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25.03.2024:

mimoLive Private/Education new version 6.6

Application Systems announces the availability of the new version 6.6 of mimoLive for the Mac. The new version can be downloaded from:
https://www.application-systems.co.uk/mimolive

New Features include:
- Important: Please download this version of mimoLive from our website and replace the existing app on your computer. mimoLive now has an improved software update mechanism that will ensure more reliable update distribution in the future.
- Enhancement: mimoLive now works correctly on Intel Macs running MacOS Sonoma.
- Enhancement: mimoLive now includes a new Virtual Camera Extension that works with MacOS Sonoma and can be used in many more apps, including WebEx, GoToMeeting, Slack, FaceTime and more. Please see Installing and Activating Virtual Camera Extension for more information.
- New: mimoLive now has built-in Virtual Audio Devices. See Virtual Audio Device for more information.
- New: The Auto Video Switcher layer can now switch video sources based on audio source levels.
- New: Implemented an option to hide sensitive data (like mimoCall IDs, URLs, and streaming keys) from the user interface.
- Enhancement: Changed capture technology for Screen Capture Source and Web Browser Source to be more efficient.
- Enhancement: More stable audio pipeline.
- Enhancement: Made several user interface improvements.
- Fix: Video sources with Blackmagic Design hardware caused stuttering in mimoLive.
- Fix: Fixed a crash when working with Output Destination templates.
- Fix: Fixed a crash when working with licenses.
- Fix: Fixed a crash when deleting a Live Streaming Output Destination from a document.
- Fix: Fixed a crash when launching the app by opening complex documents via Finder.
- Fix: Fixed a crash when working with audio in Zoom.
- Fix: Resolved an issue where Zoom sources weren't shown in Image Parameter View and Multi-View.
- Fix: Image Writer Output Destination crashed when trying to reveal an empty folder location.
- Fix: Fixed a crash when leaving the Zoom Source "Contains name" name search field empty.
- Fix: mimoLive could become unresponsive if the recent documents menu was opened and there were documents listed from iCloud.

27.09.2022:

mimoLive Private/Education new version 6.1.1

Application Systems announces the availability of the new version 6.1.1 of mimoLive for the Mac. The new version can be downloaded from:
https://www.application-systems.de/mimolive

New Features include:
• Enhancement: The template list in the New Document window is now oranized better.
• Enhancement: Added the option to update media paths in several media sources via HTTP API.
• Enhancement: Output Destinations now use the original frame rate and resolution of the source selected as Video.
• Fixed: Frame rate dropped to 1 fps for the internal Facetime camera when switched to portrait mode.
• Fixed: In many places in mimoLive there were wrong colors (video filters, Syphon input/output, several sources)
• Fixed: Color and luminance is now much more accurate in video filters, layers, sources and output destinations.
• Fixed: Background removal filter: A transparent background image produced pixel garbage and YUV video input caused a crash.
• Fixed: Copy/Paste Layer Attribute Groups with fonts size/color didn’t work.
• Fixed: Copy/Paste Layer Properties didn’t use ASCII format on macOS 12 Monterey.
• Fixed: An alert about “macOS denied camera access” was shown multiple times for a specific device.
• Fixed: The FFmpeg source had a memory leak when shown as video preview on a Remote Control Surface.
• Fixed: HTTP API responses for output values of layer variants were wrong.
• Fixed: Twitch account management and streaming endpoints were broken.
• Fixed: mimoLive would crash when using a wrongly formatted URL to update layer content via the HTTP API.
• Fixed: mimoLive would crash when clicking on the advanced settings button of a movie source if the movie source file couldn’t be located.
• Fixed: Crash when loading a document containing a Web Browser source with cropping parameters.
• Fixed: mimoLive crashed if a legacy mimoCall client changed camera resolution or video aspect ratio.
• Fixed: Advanced movie setting (trim movie) couldn’t be opened for just yet imported movie files. (Bug introduced in beta 1)
• Fixed: Audio Output Destination device popup didn’t reflect the selected device.

23.06.2022:

mimoLive Private/Education new version 6.1

Application Systems announces the availability of the new version 6.1 of mimoLive non-profit (download, license for 1 year) for the Mac. The new version can be downloaded from:
https://www.application-systems.co.uk/mimolive

New Features include:
- New: Added Copy & Paste for layer attributes by their groups.
- New: Added a Map source that produces an map image for a given address or geo location.
- Enhancement: Updated NDI Framework to version 5.1.1.
- Fix: Placer with Transition layer didn’t display movies with alpha channel correctly when using the swipe transition.
- Fix: FFmpeg source now supports additional RTSP cameras, for example, PTZOptics.
- Fix: When working with the Remote Control Surface the last used variant of a layer wasn’t set live if the user activated the layer in general.
- Fix: mimoLive crashed when working with a corrupt RSS feed in the News Crawler layer.

26.04.2022:

mimoLive Private/Education new version 6.0.0

Application Systems announces the availability of the new version 6.0.0 of mimoLive for the Mac. The new version can be downloaded from:
https://www.application-systems.co.uk/mimolive

New Features include:
Important

You can use mimoLive 6 with your current subscription.
Documents created with mimoLive 5 can be used with mimoLive 6 and vice versa. The document format hasn’t changed.
Installed license keys starting with “A” will be automatically replaced with new license keys starting with “E” that are electronically signed to confirm their authenticity. If you experience any issues with this, please contact sales@boinx.com.
mimoLive now is a universal binary and will run on Macs with Intel processors and Apple Silicon.
The Sports Graphics package, ATEM Controller layer and Lower Third Pack 1 are now included with every mimoLive Studio & mimoLive Broadcast license.
Cool New Things

New: “Stingers and Outros” and “Lower Third Playground” templates for you to explore and use.
New: FFmpeg source which gives mimoLive a much higher flexibility for all kinds of streaming video inputs including SRT and RTMP for use with action cams and drones. (FFmpeg needs to be installed separately.)
New: Background Removal filter uses machine learning to separate people from the background without the need for a green screen. Background can be removed or blurred.
New: Lower Third Pro layer uses a transparent video file as background. Animates three phases from a single video file: Intro, loop and outtro.
New: Visual Radio layer, a video switcher triggered by individual audio sources.
New: Player List Presenter layer added to the Sports Graphics package. This layer introduces the team members in groups with pictures.
New: The QR-Code source and the “News” template from our Freebies webpage are now included with mimoLive.
New: Added the option to update more video source specific parameters via HTTP API.


