Welcome to the Version 14 Beta page.
Here you will be able to view the list of fixes/changes between Beta builds. Please pay particular attention to the "Limitations and Known problems" list, as this will change with each new build.
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- Firstly identify whether your issue is happening repeatedly or not. If you continue to experience the same issue doing the same steps, please directly submit a ticket using the Redmine ticketing system
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Cross Platform Fixes and Features Since 14.0.0.0 revision 92123 Beta
- Added support for uncompressed RGBA Quicktimes with alpha channel
- Added YouTube/Vimeo export at 48fps
- Fixed potential crash clicking on MXF sample file (HDCAM-SR not supported)
- Fixed incorrect keyframing after making a cut on a sequence with complex effects routing
- Fixed pairing of 3D Stereoscopic files on import
- Fixed crash entering project regarding the Clipboard being the Record sequence
- Fixed timeline redraw error when Trim curl is enabled
- Fixed crash pressing F7 when the effects panel is not visible
- Fixed labels-panel track selection
- Fixed keyframe-graph updating issues when jumping between keyframes that span an effect on a different track
- Fixed potential crash right clicking a playing sequence viewer
- Fixed Copy local not working for image sequences
- Fixed incorrect file being created on transcoded image sequences
- Fixed incorrect audio on WAV files that are copied locally
- Fixed copied locally AIFF audio not being deleted from the Sound folder after copying locally
- Fixed AIFF file staying locked at the OS level after clip is deleted from a project
- Fixed progress bar on the Tasks panel when copying an image sequence locally
- Fixed export of stereoscopic image-sequences
- Switched off the ability to edit a sequence timecode in List view bins
- Restored the last used effects category correctly
- Now show the correct effects settings panel when moving to a new time where the effects are on a different track to the previous time
- Prevented failures of queued exports (when the first export causes a low memory condition to occur)
- Prevented the Clipboard from becoming the record sequence
- Improved behaviour of EQ effects with grouped tracks
Mac OS X Specific Fixes and Features Since 14.0.0.0 revision 92123 Beta
Windows Specific Fixes and Features Since 14.0.0.0 revision 92123 Beta
- Fixed reading of Quicktimes with alpha channel (32bit only)
- Fixed potential crash switching to AJA hardware in the system settings
Linux Specific Fixes and Features Since 14.0.0.0 revision 92123 Beta
Cross Platform Limitations and Known Issues
- There is no ability to stream/play MP3 files on the import panel
- Aspect ratio issues are present with some proxy creations
- Render option is not available in Fixed layout mode
- Some MTS files will show pixelation on the start frames.
- There is currently no way of searching for Groups
- MTS files with two video streams (3D) will cause the MainConcept decoder to crash and Lightworks to close. This issue has been raised with MainConcept
- Duplicate log entries on the export panel when an edit viewer and timeline are open
- The screen capture function is not currently working
- CDDA ripping is no longer available
- Potential crash importing QTRef files
- Video analysis tool appears through the FX configuration panel when configuring a colour correction effect
- Potential crash importing WMV files
- Audio monitor delay setting will not be accounted for during export
- There is no Firewire support
- AVID DNxHD 10bit encode is not possible
- Make sure any other applications are closed before attempting to install Lightworks
- Video track can turn red after removing certain FX
- .VOB files appear as "Sound" only on the import panel, but yet import with picture. Performance will be slow
- Image quality on playback may be poor when project card set to NTSC Fields
- You will not be able to transcode 1080p 60fps files on import to AVID DNxHD (MPEG AVI works correctly)
- Blu-ray VC1 export does not generate a valid file. It imports back as Sound only
- Audio on exported AVCHD files cannot be played by Windows Media Player it is just mute
- The Record panel format must match the output format for successful recording to take place
Limitations and Known Problems on Mac 10.9 (Mavericks) and Higher
- BMP Image Sequence exports will show a slightly dark thumbnail image on the Tasks panel
- Any users running Macbook Pros MUST disable "Automatic graphics switching" under "Energy Saver" in the "System Preferences"
- Lightworks will only run and 10.9 (Mavericks) and above
- There is no H.264 MOV export
- There is no Quicktime/MPEG4 export option
- There is no FX Plugin support
- There is no .WMV import
- There is no Apple ProRes 4444 export option
- There is no MPEG AVI option on Record/Render/Transcode/Export panels
- There is no support for Matrox I/O hardware
- The shared project feature is not currently working
- Video overlay may change brightness on playback when running dual monitor setups
- MTS playback may be poor
- Fullscreen preview is scaled incorrectly for the secondary monitor (when the primary monitor is retina display) This is a QT issue.
Limitations and Known Problems (Windows 32bit)
- If the Matrox VFW codecs are installed on a Windows 8/8.1 system then you will not be able to open the export panel. Please uninstall the VFW codecs for the time being
- Image on viewers and SDI output may look very poor on old ATI graphics card when set to 10-bit precision
Limitations and Known Problems (Windows 64bit)
- There is no QuickTime Movie/MPEG4 import/export via Apple SDK
- Premiere and After Effects plugins are not supported
- Audio content analysis is disabled
Limitations and Known Problems (Linux 64bit)
Tested distros (Other distributions may work, but have not been tested):
Limitations and Known Issues With Matrox Hardware I/O (Windows only)
- If your system is not fast enough or does not have enough memory, the captures using MXO2 will stop with a "dropped-frame" message
- If the drives you are recording to are not fast enough the captures using MXO2 will stop with a "dropped-frame" message
Limitations and Known Issues With Blackmagic Hardware I/O (Windows, Linux and Mac OS X)
- Input or Output only devices cannot be used. Lightworks requires both an Input and an Output to be present on the device.
- The SDI output may flash when stopping playback if set to an interlaced output
- Audio monitor level control has no effect on Blackmagic recordings
- You will not be able to view video on the Blackmagic output if Precision is set to 10bit. Change to 8bit
- There will be no audio playback when the project card is set to 1080p59.94
Limitations and Known Issues With AJA Hardware I/O (Windows and Mac OS X)
- Audio monitor level control has no effect on AJA recording
- There is no E-E when using the KONA LHi during recording
- If your system is not fast enough or does not have enough memory, the captures using AJA devices will stop with a "dropped-frame" message
- If the drives you are recording to are not fast enough the captures using AJA devices will stop with a "dropped-frame" message
- On Kona 3G SDI 1 output must be used with Windows 32bit and SDI 2 output must be used with Windows 64bit