Spectraview 1.1.08 released, not working in Windows?

[narikin]

NEC Spectraview 1.1.08 has been released in the last 2 weeks. I had problems with it in W7/64 system - it appeared to install correctly, but would not launch.  I removed it, and then went back to 1.1.07 (previously reliable) and that would not work either.  It seemed that something had gone wrong with the .net framework update, but this is conjecture on my part.

Had to do a system restore to get back to where I was.
1.1.07 has been ultra reliable, so something is wrong with this upgrade for Windows systems at least.

Upgrade at your risk!

[Paul2660]

Thanks for the heads up.  I had downloaded but not installed. 
I ran into the same issues with a upgrade on the nivida 64 drivers for my video card also
with Spectraview This was on the older version of spectraview, but I also had to
go back to a earlier disk image to get back.  I noticed that Capture 6.2.2 also
needed a .net update before it would install.

Paul Caldwell

[WillH]

We are aware of this issue and are working on an updated fix. It impacts only some systems. Please contact me via PM for assistance if necessary.

[vjbelle]

Upgrade at your own peril!!  I'm also on a Windows 7 64 system that has proven to be extremely stable and reliable.  The latest update would not launch and uninstalling it did not remedy anything as my previous version also would not launch.  Windows restore didn't work and I finally had to rely on a Terrabyte Image for Windows backup which was about 8 days old.  Took a little time but I'm back up and running using version 1.1.05.  This is a pretty serious glitch.....

Victor

[vjbelle]

There is a fix.  I don't know if it is readily available through the NEC site but I got the link from the post by WillH.  Very nice to see that NEC was/is on top of this issue. 

Victor

[WillH]

It is posted to the NEC server now:

http://www.necdisplay.com/support-and-services/spectra-view-II/Downloads

Version number is still 1.1.08, but built number is 110811.

[Paul2660]

Curious,  what are the features/advantages of upgrading anyway?

Running a 3090 (1 year old) and 2690 (2 year old)  both on win7.

Thanks
Paul Caldwell

[WillH]

New features will be shown when you do a "check for updates" on the Help menu. Also all changes from the previous version are listed in the README file.

http://update.necdisplay.com/spectraview/readmewindows_v1_1_08.html

[narikin]

Interesting to read the feature list. Wish I knew the 100% right sensor puck to use. I have a small drawer full of them now.

My i1Pro (rev2) sometimes is good, other times the reading is not as flat as I hoped.  After plugging it in, I wait for 15mins before profiling, or go through calibration 3 times to get the even results. I tried a Spyder 3 and got good results, but NEC warn off it here for wide gamut displays.  Sadly I cannot justify investing in a Discus.

[Wolfman]

It is posted to the NEC server now:

http://www.necdisplay.com/support-and-services/spectra-view-II/Downloads

Version number is still 1.1.08, but built number is 110811.

I downloaded it and it's still build 110722.... where is build 110811?

[WillH]

Build 110811 is what is on the server for sure. Make sure you aren't using a cached page to download. Date of the files in the ZIP should be August 11 2011.

[Wolfman]

Build 110811 is what is on the server for sure. Make sure you aren't using a cached page to download. Date of the files in the ZIP should be August 11 2011.

I'm still getting build 110722.... I'm downloading for mac so I assume the build I'm getting pertains to mac and the other build # is for Windows

[WombatHorror]

New features will be shown when you do a "check for updates" on the Help menu. Also all changes from the previous version are listed in the README file.

It there a chance that:

1. the over-drive toggle from multiprofiler will be added to SV II? MP can be a pain since it insists on taking a while to reload all the internal profiles each time. So to flip from web-work or photo-editing to games/TV and back and forth quickly get slowed down.

2. can an option be added when using SV II in the sRGB or Broadcast video modes to use the puck readings to adjust the primary locations instead of either just sticking to factory defaults and writing the sRGB spec primaries to the profile or measuring wherever they happen to fall and writing that to the profile. Why not use the puck to adjust them as the puck is used to adjust color temperature? A large part of the reason for the non-native gamut modes is so that all the programs that are NOT color-managed look good.

Currently one has to go through the pain of loading MP and SVII and then going to SV II tools and bringing up the measuring window and then using MP to start creating a custom mode and then adjust the primary locations there until they read as they should with the probe readouts in SV II and then once that is all done then go back to SV II and run an sRGB or Broadcast calibration with custom color space selected and then enter all the numbers you wrote down (and making sure SV II is set to measure primary locations otherwise it would just use the adjusted values for the profile which then wouldn't match to what you were trying to do and give wrong results to any color-managed programs that you did happen to use while in those modes).

It sure seems like this is what calibration software should be doing for you automatically. Why have it calibrate color temp and nothing more? For sRGB and Broadcast modes the monitors has enough range to fully set the sRGB primaries (well other than blue x of xyY, it's close but not quite there, that one would just be left as and it wouldn't try to calibrate it since it couldn't)

And I bet few users even think to go through the steps above.

thanks

[davidh202]

I had done the update on the 8th and apparantly had no issues.
Would you advise updating again just to play it safe?
David

[ombrapelone]

Just updated.
All function flawless  (Win 7 x64)