MB STUDIO version 8.81 and MB REMOTE - MB LIVE 1.81 available

Compared to the previous version:

• Ask the AI: new dialog popup to get information from an AI (OpenAI (ChatGPT), Google (Gemini), Anthropic (Claude), XAi (Grok), DeepSeek, and Perplexity) (MB STUDIO PRO) ASK THE AI
• Synthetic Voices: Use of synthetic voices from Eleven Labs, OpenAI tts, and Inworld.ai (MB STUDIO PRO) CONFIGURATION - SPEECH VOICES
• Cameras: The obsolete ffmpeg directshow video engine has been abandoned; cameras now work with the Windows 11 MediaFoundation video engine (cameras settings are resetted after installing this version).
• Songs: In Configuration - Songs - Options, you can set global properties that will apply to all songs played.
• NDI: NDI audio and/or video sources are now natively supported (the NDI Webcam software is no longer required).
• Auto Recorder: When recording video, you can now choose the format and video resolution of the source.
• MidstreamTags: It's now easier to manipulate midstream tags thanks to a new popup that lists the various tags, and you can now preview audio overlay tags.
• MidstreamTags: New "bed" tag to start a bed track at a specific point in the audio file and "Stop bed" to stop a bed track.
• Cover Art: In Configuration - Cover you can now insert up to 3 different logos of your radio station. Logos will alternate randomly when the cover art for the program or song being broadcast is not available.
• Holidays: In Configuration / Holidays, it is now easier to manage weekday holidays.
• Prelisten: Next to the file name, an icon opens the folder containing the file.
• Announcements: Time, date, and song announcements can be made using synthetic voices.
• MB REMOTE: It is now possible to correctly program the random song from folder and the random file from folder, as the list of folders on the server (and not local ones) is shown.
• MB SPOT: It is now possible to modify print templates (from the Tools menu), and printouts are now made directly from MB SPOT (Office or other editors are no longer required).
• Software updates for mpv, ffmpeg, gstreamer, and fixed some issues encountered in previous versions

This version of MB STUDIO 8.81 is a preview and must be installed manually by downloading and running this file:

Installation via the "Check for Updates" and "Automatic Updates" menus will be enabled in a few days.