New Features

New: Layers can now be assigned a color in the layer stack to make them more recognizable.
New: Blending Mode and Opacity were added to the Placer layer enabling exciting new effects.
New: Added Handball as a sport to the Sports Graphics package.
New: Single Comment layer now has the option to truncate the comment to a certain length.
New: The Stop Watch layer now can be automatically started when the layer goes live.
New: Show time or a wall clock can be added to the Remote Control Surfaces.


Enhancements:

Enhancement: Color Pickers have been redesigned to provide a better user experience.
Enhancement: Font color can now be directly chosen from the font selector.
Enhancement: The source selection popup is now sorted like the source repository (was sorted by kind and name of the sources).
Enhancement: The Remote Control Surface automatically reconnects to a reappearing document.
Enhancement: Video Output Test layer now also includes the alpha test pattern.
Enhancement: Video Switcher layer: Added options to change source label size and to switch them off.
Enhancement: Updated mimoCall to WebRTC release M96.
Enhancement: Updated the NDI framework to version 5.0.3.


Usability

Fix: Facebook Reactions layer didn’t respect the font color settings.
Fix: When editing a Remote Control Surface sometimes an additional button appeared in the lower right corner.
Fix: New layer variants didn’t work correctly in the Remote Control Surface. Buttons got connected to the wrong variant.
Fix: “Copy URL to change ‘Text’” on multiline text input fields of layers produced wrong JSON format.
Fix: AV Sync Test source sometimes didn’t play out in sync (ironically).
Fix: Reconnecting a mimoCall output destination resulted in a significant audio delay.
Fix: Sometimes, a gurgling noise could be heard on external audio devices connected with USB.
Fix: Xkeys remote controls now work with mimoLive on macOS 11 Big Sur and later.
Fix: The “Powered by mimoLive” layer would change its logo type when clicking in the program out window.
Fix: The Screen Capture source now correctly selects the screen to capture from after a macOS reboot.
Fix: The swipe transition was broken in the Placer with Transition layer.
Fix: Transparent movies with “Straight Alpha” are now rendering the correct mask.
Fix: Using the Follow layer initially set to manual mode didn’t work.


UI

Fix: Playlist source items couldn’t be deleted if there were multiple items selected.
Fix: On MacBook Pro M1 Max, some UI elements in mimoLive caused unnecessary high CPU usage.
Fix: After ten years a customer spotted a typo in the Save-As-Template assistant.
Fix: mimoLive won’t quit with two documents open when the “Ignore changes” option was set.
Fix: Video Switcher and Splitscreen layers wouldn’t display the source names.


Crashes

Fix: Receiving a mimoCall on an Intel Mac with macOS 12 Monterey would cause a crash.
Fix: Rare crash when closing a document and the HTTP server was enabled.
Fix: Rare crash when working with the Source Performance Monitor.
Fix: A crash when unplugging a USB webcam.
Fix: The Window Capture source no longer causes a memory leak when the CPU load is very high.
Fix: When resizing the main document window while the Window Capture source settings popup is open, mimoLive crashed.
Fix: When sending a wrongly formatted URL to the mimoLive HTTP API, mimoLive crashed.
Fix: When trying to apply a video filter to an image with YUV color scheme on macOS 11 Big Sur, mimoLive crashed.

19.07.2021:

mimoLive Private/Education new version 5.11

Application Systems announces the availability of the new version 5.11 of mimoLive for the Mac. The new version can be downloaded from:
https://www.application-systems.de/mimolive

New Features include:
• New: Audio volume controls got a peak indicator.
• New: Kiosk mode is now a property of the document rather than a global preference setting.
• New: Added a new document property to control if mimoLive will ask to save unsaved changes.
• Enhancement: Now a YouTube Login or Boinx Connect Login is autherized via your default internet browser rather than in mimoLive itself.
• Enhancement: Updated NDI to version 4.6.2.
• Enhancement: Lower Third layer got a new option to push the background from left or right.
• Enhancement: Further work on Facebook comments and reactions.
• Fixed: Sports Game Title layer displayed the team emblems in different sizes.
• Fixed: PIP Window layer produced a very large shadow if the window size was set to zero.
• Fixed: Audio drifted away for certain USB audio interfaces.
• Fixed: Audio devices didn't work if the audio buffer size was set to something other than 512 in mimoLive preferences.
• Fixed: In rare cases mimoLive got locked up when closing a document.
• Fixed: Screen Capture source didn't show a proper description.
• Fixed: Some video sources weren't updating via the HTTP API if not in use.
• Fixed: Audio Gain checkbox and slider didn't work for Last Recording source
• Fixed: Fullscreen Output Destination didn't reliably restore the correct screen after rebooting the computer.
• Fixed: Certain remote control triggers didn't work with fresh opened documents.
• Fixed: In certain cases a keyboard short cut got triggered twice in one document if there was a second document open.
• Fixed: Xkeys keyboards stopped working if a second document was opened simultaneously.

