server version history

- Initial HDR support for select producers and consumers - Updated ffmpeg to 7.0 with improved pixel format handling - HTML producer now supports audio and updated CEF version - Decklink consumer now supports explicit YUV output (requires AVX2)

### Core ##### Fixes * Improve error handling for invalid config files #1571 * Flush logs before exit #1571 * Check audio cadence values look sane before accepting format #1588 * Cross-channel routes from progressive to interlaced showing lots of black #1576 * Transition: ignoring some transforms of input frames #1602 ### Producers ##### Fixes * FFmpeg: fix crash on invalid frame header * Decklink: Crash with ffmpeg 7 #1582 * HTML: Fix crash during uninit on exit * Image: update state during init #1601 ### Consumers ##### Fixes * FFmpeg: set frame_rate for rtmp streams #1462 **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/CasparCG/server/compare/v2.4.2-stable...v2.4.3-stable

### Consumers ##### Fixes * Decklink: fix support for driver 14.3 and later **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/CasparCG/server/compare/v2.4.1-stable...v2.4.2-stable

### Core ##### Fixes * Fix bad config file examples * Fix `casparcg_auto_restart.bat` not starting scanner * Revert removal of tbbmalloc, due to notable performance loss on windows * Supress some cmake build warnings * Build failure when doxygen installed on system * Build failures with ffmpeg 7.0 * Revert RPATH linking changes ### Producers ##### Fixes * FFmpeg: Ignore ndi:// urls * FFmpeg: Using both in and seek could result in incorrect duration * Route: Race condition during destruction * Image: Update freeimage on windows with some CVE fixes and failures with certain pngs * Image: Respect EXIF rotate flag * NDI: list local sources ### Consumers ##### Fixes * Decklink: subregion copy not respecting frame height * Decklink: subregion vertical offset * Decklink: subregion height limited with some formats **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/CasparCG/server/compare/v2.4.0-stable...v2.4.1-stable

## Changes since 2.4.0 RC 1: ### Core ##### Improvements * Support 4K DCI frames * Build: Allow configuring diag font path at build time * AMCP: Add CALLBG command to perform CALL on background producer ##### Fixes * OSC: Background state not being produced * Scanner: resolve issues with database not being updated ### Producers ##### Improvements * HTML: Expose `cache-path` setting ##### Fixes * FFmpeg: Unable to play files with extra dots in filenames * FFmpeg: Support parameters with name containing a dash * FFmpeg: Audio channels being swapped unexpectedly ## Changes since 2.3.3 ### Core ##### Improvements * Custom resultions can be specified in casparcg.config * Interlaced mixer pipeline to ensure field accuracy * Preserve unicode characters in console input/output * Producers to be run at startup can be defined in casparcg.config * Support 8K frames * Support 4K DCI frames * Remove undocumented CII and CLK protocol implementations * Config parameter can be an absolute system path, not just relative to the working directory * AMCP: Add CLEAR ALL command * AMCP: Command batching syntax * AMCP: LOAD/LOADBG/PLAY commands accept a CLEAR_ON_404 pa

## Changes since Beta 1: ### Important There is a known bug in the version of media-scanner included in this release. It is recommended to replace it with v1.3.2 or newer from https://github.com/CasparCG/media-scanner/releases ### Core ##### Improvements * Config parameter can be an absolute system path, not just relative to the working directory * Linux: Rework build to always use system boost * Linux: Rework build process to better support being build as a system package * Audio: 16 channel audio ##### Fixes * Crash upon exiting if HTML producer was running * AMCP: `LOAD` command would show a frame or two of black while new producer was loading ### Producers ##### Fixes * FFmpeg: Unable to play files with extra dots in filenames * FFmpeg: Don't lowercase filter parameters * HTML: Debugger connection closes * HTML: Expose angle backend config field, the best backend varies depending on the templates and machine * HTML: Crash when multiple iframes were loaded within a renderer * Image: Improve file loading algorithm to match the case insensitive and absolute path support already used by ffmpeg

CasparCG 2.4.0 Beta 1 ========================================== ### Core ##### Improvements * Custom resultions can be specified in casparcg.config * Interlaced mixer pipeline to ensure field accuracy * Preserve unicode characters in console input/output * Producers to be run at startup can be defined in casparcg.config * Support 8K frames * Remove undocumented CII and CLK protocol implementations * AMCP: Add CLEAR ALL command * AMCP: Command batching syntax * AMCP: LOAD/LOADBG/PLAY commands accept a CLEAR_ON_404 parameter, to instruct the layer to be cleared when the requested file was not found * AMCP: Add commands to subscribe and unsubscribe to OSC on any port number * Build: Require C++17 for building * Build: Support newer versions of Boost * Build: Support newer versions of TBB * Build: Disable precompiled headers for linux * Build: Support VS2022 * Build: Replace nuget and locally committed dependencies with direct http downloads * Linux: Support setting thread priorities * Linux: Initial ARM64 compatibility * Logging: add config option to disable logging to file and to disable column alignment * Transitions: Support additional audio fade properti

Improvements: - Image Scroll Producer

### Producers ##### Fixes * Packages: Update TBB library to v2021.1.1 - fixes CPU and memory growth when deleting threads * FFmpeg: Fix possible deadlock leading to producer not being cleaned up correctly

### Producers ##### Fixes * Packages: Update TBB library to v2021.1.1 - fixes CPU and memory growth when deleting threads * FFmpeg: Fix possible deadlock leading to producer not being cleaned up correctly