access in the page footer (before this amount was project-relative)
Sharing - Show search bar on folder links
Permissions - Update terminology to clarify that the "access" permission corresponds to viewing others' files
Uploads - Fixed an issue that was preventing uploads with matching filenames from automatically being placed in version stacks
Uploads - Fixed thumbnail stretching on email alerts for file request links
Player - Fixed an issue where video may be pillarboxed on wide displays
Projects - Fixed an issue where deleting a project and then creating one with the same name would say the project still exists
Sharing - Fixed an issue where Quick Share settings may not save when Quick Share is initiated from the player page
Files - Fixed an issue where moving an empty folder might inadvertently move additional files
Files - Fixed an issue where deleting a department with only an empty folder inside could delete additional files
Encoding - Fixed an issue where encoding profile might not be sent to encoder
Uploads - Bitrate now specifies Mbits instead of Mb, for clarity
Uploads - Fixed filesize / bitrate being the wrong way around
Files - Fixed an issue where making a change that causes a version stack item to update would incorrectly collapse the stack
Trash - Fixed an issue where trash size would not be automatically updated when clearing out the trash automatically
Tasks - Fixed an issue where editing or deleting a task could show an error
Various UI tweaks and improvements
General bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

Recent updates - August 2024

Wed, 07 Aug 2024 17:00:01 +0000

In case you missed it, here are some recent software updates for our products.

Kollaborate Server 3.8.1 - Jul 19 2024

Changes:

Docker - Removed the dependency on imagemagick.org, which has been experiencing a multi-day outage that has been preventing the "docker-compose build" command from completing
Docker - Fixed an issue that could prevent php.ini changes from taking effect
Files - Searching from the search box now performs a title search across the entire project. To search other fields or just the current folder, please use an Advanced Search
Fixed an issue that could prevent the new high quality thumbnail feature from activating correctly
Files - Fixed a crash when viewing a shared folder link
Files - Fixed an issue where the item count in the page footer could show the wrong number of items
Player - Fixed long file titles extending into the comment box
Minor bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

Recent updates - July 2024

Sun, 07 Jul 2024 17:00:02 +0000

In case you missed it, here are some recent software updates for our products.

Kollaborate Encoder 1.8 - Jul 5 2024

Changes:

Support for customizable encoding profiles (configure this in the Admin Area of the webserver)
Support for larger hoverscrub thumbnails
Fixed an issue where combining multiple audio channels could cause peaking
Minor bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

Kollaborate Server 3.8 - Jul 5 2024

Major New Features:

Single-Sign On (Preview) - You can now have authentication handled by a third-party SAML provider. This can be enabled from the Configure page of the Admin Area. If you enter the wrong details and end up locked out, delete config/sso_config.php to disable SSO.
UI refresh - darker color scheme, new fonts, new icons, layout improvements.
Higher quality thumbnails and better handling of non-16:9 thumbnail sizes
Redesigned login flow
New permissions - modifying other users' files and modifying other users' comments. This allows you to modify others' assets without needing to be an admin
Saved Searches - Save an advanced search to apply it as a file filter. (Note that while you can apply a filter that searches the entire project, in most cases you will want it to only apply to the current folder.)
Template Projects - Create a template project with folders, saved searches, departments, users, tasks and workflows. These can be applied when creating a new project
Custom Encoding Profiles - Change the frame size, bitrate, etc of the videos created by Kollaborate Encoder. (Requires Kollaborate Encoder 1.8.) This can be edited from the Admin Area of the webserver. Note that while you can create multiple proxies of different frame sizes, this is of limited utility right now because you can't switch between them in the player. We plan to offer more features to enable this in future.

Other Changes:

In-progress uploads are now stored on the storage volume instead of inside the webserver container. This solves issues if the webserver has limited storage space, with the added bonus of making the finishing stage much faster
Admin - Overhauled the UI of the Tools page
History is now shown in the project navigation bar to increase accessibility of this feature
Upgrader - Database tables / columns that already exist are now ignored. This can solve issues where you may have ended up with a partial upgrade
Admin - Added the ability to hide the Help link at the bottom of the page
Player - Improved JKL key behavior to be more in line with NLEs
Files - New filters: Uploaded by Me and Uploaded by Others
Files - Only allow those with file modification permissions to manually set a file's workflow
Custom file permissions feature has been removed. Please use departments to manage file access
File rename events are now stored in history
File move events for each individual file are stored in history when moving a folder
History - Better support for accented user names
Player - Original file extension is shown in the Metadata pane
Files - Added the ability to import comments, metadata and captions by right-clicking a file on the Files page
Upload Workflows - Fixed an issue where workflows set to the project root wouldn't apply inside departments
Files - Fixed an issue where renaming a file and leaving the name unchanged would show an alert that the file already exists
Files - Fixed an issue where it may exit file renaming unexpectedly if you rename immediately after uploading
API - Fixed an issue where special characters in a folder name could cause duplicate folders to be created
API - Fixed a crash when special characters exist in file title
Advanced Search - Fixed an issue where "has versions" parameter wouldn't return results
Files - Fixed an issue where version count wouldn't update when combining a new version
Projects - Fixed controls overlapping long project descriptions
Tasks - Fixed an issue where history description could be garbled
Files - Upload speed is now shown in Mb/s
Many small fixes and tweaks

Kollaborate Server 3.8 - Single Sign-On, UI refresh, new permissions, template projects, custom encoding profiles and more

Thu, 04 Jul 2024 21:31:26 +0000

We've just released Kollaborate Server 3.8, a major update to our self-hosted workflow and collaboration platform.

