Fixed: HDR streams from a DeckLink source looked washed out when viewed on an iPad.

Fixed: We corrected an intermittent issue where participants would lose connection to a room but still hear its audio.

Fixed: On Desktop 2.7.2, some users were unable to see the Room access menu after being given a Room manager role.

Fixed: We fixed a crash that was happening when some users tried to access an MFA room.

We improved the stability of the desktop app during server reconnections.

Enterprise clients can now enable client-side watermarking in the Admin Portal, for streams displaying on the desktop app, iOS, or on Apple TV.

We re-architected our video rendering engine.

We improved the way our software renders the detached thumbnails window and the Draw Tool.

We upgraded the microphone level bar in the Lobby and in the Device settings window. The microphone audio meter now renders in dB scale.

We added release notes to the About Evercast window. You can view this information by clicking on the version number in the bottom corner of the app.

Fixed: In large meetings, the detached thumbnails feature was causing a memory leak.

Fixed: When a user selected Always show toolbar in the Layout menu, and then opened and closed Chats, the toolbar would revert to auto-hide mode.

Fixed: Desktop 2.5.x users would sometimes experience a problem when hiding and then detaching their thumbnails window, where the thumbnails videos for other users would disappear.

Fixed: Some users that had been given Chat role permissions in the Admin Portal were not able to clear or download chats.

Fixed: The Network connectivity info panel was not updating the upload and download speeds correctly.

Fixed: Some files would produce unwanted noise when using Stream files.

Fixed: We stabilized our software installer.

Fixed: When viewing a recording on Desktop 2.5.2, the participant thumbnails were in the wrong location.

Fixed: Sometimes when a participant would leave a room, their app would crash.

The top of your dashboard now displays your email and device ID, and shows if you are logged in with SSO and/or MFA.

We removed the special invite link from within live MFA rooms.

We enhanced how we render 10-bit NDI streams.

Fixed: Some Desktop 2.5.2 users with an unstable internet connection would experience their Dashboard freezing.

We implemented Evercast Pixelweave™ for DeckLink streams. This feature uses the GPU (graphics processing unit) to transform images between different video formats, resolutions, and color spaces. This improves overall system performance when streaming high-resolution video.

We've re-architected the way our software renders graphics in stream only mode.

We've improved the way our software renders the detached thumbnails window.

You can now customize your resolution, frame rate, and bitrate in the Screen share settings menu.

In the Screen share settings, we added a menu for Audio source. This feature lets you share both your DAW video and audio through the desktop app, and eliminates the need to run EBS in parallel with the desktop app.

The Stream details window is now available for Screen share streams.

In the Stream NDI® settings menu, we added a Color range drop-down so you can select between Legal (Video) and Full range.

We set the minimum bitrate for all streams to 1,000 Kbps.

Fixed: Users were unable to start an NDI stream with only one NDI source.

Fixed: A link in the Stream DeckLink menu would cause the app to crash.

Fixed: We improved our login process when using company SSO.

We added multi-factor authentication (MFA) for joining rooms. You can set MFA to be required across your entire organization, or on a room-specific basis.

A room requiring MFA can only be private and can't be changed to an open room.

MFA rooms will require MFA login in order to access recordings.

The Special invite feature will be disabled for MFA rooms.

We now use adaptive video streaming for video conferencing, to reduce bandwidth and CPU consumption.

We implemented Evercast Pixelweave™ for NDI streams. This feature uses the GPU (graphics processing unit) to transform images between different video formats, resolutions, and color spaces. This improves overall system performance when streaming high-resolution video.

The Network connectivity icon in the lower corner of your thumbnail has more information about your network connection and CPU usage. You can also view network connection data for other participants in your room. This information can be used to diagnose issues with streaming quality or room performance.

Known issue: Room participants using Incognito mode may not display network connection data.

On the bottom of your main window, we added a Stream details button that will display information about the source stream, including its Resolution, Frame rate, Color space, Transfer function, and Pixel format. A second column in this window shows how your computer display compares to the source stream.