03.03.2021:

mimoLive Private/Education new version 5.10

Application Systems announces the availability of the new version 5.10 of mimoLive for the Mac. The new version can be downloaded from:
https://www.application-systems.de/mimolive

New Features include:
• New: Added an incoming and outgoing transition to the Count Down layer.
• New: The Auto Video Switcher layer now uses a dissolve transition at the start and end.
• New: Split Screen Layer: Added a border option that also can be automatically highlighted by the audio levels of the sources or manually by buttons.
• New: In the Show Settings the file path of the mimoLive document is shown with a “Reveal in Finder” button.
• New: Right-click on the Start Show button shows a context menu to copy the API Endpoints for controlling the show.
• New: Now mimoLive can process API calls via the URL handler mimolive2://api/v1/...
• Enhancement: Added the source type to the HTTP API source attributes. For mimoCall sources there is also the Call Room ID as well as the connection status.
• Enhancement: Opening large documents with lots of audio mixes is much faster now.
• Enhancement: Chroma Key filters: The backdrop option is now more visible in the UI - it almost feels like a new feature ;-). It enables you to define a background for the chroma keyed source.
• Enhancement: Option-click on a layer parameter group will collapse all groups below at once.
• Enhancement: The custom layout in Split Screen layer changed to base dimensions so it's easier to enter the right coordinates for each box.
• Enhancement: Updated NDI® Framework to version 4.6 to enable NDI on Apple Silicon M1 Macs and macOS 11 Big Sur.

Important Bug Fixes:
• Fixed: YouTube Comments for live streams should work again.
• Fixed: Split Screen Layer: The pan option for the ePTZ controls didn't work.
• Fixed: When dragging layers from one document to another, associated placeholder images where duplicated in the target document.
• Fixed: When dragging sources from one document to another, the sources ended up in the standard groups for that type of source rather than in the drop location.
• Fixed: mimoLive reported an outdated Virtual Camera Plugin when running on macOS Big Sur and certain 3rd party software was installed.
• Fixed: Updated The Virtual Camera Plugin to version 1.4 to make it work on Apple Silicon M1 Macs and macOS 11 Big Sur.
• Fixed: Disconnecting a mimoCall on the caller end sometimes crashed mimoLive.
• Fixed: File recording name changed unexpectedly from show title to document file name.
• Fixed: Play List source didn't loop when set to X-fade (regression).
• Fixed: Video source with filters shows nice flowers for an blick of an eye when activated.
• Fixed: Keyboard shortcuts with Num pad keys wheren't working.
• Fixed: In the Live Streaming Output Destination renaming a custom Audio Mix was disabled in the context menu.
• Fixed: Rearranging video sources or output destinations was difficult because the autoscrolling was to erratic.
• Fixed: UI glitches on macOS 11 Big Sur.
• Fixed: iPhone Demo 2D layer didn't rotate the iPhone-X graphic.
• Fixed: There was a memory leak when closing a document containing a Web Browser Capture Source.
• Fixed: Working with Audio Only layer fades could bring mimoLive to a hold.

20.08.2020:

mimoLive Private/Education new version 5.8

Application Systems announces the availability of the new version 5.8 of mimoLive for the Mac. The new version can be downloaded from:
https://www.application-systems.co.uk/mimolive

New Features include:
Major New Features:
- New: The mimoCall Output Destination enables mimoLive-to-mimoLive connections via Internet.
- New: Create an individual audio mix to be sent back to the mimoCall caller.
- New: Extended the commands for the Automation layer including if-statements, variables and loops and two commands to control Output Destinations, enabling complex automation inside mimoLive.
- New: Automation Layer can have global variables now that propagates up the layer stack.
- New: Added a "Basketball Run Of Play" layer to the Sports Graphics Pack (separate purchase).
- New: Control PTZ enabled NDI cameras with the new PTZ Controller layer.
- New: The PIP Window layer now animates between layer variants like the regular PIP layer.
- New: A sparse filter option in the HTTP API allows to reduce the JSON response drastically to only the data needed.
Enhancement: Select the audio mix you want to send out to the Virtual Camera Output Destination.
- Enhancement: Extended the HTTP API to be able to update layer parameters via a GET command by adding 'update={}' to the URL.
- Enhancement: Added an action gear icon to the Multiview panels to make it more clear how to select different sources.

Important Bug Fixes:
- Fixed: The Last Recording Source wasn't properly restored after loading a document.
- Fixed: The Fullscreen Output destination didn't turn off properly when the associated display was disconnected.
- Fixed: mimoLive crashed when trying to record ISO video from a mimoCall but the mimoCall wasn't connected.
- Fixed: In rare cases mimoLive crashed when working with a fixed layout in the Multiview Panel.
- Fixed: The name used to identify the NDI Output from mimoLive on the network caused issues with some other NDI equipment. You can now change the name by renaming the NDI Output Destination.
- Fixed: Rare crash when using the Virtual Camera plugin.
- Fixed: A movie source with an effects filter may have glitched in Program Out under special UI conditions.
- Fixed: Streaming to RTMPS required to insert the port number in the URL, now it's added automatically.

15.06.2020:

mimoLive Private/Education new version 5.7

Application Systems announces the availability of the new version 5.7 of mimoLive for the Mac. The new version can be downloaded from:
https://www.application-systems.de/mimolive

Major New Features:
• New: Added a Scale & Transform filter to be able to resize, scale, rotate and crop any video source.
• New: Made animated GIFs work.
• New: Added a Automation layer to automate stuff in mimoLive.
• New: Added transitions to the Stop Watch layer.
• New: Added an option to the ATEM Controller layer to switch to a certain camera when turned on.
• New: Slideshow layer and source are sorting the images by name now. If new images are dropped into the folder they are displayed immediately.
• New: Extended the option to align the video sources at the top border in the Presenter 2D-Layer.
• New: Added a duplicate option to the context menu of sources (right click on a source).
• New: Updated NDI to version 4.5
• New: Added a button in the video sources settings of an NDI source to open the remote control panel for this NDI source in a webbrowser.
• New: Extended the HTTP API to be able to set a video source of a layer image input remotely.
• New: Added a context menu to the layer paramte buttons to be able to copy the API endpoint to the clipboard.

