Changes and New Features

Fixed Issues

Known Issues

• Viz Pilot 8.8 comes with WebView2 installation. Some newer versions of OS have built-in WebView2 installed and it can have a conflict with the Pilot installation. Until it is fixed, WebView2 in the client machine should be uninstalled using the following commands:

  • Navigate to C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\<version>\Installer.

  • Uninstall WebView2 silently using the command below, the keyword is --force-uninstall: setup.exe --uninstall --msedgewebview --system-level --verbose-logging --force-uninstall.

• If UI is scaled over 100%, the date picker may be invisible in "Delete Data Items". It can still be accessed by navigating to it with the TAB key and pressing ALT+ARROW_DOWN.

• Templates created in Template Builder can not be saved to file via Template Wizard (VCP-8184).

• The Oracle connection to the Media Sequencer will not work properly unless the schema name is added in uppercase letters. From Media Sequencer 4.1.1, the schema name entered in the Media Sequencer Configuration in Director is converted automatically, but for earlier versions you need to type it in uppercase letters yourself (VCP-6723).

• After upgrading from versions before Pilot 5.7, some customers have experienced a change in the default text in the templates. The text components in the templates start showing old text that was originally in the control text fields when the Template Wizard created the templates. There is a manual tool for fixing this on the database. Please contact Vizrt Support for more information (VCP-3273).

• On Windows 7, any application using the .NET 4.5.2 framework may cause a delay before showing the user interface after being launched. This includes the Pilot Configuration program (VCP-3649).

• The property editor in Template Wizard does not support Unicode directly. To edit properties like UTF8Text, the user needs to press the ellipsis button (...) (VCP-3123).

• In Director, it is not possible to drag and drop images to a control list component in a template if the new playlist is in use. To work around this go to Options > Preferences in the main menu, choose Playlist and check the Use playlist from <= 5.7 option (VCP-4193).

• Changing the value of the Imported property on the TStoryImporter or TDirectStoryImporter in the property editor in Template Wizard designer causes an error (VCP-4290).

• If you have more than one version of Pilot installed on a machine, and uninstall a version 7.0 or earlier, the other versions will not work anymore. To fix this, find them in Add or remove programs and select Repair (VCP-5091).

• There can only be one single version of Pilot News registered at a time. If you have multiple versions of Pilot installed on a machine, you can register the version you want to use by repairing the installation (VCP-6484).

• Connecting to a Graphic Hub with a user that requires a password is not supported (VCP-5585).

• Elements in playlist can have default concept with their old name after the concept has been renamed. The best way to work around the problem is to avoid renaming concepts already in use. If you still need to rename a concept, the only way to fix a corrupted data element that uses it is to open and save it again (VCP-4623).

• In the new playlist, the list of variants is not populated until a concept has been selected in the drop-down list (VCP-5776).

• The Viz Tab in Director only works if the Viz Engine in the preview channel is on port 6100 (VCP-5711, VCP-5791).

• Template Wizard does not detect conflicting field identifiers when scenes are added to or changed in a transition logic template after it has been created (VCP-5795).

• Payload sent using RunUpdateScript is not conforming to VDF specifications by not including the correct default namespace (VCP-4569).

• The following macros are not implemented for the new playlist:

• • playlist:insert_playlist_template

  • playlist:update_item_editor

  • playlist:show_toolbar

  • playlist:hide_toolbar

  • playlist:add_selected_dataitems

  • playlist:reload

  • playlist:neutral_gfx

  • playlist:set_active_on_air

  • playlist:toggle_autocue

  • playlist:clip

  • playlist:toggle_ab

  • playlist:set_channel_filter

  • playlist:append_last_in_group

  • playlist:jump_to_ncs_cursor

  • playlist:reset_ncs_cursor

  • playlist:follow_ncs_cursor

  • playlist:set_ncs_cursor

  • playlist:run_selected_with_custom_action

  • playlist:toggle_tally

  • script:run_playlistitem_script

  • script:refresh_playlistitem_script

  • playlist:environment:add

  • playlist:environment:get

  • playlist:environment:clear

  • playlist:run_external

  • playlist:gui_context:add

  • playlist:gui_context:clear

  • playlist:move_selected_down

• The macro playlist:copy_to_new does not copy the settings, only the elements of the playlist, if it is used with the new playlist (VCP-5531).

• The macro playlist:start_on_preview does not behave in the same way in the new and old playlists (VCP-5645).

• The macro playlist:set_filter does not take effect until the playlist is reopened if called after the macro playlist:open_playlist_by_name (VCP-4039).

• Template script functions used to send commands to Viz Engine (SendSingleCmd, buffer_put, buffer_put_unicode, etc) only work as expected if the Viz Engine is configured to use UTF-8 encoding (VCP-6005).

• Working with Expert mode controls in scenes is not supported in Pilot applications (VCP-5637).

• Accidentally taking a group in the new playlist can mark elements with an error symbol. This simply means that the elements were not taken with the group. The errors can be cleared by doing a Take Out on the group (VCP-5156).

• Director's Camera Controls feature is no longer supported and will be removed (VCP-5038).

• Triplet editor component has some issues with min-max values (VCP-6560).

• Drag and drop is never triggered for panel in templates (VCP-6573).

• Take out does not behave consistently on groups. Use Stop instead (VCP-7199).

• Order management doesn't work in Pilot News when hosted in Octopus Newsroom (VCP-7401).

• AX round-robin GH access is not checking if engines are actually active and ends up stalling (VCP-5471).

• When working with large images (over 4K) in the (new) Crop Tool, the process might run out of memory and stop working. To reduce the likelihood of this happening, avoid clicking the Preview button (VCP-7517).

System Requirements

Newsroom Systems Used for Testing