Single-Sign On (Preview)

Kollaborate Server now supports Single-Sign On (SSO), allowing enterprise users to have logins handled by a third-party authentication provider. When logging in with the identity provider, Kollaborate will link the login to any user accounts that already exist with that email address or otherwise create the account transparently in the background.

In order to facilitate this we have completely redesigned the login page. It is now simpler, more consistent and more reliable.

UI Refresh

We've changed the UI theme to be darker and added new icons and fonts. There are far too many changes to document, but some include relocating the user dropdown to the sidebar, new interface controls, and improvements to the layout of the player page.

Higher-quality thumbnails

Thumbnail images are now displayed at a higher resolution. In order to facilitate this we've completely redesigned how we display thumbnails, resulting in numerous improvements including more consistent handling of non-16:9 frame sizes.

To convert your existing thumbnails, use the option to regenerate thumbnails for all files in the Tools page of the Admin Area.

New permissions

We've added two new user permissions: modifying others' files and modifying others' comments. This allows users to interact with others' assets without needing to be an admin.

Saved Searches

Advanced Searches can be saved and will appear as filters on the Files page.

(Note that we recommend saved searches are limited to the current folder in most cases. Searching the entire project should only be used for specific use-cases because it can be confusing to users when the filter is applied while navigating into subfolders.)

Template Projects

Create template projects that can be used to copy settings when creating new projects. The data that can be stored in a template are folder structures, saved searches, departments, team, tasks and workflows.

Custom Encoding Profiles

The encoding settings used by Kollaborate Encoder can be modified, allowing you to change bitrate, frame size and other settings. This requires Kollaborate Encoder 1.8 and can be set from the Admin Area of the webserver.

Note that while you can have Kollaborate Encoder create multiple proxies of different frame sizes, that is of limited utility right now because there is no way to switch between them and Kollaborate will always just play the highest-quality proxy. This will be more useful with features we are planning in future.

Other Changes:

In-progress uploads are now stored on the storage volume instead of inside the webserver container. This solves issues if the webserver has limited storage space, with the added bonus of making the finishing stage much faster
Admin - Overhauled the UI of the Tools page
History is now shown in the project navigation bar to increase accessibility of this feature
Upgrader - Database tables / columns that already exist are now ignored. This can solve issues where you may have ended up with a partial upgrade
Admin - Added the ability to hide the Help link at the bottom of the page
Player - Improved JKL key behavior to be more in line with NLEs
Files - New filters: Uploaded by Me and Uploaded by Others
Files - Only allow those with file modification permissions to manually set a file's workflow
Custom file permissions feature has been removed. Please use departments to manage file access
File rename events are now stored in history
File move events for each individual file are stored in history when moving a folder
History - Better support for accented user names
Player - Original file extension is shown in the Metadata pane
Files - Added the ability to import comments, metadata and captions by right-clicking a file on the Files page
Upload Workflows - Fixed an issue where workflows set to the project root wouldn't apply inside departments
Files - Fixed an issue where renaming a file and leaving the name unchanged would show an alert that the file already exists
Files - Fixed an issue where it may exit file renaming unexpectedly if you rename immediately after uploading
API - Fixed an issue where special characters in a folder name could cause duplicate folders to be created
API - Fixed a crash when special characters exist in file title
Advanced Search - Fixed an issue where "has versions" parameter wouldn't return results
Files - Fixed an issue where version count wouldn't update when combining a new version
Projects - Fixed controls overlapping long project descriptions
Tasks - Fixed an issue where history description could be garbled
Files - Upload speed is now shown in Mb/s
Many small fixes and tweaks

Recent updates - June 2024

Fri, 07 Jun 2024 17:00:01 +0000

In case you missed it, here are some recent software updates for our products.

Pro Maintenance Tools 2.4.4 - May 27 2024

Plugin Manager - More user-friendly error messages if notarizing a plugin installer fails
Updated Crash Analyzer definitions
Minor bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

Recent updates - April 2024

Sun, 07 Apr 2024 17:00:01 +0000

In case you missed it, here are some recent software updates for our products.

Kollaborate Server 3.7.3 - Mar 28 2024

Changes:

Improved performance on the Projects page
Improved performance on the Files page
Files - File size is updated dynamically when dragging files into a folder or department
Player - Removed the feature that showed a user's last playback position. Heatmaps should be used for this purpose instead
Player - Pressing the L key to fast forward now ramps up the speed slowly
Projects - When creating a new project, it will now allow you to import the team and folder structures from any project where you are an admin, not just projects you created
Files - If showing the Views column, it will update dynamically when using Quick Look or Open in New Tab on a file
Files - If showing the Downloads column, it will update dynamically when clicking the Download button
Comments - Add Copy Text context menu option
The nudge feature has been removed from the player and share pages
Files - Column text is now left-aligned
Adobe Panel - Fixed an issue where it may not display the comment import icon
Adobe Panel - Removed erroneous context menus
Adobe Panel - Fixed the hoverscrub thumb being the wrong size
API - Fixed the first version of a file not having a version title
API - Don't show My Private Files in projects list if it's disabled
Comments - Improved autologin if the user's session has expired
Files - Fixed an issue where departments may not show that they contain unviewed files
Multiple improvements to support for accented characters throughout the site
Projects - Fixed an issue where tags would not be displayed for projects loaded dynamically
WebHooks - More event information is being logged, especially for events triggered from shared links
History - Improved event descriptions with more information, especially for events triggered from shared links
Comments - Improved error handling if submitting a comment fails
Trash - Fixed an issue where site / super admins couldn't delete trashed projects
Files - Fixed an issue where files in My Private Files could not be accessed from a shared link
UI - Tweaked size and position of thumb view and Adobe Premiere Panel view
Workflows - Fixed an issue where admin user could not edit global workflows
Workflows - Fixed an issue where default approval workflows would not be connected to their approve / reject workflows when creating a new project
Player - Fixed a crash when signing up for view receipts
Player - Limit the number of markers shown in the marker bar if they are close together
Projects - Allowed site admins to modify projects they didn't create
Files - Fixed an issue where it could fail to delete a folder if deleted files exist in the folder being deleted
Email - Fixed an issue where the custom logo may not display in some instances
Files - Fixed an issue where using Quick Look on a file multiple times will only add 1 to the view count due to browser caching
Comment Importing - Fixed a crash when importing markers from Reaper
Admin - Fixed an issue where rebuilding folder structures would not reset a folder's size if the folder was empty
Player - Fixed an issue where captions may not display for links to files in My Private Files
Roles / Permissions - Clarify wording to show that admin status only applies to the project
Comments - Comment delete events are now logged for each comment when deleting all comments on a file
Share - Fixed an issue where only the first 40 links would be shown
Email - Fixed an issue where connections might be automatically upgraded to TLS even if you selected unencrypted
Files - Fixed an issue where dragging a file into a department may not show the unviewed icon immediately
Player - Don't scroll the video into view when clicking a comment on small screen sizes
Installer - Fixed an issue where it may say you have the wrong database version installed when running on MariaDB
Player - Fixed a layout issue when disabling comments through an approval workflow
Minor bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

Post Haste for Mac 2.8.3 - Mar 9 2024

Update: This build fixes a hang some users were experiencing at startup.

Variables can now be entered into parameter values on the New Project page, as well as default values and prefixes / suffixes in the Parameters pane of Preferences.

This allows you to create more complex naming conventions with repeating values, without having to enter redundant information. For example, you could add "[project number]-" as a prefix to all other parameters so that every subfolder in the path contains the project number.

Post Haste for Windows 2.4.3 - Mar 8 2024

Variables can now be entered into parameter values on the New Project page, as well as default values and prefixes / suffixes in the Parameters pane of Preferences.

Post Haste now supports variables in parameter values

Fri, 08 Mar 2024 21:43:41 +0000

In Post Haste for Mac 2.8.3 / Post Haste for Windows 2.4.3, variables can now be entered into parameter values on the New Project page, as well as default values and prefixes / suffixes in the Parameters pane of Preferences

Variables allow you to take the value of a parameter and use that value as part of the path. To do this, surround the name of the parameter in square brackets, for example [client]. (Capitalization is not important but spacing is.)

Extending variable support to parameter values and prefixes / suffixes allows you to create more complex naming conventions with repeating values, without having to enter redundant information. For example, you could add "[project number]-" as a prefix to all other parameters so that every subfolder in the path contains the project number.

Post Haste is a free app for Mac and PC that makes it easy to create new projects from templated folder structures. To find out more, check out the feature list, read the user manual or download the app for Mac or PC.

Recent updates - March 2024

Thu, 07 Mar 2024 18:00:01 +0000

In case you missed it, here are some recent software updates for our products.

Kollaborate Encoder 1.7 - Mar 6 2024

Note: This update requires a minimum of Kollaborate Server 3.7.2.

The Docker image now uses Ubuntu 22.04 and FFMPEG 6.1.1
Added extra configuration options to send additional flags to FFMPEG
Fixed an issue that could sometimes cause files to be converted multiple times
Fixed an issue that could cause complex overlay text to fail
Prevent clipping when downmixing audio tracks
Minor bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

Kollaborate Server 3.7.2 - Mar 6 2024

Changes:

Security - Fix issue where MFA prompt could be bypassed in certain situations
Sharing - Show comment count and the name the user commented as in the link stats
Uploading - Finishing is now slightly faster
Comment Importing - Support for importing comments from Reaper
History - Support for filtering out your own events and only showing events since your last visit
Files - Allow displaying Comments column in links
Email Testing - Switch debug mode on when sending a test email while bypassing the queue
Projects - Use higher quality placeholder icon when no project thumbnail exists
Server admins and project owners will now receive digest emails even if they're not directly added to a project's Team
Comment Importing - Fix issue where author name might not be detected when importing from CSV / TSV
Files - Overhauled file subscriptions to improve performance
Files - Unsubscribing from instant alerts for a project now removes individual per-file subscriptions too
Fixed a rare issue that could prevent logging in on Firefox
Player - Select the currently selected transcription language in the Export Captions dialog instead of defaulting to English
Files - Visually indicate if a file has a transcript attached
Workflows - Fixed an issue where special characters in statuses might not show correctly
Moving - Fixed an issue where an error could appear saying you don't have permission to move files if deleted files exist in that folder
UI - Fixed logo being clickable across the entire header when viewing a link
API - Match revisions by title when uploading from Premiere or FCPX
Upgrader - Fixed an issue that could prevent upgrading from very old Kollaborate Server versions
Admin - Increased the speed of the thumbnail regeneration tool
Files - Fixed an issue where previewing a file would not register in the context menu that it had been viewed
Comments - Fixed an issue where comment edit / delete events wouldn't be logged
Navigation - Fixed an issue where the link to the Admin Area URL wouldn't redirect correctly for some URLs
Minor bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

Recent updates - February 2024

Wed, 07 Feb 2024 18:00:02 +0000

In case you missed it, here are some recent software updates for our products.