Important Bug Fixes:
• Fixed: Worked on audio timing issues.
• Fixed: When doing ISO recording with File Recording Output Destination the audio source was randomly selected.
• Fixed: A corrupt FMLE file could crash mimoLive when read in in order to configure a Custom RTMP Live Streaming output destination.
• Fixed: When drag&dropping a Media Playlist source with associated media files those media files weren't copied to the new document and lead to a crash of mimoLive when saving the document.
• Fixed: Audio gain of sources wasn't restored after document reload.
• Fixed: mimoLive did hang in rare cases if the mimoLive document was very complex.
• Fixed: Copy/Paste layers caused an inconsistency in the mimoLive document and lead to undefined behaviour when working with HTTP API.
• Fixed: Split Screen layer flashed when changed layer variants.
• Fixed: Video Sync layer: Name tags of selected sources weren't updated correctly.
• Fixed: In the Lower Third layer the Text Alignment option was hiding when changing the background option.
• Fixed: The Interview layer unnecessarily consumed lot of CPU performance.
• Fixed: Using two different YouTube accounts with identical names didn't work.

11.05.2020:

mimoLive Private/Education new version 5.6

Application Systems announces the availability of the new version 5.6 of mimoLive for the Mac. The new version can be downloaded from:
https://www.application-systems.de/mimolive

New Features include:
Important Notes:
• Facebook has revoked the option for streaming endlessly. Therefore we removed the Ambient Streaming option from the Facebook Streaming Output Destination.
• We needed to change the Application ID for mimoLive at YouTube therefore you need to re-login to your YouTube account in the mimoLive preferences if you have one set up.
• If you want to receive YouTube comments automatically you need to set a checkbox in the Live Stream Output Destination.
• We needed to raise the macOS compatibility level so mimoLive 5.6 can only run on macOS High Sierra (10.13) or newer.

Major New Features:
• New: The Remote Control Surface can control the audio volume of layers and sources by a slider.
• New: Output Destinations can be switch on and off by the Remote Control Surface.
• New: A new action on the Remote Control Surface lets you cycle through variants of a layer.
• New: Added the option to choose a separate video source to all Output Destinations as well as the mimoCall source.
• New: Added some portrait layouts to the Split Screen layer to be used for portrait videos like streaming to Instagram.
• New: The PIP Window layer can have an image as a mask now.
• Enhancement: Sources are getting unique names when created.
• Enhancement: Documents with lots of audio mixes and audio layer are loading much faster now.

Important Bug Fixes:
• Fixed: After 5th of May mimoLive crashed when a mimoCaller joined the call.
• Fixed: Crash when drag&dropping layers with multiple sources to another document.
• Fixed: Sometimes the Stop Watch layer showed a random time when restarting the clock.
• Fixed: Rare crash when streaming to Twitch.
• Fixed: Rare crash when closing a document.
• Fixed: The Remote Control Surface can get broken when certain layers where used.
• Fixed: The News Crawler layer didn't want to show certain RSS feeds.
• Fixed: Crash when hitting CMD-S while loading a document.
• Fixed: Setting “none” as mask or overlay images in the Mask And Overlay video filter works correctly now.
• Fixed: There were some glitches when working with BoxCast accounts.
• Fixed: The YouTube quota demon should be dead now. Like, really dead. Literally.

25.03.2020:

mimoLive Private/Education new version 5.5

Application Systems announces the availability of the new version 5.5 of mimoLive for the Mac. The new version can be downloaded from:
https://www.application-systems.de/mimolive

New Features include:
- New: Added a Last Recording Source that will playback the latest recording of mimoLive.
- New: Added the option to copy the API Endpoints for several UI elements in the context menus.
- New: Added the connection state of video and audio hardware devices to the API output of sources.
- New: Added an option to set the RTMP URL of a Custom Streaming Output Destination via the HTTP API of mimoLive.
- Enhancement: Added the option to set up the transition duration in the Single Comments layer.
- Fixed: mimoLive crashed if you dragged a media file from one Playlist source to another.
- Fixed: Context menus weren't popping up by control-click anymore.
- Fixed: Fixed a crash when working with Playlist Source media items.
- Fixed: Rare crash when loading the document with a multiview.
- Fixed: Fixed some UI glitches.

12.02.2020:

mimoLive Private/Education new version 5.4.1

Application Systems announces the availability of the new version 5.4.1 of mimoLive for the Mac. The new version can be downloaded from:
https://www.application-systems.de/mimolive

New Features include:
- New: YouTube requires that you mark your streams as "made for kids" nor not. Now in the Streaming Output Destination you can check what your stream was set to.
- New: Added a simple Slide Show Source and Layer that plays back slides from a folder in Finder.
- New: Static Text layer: Added the Frosted Glass effect as a background option and the option to switch the layer off automatically.
- New: The stream title and description can now be changed directly in YouTube streaming output destination.
- New: Added a button to the Comments Window to set it not to be always on top.
- Fixed: In certain setups the Audio Output Destination played out a buzzz sound after a while.
- Fixed: Actual release of the Sports Football Run Of Play layer.
- Fixed: YouTube stream would not start and the user interface would become unresponsive in certain circumstances.
- Fixed: YouTube streaming service would not start sometimes due to a problem with determining the YouTube API quotas.
- Fixed: If the the Audio Only layer was placed below a Background layer the fade out setting wouldn't have an effect.
- Fixed: Instant Replay layer was omitted in the 5.4 release.
- Fixed: In rare cases mimoLive would crash if a file recording was started.
- Fixed: On certain graphics cards the Mask and Overlay video filter didn't render correctly on macOS 10.15 Catalina.
- Fixed: The selection of the "Don't shows this again" option of the "Output Destination not ready" message was not persistant.
- Fixed: Xkeys key mapping was broken.
- Fixed: mimoLive crashed when entering NDI Sender/Receiver group names in the NDI Monitor Window.
- Fixed: There were some ancient user interface glitches that we ironed out.
- Fixed: Various stability improvements.