For streamers, the enhanced volume slider on the lower right now shows numerical dB levels and multi-channel audio visualizations (up to 7.1 surround). We also increased your control over the volume range.

Fixed: When a streamer would enter a custom bitrate in the stream settings menu, it would reset the next time they streamed. This has been corrected and custom bitrate settings will be saved for the next time you stream that same source.

Fixed: Sometimes when a room participant lost server connection to the room, the Evercast app wouldn't automatically reconnect them.

Fixed: Clients using the Blackmagic Design Desktop Video software in RGB would experience memory leaks.

Fixed: When streaming with DaVinci Resolve, the floating panel would begin to flash when a user tried to move it.

Fixed: If you created a room without selecting an organization first, the app would crash.

The Special guest invite feature lets a room owner create a temporary, single-use link for a guest to join a private Evercast room.

We reduced the load time for getting into your room.

The Network connectivity icon in the lower corner of your thumbnail now has more information about your network connection and CPU usage. This information can be used to diagnose issues with streaming quality or room performance.

Now you can use the Evercast desktop app to stream with a connected Elgato capture card.

The Evercast app automatically detects when an Elgato card is connected to your system.

If you are streaming from a capture card with embedded audio, you can choose whether to use the embedded audio or a different audio source.

At the bottom left of a shared stream, you will see the name of the file being streamed, or the device/source name, or the name of the person who is streaming.

Streamers using NDI or DeckLink now have a volume slider in the Playback controls bar. This allows the streamer to adjust the volume level for all viewers in the room.

In the Stream DeckLink Settings, under Video preview, you can manually select your YUV matrix if the Evercast app has not automatically detected it.

Fixed: For Invite Managers, we added the ability to generate a Special guest invite (single-access link) in a live room.

Fixed: During SSO authentication, the browser window would sometimes stay in front of the app after login.

Fixed: We improved the way our Stream files feature handles color spaces.

Fixed: We corrected an issue with memory leaks when streaming with the desktop app.

Fixed: When a participant loses connection to a room and then reconnects, the app would sometimes show multiple thumbnails for that participant.

Fixed: When watching recordings, users were unable to change which thumbnail video was showing in the main viewing area.

Fixed: We corrected an issue that was causing audio clipping when streaming with NDI.

Fixed: Sometimes the person streaming would see video playback at double the frame rate.

Fixed: Evercast would sometimes crash for users streaming with DeckLink Duo cards.

Fixed: Users who exported their stream settings and then tried to import them later would receive a "File not found" error.

When Support moves a room to another server for performance reasons, participants will be informed of the move without having to quit and rejoin the room. Any active recordings will be restarted on the new server.

Fixed: Drawings made with the Draw Tool during streaming would sometimes remain on screen after the stream was stopped.

Fixed: Some users were seeing Draw Tool drawings in the wrong location on their screen.

Fixed: When Support moves a live room to another server for performance reasons, the desktop app will automatically reconnect to the new room.

The Mute all feature has been added to the More menu on the bottom toolbar. This allows room owners to mute all participants in the room at once, with a single click. The streaming content will not be muted.

The Mute for all feature has been added to the participant thumbnail settings. This allows room owners to mute individual participants so that no one in the room can hear them.

Room owners can use the Remove from room feature in the participant thumbnail settings to remove a participant from their live room.

The Stream feature has been enhanced with the ability to select MediaSilo as a streaming source. This feature works in conference mode and in stream only mode.

Users can now join the same room with the same account, on multiple devices.

We added a Network connectivity icon to the lower corner of the participant thumbnails. Click on this icon to bring up a window showing your real-time internet connectivity details.

Evercast will convert streamed content to match your display's color space, if your display does not support the source color space.

The Stream URL settings window now has a link to more information in our Help Center about which URLs and formats are supported.

