RELEASE NOTES / VERSION HISTORY
What Changed.
Changes and improvements to WJ Sound Pon and WJ Video Pon, listed from the newest version to the oldest.
- Extended the free Trial to three calendar months from the first Trial activation on each Mac.
- Existing Trials preserve their original start date and time and use an expiry three months after that start. Updating does not restart the Trial.
- Annual license terms, prices, and renewal procedures remain unchanged.
- Extended the free Trial to three calendar months from the first Trial activation on each Mac.
- Existing Trials preserve their original start date and time and use an expiry three months after that start. Updating does not restart the Trial.
- Annual license terms, prices, and renewal procedures remain unchanged.
- Changed the license Mac ID to stable device identification that does not depend on Wi-Fi or the Mac hostname. Existing licenses created with the previous method migrate safely on the same Mac.
- Reordered the control-screen monitors so NEXT is on the left and PROGRAM is on the right.
- While the control window is moving, PROGRAM is held as a still image attached to the interface, then returns to the live view when the move finishes. This reduces the dragged, juddering appearance.
- The actual PROGRAM picture and audio continue uninterrupted on the external display while the control window is moving.
- Changed the license Mac ID to stable device identification that does not depend on Wi-Fi or the Mac hostname.
- Existing licenses created with the previous method migrate safely on the same Mac. A temporary failure to read device information no longer overwrites valid stored identification.
- Delete now opens a confirmation screen showing the cue number and title before any cue is removed.
- The operator can cancel or confirm. Only the cue entry in the scene is removed; the original video or still-image file is never deleted.
- When the selected cue is currently on PROGRAM, the confirmation screen clearly warns that deleting it will stop the output.
- Deletion is temporarily blocked while a transition or automatic CUT involving that cue is in progress, with guidance to retry after it finishes.
- Added Stream Deck integration to the official WJ Video Pon app. Control is available through the separately distributed free Public Beta plugin 0.1.0.
- Added ten actions: GO / Play Next, Pause / Resume, Stop / Release, Previous Cue, Next Cue, Scene Change, Select Cue, Take Cue Direct, Program Status, and Next Status.
- PROGRAM and NEXT status, including 16:9 cue thumbnails, can be shown directly on Stream Deck keys.
- Scene Change switches only the standby scene used for control without stopping the current PROGRAM output.
- WJ Video Pon continues to work normally when the Stream Deck plugin is not installed.
- Added Stream Deck integration to the official WJ Sound Pon app. Control is available through the separately distributed free Public Beta plugin 0.3.0.
- Added A Deck Play, Pause / Resume, Stop, Fade Stop, and Scene Memory switching.
- Separated A Deck Play and Pause / Resume into individual controls. Return starts playback from the beginning, while Space pauses or resumes the current cue.
- Added B Deck Play / Pause, Stop, Fade Stop, A/B cue selection, and direct playback of a specified cue.
- WJ Sound Pon continues to work normally when the Stream Deck plugin is not installed.
- When video or still-image files are dragged from Finder, the insertion line now appears above the first row so files can be added at the start of the cue list.
- Existing cues can also be dragged above the first row to move them to the start of the list.
- Added Scene Memory to Deck A, allowing a separate named cue list to be stored for each show section and selected from a drop-down.
- Scenes can be renamed, a new blank scene can be added, and an unused scene can be deleted.
- Changing scenes while Deck A is playing changes only the visible standby list; the current sound continues until a transport control is used.
- Audio files dragged from Finder can now be inserted at the start, between cues, or at the end of either deck using the orange insertion line. The top insertion target is thicker and brighter.
- Added Scene Memory above the cue list, allowing a separate named video and still-image cue list to be stored for each show section.
- Scenes can be added, renamed, and deleted from the Scene Memory bar.
- Each scene stores its cues, Action settings, levels, order, and groups.
- Changing scenes during PROGRAM playback changes only the visible standby list; the current picture continues uninterrupted.
- Older projects open as “Scene 1,” preserving their existing cues.
- Fixed an issue where, after manually cutting from a looping Q1 to a different looping Q2, the picture could briefly flash at Q2’s first loop boundary.
- LOOP and NEXT can now be used together, so the current cue can keep looping while the following cue waits.
- When NEXT is enabled, the following cue is shown in orange and starts with Play or Return. The Play button and shortcut display now change to match the next action.
- With NEXT enabled, Fade Stop now leaves the following cue in READY after the fade finishes.
- A normal Stop or Esc stops playback while keeping the current cue selected.
- Changes to the NEXT or LOOP checkboxes now take effect while a cue is already playing.
- Turning LOOP off stops at the end of the current playback range and follows the current NEXT setting. Turning LOOP on begins looping at the next boundary.
- The latest NEXT and LOOP settings are preserved after pause, resume, and seek operations.
- While WJ Video Pon is running, it now prevents the Mac display from sleeping automatically. The assertion is released when the app quits, without changing the user’s macOS settings.
- Added an audio waveform to Video Cue Editor so start and end points can be aligned to visible sound events while previewing the video.
- The waveform can be zoomed from 1× to 32× to make transients and edit boundaries easier to locate.
- During preview playback, the waveform view automatically follows the playhead.
- Videos without an audio track and videos with a silent audio track are identified by status messages in the waveform area.
- Changed video SELECT NEXT so the current cue holds its final frame after natural completion, and the next cue starts only when Play or Return is pressed.
- During this hold, the current on-air cue is shown as a green HOLD and only the prepared next cue is shown as an orange NEXT, making their roles clear.
- Overlapping end notifications and Play or Return inputs can trigger the transition only once. The completed cue stays silent during the final-frame hold, and the level meters show silence.
- Crossfades started from the final-frame hold now preserve the configured crossfade duration instead of being shortened.
- Added side-by-side PROGRAM MONITOR and NEXT VIEW MONITOR displays so the live output and the prepared orange NEXT cue can be checked together.
- When an orange NEXT cue exists, Play or Return starts it. When no NEXT cue exists, Play restarts the current cue. The Play button display now reflects the action that will occur.
- Added AUTO ADVANCE and a countdown for still images. At zero, the next cue starts with a CUT or crossfade, and crossfade time is limited to less than the still’s display time.
- Still images can now be included in groups, and AUTO on the final grouped cue returns to the group’s first cue. The separate Group Loop setting has been removed, and cues already in a group cannot be selected again.
- Improved surface handoff during mid-play restart, CUT or crossfade to the next cue, and Stop to prevent black or white flashes and skipped opening frames.
- Transitions now include the entire output canvas for non-16:9 video and still images, fixing previous-cue picture briefly showing through the surrounding area.
- Improved outgoing-audio shutdown during cue changes and Stop, MASTER and cue-volume updates during crossfades, and level-meter handoff.
- Corrupt still images or an unexpected video-player failure now stop safely and return the app to a recoverable state. The native video component is also aligned with the stated macOS 12-or-later requirement.
- Fixed an intermittent issue where the external output could turn white and playback could stop after AUTO NEXT or a crossfade from a still image to a video, especially after repeated Play and Stop operations.
- Improved next-video preloading so CUT and crossfade timing, the opening frame, and the audio meters remain continuous while advancing to the next cue.
- Added AUTO ADVANCE for still images. A countdown starts when Play puts the still on air, then advances to the next video or still image at zero.
- Display Time includes the crossfade, and Crossfade Time must be shorter than Display Time. With crossfade disabled, the change at zero is a CUT.
- Still images can now be included in groups. Grouped stills use AUTO ADVANCE, and AUTO PLAY NEXT on the group’s final video returns to the first cue. The separate Group Loop setting has been removed.
- Group Settings now marks cues that already belong to a group as GROUPED and prevents selecting them again. Ungroup first to reorganize them.
- When an orange NEXT candidate exists, Play or Return advances to it. When no candidate exists, the current cue plays from the beginning. The Play button icon now reflects the next action.
- Improved still-image CUT preparation and video/still crossfades. The surrounding area of non-16:9 media now transitions with the picture, preventing black or unnecessary frames.
- Reorganized Action settings into Start View and Fade, End Fade, After Playback, Transition to Next Cue, and Audio Fade. The NEXT and LOOP switches have been removed from the cue list and are now configured in Action.
- The start view can be set to First Frame, Black, or White, with an optional start fade, fade time, and “Start Playback After Fade.” At the end, a cue can hold its final frame or fade to black or white.
- After playback, a cue can loop, automatically play the next cue, or select the next cue and wait. Transitions to the next cue can use a CUT or a timed crossfade.
- Still-image cues hide playback-end settings that do not apply. When a still goes on air, the next cue is shown in orange as “NEXT,” and one press of Enter performs the selected CUT or crossfade and starts the next video. “SELECT NEXT” for video also holds the next cue on its first frame until Enter is pressed.
- Crossfades now follow the incoming cue’s First Frame, Black, or White start-view setting and then apply its start fade correctly. For non-16:9 media, the entire output—including the surrounding background—changes together.
- Improved preloading for simple loops and full-length CUT auto-play transitions between matching media, eliminating flashes and brief pauses at cue boundaries.
- Crossfades now use an A/B two-surface (“double-engine”) video-output design that prepares the incoming surface in advance. This prevents black frames, missing opening frames, and the brief interruption that could occur when Play was first pressed.
- “Audio Fade with Video” is now respected during crossfades, fixing unwanted audio fade-outs when the option is not selected.
- Restored the live picture in PROGRAM MONITOR, lengthened each cue’s volume fader, and added direct numeric entry from 0 to 100.
- Added JPG, JPEG, PNG, and HEIC photos and still images to the same cue list used for video.
- Selecting a still-image cue now shows the image immediately as its First Frame. Play or NEXT from a video puts it on air, and the image remains visible with Stop lit until Stop or Esc is used.
- Because still images have no playback duration or audio, Action, Pause, Edit, NEXT, LOOP, Group Loop, volume, and fades are fixed and disabled for still-image cues.
- Fixed Fade to White incorrectly fading to black, and prevented a black frame while moving from a video to the next still image.
- Improved the startup screen so Mac ID and saved license information appear correctly even when loading takes longer.
- Improved an issue where “THIS MAC ID” could remain on “Loading...” during the first launch of the notarized Intel Mac version.
- This Mac ID is now retrieved separately and displayed before the saved license finishes loading.
- If saved license information takes longer to load, the screen now refreshes automatically when it becomes available.
- Added a dedicated Intel Mac version of WJ Sound Pon.
- The download page now provides separate Apple Silicon and Intel Mac downloads.
- Added “VALID UNTIL” to the startup screen and Settings.
- The last usable date for an annual license or Trial is now shown as a specific date.
- Standardized both first-time installation and updates on the DMG format.
- The app now shows a download button with the new version number only when an update is available.
- The update button now opens the latest-version download page directly.
- Fixed an issue where an existing annual license or Trial could appear as not activated after an update.
- Existing licenses now carry over without requiring the license file to be imported again.
- Fixed a startup issue that could occur when a test build and the production app shared the same storage location.
- Added time limits to Mac ID retrieval and update checks to improve startup stability.
- Initial production release of WJ Sound Pon and WJ Video Pon.
- Added “New Project” for creating a new empty project.
- Improved WJ Video Pon final-frame hold behavior, Stop indication, and release guidance.
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