Welcome to the OverDrive version 14 enhancements and release notes. These notes were posted Oct 1, 2013.
Redesigned ActiveX Plugin
In OverDrive 14, the newsroom ActiveX plugin has been fully redesigned. With a pleasing look and feel and a user friendly split and collapsible layout, the new plugin integrates well into the newsroom environment. Users can now easily manage templates and shots by organizing them into folders (please see below for more on shots). The complete redesign of the "shot editor" inside the plugin allows for an easier access to modify and update Custom Controls, audio channels, and other shot attributes.
Introduction of Shots
OverDrive 14 now allows for persisting shots directly in the database. In the newsroom ActiveX plugin, users can build shots from templates and cache them in the database for re-use. For an easier identification the shots can be customized with different shot icons. Clip information can also be pre-filled in shots allowing for a quicker workflow. This eliminates the additional step of first dragging a template into the newsroom rundown and then editing the template to fill in the clip data. Once a customized shot is cached in the database, it can be added to any number of stories by a simple drag and drop or by clicking the 'Add to Story' button. If the user so desires, the dragged in shot in the story can be further edited and customized.
Shots created in the newsroom plugin, can also be assigned as QuickRecalls in RundownControl. This allows for a customized consistent workflow. Once assigned as a QuickRecall, if the user so desires, it can be further customized independently of the parent template.
Please refer to the documentation for details on Template -> Shot relationship and which attributes are propagated from a parent template to a shot and which ones are not.
Newsroom Column Based QuickTurn Segments
With OverDrive 14, users can enter QuickTurn segment names directly in the newsroom environment. Please refer to the documentation for details on how to setup the columns in the newsroom. As in the past template based segmenting is also supported in OverDrive 14.
QuickTurn Encoding Status in GlobalView
Similar to clips' cue status, QuickTurn encoding status is now reflected in RundownControl GlobalView. One needs to enable the QuickTurn column in RundownControl to view the encoding status. Another QuickTurn enhancement that is new in OverDrive 14 is the ability to enable/disable encoding on the fly from the RundownControl toolbar. For example, one may choose to keep QuickTurn disabled during rehearsals.
Live QuickRecall Updates for Monitoring Clients
Assigning and editing of QuickRecalls are now immediately reflected on the monitor clients. In the past, this required a restart of the monitoring RundownControl application.
Number of MasterTemplates Increased to Four Digits
Number of master templates available in the TemplateEditor has now been increased to 9999. In the past the maximum number of templates allowed was 999. The increased number of templates also comes with an intelligent auto increment counter. The increment counter tries to find the first available number when a template is created. Users can either choose to accept the suggested template number or choose a new one. Subsequent new templates will automatically pick the next available number from the last saved one. If the TemplateEditor is re-launched, the increment counter will go back and will find the first available number from start.
TemplateEditor "“ Last Selected tab is Now Remembered
For ease of use, the last edited tab is now remembered when saving a template so that it opens up to the same tab the next time a template is edited.
Live Rundowns Moved to the Database
Live rundowns are no longer saved in a file format in a directory. They are now saved in the database which gets automatically backed up when run in a redundant OverDrive server configuration.
File Association for RapidRestore Backup Files
A minor enhancement was added in OverDrive 14 where by users can launch the RapidRestore application directly by simply double clicking the .odv5 backup file.
OverDrive Frame Rate Matches the Video Input Frame Rate
The video frame rate configured on the switcher is now reflected in OverDrive "“ in particular in calculating Auto-run Custom Control offsets.
Fast and Snappy Redesigned Database
OverDrive database has been redesigned in version 14. Not only does it support increased number of templates, its performance has also been increased.
Separate Color Coding for MOS-Server Shots
A separate color coding is now applied in RundownControl for MOS-Server shots so that they can be easily differentiated from MOS-CG shots.