Kollaborate Server 3.7.1 - Jan 10 2024

Changes:

Heatmaps are now recorded when using Quick Look
Player - Right-click the player to access Playback Settings - allows settings to be adjusted even on shared links
Upload Workflows - Support for matching by frame rate
Dates are now relative to the current user's timezone when displaying absolute dates on files or comments
Files - Dropdown / right-click menus are now generated dynamically, which fixes several issues that could occur where the menu gets out of sync with the current status of the file
CSV import / export - Improved parsing of CSVs to handle more complex files
Workflow Import - Automatically create linked departments if they don't exist
Workflow Import - Fixed a crash when importing workflows from a different project
Player - Hide visible line on shared links when no action buttons are present
Files - File pin icons now respect page text color
Tasks - Fixed a crash when importing tasks
Tasks - Fixed an issue where task couldn't be modified if the priority was set to Low
Share - Fixed an issue where File Request links could display as invalid
Share - Fixed an issue where password input might not display
Share - Fixed an issue where the password might not update in the Quick Share dialog
Share - Password fields on the main page are now read-only
API - Better feedback if API authorization fails
UI - Fix incorrect URL for Apps page when accessed from the Admin Area
Installer - Simplified installing scheduled tasks for manual installations
Email - Fixed an issue where the custom site logo may not display in emails in certain instances
Player - Fixed an issue where CC button doesn't display captions when viewed by a link recipient
Servers - Ensure IP and port are specified in server URLs
Encoding - Fixed an issue where overlays would not be applied to a file when manually converting it
Heatmaps - Fixed an issue where heatmap data might not be logged on the player page
Upload Workflows - Fixed an issue where "greater than or equal to" and "less than or equal to"Â match types might not work as expected
Minor bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

Recent updates - December 2023

Thu, 07 Dec 2023 18:00:02 +0000

In case you missed it, here are some recent software updates for our products.

Post Haste for Mac 2.8.2 - Nov 24 2023

Fixed an issue where Kiosk Mode might not be able to be switched off on macOS Sonoma
Fixed an issue where color-coding might not be respected when creating a project from a template

Kollaborate Server 3.7 - Nov 20 2023

Kollaborate Server 3.7 is a major update with thousands of code changes, mainly on the backend, to modernize and improve reliability. It also contains many new features and quality-of-life improvements.

Important: We're now using MariaDB instead of MySQL and the Docker image is configured to convert the database to your MariaDB version automatically. As such, we would recommend backing up the database before upgrading to any version as you may be unable to downgrade otherwise. You can download the current database as a .sql file from the Tools section of the Admin Area. We recommend doing this before copying the newer version's files over.

Major Changes:

PHP 8.1 support
MySQL has been replaced with MariaDB, which improves performance
Deleting a file now moves it to the Trash, which can be accessed at the bottom of the screen. Project admins can restore or empty the trash, otherwise those files will be removed automatically after 30 days.
Major backend overhauls to file handling, workflows, versions and tasks
Numerous UI improvements including new user interface controls for entering timecode, copying links and displaying thumbnails
UI styling has been overhauled and you may therefore need to regenerate the style from the Admin Area
The App Storage feature has been removed
The long-deprecated Python scripting feature has been removed
Many color and theming changes, including better support for light color schemes. Note that you may need to rebuild your custom style from the Admin Area for it to display correctly in the new version.
Admins can view stats for a user, including the projects they are part of, how many files they have uploaded, etc
Users can be suspended, preventing them from logging in, but making sure their projects, files, commments, etc, are intact
When importing comments, you can now map timecode, author and comment to specific columns within a CSV, as well as getting the author name from the file if the format supports it
You can now require the user to have Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) activated before they can access a project. Edit a project to switch this option on.
Project titles must now be unique when creating a new project
Support for importing and exporting comments as TSV (Tab-Separated Values)
Link recipients can now view (but not edit) captions

Minor Changes:

History can be filtered and exported to a CSV file
Many improvements to the reliability of the installer
Admin - Dashboard page now shows the current license type
Admin - Added the ability to rebuild folder structures from the Tools page. This is helpful if a move operation is interrupted and things get out of sync.
Files - Added Open in New Tab to context menu
Player - Added an option to the Actions menu to regenerate file metadata (frame rate, resolution, etc)
Player - Hovering over the encoding icon now shows the file's current position in the queue
Admin - When adding a user, their last name is now optional
Admin - My Private Files can now be disabled from the Configure page of the admin area
Comments - Project admins can now delete all comments for a file from the player page
Share - Show all links for a particular file by clicking the file name on the Share page. Ctrl-click (or Cmd-click on Mac) to launch the player for the file
Tasks - Show all tasks for a particular file by clicking the file name on the Tasks page. Ctrl-click (or Cmd-click on Mac) to launch the player for the file
Player - Don't show the "file needs converting" banner unnecessarily
Quick Share - Improved UI if sharing fails
Sharing - Links can now be deleted as a batch
Captions - Support for relative / absolute caption timings when importing from a file
Search - Additional file type options are available in Advanced Search: Folder, Comment Stream, Compressed Archive
Admin - Added an option for alternate page text color to custom colors page
UI - Navigation bar adjusts more intelligently to the page you're currently viewing
Admin - Admin authorization now times out after 30 mins of inactivity instead of when accessing a non-admin section of the site
Users - Tasks the user is assigned to are now unassigned when deleting a user
Users - The last selected role is remembered when adding new users
Player - Show the file title when hovering over truncated titles
Files - Fixed an issue where comment exports to Reaper may produce the wrong type of file