16.12.2019:

mimoLive Private/Education new version 5.4

Application Systems announces the availability of the new version 5.4 of mimoLive for the Mac. The new version can be downloaded from:
https://www.application-systems.de/mimolive

New Features include:
• New: RTSP Source. This enables many new cameras.
• New: Implemented an option to submit the public viewing URL of a live stream to Boinx Connect.
• New: Added “Football Run Of Play” layer to the Sports Graphics package.
• New: The “Team Data” source, available as part of the Sports Graphics package, now can provide player images to the layers in the bundle.
• Enhancement: Updated NDI® libraries to version 4.1.
• Enhancement: A message will pop up if YouTube quota has exceeded for the rest of the day.
• Enhancement: Improved quality and performance of the “Chroma Keyer Basic” video filter when working with YCrBr encoded video sources.
• Enhancement: mimoLive warns if the user selects a video device but didn't grant permission in the macOS System Preferences to access it.
• Enhancement: Improved loading speed of large documents.
• Enhancement: Changed PTZ control overlays in the multiview to make them more visible on bright video content.
• Fixed: Movie files which should have had a fractional frame rate (e.g. 29.97 fps) were written with a variable frame rate.
• Fixed: NDI® sources that were missing were automatically replaced with ones that were available.
• Fixed: mimoLive crashed if a user selected certain USB grabber hardware on macOS 10.14 Mojave.
• Fixed: Streaming to streaming services powered by Akamai (e.g. DaCast.com) didn't work.
• Fixed: The layers included with the “Lower Thirds Pack 1" could have a visual glitch when switching them off.
• Fixed: The Remote Control Surface could be messed up when working with layers with many variants.
• Fixed: Sometimes mimoLive crashed at Quit when Remote Control Access was enabled.
• Fixed: mimoLive crashed when a document with unknown sources was opened (e.g. when the document was created with a newer version of mimoLive).
• Fixed: mimoLive crashed when deleting an image source that represented an image that was previously replaced.
• Fixed: Sometimes the YouTube Output Destination reported “not ready” after loading a document.
• Fixed: Video and audio could get out of sync over time on computers under heavy load.
• Fixed: Remote Control Surface layout was mirrored for Xkeys HD15.
• Fixed: Blackmagic Design ATEM mini was ignored as a video input device.

04.11.2019:

mimoLive Private/Education new version 5.3.1

Application Systems announces the availability of the new version 5.3.1 of mimoLive for the Mac. The new version can be downloaded from:
https://www.application-systems.de/mimolive

New Features include:
- Fixed: mimoLive™ was crashing when started up on macOS 10.15 Catalina with certain video hardware connected.
- Fixed: Login to Twitch works again.

15.10.2019:

mimoLive Private/Education new version 5.3

Application Systems announces the availability of the new version 5.3 of mimoLive for the Mac. The new version can be downloaded from:
https://www.application-systems.de/mimolive

New Features include:
- The new update supports macOS Catalina and brings several major improvements to Facebook Live and mimoLive's Remote Control Surfaces. Additionally, mimoLive 5.3 adds NDI® 4 software and X-keys® hardware support.

26.08.2019:

mimoLive Private/Education new version 5.2

Application Systems announces the availability of the new version 5.2 of mimoLive for the Mac. The new version can be downloaded from:
https://www.application-systems.de/mimolive

New Features include:
- New: Added an Audio Podcast Template to the document template collection.
- New: Added native support for X-keys remote control devices by P.I.Engineering.
- New: Added the option to change the text size in the Remote Control Surface.
- New: Added a “Reveal in Finder” menu entry in the file chooser popup for layers and sources.
- Enhancement: Updated source selection menues when a source changed its name.
- Enhancement: Updated the min and max pixel dimensions for mimoLive video size.
- Enhancement: Instand Replay layer: Added the option to delay stopping the buffering so that on can click “stop buffering” right at the interesting event but the layer will buffer some more seconds. Also added an option to switch off the replay mode automatically after one run.
- Enhancement: Basketball Score layer got an input field to define a character for the score divider.
- Enhancement: In Kiosk mode mimoLive won't ask to save unsaved changed anymore when quitting the app. Unsaved changed are lost.
- Fixed: Audio and video could get out of sync if the machine is very busy.
- Fixed: The “Move to Application folder” after download didn't work out.
- Fixed: The Window Capture Source had a big memory leak when capturing certain 3rd party windows.
- Fixed: Saving and loading documents with Facebook Streaming destinations generated hidden Social Media Sources.
- Fixed: Made the “Not licensed” window disappear when a license got installed via email link.
- Fixed: Close the web browser window of a Web Capture Source and Audio Mix Panel when closing a document.

27.06.2019:

mimoLive Private/Education new version 5.1

Application Systems announces the availability of the new version 5.1 of mimoLive for the Mac. The new version can be downloaded from:
https://www.application-systems.de/mimolive

New Features include:
- New: The File Recording output destination is now able to save video or audio from any video or audio source rather than just the Program Out.
- Enhancement: Graph 3D Layer now can be used with a transparent background.
- Enhancement: Added a “none” option to account selection in Social Media Sources which helps to keep the mimoLive document clean if you remove a social media account from the mimoLive preferences.
- Enhancement: Progress is reported more accurately when opening documents.
- Enhancement: Updated Facebook API to 3.0
- Fixed: mimoLive became unresponsive after adding too many layers and sources.
- Fixed: Crash when dragging and dropping a layer with a “none” video source from one document to another.
- Fixed: When using USB webcams there where pixel artefacts visible in areas with high contrast.
- Fixed: mimoLive got unresponsive when triggering a Layer Set from the Remote Control if the Layer Set contained a "force off" action.
- Fixed: Hidden Layer Sets list poped up unexpectedly when resizing the mimoLive document window.
- Fixed: Web browser source would consume huge amounts of memory when preview was rendered.

