Download Navicast eZender

You can download Navicast eZender for both Windows and Macintosh here. If you already have a version of Navicast eZender installed you can “Check for updates” in the preferences window to see if your version is up to date, or if there is a newer version available.

Download Navicast eZender 1.3.0 for Macintosh (.dmg)

Download Navicast eZender 1.3.0 for Windows (.zip)

      



Navicast eZender User Guide

The easiest way to learn how to use Navicast and Navicast eZender is to read the user guide. If you have a question about Navicasty or Navicast eZender you will probably find the answer in here. The guides are in .PDF format and you may need to download Adobe Reader to be able to read them.

Navicast eZender User Guide (English)



Version History:

Navicast eZender 1.3.0.109
Release Date: 2008-09-18

Main improvements in this release:

  • Improved video quality for all published movies.
  • Fixed rare compression error when compressing large files.
  • Some other minor improvements.
  • QuickTime 7.1 or later is highly recommended when using this version of eZender.


  • Navicast eZender 1.3.0.105
    Release Date: 2007-10-26

    Main improvements in this release:

  • Maintenance and security update.


  • Navicast eZender 1.3.0.104
    Release Date: 2007-06-26

    Main improvements in this release:

  • Fixed a file path related issue that could cause problems for some Windows users.


  • Navicast eZender 1.3.0.103
    Release Date: 2007-05-15

    Main improvements in this release:

  • User level related fixes and improvements.
  • WMV, Macintosh users with Flip4Mac can now drop WMV files on to eZender for automatic compression and publication.
  • A few minor bug fixes.


  • Navicast eZender 1.3.0.102
    Release Date: 2007-03-19

    Main improvements in this release:

  • Improved and corrected UI for public channels.
  • Bug fixes.


  • Navicast eZender 1.3.0.101
    Release Date: 2006-12-08

    Main improvements in this release:

  • Fixed a crash when a non supported, but accepted, media file was dropped on eZender.
  • Fixed a crash when encountering illegal XML characters. Illegal XML characters are now filtered out when publishing movies.
  • .wma files can now be chosen when selecting a Windows Media file.


  • Navicast eZender 1.3.0.100
    Release Date: 2006-10-26

    Main improvements in this release:

  • Added Windows Media compatibility. Movies can now automatically be published, distributed and presented to the viewers in QuickTime, Mpeg4, 3gp and Windows Media format.
  • Added categorization functionality within channels. Movies within a channel can now easily be organized into categories.
  • Added pay per view functionality for both web and mobile phones (PayPal and/or Ericsson IPX).
  • Universal binary for Mac OSX.
  • Improved user interface.
  • Improved movie loading/viewing within eZender.
  • Fixed bugs and some UI oddities.


  • Navicast eZender 1.2.2.100
    Release Date: 2006-09-27

    Main improvements in this release:

  • Improved and redesigned user interface.
  • Added feature to set activation date and time for each movie.
  • Added feature to set deactivation date and time for each movie.
  • Added feature to compress slideshows for mobile phone delivery.
  • Bugfixes and code improvements.


  • Navicast eZender 1.2.1.105
    Release Date: 2006-08-30

    Main improvements in this release:

  • Fixed a bug that was introduced in version 1.2.1.104 on Windows.


  • Navicast eZender 1.2.1.104
    Release Date: 2006-08-30

    Main improvements in this release:

  • Greatly improved movie links in the reports section. There are now much beter ways of linking to the movies and player. (Requires Navicast 3.2.1.2)
  • Made it possible to embed just the movie (without the channel) on external web pages. (Requires Navicast 3.2.1.2)
  • Fixed a bug that sometimes could mess up publication of QTVR movies.


  • Navicast eZender 1.2.1.103
    Release Date: 2006-06-21

    Main improvements in this release:

  • Fixed a bug that, on Windows, sometimes could prevent slideshows from being created.
  • Fixed a bug that prevented Windows users from reordering the movies in the menu.


  • Navicast eZender 1.2.1.102
    Release Date: 2006-06-02

    Main improvements in this release:

  • Fixed a bug that screwed up publication of live broadcasts.
  • Fixed a bug that partly screwed up publication of pre-compressed movies.


  • Navicast eZender 1.2.1.101
    Release Date: 2006-05-29

    Main improvements in this release:

  • Added support for WAVE (.wav) and AIFF (.aif) audio files as input for slideshows.


  • Navicast eZender 1.2.1.100
    Release Date: 2006-05-22

    Main improvements in this release:

  • Added automatic slideshow creation with optional audio support.
  • Drop a selection of images and an optional audio file on to eZender, a nice slideshow is automatically created. Then just click publish to publish the slideshow.