Bug Fixes:

Files - Fixed an issue where resize handles wouldn't appear on table headers
Login - Fixed an issue where the captcha wouldn't work correctly
Workflows - Fixed an issue where saving a workflow could incorrectly require an admin login
Projects - Fixed an issue where it would interpret a search such as "5.0" as a number and match every instance of the number "5" instead of interpreting the search literally
Better support for extremely long filenames
Adobe Panel - Fixed an exception that could occur if the file contains comments from a link recipient
Admin - Fixed an issue where default strings in database dumps would be incorrectly quoted
Files - Fixed an issue where departments wouldn't show a value in the Date column
Player - Fixed a layout issue if comments are disabled but the file needs approval
Users - Fixed an issue where a user could be added to the wrong project if another one was loaded in a different tab
Comments - Fixed an issue where uploading a file with a comment wouldn't work correctly
User Importing - Fixed an error if a user already exists in the project
Projects - Fixed an issue that could prevent users from importing folders from another project when creating a new one
Files - Fixed an issue where the workflow dropdown icon could be cut off if the workflow name is long
API - Fixed an issue where apps would be unable to get the current user's name
Folder Downloading - Better error handling if the user lacks permissions

Kollaborate Server 3.7 - new pricing, major architectural overhaul, trash, UI improvements and more

Mon, 20 Nov 2023 22:39:28 +0000

Kollaborate Server 3.7 is a major update to our self-hosted workflow platform with thousands of code changes, mainly on the backend, to modernize and improve reliability. It also contains many new features, bug fixes and quality-of-life improvements.

PHP 8.1 and MariaDB

This version updates PHP to version 8.1 and uses MariaDB instead of MySQL, both of which improve performance.

Trash

Deleting a file now moves it to the Trash, which can be accessed at the bottom of the screen.

Project admins can restore or empty the trash, otherwise those files will be removed automatically after 30 days.

User interface improvements

New controls for entering timecode and copying text.

Color and theme changes

Many optimizations to theming, including better support for light-colored interfaces. (You may need to rebuild your custom theme from the Tools section of the Admin Area for it to display correctly in this version.)

User administration

View stats for a user, such as the projects they are part of and how many files they have uploaded.

You can now suspend users, preventing them from using the site but keeping their files, comments, etc, intact.

Comment importing improvements

You can now map timecode, author and comment to specific columns within a CSV, as well as getting the author name from the file if the format supports it.

Comments can be imported and exported as TSV (Tab-Separated Values).

Require MFA

You can now require the user to have Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) activated before they can access a project. Edit a project to switch this option on.

There are many more changes and fixes; view the full list here.

Updated pricing

We've overhauled our pricing. Kollaborate Encoder is significantly cheaper and we've added new low-end packages with lower user counts to reduce the barrier to entry for smaller companies. (Existing customers are grandfathered into their old packages.)

At the current time of writing, we're offering a Black Friday Sale with 30% off all packages. This sale lasts through Cyber Monday (November 27th 2023).

If you'd like to try out Kollaborate Server before buying, please contact us for a trial.

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, register for the free cloud trial or contact us for a server trial.

Recent updates - November 2023

Tue, 07 Nov 2023 18:00:01 +0000

In case you missed it, here are some recent software updates for our products.

Kollaborate Server 3.6 B6 - Nov 4 2023

This is a pre-release version of Kollaborate Server 3.7.

Please see previous betas for a full list of changes from 3.6.x.

Important: this version upgrades the database to MariaDB 10.11 to fix issues when upgrading databases from much older versions of MySQL. Please use the database download tool in Admin Area > Tools to backup your database beforehand.

Changes in this version:

Major backend overhaul and modernization of the Files page
Deleting a file now moves it to the Trash, which can be accessed at the bottom of the screen. Project admins can restore or empty the trash, otherwise those files will be removed automatically after 30 days.
Project titles must now be unique when creating a new project
Projects - Added an option to require the user to have MFA set up before they can access a project
Support for importing and exporting comments as TSV (Tab-Separated Values)
Sharing - Links can now be deleted in a batch
Captions - Support for relative / absolute caption timings when importing from a file
Search - Additional file type options are available in Advanced Search: Folder, Comment Stream, Compressed Archive
Admin - Additional user stats added to the Profile page
Admin - Added an option for alternate page text color to custom colors page
UI - Navigation bar adjusts more intelligently to the page you're currently viewing
Comments - Fixed an issue where uploading a file with a comment wouldn't work correctly
User Importing - Fixed an error if a user already exists in the project
Share - Fixed an issue where a file request would expire immediately if no expiration date was set
Admin - Admin authorization now times out after 30 mins of inactivity instead of when accessing a non-admin section of the site
Projects - Fixed an issue that could prevent users from importing folders from another project when creating a new one
Users - Tasks the user is assigned to are now unassigned when deleting a user
Admin - Pages now work better on light color schemes
Files - Fixed an issue where the workflow dropdown icon could be cut off if the workflow name is long
API - Fixed an issue where apps would be unable to get the current user's name
Uploads - Fixed a crash when uploading to My Private Files
Player - Fixed a crash when accessing files in My Private Files
Player - Fixed an issue where the comment bar would be semi-transparent in full screen
Users - The last selected role is remembered when adding new users
Folder Downloading - Better error handling if the user lacks permissions
Encoding - More accurate calculation of the current queue position
Player - Show the file title when hovering over truncated titles
Files - Fixed an issue where comment exports to Reaper may produce the wrong type of file
Various minor UI tweaks
Various code modernizations and overhauls

Post Haste for Mac 2.8.1 - Oct 25 2023

Fixed a crash that could occur when launching the app

Recent updates - October 2023

Sat, 07 Oct 2023 17:00:01 +0000

In case you missed it, here are some recent software updates for our products.

