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

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.

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.

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

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).

Posted by Jon Chappell on Sep 9 2024 to DR News, Front Page News, Kollaborate
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Recent updates - August 2024

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

Kollaborate Server 3.8.1 - Jul 19 2024

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.

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
Posted by Jon Chappell on Aug 7 2024 to DR News
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Recent updates - July 2024

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

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.


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
Posted by Jon Chappell on Jul 7 2024 to DR News
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Kollaborate Server 3.8 - Single Sign-On, UI refresh, new permissions, template projects, custom encoding profiles and more

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

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).

Posted by Jon Chappell on Jul 4 2024 to DR News, Front Page News, Kollaborate
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Recent updates - June 2024

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
Posted by Jon Chappell on Jun 7 2024 to DR News
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Recent updates - April 2024

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

Kollaborate Server 3.7.3 - Mar 28 2024

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.

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.

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.

Posted by Jon Chappell on Apr 7 2024 to DR News
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Post Haste now supports variables in parameter values

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.

Posted by Jon Chappell on Mar 8 2024 to DR News, Front Page News, Post Haste
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Recent updates - March 2024

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

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.

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
Posted by Jon Chappell on Mar 7 2024 to DR News
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Recent updates - February 2024

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

Kollaborate Server 3.7.1 - Jan 10 2024

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.

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"  match types might not work as expected
  • Minor bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations
Posted by Jon Chappell on Feb 7 2024 to DR News
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Recent updates - December 2023

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
Posted by Jon Chappell on Dec 7 2023 to DR News
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