25.03.2019:

mimoLive Private/Education new version 4.7.3

Application Systems announces the availability of the new version 4.7.3 of mimoLive for the Mac. The new version can be downloaded from:
http://www.application-systems.de/mimolive

New Features include:
- Important update for Facebook users! Fixed yet a new issue with Facebook which wouldn't allow mimoLive to log into it because the login button was unreachable in the user iinterface.

13.03.2019:

mimoLive Private/Education new version 4.7.2

Application Systems announces the availability of the new version 4.7.2 of mimoLive for the Mac. The new version can be downloaded from:
http://www.application-systems.de/mimolive

New Features include:
- New: Added a context menu to Media sources to reload, replace and reveal the source file.
- Enhancement: PIP Window Layer got a drop shadow option for the bounding box.
- Enhancement: Changed some menu item wording and user interface glitches.
- Fixed: News Crawl layer didn't show items in correct order.
- Fixed: Opening large documents could make the UI unresponsive for a few seconds.
- Fixed: The web browser source wouldn't show the website when the document was opened and the web browser source was hidden in a collapsed folder.
- Fixed: Working with Playlist sources set to a random playback order could have crashed the app.

11.03.2019:

mimoLive Private/Education new version 4.7.1

Application Systems announces the availability of the new version 4.7.1 of mimoLive for the Mac. The new version can be downloaded from:
http://www.application-systems.de/mimolive

New Features include:
- Fixed: *Important Update for YouTube streamers!* Fixed an issue that causes YouTube to ban mimoLive users for the rest of the day.
- Fixed: *Important Update for Facebook streamers!* Fixed an issue on some Facebook accounts which wouldn't allow mimoLive to log into them.
- Fixed: The custom rendering size for certain video sources weren't restored after reopening the mimoLive document.
- Fixed: The collapsed state for layer parameter groups weren't restored after reopening the mimoLive document.
- Fixed: The used keying mode for Blackmagic Design hardware wasn't displayed correctly in the Playout Output Destination UI.

18.02.2019:

mimoLive Private/Education new version 4.7

Application Systems announces the availability of the new version 4.7 of mimoLive for the Mac. The new version can be downloaded from:
http://www.application-systems.de/mimolive

New Features include:
- New: Program Out view can be shown on a Remote Control Surface now.
- New: Movie sources got playback controls right in the layer properties.
- New: Added a Kiosk Mode in the mimoLive Preferences: Let mimoLive open the Program Out window in fullscreen mode right after loading a document.
- New: Facebook live streams will be streaming in secure RTMPS streams.
- New: If streaming to a custom RTMP URL mimoLive will attempt to use a secure connection if the URL begins with "rtmps://". Please make sure that your streaming host is capable of RTMPS.
- New: The Placer layer got an option to switch between the scaling method "Nearest Neighbour" and "Bilinear Cubic".
- Enhancement: The resulting movie duration is now shown correctly if an in- and outpoint has been set.
- Enhancement: The Screen Capture frame updates the pixel dimensions display while resizing the frame.
- Fixed: Sports Team Data Source didn't work well with the Remote Control Surface.
- Fixed: The Layer property "Finder Folder" didn't restore correctly after loading a document.
- Fixed: The remaining time of a layer was displayed incorrectly if a assigned movie source had an in- and outpoint set.
- Fixed: Screen capture source was eating up too much performance if capturing smaller portions of the screen only.
- Fixed: Screen capture source was not restored correctly if the captured secondary monitor was arranged on the right of the main screen.
- Fixed: Scrolling Credits layer was counting down the wrong way.

08.01.2019:

mimoLive Private/Education new version 4.6.0

Application Systems announces the availability of the new version 4.6.0 of mimoLive for the Mac. The new version can be downloaded from:
http://www.application-systems.co.uk/mimolive

New Features include:
- New: Media File Source settings popup allows selection of a playback region as well as previewing movie files and audio files.
- New: Added a Zoom In and Zoom Out layer that will Zoom onto a canvas.
- Enhancement: Static Text layer and Text Source got an outline option for text rendering.
- Enhancement: Lower Third layer: Added a option to pause the background movie at a certain paoint and keep the rest for the outro.
- Enhancement: Made the scrolling in the Scrolling Credit layer smooth when changing the scrolling speed while its live.
- Enhancement: Warn when copying large media files into the document.
- Enhancement: Added an option to the media import dialog to choose a file reference mode.
- Enhancement: Added outline option for text rendering in Subtitles, Lower Third and Annotation layer.
- Enhancement: Updated NDI® SDK to version 3.8.
- Fixed: Sometimes live streaming to YouTube just stopped.
- Fixed: Twitter layer will work with Tweet favorites now.
- Fixed: Web browser source would sometimes crash or not change window size if custom browser window dimensions were selected.
- Fixed: Worked on some more user interface bugs by macOS Mojave.
- Fixed: Sometimes YouTube comments were coming in as duplicates.
- Fixed: Update the user interface correctly when adding or removing accounts.
- Fixed: News Crawler layer didn't want to restart on live if it was told to do so.

17.12.2018:

mimoLive Private/Education new version 4.5.1

Application Systems announces the availability of the new version 4.5.1 of mimoLive Personal/Education (download, 1 year updates) for the Mac. The new version can be downloaded from:
http://www.application-systems.co.uk/mimolive

New Features include:
• New: Media Source now supports a “Play, Pause and Resume” playback mode which allows layers to resume instead of restarting media playback when being switched live again.
• New: The user interface for the Screen9 streaming service is now cleaner and offers an option to open the dashboard for additional account or for event management.
• Enhancement: Worked on stability and usability of account preferences.
• Fixed: Media Sources could suddenly fastforward several seconds if the system performance was under pressure.
• Fixed: Some output destinations showed “ready to stream” state even if they were not ready for streaming. The UI no properly reflects this state.
• Fixed: Youtube, BoxCast and Screen9 streaming output destinations now show properly if no broadcast or event is selected.
• Fixed: When streaming to Facebook the "time left" output was randomly oscillating if no value was provided by Facebook.
• Fixed: Add custom actions in remote control surface showed garbage if a layer had multiple variants.