Post Haste for Windows 2.4.2 - Sep 20 2023

Prevented users from creating completely blank project titles

Kollaborate Server 3.7 B5 - Sep 18 2023

This is a pre-release version of Kollaborate Server 3.7.

Please see previous betas for a full list of changes from 3.6.x.

Be aware that we're now using MariaDB instead of MySQL and that the Docker image is configured to convert the database to your MariaDB version automatically. As such, we would recommend backing up the database before upgrading as you may be unable to downgrade otherwise.

Changes in this version:

Admin - When adding a user, their last name is now optional
Admin - Allow site admins to view all users' profiles and access user stats
Admin - My Private Files can now be disabled from the Configure page of the admin area
Admin - Support for suspending users
Comments - Project admins can now delete all comments for a file from the player page
Share - Show all links for a particular file by clicking the file name on the Share page. Ctrl-click (or Cmd-click on Mac) to launch the player for the file
Tasks - Show all tasks for a particular file by clicking the file name on the Tasks page. Ctrl-click (or Cmd-click on Mac) to launch the player for the file
Import Comments - Support for getting the author name from the file if supported by the format
Import Comments - Added the ability to map timecode, author and comment to specific columns within a CSV
Admin Dashboard - Fixed an issue where deleted projects could not be cleared
Admin - Fixed an issue where default strings in database dumps would be incorrectly quoted
Files - Fixed an issue where departments wouldn't show a value in the Date column
Player - Don't show the "file needs converting" banner unnecessarily
Player - Fixed an issue where HTML content in the Description field may not render correctly
Player - Fixed a layout issue if comments are disabled but the file needs approval
Users - Fixed an issue where a user could be added to the wrong project if another one was loaded in a different tab
Workflows - Fixed an issue where workflow edit page would not show the correct status of the "allow comments" option
Projects - Fixed an issue where it would take you to My Private Files after creating a project instead of the newly-created project
Projects - Fixed an issue where apostrophes would not be displayed correctly in project titles
Files - Fixed an issue that could prevent folders being downloaded
Quick Share - Improved UI if sharing fails
Tasks - Fixed an issue where it could sometimes show a random file on the Tasks page if no file was assigned to a task
Upgraded several third-party packages for better PHP 8.1 compatibility
Various minor UI tweaks
Various code modernizations and overhauls

Compressor Repair 2.4.2 - Sep 18 2023

Removed opt-in telemetry from the app
Minor bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

FCS Remover 3.2.2 - Sep 18 2023

Removed opt-in telemetry from the app
Minor bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

Pro Maintenance Tools 2.4.3 - Sep 18 2023

Removed opt-in telemetry from all apps in the suite
Plugin Manager - Support for choosing your team ID from a list when creating a plugin installer
Plugin Manager - Fixed an issue where plugin names in the format "01.PluginName" would behave incorrectly
Plugin Manager - Moved plugin installer notarization to new notarytool service
All apps, including plugin installers, now require at least macOS 10.13
General bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

Recent updates - September 2023

Thu, 07 Sep 2023 17:00:01 +0000

In case you missed it, here are some recent software updates for our products.

Pro Media Tools 2.2 - Aug 29 2023

Removed opt-in telemetry from all apps in the suite
Video Check - Support for detecting if an audio track is completely blank
Batch Renamer - Show item count in window
Video Check - Audio problems are now identified by channel and track (if a problem exists across several channels, more than one error message may therefore appear)
QT Edit - Color and Gamma atoms can coexist in a QuickTime movie
QT Edit - Fixed a crash that could occur after conforming a movie
Performance and stability improvements across the suite
Various small bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

Pro Media Tools 2.2 - Video Check audio improvements and more

Fri, 01 Sep 2023 21:46:32 +0000

Pro Media Tools 2.2 is now out, with some great new features.

Video Check audio improvements

Video Check can now flag up files that have completely blank audio channels. Additionally, there has been an overhaul of how audio errors are treated within the app. The app now breaks down issues by track and channel to make it easier to pinpoint the exact location of the problem. This means that an issue that spans all channels will now show an error for each channel.

Other changes

Removed opt-in telemetry from all apps in the suite
Batch Renamer - Show item count in window
QT Edit - Color and Gamma atoms can coexist in a QuickTime movie
QT Edit - Fixed a crash that could occur after conforming a movie
Performance and stability improvements across the suite
Various small bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

Pro Media Tools is an essential toolkit for media professionals. To find out more, view the feature list, read the user manual or download the free 15-day trial.

Recent updates - August 2023

Mon, 07 Aug 2023 17:00:01 +0000

In case you missed it, here are some recent software updates for our products.

Kollaborate Server 3.7 B4 - Jul 15 2023

This is a pre-release version of Kollaborate Server 3.7.

Please see Beta 1 for a full list of changes from 3.6.x.