Streamers using NDI or DeckLink to stream now have a Reset button in the Stream settings window. This option will clear out saved settings from the previous stream, and reset them to the values of the incoming source material. Known Issue: When streaming with multi-input DeckLink devices, you may see the incorrect input device listed in the Stream settings window. We are working on a solution, but for now this can be fixed by going to the Input device dropdown and selecting the correct device.

Streamers can now access a settings menu in the thumbnail of their video stream when using Stream NDI, Stream DeckLink, Stream files, or Stream other devices. The thumbnail menu options include Spotlight and Video off/on, as well as sound options when streaming NDI, DeckLink, or file sources.

We added automatic notification to alert our support team when a user is having trouble logging in or connecting to a room.

Fixed: The application now recreates config.json files if they get corrupted.

Fixed: We corrected an issue where streamers would hear double audio (through both their editing software and the Evercast room) while streaming to a room. The Evercast stream will now automatically mute for the streamer upon entering a room. To change this setting, click the "three dots" button in the stream thumbnail and select the Sound on/off option.

Fixed: We improved connection speed when joining a room with a link.

Fixed: We fixed an intermittent crash that was occurring with different Evercast URLs.

Fixed: We improved streaming quality when using NDI, and corrected an issue where the video was not in sync with the audio.

Fixed: We corrected some inconsistencies with in-app color rendering.

Streamers can now use a new stream only mode to stream content to a room without entering as a participant or being involved in the video conferencing.

The stream feature has been enhanced with the ability to select DaVinci Resolve as a source from which the content can be streamed.

The stream feature has been enhanced with the ability to select Autodesk Flame as a source from which the content can be streamed.

The stream feature has been enhanced with the ability to stream a file from a URL (such as from Mediasilo.com or Frame.io, etc.) into an Evercast room.

Now colorspace and HDR metadata and rendering is supported for DeckLink and file streams.

Users can now export saved stream settings, by stream type, from their local application as a configuration file.

Users can now import saved stream settings and have that file reconfigure their stream settings to match that file.

In a live room, the option to contact support has been enhanced with more ways to get help.

Fixed: DeckLink output video frames are now letterboxed when an in/out aspect ratio doesn't match.

Fixed: DeckLink input streams now display in both full and legal ranges accurately.

Fixed: In the Recordings screen, clicking the Evercast logo to return to the dashboard would make the app crash.

The stream feature has been enhanced with an option to select Blackmagic Decklink as a source from which the content can be streamed.

Users can now view detached thumbnails in three possible views, as a matrix (or "Brady Bunch" style), a vertical strip, or a horizontal strip.

The thumbnail box can be expanded by dragging a corner to show more or fewer thumbnails in any position.

Participants in the room can select to output a video file to their local Decklink device by selecting the Output to Decklink option on the thumbnail menu.

The stream feature has been enhanced with a new Stream button on the room's toolbar. Now users can select Stream, then the type of stream or screen share they want to use.

When a user selects a type of stream, now the configuration options for that stream type appear in their own window instead of as tabs in one main window.

Because of the new Stream button, the Screen share and Stream (beta) options have been removed from the room's More menu.

Usability improvements have been made on the metadata and video previews for the various stream options.

A stream's previous configuration is now saved.

The toolbar buttons for Mic, Camera, and Audio are now clickable when they've been selected as None in Device settings. By clicking the button, Device settings opens so users can configure the devices.

Added the capability for a room to be accessed when it has been switched to a different environment.

Fixed: In the lobby, the occupancy count now updates for the user in the lobby if another user leaves the live room.

We now have the ability to require users to update their app to the next version before they can continue using it. This is for cases where we introduce new features that require everyone in a room to upgrade so that the features function properly.

Now when users are required to update to the next version of the app, an Update required screen is displayed that directs users to making the update.

The stream feature has been enhanced with an option to select NDI (Network Device Interface) as a source from which the content can be streamed.

