What’s New in the just:in Solution Line Version 5.x

ENHANCED – macOS Ventura and Apple silicon M2/M2 Pro Support

just:in mac v.5.5 is macOS Ventura (13.x) certified and fully qualified to run natively on the Apple silicon architecture including the amazing Apple Mac Studio and Mac mini M2/M2 Pro models.
The combination of this highly efficient and powerful system architecture from Apple and our professional ingest solution offers many advantages and benefits to both our customers and our future innovations. Version 5.5 will still support macOS Monterey (12.6.x), macOS Big Sur (11.7.x) as well macOS Catalina (10.15.7) to ensure full deployment flexibility and safeguard our customer’s investment in our solutions. 

NEW – Event Presets to Empower Recording Workflows

Version 5.5 introduces Event Presets that can perform different recording or notification tasks as well as trigger or control qualified hardware devices. With this useful workflow addition, one could, for example, start a backup recording on qualified hardware digital recorders such as the AJA Ki Pro and the Blackmagic Design HyperDeck or create and make REST API calls to 3rd party system in a very easy and straightforward way.

NEW – TSL UMD protocol support for live:cut 5.5 (now part of any new just:in mac 5.5 or just:in linux 5.5 license)

Starting with version 5.5, live:cut will be part of any newly acquired just:in mac or just:in linux 5.5 license so that you get multicamera recording functionality as part of your newly purchased license. In addition to the existing integrations with Blackmagic Design ATEM switchers and traditional switchers via the TOA GPI Box, live:cut version 5.5 adds support for the widely adopted TSL UMD protocol to further extend the compatibility with industry-standard devices, such as the Ross Carbonite production switcher, for multicamera production workflows.

NEW – Selectable Audio Input for AJA and Blackmagic Design video devices

In just:in mac version 5.5 one can select between different audio inputs for dedicated AJA and BMD video devices, such as the AJA Io X3 or the BMD UltraStudio 4K Mini. This new setting can be found within the channel settings and operators can choose between Auto (SDI), Analog or AES. This new feature allows to distribute the incoming audio signal to all channels of the chosen video device.

NEW – Audio Input Selection (currently available for AJA video devices only)

just:in mac and just:in linux version 5.5 add the ability to select between discrete audio inputs per channel. With this one can use the same SDI audio input for all channels, which makes production life a lot easier. This feature is currently only available for AJA video devices.

NEW – LTC Over Audio In 

A well-known feature from older just:in mac versions, namely “LTC over Audio In” has found its way back into just:in mac and just:in linux version 5.1 and above. This handy feature allows you to use a Line in USB adapter to sync all the recording channels with an external LTC timecode source.

NEW – Enable Distinctive Configurations Swapping

Also new to just:in mac and just:in linux version 5.5 is the ability to save and switch recording configurations. This facilitates the on-the-fly configuration swapping for distinctive productions or shows and highly increases operational safety.

NEW – OP-47 Support for OP1a MXF container

An important addition to just:in mac version 5.5 is the capability to detect and write OP-47 data into MXF Op1a container. Once the just:in mac channel detects OP-47 data within the incoming SDI stream, it will automatically write that metadata into the recorded file.

NEW – Loupedeck CT Support

To complement the usability of Just Control, our versatile single/multi-channel control application, we now support the Loupedeck CT panel for standard commands such as Select a Channel, Start/Split/Stop Recording, choose Presets, open the UI, and many more useful functions that can be controlled over a haptic hardware button and add a great value to our just:in mac and live:cut solutions.

NEW – macOS Monterey and Apple silicon Support

just:in mac 5.1 is now macOS Monterey (12.x) certified and fully qualified to run natively on the new Apple silicon architecture.

The combination of this highly efficient and powerful new system architecture from Apple and our professional ingest solution offers many advantages and benefits to both our customers and our future innovations.

NEW – LTC Over Audio In 

A well-known feature from older just:in mac versions, namely “LTC over Audio In” has found its way back into just:in mac version 5.1. This handy feature allows you to use a Line in USB adapter to sync all the recording channels with an external LTC timecode source.

NEW – HDR and Rec.2020 UHD Support

The new just:in mac version 5.1 features HDR metadata support (HLG and PQ transfer characteristics) for ProRes422 HQ/MOV recording workflows for both AJA and BMD video inputs.

IMPROVED – Schedule Mode

Based on valued customers’ feedback, we improved our Schedule mode by moving the Calendar section from the Channel Settings into the Channel Inspector, making it even more efficient and flexible to use.

IMPROVED – Customisable UI Locking 

To increase operational reliability, the ability to lock parts of the just:control interface was extended by introducing the ability to lock the complete user interface to prevent any unintended user interactions. 

NEW – HDR and Rec.2020 UHD Support

The new just:in linux version 5.1 features HDR metadata support (HLG and PQ transfer characteristics) for ProRes422 HQ/MOV recording workflows for both AJA and Blackmagic Design video input devices.

NEW – macOS Monterey Support

just:in mac version 5.0 adds macOS Monterey support for all components, namely Just In Engine and Just Control.

NEW – Full NDI®5 Support

just:in mac version 5.0 can receive multiple channels of video and audio from any NDI®5 compatible device in SD, HD and UHD. The NDI®5 integration provides the same functionality for channel inputs as it does for traditional SDI sources.

NEW – Updated UHD and UHD2 just:in linux server appliances (2U-Chassis)

Our ingest team focused on expanding the density of UHD recordings with new configurations of the just:in linux server appliances.

You are now able to record multiple UHD HDR SDI channels in Apple ProRes 422 HQ (.MOV) or Avid DNxHR (.MXF) as well as Proxy formats. In addition to that this appliance is ready for UHD2 recording!

Additionally, this new just:in linux server generation is equipped with an internal SSD RAID and other I/O ports to perfectly fit in every production workflow.

Detailed information about the hardware specification of the new just:in linux appliance server generation can be found here.

NEW – Updated HDD and SSD just:in linux server appliances (1U-Chassis)

The current hardware configurations got extended with additional internal RAID options and new video boards, where customers can decide between a HDD RAID or a SSD RAID and between SDI, HDMI or IP input cards and mix different inputs formats as well.

These 1U appliances are built to support up to 8 HD and up to
2 UHD recordings.

Detailed information about the hardware specification of the new just:in linux appliance server generation can be found here.

NEW – Additional codec/container support

just:in linux version 5.0 can now be used in Avid environments as the new version adds supports for the Avid DNxHD and DNxHR codecs in the MXF OP1a container.

These new codec options extend the already impressive container and codec range and provide the same and well-known stability and performance, as previous just:in linux versions. The existing Capture Presets options, like the Burnt-In-Timecode or Audio Mapping feature, can be used with DNxHD and DNxHR as well.

Additionally, just:in linux users can work with AVI or MPEG-TS containers and support for Uncompressed 4:2:2 frames recording has been added. Capture Preset features, like Burnt-In-Timecode, Audio Mapping or the new logo overlay feature, can be used with these new option as well.

NEW – Image/Logo Overlay for Capture Presets

With the new “Overlay logo” option for Capture Presets, just:in linux users can use a custom image, which will be used as an overlay, like a corner logo, for their recordings. This is useful for Proxy recordings or workflows, where operators want to mark separate recorded files of specific channels.

NEW – Full NDI®5 Support

just:in linux version 5.0 can receive multiple channels of video and audio from any NDI®5 compatible device in SD and HD. The NDI®5 integration provides the same functionality for channel inputs as it does for traditional SDI sources.

NEW – SRT (Secure Reliable Transport) Support

just:in linux version 5.0 supports multiple channels of video and audio from any SRT compatible source. The SRT integration provides the same functionality for channel inputs as it does for traditional SDI or HDMI sources.

NEW – UHD2 Support

The new UHD just:in linux appliance enables the possibility to record UHD2 content as well. Apple ProRes/MOV is the currently supported recording format.

NEW – Markers for Adobe Premiere Pro

This new feature within just:in linux enables the user to set Markers during a recording or ingest session, these markers can be seen within Adobe Premiere Pro directly in the timeline and/or viewer. Such Markers can be used for all kind of sport recordings, such as soccer or football or any recording where the operator needs to mark highlights, scenes or specific actions for the post-production team to find seamlessly. With Marker Sets, users can define different Marker types for their different recordings. Markers are available for input signal types such as SDI, HDMI, NDI® and SRT.

NEW – User and Template Management

In just:control (the control application of the just:in linux solution) you can now login as a specified user and select a previously saved multi-viewer layout template to speed up your ingest operations.