Change Logs

• Added monitor control for PLANAR devices over serial cable [RS232] (IGS-127)

• Added support for offline indicator (ISCP-448)

• Added network control for Panasonic PT-RZ120 (ISCP-447)

• Allow persistent local storage in interactive browser (ISCP-442)
• Fixed LG RS232 control does not work for device ids greater than 9 (ISCP-439)
• Fixed files with “.jpeg” extension are not recognized as JPEGs (ISCP-434)
• Fixed spaces in allowed URLs field crash the player (ISCP-436)

• Upgraded CEF to 170.1.12 (ISCP-437)

• Fixed setting order algorithm to “one, ordered” has not effect (ISCP-438)

• Fixed white flash on web content load after a channel switch (ISCP-433)

• Added live stream support (ISCP-430)
• Added scaling option for screenshots (ISCP-431)
• Implemented sending system time zone (ISCP-428)
• Fixed unhandled exception when status log is updated (ISCP-429)
• Fixed content does not update when there is nothing to play (ISCP-427)
• Fixed special characters in media URLs are not handled properly (ISCP-432)

• Changed default server URL to https://igotchasignage.com (ISCP-424)
• Implemented remote control (ISCP-414)
• Implemented previous media action (ISCP-415)
• Added local WebSocket server for offline remote control (ISCP-420)
• Removed Flash support (ISCP-416)
• Renamed sequence attribute “observe_player_monitor” (ISCP-422)
• Fixed next media does not reset media timer when duration is unchanged (ISCP-413)
• Fixed next media does not always work when there are multiple frames (ISCP-417)
• Fixed content does not play or pauses when a media group is empty (ISCP-421)
• Fixed benign error in logs when trying to load an unchanged sequence file (ISCP-419)
• Fixed WebSocket randomly disconnects since 2.14.18.0 (ISCP-418)
• Fixed WebSocket is not reconnected immediately when switching player id (ISCP-353)
• Fixed manager sometimes crashes at midnight while rotating logs (ISCP-423)
• Fixed log related race conditions when settings panel is open (ISCP-367)
• Fixed interactive browser subframes should not be restricted to allowed URLs (ISCP-425)

• Fixed player may not restart automatically when crashed

• Implemented “Automatic turn on monitor if it turns off”
• Expose a next() method to web content

• Implemented real-time sequence status
• Improved RS-232 monitor control responsiveness
• Reduced delay for turning screen on/off according to opening hours
• Increased frequency of monitor status refreshes

• Logs are now automatically deleted after 30 days

• Fixed black screen after closing the interactive browser in some conditions
• Suppressed error messages when mediaGroup position attribute is missing

• Restrict interactive browser to allowed URLs

• Fixed browser does not time out when using proximity triggers
• Fixed browser is timing out when standing still in front of a proximity sensor
• Fixed browser should not open when no URL is configured

• Automatically append index.html to microsite path for triggers

• Added Nexmosphere IR sensor support
• Fixed screenshots are not sent when screen is black

• Added Samsung EX-LINK support

• Implemented “info” timer

==== 2.14.11.0

• Fixed team sync issue with priority deployments

• Proxy configuration is now based on system settings
• Fixed WebSocket issue with HTTP proxies
• Fixed HTTP proxy authentication issue

• Fixed team sync issue with media groups

• Fixed team sync issue with media groups
• Fixed crash when videowall attribute is missing

• Enable TLS 1.2 for WebSocket connection

• Fixed incorrect monitor resolution and cropped screenshots with display scaling

• Fixed browser does not reload when “browser digital signage after timeout” is off

• Fixed issue with Nexmophere X-Eye minimum distance zone

• Fixed various issues when “browser clean session on timeout” is enabled
• Fixed on-screen keyboard disappears when switching between fields

• Improved interactive session timeout overlay
• Added Nexmophere X-Eye support
• Fixed videos with audio not auto-playing in web content
• Disabled two-finger zoom gesture in web content
• Fixed spinner placement on multiple monitor setups
• Removed spinner shown when clearing IE cache

• Fixed numpad keys cannot be used to change channels

• Added display scaling support
• Fixed interactive browser does not get keyboard focus when touched

• Implemented conditional deployments

• Added ad type in proof of play reports (needed for V3 support)
• Added monitor control for Sony devices over the network using SSIP