21.11.2018:

mimoLive Private/Education new version 4.5

Application Systems announces the availability of the new version 4.5 of mimoLive for the Mac. The new version can be downloaded from:
http://www.application-systems.de/mimolive

New Features include:
- New: Added new streaming service Periscope.
- New: Added screen9 streaming service and account for streaming to screen9.
- New: Level meters in audio sources are now post-gain and pre-dynamics.
- New: Current NDI version is displayed in NDI settings window.
- New: Added support for H264 video codec for mimoCall connections.
- New: Add advanced settings and statistics to mimoCall Source.
- New: Added an Instant Replay Layer.
- New: mimoLive now prevents App Nap, system sleep and display sleep while a document is open. This makes macOS allow mimoLive to stay active regardless of a document's activity. App Nap, for example, would interfere with processing if mimoLive was in the background and no audio output destination was live.
- Enhancement: Automatically adjust the channel selection of audio aux output destinations that send audio output to a Bluetooth headset if the headset microphone is activated in an audio source to let active output destinations stay live.
- Enhancement: Updated NDI to version 3.7.2.
- Enhancement: Output Destinations can now be searched by related keywords.
- Enhancement: Add more icons & colors to Remote Control Surface.
- Enhancement: Reduced likeliness of intermittent audio input glitches from Blackmagic Design devices. Please note that switching apps or triggering certain UI changes may cause the system to slow down audio data delivery from Blackmagic Design devices for a very short duration which in turn causes audio input glitches in mimoLive.
- Enhancement: Increased mimoCall's compatibility with clients.
- Enhancement: Added audio fade to Placer layer for dissolve transition.
- Enhancement: Now also personal scheduled Facebook live streams are selectable in the Live Streaming output destination
- Enhancement: Add file reference mode chooser to "add media files" open panel
- Enhancement: Twitter Layer: Bring back Favorites.
- Fixed: mimoLive was hanging under macOS 10.14.0 Mojave.
- Fixed: Fixed a bug in Twitch authentication procedure.
- Fixed: Fixed some User Interface glitches in macOS Mojave 10.14.
- Fixed: Level meters in audio sources and layers did not respect device delay.
- Fixed: The Audio Mix Panel could grow bigger than the screen making some layers unreachable. It now has a maximum height and can be scrolled if necessary.
- Fixed: News Crawl Layer didn't work on macOS Mojave 10.14.
- Fixed: Playlist source crashed under macOS 10.14 Mojave.
- Fixed: Sports Graphics Demo template didn't load properly.
- Fixed: Loading a document with 150+ media files failed under macOS 10.14 Mojave.
- Fixed: The failsafe source would not be set when the respective menu selection was changed in the NDI output destination while it was already active.
- Fixed: Fixed unavailable audio output devices routed to an audio output destination to become “(unavailable) (unavailable) (unavailable)” after several save-load-cycles.
- Fixed: When dragging items to a playlist source which was set to Absolute Path reference mode the mouse pointer would incorrectly display a plus instead of a link arrow.

04.10.2018:

mimoLive Private/Education new version 4.4.1

Application Systems announces the availability of the new version 4.4.1 of mimoLive Personal/Education (download, 1 year updates) for the Mac. The new version can be downloaded from:
http://www.application-systems.co.uk/mimolive

New Features include:
- Enhancement: Added more background options to the Scrolling Credits layer including the frozen glass effect.
- Enhancement: Loosen the strictness for the streaming protocol in order to be able to communicate with certain streaming services.
- Fixed: Web browser source would stop page rendering when it?s browser window was closed for some pages.
- Fixed: The app may hang out of the sudden.
- Fixed: Keyboard short cuts where totally broken.
- Fixed: Controlling the layers an variants selection with the cursor keys was broken.
- Fixed: UI glitches under macOS 10.14 Mojave.
- Fixed: Crash when quitting the app.
- Fixed: Web Browser source didn't show transparency anymore.

27.09.2018:

mimoLive Private/Education new version 4.4

Application Systems announces the availability of the new version 4.4 of mimoLive Personal/Education (download, 1 year updates) for the Mac. The new version can be downloaded from:
http://www.application-systems.co.uk/mimolive

New Features include:
- New: Added the YouTube account to the Social Media source. Now we can get the comments from YouTube live streams.
- New: Added the Sport Graphics pack (optional license required).
- New: Added a Sports Graphics Demo template in the New Document window to show how everything should work together.
- Enhancement: Implemented an intelligent naming schema when duplicating layer variants or output destinations.
- Enhancement: Follow layer now can follow multiple faces at the same time.
- Enhancement: Sorted out some UI glitches.
- Enhancement: PIP layer got a dedicated Remote Control surface representation including the Do Shrink option.
- Enhancement: mimoLive respects the macOS User preferences for the count of recent documents.
- Enhancement: Increased performance of Window Capture source (FPS) while lowering overall memory consumption.
- Fixed: When playing back movies the audio and video could get out of sync.
- Fixed: Live streaming comments didn't work for old mimoLive documents out of the box.
- Fixed: Streaming to Twitch or screen9.com was aborting after about 4 hours and 40 minutes.
- Fixed: When streaming to YouTube the comments didn't show up in mimoLive after 1 hour anymore.
- Fixed: Crash when loading complex documents that take a longer time to load.
- Fixed: Screen Capture source built up memory.
- Fixed: Sources parameter preview showed blank image for Screen Capture sources.
- Fixed: Crash when setting up a failsafe source for NDI output.
- Fixed: Updated the link to the mimoLive online help for several layers.
- Fixed: File Recording couldn't be started manually if Start With Show option was deselected.
- Fixed: Split Screen layer had drawing glitches with name tags.
- Fixed: Fixed Web Browser source memory build up.
- Fixed: Audio issues.

