Colorfront 2027 Stream Release - Now Available

Redesigned Stream Manager

The biggest change in this release is a ground-up redesign of Stream Manager. The new interface features improved navigation, a customizable landing page with a team-wide snapshot of active members, systems on air, server health, and 24-hour session activity.

Servers can be favorited, sorted, and searched by name. Multi-team support lets you switch between teams from a single interface, and clicking a server name takes you directly into its settings.

Focus View

Focus View is a new browser preview built directly into Stream Manager. Watch your live stream with audio, use the pointer tool to collaborate with viewers, and manage invitations — all without leaving the view.

Note: Focus View requires the WebRTC secondary stream to be enabled.

4:2:2 Streaming

4:2:2 chroma format is now available with Streaming Server, alongside the existing 4:2:0 and 4:4:4 options. Higher chroma fidelity for color-critical workflows.

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Watermarking

Stream Manager now supports three layers of visible watermarking, each operating at a different scope:

• Team Preferences — a global default applied across all servers and channels. Configurable opacity, size, and position per field. Supports custom text, tokens, and periodic watermarks.
• Streaming Servers — per-channel configuration with the option to use the team default, a channel-only watermark, a combination of both, or off.
• Channel Burn-In — text-based watermark that carries through all SDI outputs to reference monitors connected to the Streaming Player.

A fourth type, forensic watermarking, is also available and will be covered separately.

New Builds Across All Platforms

The 2027 release includes updated builds for Streaming Server, Streamer, and Streaming Player:

• 4:2:2 streaming
• 5.1 and 7.1 audio output support
• Smoother audio with fade in on connect and fade out on disconnect
• Faster, more reliable stream starts
• Improved Stream Manager connection resilience
• Updated Streaming Player across Mac, Windows, iOS, tvOS

For detailed release notes, visit the Colorfront Help Center. To be notified of future builds, select the Follow button in the Help Center.

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