The NDI stream feature supports color bit depth in 8 bit (4:2:0, 4:2:2, and 4:4:4) and 10 bit (4:2:0 and 4:2:2).

In a live room, the toolbar at the bottom of the screen has been improved with explanatory text under the buttons and some improved icons. The toolbar will remain active for four seconds after a participant enters the room.

In a live room, a new menu option for Always show toolbar has been added under the Layout button to give users the option to pin the toolbar to the screen so that it won't autohide after the user navigates away from it.

When screen sharing, now a blue border appears around the window being shared to make it more visible to the user sharing their screen. A blue notification box also displays as a reminder that the screen is being shared.

Drawings that other participants make on a screen share are now visible to all participants in the room as well as for the person doing the sharing, on the screen that they're sharing.

Device settings has been updated to allow users to switch from using a device as a web cam to using it for streaming content.

In the Draw Tool, the pencil has been enhanced to make the line more visible in certain circumstances.

Fixed: Any links pasted into chats and notes in Evercast for Chrome couldn't be opened by users using Evercast for Mac or Windows.

Fixed: Drawings made while using an iPad or iPhone didn't appear on Evercast for Mac or Windows with the original color.

Fixed: Drawings made on Evercast for Mac or Windows didn't appear on an iPad or iPhone.

Fixed: There were no line breaks for text entered in chats and notes.

Fixed: Updated the text on the Activate 2-step verification screen to match the other Evercast apps.

Fixed: When streaming or sharing a screen after drawing on the screen, the drawing would continue with any mouse movements.

Fixed: The thumbnails would sometimes disappear if a user detached or hid the thumbnail bar multiple times.

Fixed: When changing the frame rate setting in the Stream (beta) screen, the other participants didn't see the stream at the desired frame rate.

Fixed: The app would sometimes crash if another participant in the same live room deleted chats.

Fixed: The app would sometimes crash when a user unplugged a headset while in the lobby.

Fixed: Typing or deleting text in the chat box was sluggish.

When content is being streamed from a file, now any participant in the room can use the playback controls, if given permission to do so.

When streaming from a file, the person initiating the stream can now use a playback control privileges setting to allow other participants to be able to control the playback of the files being streamed.

On the file stream playback controls, users can now increment the file forward or backward one frame at a time with new step buttons. This replaces the 10-second fast forward and rewind speeds.

When selecting a file to stream, users now have the option to drag and drop a file onto the screen as well as select it from a folder.

When streaming from a file, the person initiating the stream can now control the file's audio volume for all participants. A new volume icon has been added to the file stream playback controls and is viewable only by the person initiating the stream.

When content is being streamed from a file, now participants can control the volume of the content on their individual device. A new Stream audio option has been added to the Audio Mixer.

The file stream functionality has been enhanced with performance improvements.

The screen that pops up in the app when an update is available has been redesigned.

In the lobby, texts and icons were improved to make them more user friendly. Highlights include changing the Go live button to Enter room and changing Open Device Selection to Settings.

In a live room, the thumbnails have been enhanced with a new menu that appears on the top right corner of a participant's thumbnail and gives more options for controlling features such as sound, camera, and placement of the thumbnail. When an option from the menu is selected, its icon is shown on the bottom of the thumbnail for visibility.

A thumbnail will now show the participant's initials instead of a blank square when their camera is off. A mute icon appears if a participant is muted, and an active speaker icon appears if a participant is speaking.

A new screen that includes information about the Evercast app, such as version number, privacy policy, and terms and conditions, has been added to the dashboard menu.

For users who have permission to access the Evercast Admin Portal, a link has been added to the dashboard menu so that the Admin Portal can be launched from the app.

Stability fixes for joining and leaving rooms.

Fixed: When deleting all chats from a room, the app didn't auto-capitalize the text.

Fixed: On various screens, triple clicking in a field didn't highlight the entire text.

Fixed: Clicking a link pasted into the Chats/Notes screen didn't open the link.