27.08.2018:

mimoLive Private/Education new version 4.3

Application Systems announces the availability of the new version 4.3 of mimoLive Personal/Education (download, 1 year updates) for the Mac. The new version can be downloaded from:
http://www.application-systems.co.uk/mimolive

New Features include:
• New: Added Social Media source: Grabs comments and reactions data from Facebook Live streams or custom post IDs (will be extended for other services soon).
• New: Added Facebook Reactions layer: Uses the new Social Media Source as a data source for presenting the Facebook Reactions.
• New: Added Social Media Likes layer: Displays likes counts of Facebook pages.
• New: Added BoxCast account and streaming service.
• New: Added a Matte Choker video filter to adjust the alpha channel of video sources.
• New: Added an option to automatically show the Recent Recordings window after a finished file recording.
• Enhancement: News Crawler: Added option to restart the content when layer gets switched live again.
• Enhancement: The file extension .mp4 commands the File Output Destination to write a native MP4 file.
• Enhancement: The New Document window remembers the settings of last document creation.
• Fixed: Resetting mimoLives preferences via the Help menu would crash the app.
• Fixed: The new Box layer drew the drop shadow at a wrong place.
• Fixed: Glitch when movie sources was replayed again: The last frame of movie flashed before the movie played back.
• Fixed: Layer level meter does not get cleared when layer is shut off.
• Fixed: Remote Controls: Fixed issue that prevented scrolling in layer/sources lists.
• Fixed: Remote Controls: Enabled scrolling in action button edit menu.
• Fixed: Movie Source: Playback stops when switching previewed layer.
• Fixed: UI glitches when working with the layer stack.
• Fixed: Streaming output destinations didn't update their video dimensions if the document was changed.
• Fixed: Some account data not being saved upon updating.
• Fixed: PTZ controls in the Multi View didn't show up reliably.
• Fixed: Crash when working with Audio Mix Configurations.
• Fixed: New audio mixes beyond the fourth audio mix and some audio mixes in saved documents can not be started.
• Fixed: Audio Mix Panel does not update when switching between document windows.
• Fixed: Audio click artifacts when muting or unmuting an audio mix via the audio mix panel or the Program button.
• Fixed: Layer stays silent despite being live when its content source's audio device or NDI source reconnects.
• Fixed: Potentially loud thud when activating the audio output destination or switching the audio device if the device volume is low.
• Fixed: Audio output freezes and pitch changes when switching the document sample rate while audio output destinations are live.
• Fixed: In some cases removing the web browser source would cause the app to crash.
• Fixed: Ducking Trigger source in Audio Only layer now works with Playlist sources and Movies.

11.07.2018:

mimoLive Private/Education new version 4.2

Application Systems announces the availability of the new version 4.2 of mimoLive Personal/Education (download, 1 year updates) for the Mac. The new version can be downloaded from:
http://www.application-systems.co.uk/mimolive

New Features include:
- New: Assign any audio mix to the output destinations for Live Streaming, File Recording, NDI® Playout, BMD Playout and Audio Aux.
- New: Moved audio mix configuration to a separate window.
- New: The output destinations can be controlled via HTTP API. (e.g. lets you set the file path of a file recording output destination via a remote HTTP command)
- New: Added a Source Performance Monitor. Useful if there are issues with the video sources.
- New: Audio Output Destinations now support downmixing to one physical device output channel.
- New: Added a Box layer.
- Enhancement: Updated the NDI® framework to version 3.5 and adjusted some UI accordingly.
- Enhancement: Made the playout of video sources more stable.
- Fixed: Audio channel mapping was not restored when using the system default devices.
- Fixed: macOS provided video filters weren't stored in the mimoLive document anymore.
- Fixed: Apple AirPods and other Bluetooth enabled headsets with built-in microphone damaged the Audio Output Destination beyond repair if selected simultaneously as output device and input device. A restart of mimoLive was necessary.
- Fixed: Streaming to Akamai was broken.
- Fixed: Some source types wheren't previewed correctly.
- Fixed: Glitch in the Remote Control Surface when using the Flying Text layer: The text wasn't shown properly when the remote was loaded.
- Fixed: The Facebook likes layer won't count down if someone removed their “like”.
- Fixed: Static Text layer didn't rotate the text with the background box.
- Fixed: Leaking memory when using Screen Capture Source or Web Browser Source.

28.05.2018:

mimoLive Private/Education new version 4.1

Application Systems announces the availability of the new version 4.1 of mimoLive Personal/Education (download, 1 year updates) for the Mac. The new version can be downloaded from:
http://www.application-systems.co.uk/mimolive

New Features include:
• Important: Facebook comments are currently disabled pending a review from Facebook.
• New: Sources in the Source Repository are sorted into folders and can be reordered for a better overview.
• New: A Web Browser capture source with transparency support makes it easy to bring web content such as game widgets, chat rooms or HTML/JavaScript/CSS based broadcast graphics into your production.
• New: If your audio interface supports multiple channels, you can now select which channels are used for playout in the Audio Output destinations.
• New: Sources can be now be removed even if they are assigned in a Layer.
• Enhancement: NDI devices are now sorted alphabetically.
• Enhancement: Facebook Likes layer shows reactions immediately.
• Enhancement: iOS Demo Layer has be updated with iPhone X graphics.
• Enhancement: If you specify custom NDI Send Groups to filter for devices, the “Public” group is now included by default.
• Enhancement: Undo/Redo now works for sources and other layer parameters.
• Fixed: mimoCall client: When switching video sources this caused a freeze of the video feed.
• Fixed: NDI sources failed to restore when opening a document immediately after launching mimoLive.
• Fixed: Streaming Output destinations did falsely report the encoder being too slow.
• Fixed: Working with filters sometimes blocked the app.
• Fixed: Crash when working with Layer Settings.
• Fixed: Crash when closing a document with a Window Capture Source active.
• Fixed: Encoding problem with umlaut characters in the Remote Surface Title.