Version 1.2.1
Release Date: 2025-11-17
Celebrating our "Thanksgiving Update", we're grateful for the MVP community. With this update we say, Thank you. This release adds a number of really great new features and UI refinements that you've all been asking for. We also have some major new features in the works for next year's "Spring Update", so definitely stay tuned
New Features & Improvements
- Free Stock Video Downloads
- Search through half a million royalty-free stock videos, and download them directly to your MVP within seconds.
- Expanded Cue Capacity — Now supports up to 500 video and lighting cue assignments (slots/banks), giving you far more flexibility for complex shows.
- Name & Save Configurations — Save and recall labeled slot/bank configurations. Switch in the UI, or on the fly with MIDI CC
- More Video Formats Supported
- Video Codecs: H.264 / H.265 / MJPEG / VP8 / VP9
- Video Files: .mp4 .mov .mkv .webm
- Still Image Support — Upload and use JPEG images in your show.
- Detailed Video File Info — Now shows video codec, file type, resolution, framerate, and duration.
- Record DMX over USB‑C — Record DMX directly via USB‑C without the need for an Ethernet switch or extra cables.
- Various UI Improvements
Version 1.1.1
Release Date: 2025-07-03
Continuing the 4CAST mission of providing intuitive professional-level video and lighting production tools, this release expands ArtNET recording and playback to 16 universes, introduces a new Effects Mode for video playback controlled via MIDI CC, delivers a real-time Dashboard for device status, supports larger video uploads (up to 60 GB), adds flexible MIDI channel assignments, and includes performance improvements.
New Features
- Beta Feature: Effects Mode
- MIDI CC control of 4 color effects and 4 transformation effects.
- Enable via Settings Cog > Beta Features in the UI.
- Assign to knobs, faders, or DAW for detailed, timed effects.
- More effects to come in future updates.
- Note: 4K files are not supported in Effects Mode.
- New Dashboard – Real-time Device Status
- “Currently Playing” clip name and playtime.
- Real-time ArtNet viewer with all universe DMX data.
- WiFi/Ethernet connection status and IP details.
- HDMI connection status, display name, resolution, and framerate.
- Input Monitor: incoming MIDI notes, LTC timecode frames.
- MVP Version & Notification area showing available updates.
- Lighting – Up to 16 Universes
- Assignable MIDI Channels: Configurable, no longer locked to Channel 1 and 3.
- Sync Changes to Playback Button: Immediately syncs changes to the playback engine.
- Reactive UI Updates: Pages show which clip is currently playing.
- Larger Video Uploads: Up to 60 GB per file.
- UI Single Session Enforcement: Prevents conflicts when multiple tabs are open.
Improvements & Bug Fixes
- Critical Bug Fix: Prevents bricking from repeated failed boots due to underpowered USB ports.
- Various minor bug fixes.
- Playback performance improvements.