R1 2025

Codename: Monaco — v2.0.9161 — released 2025-02-04.

The "Monaco" release lands several signature AI operators (Object Detection, Speech To Text), the Switcher Input, and a comprehensive audio operator suite for general-purpose speech and music processing.

Highlights:

• Object Detection — ONNX-based object identification with COCO and Blackjack sample models.
• Speech To Text — OpenAI Whisper-powered audio-to-English transcription.
• Switcher Input — early implementation; full multiviewer support arrived in R3 2025.
• Comprehensive audio toolkit: 10-Band Equalizer, 3-Band Equalizer, Compressor, Low-Cut, Gate, Limiter, Audio Monitor.
• CUDA upgraded to 12.4; NVENC hardware decoding default-enabled.

Inputs

• Switcher Input — cut / crossfade between two sources or scenes.
• Blackmagic Decklink Capture v3 — 200% performance gain; sync source and Mini Recorder support.
• Video File Input — end-of-file callback triggering for sequencing.
• Project Reference Image — store reference frames against which operators can verify physical setup alignment.

Operators

• Object Detection — ONNX-based detection with COCO and Blackjack sample models.
• Speech To Text — Whisper-powered transcription to English.
• 10-Band Equalizer, 3-Band Equalizer — graphic and parametric EQ.
• Compressor, Low-Cut, Gate, Limiter — full dynamics and filtering suite.
• Audio Monitor — silence / distortion detection.

Targets

• Blackmagic Decklink Target v4 — device-name and channel-index support.

Scripting

• New GetOperatorObject() and GetDirectoryFiles() helpers.
• Script reload at the input, operator, and engine level.
• Encrypted script export option.
• Assets Finder gained search and replace.

UI / Desktop

• Undo on scene layers (Ctrl+Z).
• Colour picker with RGB / HSV / HSL modes.
• Layer alignment tools; auto-rename when matching imported asset names.
• Stereo VU meter with overload indicator; reference-image overlay.
• Performance Report adds asset summaries plus processing-time / queue metrics.

Performance

• Gaussian Blur optimisation with edge-aware processing.
• Improved Windows first-frame-to-render time.
• CUDA upgraded to 12.4.
• NVENC hardware decoding enabled by default.
• Decklink temperature and PCIe metrics surfaced.

Other

• Audio level warnings (>99%).
• Configurable log retention (30-day default).

Bug fixes

• Disable Render scene option no longer silences scene audio.
• Media input end-of-file behaviour corrected.
• Blackmagic Mini Recorder 4K now works.