What's New
v4.16.0
- In the View menu, two new options are available:
- Device Scale: Switch between default and compact views for the routing pane
- Swap Routing View Axes: Switch between Receivers on the left and Transmitters on the top, or Transmitters on the left and Receivers on the top
- New signal status icons have been added for encrypted subscriptions
- Support for copying and pasting channel names and subscriptions in the Device View > Receive and Transmit tabs
- Improved support for Dante AV Ultra devices (configuration of HDMI and encoding settings)
- Improved support for Dante AV-A devices (support for USB, IR and serial ancillary data types in the Advanced Filter)
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Persistent login to Dante Director (closing Dante Controller no longer logs you out of Dante Director)
v4.15.0
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Support for Media Encryption – establish secure subscriptions between devices that support media encryption functionality. Dante Director is also required to enable this functionality.
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Controller table information extraction – select and copy information in Dante Controller from device tables (e.g. device info, clock and network status)
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Improvements to usability and application launch speed.
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Addition of AES67 flow latency notification
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Dark mode for video plugins
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Improved translations
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Dante Controller no longer requires fingerprint verification for Dante Director
v4.14.1
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Signal presence icons updated to improve accessibility
v4.14.0
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User interface look & feel update
- To switch between light and dark modes, select the 'View' menu > Theme
- Improved support for Dante AV devices
v4.13.0
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The 'Use Shared Dante Interface' option has been reinstated to the Configure Dante Interfaces dialog.
v4.12.0
- Dante Updater support for Dante Pro S1
v4.11.1 (Windows only)
- Dante Controller now uses OpenSSL 3.0 for secure connections (updated from OpenSSL 1.1.1)
- Improved support for future Dante Management solutions
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The 'Use Shared Dante Interface' option has been removed from the Configure Dante Interfaces dialog, to provide a simpler and more consistent user experience across Audinate software products
v4.9.0
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Improved notification on media flow vulnerability after Tx channel renaming
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Dante Controller support for auto-detection of video format for Dante Studio receive channels (requires Dante Studio v2.1.0 or above)

v4.8.1
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Dante Updater support for firmware update and failsafe recovery of newly-released Brooklyn 3 (Dante device type) hardware
v4.7.0
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Support for Dante AV and Bluetooth AVIO configuration in DDM/Dante Director environments
v4.6.0
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Support for multiple language options for the user interface: English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese and Korean
- To change the language, from Network view, select View > Language
v4.5.1
- Dante Activator is now installed with Dante Controller
- Dante Activator is a new application that allows you to purchase and activate additional Dante channels for supporting Dante Ready™ devices.
- Support for Windows 11
- New DDM / Dante Director Login dialog (combines the DDM user and DDM server login functions)
- New feature: Connect Devices to DDM / Dante Director (for DDM networks)
v4.4.0
- Support for Apple M1 architecture
- Native support for 64-bit Windows
- 32-bit Windows is no longer supported
- New user guide content: Resolution and Timing for Dante AV Devices
v4.3.3
- Support for Dante AV (video) devices. For more information, see:
- Routing for Video Devices
- Plugins
- New signal status icons for video and ancillary channels (Receive Tab and Transmit Tab)
- The Advanced Filter has been updated:
- The Subscriptions filter now includes extra options
- The Latency and Sample Rate filter options are now dynamic based on product type
- New filters have been added for Media Type, Video Subtype, and Ancillary Type
- Channel labels have been deprecated - all channel names are now user-editable (Device and Channel Names)
- Inclusive language changes to clocking terminology:
- Some of the terminology used in Dante products has been changed to align with modern usage. Specifically, areas related to Dante clocking now refer to “Primary Leader Clock”, “Leader Clocks” and “Follower Clocks” to describe the functions of each role more clearly.
- Support for macOS 11 Big Sur
For more information about new features, please see the Dante Controller release pages at audinate.com.
v4.2.5
Support for macOS 10.15.