Fixed: Unicode characters in Chats/Notes weren't being correctly rendered.

Fixed: When playing back a recording, the timestamps were missing from Chats/Notes.

Fixed: Detaching the thumbnail bar would change the playback position of a file stream.

Fixed: After changing a room name, the new name wasn't shown in the Delete all chats pop-up.

Fixed: Rooms were sometimes being duplicated on the dashboard.

Fixed: Date range for exporting notes didn't clear after closing the pop-up.

Fixed: When the thumbnail bar was detached, turning off another user's camera in their thumbnail would make the image freeze.

Fixed: When in the lobby, the placeholder image moved out of position when the app was moved to another monitor.

Fixed: Thumbnail text and icons weren't easily viewable if lighter drawings were created on the screen.

Fixed: When switching from streaming from a file to streaming from a device, the scrubber and playback control buttons were still visible.

Fixed: A user's display name sometimes showed with extra characters.

Fixed: In the dashboard, when clicking on a room tile's menu, the menu would automatically close after five seconds instead of staying open until a selection was made by the user.

Fixed: The app would sometimes crash after clicking a room tile's menu in the dashboard.

Fixed: When a user turned their camera off, their initials weren't always shown in the thumbnail.

Fixed: Because a screen share doesn't have an audio track, the Mix sound and Sound off buttons have been removed from the screen share thumbnail.

Fixed: The app would sometimes crash when clicking the Start button before selecting a video source in the Stream (beta) screen.

Fixed: The app would sometimes crash after attempting to open the Room access screen on the dashboard.

Fixed: The app would sometimes crash after attempting to play back a recording.

Fixed: The app would sometimes crash after clicking the Copy link button in a live room.

Fixed: The push-to-talk pop-up window wouldn't disappear after a user exited a room.

Fixed: The app would sometimes crash after pasting text into chats or notes twice.

Fixed: The app would sometimes crash when attempting to enter a live room after pasting text into chats or notes twice.

Fixed: When a file is being streamed into a room, if a user detached the thumbnail bar, the stream disappeared from the main viewer area for that user.

Users can now sign in to the app using Single Sign-On (SSO).

Stability fixes for joining and leaving rooms.

Fixed: Room and recording names didn't show a character limit.

Fixed: During recording playback, users were unable to select and lock the thumbnail for the video being played.

Fixed: When the thumbnail bar was detached, the app would crash when clicking a thumbnail's audio mixer icon.

Color: Added support for VP9 codec profile 3, which provides 10 bit 4:2:2 and 4:4:4 chroma subsampling and Ultra HD resolution (3840x2160) when streaming from a file.

When streaming from a file, when the user hovers the mouse over an area in the progress bar, now there's a preview of the scene that the video will start at from that point.

In the Draw Tool, text boxes can now be dragged across the screen.

When streaming from a device, the user can now specify the bitrate and FPS (Frames Per Second).

When streaming from a file, now there's an automatic bitrate recommendation for the given resolution and color format.

In the Chats and Notes panel, an X button has been added so that users can close the panel more easily.

In the messages that appear on the bottom of the screen, an X button has been added so that users can close the box more easily.

Stability fixes for joining and leaving rooms.

Fixed: Chats made during a recording wouldn't show a timestamp.

Fixed: The app would sometimes hang after playing a recording.

Fixed: The ellipses for the room name in the live room would sometimes change or disappear unexpectedly.

Fixed: When the application is a smaller size and only three icons are shown on the live room toolbar, the user was still able to select the icons that were no longer shown.

Fixed: In the toolbar of the live room, the Copy link button would overlap with the microphone and camera buttons when the user opened the Chats and Notes or Draw Tool features.

Fixed: Character limit indicator was missing when entering a room name or recording name.

Fixed: When streaming from a file, the 4k stream quality wasn't always accurate to the original file until the resolution was manually changed in the settings.

Fixed: The app would hang after losing connection and reconnecting three times.