Changes in this version:

Major overhaul and modernization of workflows
Admin - Dashboard page now shows the current license type
Admin - Added the ability to rebuild folder structures from the Tools page. This is helpful if a move operation is interrupted and things get out of sync.
Files - Added Open in New Tab to context menu
Player - Added an option to the Actions menu to regenerate file metadata (frame rate, resolution, etc)
Player - Hovering over the encoding icon now shows the file's current position in the queue
Better support for extremely long filenames
Upgraded the OAuth library, which should fix the issues a couple of users were having uploading with Kollaborate Transfer
Adobe Panel - Fixed an exception that could occur if the file contains comments from a link recipient
Player - Fixed an issue where accessing a file inside a shared folder could fail
Better support for light color schemes
Various minor UI tweaks
Various code modernizations and overhauls

Recent updates - July 2023

Fri, 07 Jul 2023 17:00:02 +0000

In case you missed it, here are some recent software updates for our products.

Post Haste for Windows 2.4.1 - Jun 19 2023

Fixed an issue where creating a project using a fixed path would fail

Recent updates - June 2023

Wed, 07 Jun 2023 17:00:02 +0000

In case you missed it, here are some recent software updates for our products.

Post Haste for Windows 2.4 - May 12 2023

You can now add prefixes and suffixes to augment a parameter's value from the PreferencesÂ > Parameters window. Note that prefixes and suffixes will not be applied to blank parameter values; the parameter will be skipped entirely.
Fixed an issue that could prevent parameters being imported correctly from a file
Updated project templates and blank project file templates
Changed filename format in default projects templates from Template.ext to [template].ext
Minor bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

Kollaborate Server 3.7 B2 - May 8 2023

This is a pre-release version of Kollaborate Server 3.7. Beta 2 fixes a couple of minor styling issues but mainly focuses on improving the reliability of the installer.

Please see Beta 1 for a full list of changes from 3.6.x.

Changes in this version:

Installer - Fixed an issue where the user may not be able to progress past the licensing step
Installer - The configuration file is now created if it doesn't exist when launching the installer, instead of later in the process
Installer - Reduced the likelihood of permissions issues preventing the configuration file from being created on Docker installations
Installer - Better handling of blank configuration and .htaccess files
Improved the general reliability of the installer
Files - Thumbnails for image files now show the entire image
UI - Fix file status text being the wrong color when adding a custom style

Post Haste 2.8 for Mac and 2.4 for Windows released with prefix and suffix parameters

Thu, 18 May 2023 19:31:38 +0000

Earlier this week we released Post Haste 2.8 for Mac and Post Haste 2.4 for Windows, a major update for our free project management tool.

The biggest change in this release is the ability to add prefixes and suffixes to parameter values. This adds extra text to the front or end of the parameter's value, for example adding the word "client_" before the client name parameter value.

(Note that if the parameter's value is blank, prefixes and suffixes are not applied and the parameter will remain blank.)

We've also fixed bugs, improved performance and updated the project file presets and templates to use the latest versions of Adobe's tools.

Recent updates - May 2023

Sun, 07 May 2023 17:00:02 +0000

In case you missed it, here are some recent software updates for our products.

Preference Manager 4.5.4 - May 4 2023

Removed telemetry from the app
Fixed an issue that could cause a "Background Items Added" alert to appear multiple times
Minor bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

Post Haste for Mac 2.8 - May 4 2023

Â Â Â â€¢Â Â Â You can now add prefixes and suffixes to augment a parameter's value from the PreferencesÂ > Parameters window. Note that prefixes and suffixes will not be applied to blank parameter values; the parameter will be skipped entirely.
Â Â Â â€¢Â Â Â Removed telemetry from the app
Â Â Â â€¢Â Â Â Updated project templates and blank project file templates
Â Â Â â€¢Â Â Â Fixed an issue where the software updater could cause a "Background Items Added" alert to appear multiple times
Â Â Â â€¢Â Â Â Minor bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

Kollaborate Server 3.7 B1 - Apr 24 2023

This is a pre-release version of Kollaborate Server 3.7. This version has a few new user-facing features but the biggest change is a signficant architectural overhaul. It has thousands of backend improvements and several key components have been rewritten. These changes improve reliability, customization and performance.

This version has been well tested and we're not aware of any issues, but we've given it a beta label due to the sheer number of changes that occurred.

Also note that we're now using MariaDB instead of MySQL and that the Docker image is configured to convert the database to your MariaDB version automatically. As such, we would recommend backing up the database before upgrading as you may be unable to downgrade otherwise.

Changes in this version:

PHP 8.1 support
MySQL has been replaced with MariaDB, which improves performance
Link recipients can now view (but not edit) captions
History can be filtered and exported to a CSV file
Numerous UI improvements including new user interface controls for entering timecode, copying links and displaying thumbnails
UI styling has been overhauled and you may therefore need to regenerate the style from the Admin Area
The App Storage feature has been removed
The long-deprecated Python scripting feature has been removed
Lots of bug fixes and reliability improvements
Various minor tweaks and improvements

Kollaborate 3.7 Beta 1 - major architectural overhaul, PHP 8.1 and MariaDB support, and more

Mon, 24 Apr 2023 20:26:18 +0000

Kollaborate Server 3.7 Beta 1 is now out. This version has a few new user-facing features but the biggest change is a signficant architectural overhaul. It has thousands of backend improvements and several key components have been rewritten. These changes improve reliability, customization and performance.

This version has been well tested and we're not aware of any issues, but we've given it a beta label due to the sheer number of changes that occurred.

We now support PHP 8.1 which provides performance improvements. The Docker images now use MariaDB instead of MySQL, which also improves database performance. Please note that the Docker image is configured to convert the database to your MariaDB version automatically. As such, we would recommend backing up the database before upgrading as you may be unable to downgrade otherwise.

