We are excited to announce the release of Ultimate Playout 1.1.6. Consolidating all updates and enhancements from version 1.1.1 through 1.1.6, this milestone update focuses on three core priorities: visual confidence during live shows, professional audio control, and rock-solid stability.
Whether you run a community channel, live worship production, or full-scale broadcast studio, here is a complete breakdown of what’s new, improved, and fixed in version 1.1.6.
1. Visual Confidence: Armed Cue Previews & Clean Interfaces
In live broadcast, certainty is everything. Ultimate Playout 1.1.6 introduces dedicated next-cue monitoring so operators always know exactly what is about to hit the air.
- Dedicated “Next Cue” Visualizer: Alongside each playout preview, you now have an armed-cue screen displaying slides, web pages, scenes, or the paused first frame of an upcoming video. You see what GO will fire before you commit. (Can be toggled per playout in Settings or via a quick right-click).
- Streamlined UI Proportions: Preview scaling is simplified down to two clean ratios instead of four. Primary playout monitors remain prominent, while secondary playouts, armed previews, and overlay-only channels align neatly at 50% scale on a single unified line.
- Safer Live Transitions: Armed cues remain strictly isolated in the preview window until you press GO, eliminating accidental pre-roll flickers on program outputs.
2. Dynamic Visuals: Built-in Logo & Motion Background Modules
Creating polished on-air graphics no longer requires heavy external rendering:
- Cue-Specific Branding (Logo Module): Define logo states per cue. Instruct cues to hold current branding, clear the screen, or trigger custom graphic bugs. Only cues with deliberate graphic state changes carry markers in your playlist.
- Animated Scene Backgrounds: The new Background Module lets you construct living backdrop layers directly in the Scene Builder—complete with drifting shapes, soft gradients, motion lines, and composited graphics.
- Scene Builder Usability: Scene construction is faster with direct right-click context menus, inline F2 source renaming,
Alt + Clickmulti-layer selection, and click-through protection for hidden/locked layers.
3. Broadcast-Grade Audio: ITU BS.1770 Loudness & Dynamics
Maintaining consistent audio levels across mixed media files (videos, live feeds, graphics) is one of broadcast’s biggest challenges. Version 1.1.6 adds a complete real-time dynamics pipeline:
- Integrated Master Processing Bus: Every playout now features a live mastering chain with an ITU BS.1770 compliant Loudness Leveller (with target LUFS metering), noise gate, peak limiter, and compressor—all manageable in a unified real-time dashboard.
- Dedicated Input Filtering: The exact same broadcast dynamics engine is available as an individual source filter (“Loudness & dynamics”) for dedicated microphone and voiceover processing.
4. Seamless Portability & Remote Control
- Self-Contained Show Bundles: Exporting a show bundle now packages every dependency into a single archive—song layouts, custom nameplates, graphics, scenes, and media assets. Importing onto a second rig integrates smoothly without overwriting existing files.
- Synchronized Streaming & Recording: Stream and record simultaneously with one command. Toggle your outputs so hitting
STREAMautomatically triggers local archive capture. - Smart Hardware Tally Integration: Control surface buttons can now reflect live status via expanded bidirectional requests, showing on-air numbers, cue titles, and armed states directly on illuminated deck keys.
5. Expanded Language Support
Ultimate Playout speaks your language. Version 1.1.6 introduces full Spanish localization across the core launcher, installer, and individual modules (accessible via Settings → General → Language).
Additionally, the installer auto-detects your Windows system language (English, Dutch, German, Norwegian, Spanish), carrying your preference through future software updates without resetting.
Critical Fixes and Stability Improvements
Thanks to user diagnostic reports and rigorous real-world testing, version 1.1.6 resolves key edge-case bugs:
- Audio & Video Playback: Videos queued in the next-cue window now hold reliably on frame zero rather than running silently in the background prior to GO.
- Playlist Integrity: Swapping playlist runs containing active web resources no longer leaves ghost frames on air, and presentation imports now drop full decks in a single instantaneous operation.
- Engine Resiliency: Modules now shut down cleanly alongside the parent process, avoiding locked background tasks. Automatic crash telemetry logs diagnostic traces if UI threads hang for more than 5 seconds.
Upgrade to Ultimate Playout 1.1.6 Today
Ultimate Playout 1.1.6 is available immediately. Current users can update directly via the built-in software updater under Help / General Settings, retaining all user preferences, templates, and configurations.
Have questions, feature requests, or workflow tips? Join the discussion on our community forum or reach out to our support team at Ultimateplayout.com.