CatDV 10 includes the following changes:
- New “Slate” look and feel
- New pluggable exporter framework to support transcoding using different media libraries
- Improved QuickTime exporter, with better control over frame size, ability to specify additional QuickTime annotations (and set these from variables), and ability to add a second audio track with different settings.
- Completely new Xuggle exporter (if the 3rd party Xuggle library is installed), giving support for additional formats (including ability to burn in text and timecode and deinterlace the video)
- Support for importing, playing, and transcoding media using DirectShow (Windows only)
- Simplified Export As Movie dialog and proxy settings in Preferences. Ensure user interface and capabilities are consistent between CatDV 10 and Worker Node 5.
- New Disk Space Tool for scanning folders and reporting files that use the most space (by file type and location, and with support for identifying duplicates)
- New Paste Thumbnails command to copy thumbails from one clip to another (similar to how Paste Metadata works)
- Support for reading metadata and thumbnails from Adobe Illustrator and InDesign files, also from Office Open XML files (.docx, .xslx, .pptx, etc.)
- Ability to create even larger thumbnail sizes (up to 512×384, from previous limit of 256×192), though these will increase the amount of memory used by the catalog
- Support for HTTP streaming proxies as an alternative to mounting proxies via the file system by entering an http: URL for the current location in Media Search Paths preferences (requires separate HTTP media server).
- You can now use JPEG stills (created in an external application for formats that CatDV can’t natively play) as path-based proxy files. CatDV looks for proxies with the same name as the original file or with extension .mov, .mp4 or .jpg.
- Support for logging on to server using corporate Active Directory credentials (requires CatDV Enterprise Server 6.7 with LDAP support)
- Support for obtaining a client license code from the CatDV license server (requires CatDV Server 6.7)
- Improved integration with Adobe Premiere Pro (new Send To Premiere CS6 command, and a Premiere CS6 plug-in search panel to search for clips on the server directly from within the Premiere application)
- Improved integration with Avid Media Composer (importing ALE files now links to the media; new context menu commands in the event markers table to copy and paste markers from Avid)
- Support for Cache-A library (requires enhanced Archiving Option) and other Cache-A improvements such as a button to eject tapes, better messages when restoring files, and improvements to the Check Archive Status command
- Support for reading metadata from DPX files, and better support for DPX image sequences if 3rd party Glue Tools codec is installed
- QuickTime fixes and enhancements, including better handling of accented and long filenames when importing and exporting movies and the ability to create ‘fast start’ flattened movies
- Audio scrubbing when the playhead is dragged (you can turn this on in Media Playback preferences)