On the feature side of things, link recipients can now view captions, while history can be filtered and exported to a CSV file from the History page for a project.

We've also made numerous small UI changes including new interface controls for interacting with timecode, copying links and displaying thumbnails.

Some deprecated features have now been removed from the site: namely the App Storage section and Python scripting.

Recent updates - April 2023

Fri, 07 Apr 2023 17:00:01 +0000

In case you missed it, here are some recent software updates for our products.

Kollaborate Server 3.6.2 - Mar 16 2023

Server-Specific Changes

Added LimitRequestBody to .htaccess file for compatibility with recent versions of Apache
Fixed an issue where avatars could not be uploaded
Admin - Workflows - Fixed an issue where file workflows may not be editable
Admin - Roles - Fixed a crash when deleting a role

Other Changes

Comments - New comment design that is more space-efficient on narrower screens
Files - Support for batch exporting captions and comments
Player - Allow downloading the current frame as an image
Projects - Added the ability to import folder structures from an existing project when creating a new one
Advanced Search - Add option to search by age in days
Preview - Remember previous volume setting for quick look previews
Share - Added 21 day expiration option
Metadata - Add extra frame rates to list on Edit Metadata page
Transcript - Made caption overlap checking less strict
Player - Show Actions button on mobile
Player - Prompt before deleting comment annotations and attachments
UI - Better support for popups on mobile screens
Player - Comments and transcripts are no longer refreshed when the browser tab is not visible
Files - Limit number of emails sent when a batch of files is moved at once
Files - Prevent text box clicks from navigating to files/ folders when renaming
Files - Prevent the rename textbox from appearing multiple times if the file is already being renamed
Player - Improved the accuracy of timecode shown when hovering above play bar
Captions - Fixed an issue where Premiere couldn't import SRTs and improved caption timing accuracy in general
Comments - Fixed an issue where the first Davinci Resolve marker wouldn't be imported
Download Folder - Fixed an issue preventing link recipients from downloading folders
Files - Better logic for detecting the correct frame rate of a video if multiple frame rates are returned
Files - Fixed an issue where renaming a version in a version stack would not reload the file correctly
Files - Fixed an issue where a numeric filename like "1.20" could be shortened to "1.2"
Player - Fixed a crash if reviewers are not accessible
Player - Fixed a crash if user tries to view a file after the project has been deleted
Adobe Panel - Various bug fixes and changes to how information is displayed
UI - Various minor interface tweaks
Various small bug fixes, optimizations and code modernizations

Kollaborate Server 3.6.2 - batch export comments and captions, download frame as image, and more

Mon, 20 Mar 2023 19:08:44 +0000

We've just released Kollaborate Server 3.6.2, a minor update to our self-hosted file sharing and workflow management system.

The main features in this update are batch exporting of comments and captions, downloading of the current playback frame as an image, the option to import folder structures from an existing project when creating a new one, the option to search for a file by its age, and various user interface improvements.

Server-Specific Changes

Added LimitRequestBody to .htaccess file for compatibility with recent versions of Apache
Fixed an issue where avatars could not be uploaded
Admin - Workflows - Fixed an issue where file workflows may not be editable
Admin - Roles - Fixed a crash when deleting a role

Other Changes

Comments - New comment design that is more space-efficient on narrower screens
Files - Support for batch exporting captions and comments
Player - Allow downloading the current frame as an image
Projects - Added the ability to import folder structures from an existing project when creating a new one
Advanced Search - Add option to search by age in days
Preview - Remember previous volume setting for quick look previews
Share - Added 21 day expiration option
Metadata - Add extra frame rates to list on Edit Metadata page
Transcript - Made caption overlap checking less strict
Player - Show Actions button on mobile
Player - Prompt before deleting comment annotations and attachments
UI - Better support for popups on mobile screens
Player - Comments and transcripts are no longer refreshed when the browser tab is not visible
Files - Limit number of emails sent when a batch of files is moved at once
Files - Prevent text box clicks from navigating to files/ folders when renaming
Files - Prevent the rename textbox from appearing multiple times if the file is already being renamed
Player - Improved the accuracy of timecode shown when hovering above play bar
Captions - Fixed an issue where Premiere couldn't import SRTs and improved caption timing accuracy in general
Comments - Fixed an issue where the first Davinci Resolve marker wouldn't be imported
Download Folder - Fixed an issue preventing link recipients from downloading folders
Files - Better logic for detecting the correct frame rate of a video if multiple frame rates are returned
Files - Fixed an issue where renaming a version in a version stack would not reload the file correctly
Files - Fixed an issue where a numeric filename like "1.20" could be shortened to "1.2"
Player - Fixed a crash if reviewers are not accessible
Player - Fixed a crash if user tries to view a file after the project has been deleted
Adobe Panel - Various bug fixes and changes to how information is displayed
UI - Various minor interface tweaks
Various small bug fixes, optimizations and code modernizations

Recent updates - December 2022

Wed, 07 Dec 2022 18:00:01 +0000

In case you missed it, here are some recent software updates for our products.

CinePlay 1.7.3 - Dec 1 2022

Fixed an issue where vertically flipping a video would horizontally flop it too
Performance improvements
General bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

Recent updates - October 2022

Fri, 07 Oct 2022 17:00:01 +0000

In case you missed it, here are some recent software updates for our products.

Pro Maintenance Tools 2.4.2 - Sep 29 2022

Crash Analyzer - Fixed an issue that could cause logs to not appear on recent versions of macOS
Plugin Manager - Improved reliability of plugin notarization
General bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations