Softron MovieRecorder 4 - Software

Softron MovieRecorder 4 is now even more flexible, thanks to the fourth iteration of the popular software. The new user interface adds clarity and elegance. But you'll also find support for NDI sources, external audio, effects and overlay functions. Use MovieRecorder in more workflows and configurations. In addition, discover MovieRecorder Express, a lite version of the software (the most affordable available on the Mac to date). This is the full version.

Softron MovieRecorder 4 software highlights

• Fully configurable user interface
• SourcesNDI®
• External audio sources
• Effects and overlays
• HEVC (H.265) compatibility
• Save and restore configurations
• Express" version

Redesigned user interface

MovieRecorder 4's new user interface is even more flexible and easy to use than its predecessor.

The first thing you'll notice, beyond its darker appearance, is that the size of the "Viewers" is now fully customizable. Select the number of viewers you wish to display at a time, then choose the layout that best suits your needs. MovieRecorder comes with a set of pre-configured layouts, but you can also customize them yourself.

All overlays can now be disabled if you simply wish to preview the video and not be distracted by their presence.

Even more additions, such as the ability to change the position of two sources, or activate/deactivate/solo a single destination to all viewers at once.

NDI® sources

Recording from these sources is now supported in MovieRecorder. NDI® is an open-by-latency video-over-IP protocol developed by NewTek ™. It uses a single gigabit Ethernet cable to transmit video and audio over a local network between multiple video systems. Now, thanks to NDI®, you can transfer HD and 4K video over a single Ethernet cable. There's no need for additional routers or even SDI cables. Reliable and easy. NDI® opens the world to a different way of doing video production, and to an ecosystem of devices supporting the protocol.

NDI® is a registered trademark of NewTek, Inc.

External audio sources

The ability to use external audio sources (including MADI) instead of embedded SDI audio will help those who wish to record audio from an audio mixer. MovieRecorder 4 supports all audio sources available to macOS. Combined with the audio mapping available in AVPresets, this greatly enhances your audio setup.

Effects and overlays

You can now crop, deinterlace, rotate and resize your video before it is encoded. You'll also love the ability to overlay text, the current time code or even an image onto your recording. As this is a "per destination" setting, you can have one signal recorded with overlays, and another as a clean recording. The multiple destinations available with MovieRecorder will be even more practical with this new feature!

HEVC support

With the advent of 4K, an even more efficient codec than H.264 was needed. That's why HEVC/H265 was created. Files can be compressed to 40% of the size of an H.264 compression without loss of quality. But this coding efficiency required a lot of power, and even the highest-end Mac Pro wasn't capable of encoding in HEVC in real time. And for MovieRecorder, since we're coding live, we need real time!

On MacOS 10.13, Apple has added the possibility of using HEVC hardware acceleration available on certain computers (those using 6th-generation Intel Core and higher), enabling you to take full advantage of the codec.

Save and restore configurations

You may have to shoot different shows in the same studio, each with its own requirements. Camera names may change. You may need to record to a different storage, or with a different codec, etc... Thanks to the "Save and Restore" function, you can now save several configurations and restore them in a matter of seconds. This will make your workflow much smoother. The feature can also be used if you want to keep a backup of a configuration before running tests on a new show, with new configurations, etc...

CC and Pro-codec options now included in the standard license With MovieRecorder 4, Closed Captioning and Pro-codec options are now included in the standard license. If you want to record to an MXF wrapper, or if you want to record to AVC-Intra, AVC-Intra, DV / DVCPRO, DNxHD, IMX, JPEG2000, XDCAM or XAVC, you no longer need to purchase a separate option.

Instead, we decided to offer two different applications: the exceptionally affordable entry-level MovieRecorder Express, with more limited functionality and a set of codecs, and MovieRecorder, which offers all the advanced features you might need for your production.