    Navicast eZender 1.2.0.103
    Release Date: 2006-05-16

    Main improvements in this release:

  • Integrated full support to manage and control movies that are published directly from mobile phones.
  • Integrated full support for UL channels and Public channels.
  • Added ability to control more (all new) user levels.
  • Improved stats and reports (requires Navicast Server 3.2.1).
  • Minor bug fixes.
  • (Navicast eZender 1.2.0.102 was not released)



    Navicast eZender 1.2.0.101
    Release Date: 2006-04-26

    Main improvements in this release:

  • Fixed a bug that could cause channels to get the wrong information within eZender.


  • Navicast eZender 1.2.0.100
    Release Date: 2006-04-24
    Requires Navicast Server 3.2 or later.

    Main improvements in this release:

  • Added full support for publishing to and controlling Navicast PreZenter.
  • Improved movie compression and cropping.
  • Added support for publishing .mp4 and .3gp files (Mac only).
  • Improved Stats and Reports.
  • Improved Channel management.
  • Improved System management.
  • Improved Intro movies control, can be set to repeat within preZenter.
  • Better support for custom html-player designs.
  • Added mobile phone player.
  • Code improvements.
  • Bug fixes.


  • Navicast eZender 1.1.1.101
    Release Date: 2006-02-16

    Main improvements in this release:

  • Fixed a bug that could cause the movie uploads to stall if the movie was long.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause undesired pixelation of movies that were compressed with Navicast eZender on Windows PC.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause pre compressed movies to be presented in strange ways.
  • Improved intro movie compression.


  • Navicast eZender 1.1.1.100
    Release Date: 2006-02-10

    The main focus in this release has been to greatly improve the video quality of the movies that are published and compressed with Navicast eZender.

    Main improvements in this release:

  • Much higher video quality over all.
  • Navicast can now use H264 as well as Mpeg4 movie compression.
  • Added multiple compression options (optional). Navicast can now be set up so that the publishers can choose to compress the movies with "Fast Compression" (Mpeg4) or "High Quality" (H264).
  • Improved automatic de-interlacing of interlaced movies.
  • Added intelligent movie cropping feature. eZender can now crop the black edges of your movies which greatly improves the viewer experience.
  • Added movie aspect ratio / movie scaling automation. eZender will now scale your movies to "standard" aspect ratios and sizes*.
  • Improved manual aspect ratio handeling and aspect ratio auto sensing.
  • Improved some UI detailes.
  • Bug fixes.


  • Navicast eZender 1.1.0.101
    Release Date: 2006-01-11

    Main improvements in this release:

  • Fixed a bug where, if the thumbnail images were changed after publishing a movie, eZender could stall or potentially, in rare cases, cause existing movies to be overwritten. This version fixes this potentially harmfull bug and we strongly recommend all users to upgrade.
  • Fixed a small cosmetic bug where the "Set Image" button could appear to be disabled while being active.
  • Fixed a bug that prevented Advanced users from resetting and updating the stats for their channel.


  • Navicast eZender 1.1.0.100
    Release Date: 2005-12-08

    Main improvements in this release:

  • Added poster / preview images to each movie. Images can easily be set from any video frame in the movie or from an external image file. Images can easily be added or changed on already published movies. The images are visible in the Navicast Channel menu.
  • Added full screen playback of movies in the HTML channel.
  • Added feature to manually set the aspect ratios of movies before publishing.
  • Improved uploads of movies and images, higher speed and stability.
  • Better handeling of windows if multiple windows are open.
  • Added support for more movie formats (3gpp, 3gp, mpeg, mpg and others).
  • Improved Navicast Channel.
  • Code improvements.


  • Navicast eZender 1.0.0.103
    Release Date: 2005-10-17

    Main improvements in this release:

  • Added restricted movie access feature (password protection). You can now easily create a username and password for each channel and then password protect individual movies with that username and password. The restricted movie feature requires the Navicast server version to be 3.0.3.0 or above to take effect.
  • Added support for using HTTP Proxy. Proxy can be set at startup and in the preferences window.
  • Added Navicast system wide version checking to make sure the Navicast server and eZender are compatible. Requires Navicast server 3.0.3.0 and Navicast eZender 1.0.0.103 or later to take effect.
  • Fixed a bug where compressed movies were deleted even though the prefs said they should not be deleted.
  • Improved HTML based channel.
  • Code improvements.


  • Navicast eZender 1.0.0.102
    Release Date: 2005-09-14

    Main improvements in this release:

  • Added feature to open HTML based channel from within eZender.
  • Added more Movie links in reports, to quickly get links and popup tags for the HTML channel.
  • Added support to publish pre compressed rtsp streaming movies. Determined by the length of the movie and the streaming settings. Make sure that all pre compressed rtsp streaming movies are properly hinted.
  • Fixed issues with special reserved characters.
  • Fixed some small cosmetic bugs.


  • Navicast eZender 1.0.0.101
    Release Date: 2005-08-29

    Main improvements in this release:
  • Added permission for Advanced users to publish pre-compressed movies.


  • Navicast eZender 1.0.0.100
    Release Date: 2005-08-09

    Main improvements in this release:
  • Changed it so that a single click in the list populates the fields when managing Users and Channels.