• Added automatic secret token authentication mode (needed for V3 support)

• Fix cookies are not persisted when playing web content

• Implemented “Browser active in background” option to preload interactive browser web pages
• Added setting to enable Chrome DevTools
• Fixed black screen should be displayed when no content is scheduled
• Days of the week now roll over to the next day when deployment start time is after end time
• Improved on-screen keyboard
• Improved template and interactive browser performance
• Added user-friendly error messages when interactive web pages fail to load
• Disabled web security in Chromium to avoid cross-origin issues
• Screenshots are now cropped to the player window
• Removed IE cache clearing for interactive browsers
• Removed Skype automatic sign-in

• Fix fade-in animation may get stuck on slower computers

• Improved interactive browser loading time
• Added fade in/out when switching to interactive browser
• Enabled GPU acceleration for templates and interactive browser
• Added 4K video support in templates

• Added unique code for new players
• Added secret token for calls to server
• Fixed audio player not downloading mp3s
• Fixed manager logs resetting to the top
• Fixed chromium not playing webcam
• Made interactive kiosk refresh the webpage every so often when there isn't any digital signage content
• Added channel scheduling from CMS

• Changed keyboard to homemade one
• Various bug fixes
• Removed DirectX playback

• Can now play .exe content
• Fixed chromium spawning infinite browser subprocesses
• Removed player registration upon new player opened for the first time

• Can now drag the config menu around
• Player version now shown on the manager
• Player no longer restarts when content is changed
• TCP connection between manager and player no longer causes errors when multiple players are opened on the same computer
• Empty folders are deleted along with old content
• Errors and crashes aren't logged during closing hours

• Fixed interactive kiosk mode showing black every second time it went to ads
• Added milliseconds override for media length
• Fixed array out of bounds when syncing players with 2 pieces of content
• Added play media and go to next functions to websocket and tcp, respectively

• Changed Manager/Player communications to use TCP sockets instead of NamedPipes
• Interactive kiosk with Chromium
• Remade Manager's Config UI
• Changed references to config.xml to point to sequence.xml instead
  • Changed name of content.xml to sequence.xml
• Send player uptime logs to server
• Resolution resizes properly when a fraction of screens are unplugged/replugged
• Changed media override duration to accept float values
• Various bug fixes

• Reduced thread count growth

• Stabilized vlc, fixed black screens
• Optimized Sequence file to only check media files if Sequence file itself is different
• Fixed updater error popup
• Added media remote control feature
• Upgraded cefsharp (chromium browser) to latest version
• Better thread closing in Manager
• Added Sequence file overwrite if the current file is unreadable

• Changed status to get Lamar version from lamar.exe
• Upgraded VLCDotNet to newest version

• Added file caching of 10s for VLC
• Fixed picture flashing black when 1 content is deployed and 1 is scheduled for the future
• Added faster picturebox loading – only unloads if not playing sequentially
• Added event trigger for VLC errors, restarts VLC and goes to next content
• Added cache for Chromium IndexedDB
• Added VLC to video display mode in express status
• Changed lamar version to fetch from registry
• Changed update method to work for signage or lamar (and scalable for future projects)
• Fixed download at specific time
• Added restart at specific time

• Fixed video freeze timer issue
• Cleaned up monitor status logs on manager
• Fixed placement of lastTimeVerifiedIfPlayListChanged

• Fixed chromium browser frames not loading properly
• Added GDS monitoring
• Added stream fallback PNG if stream is unreachable
• Added cef_extensions.pak for extra chromium browser support
• Added explicit Dispose for NAudio
• Fixed missing CurrentlyPlayingAdId.txt causing screenshots not to be taken
• Fixed memory leak from screenshots
• Added Lamar version check in express status (if present)
• Fixed status thread hanging when manager was launched without player
• Cleaned debug logs

• Chromium browser
• Streaming fix
• ApplicationUpdater updated

• Fixed ApplicationUpdater so it always runs silently without popups
• Removed XMLRPC server who's sole purpose was to get some public variables from the player. Changed to NamedPipeClient
• Fixed sync so that future-dated content doesn't pop up in current playlists

• Fixed null sequence error in mediagroup init() caused by calling First() on an empty linq
• Fixed NamedPipe for audio changes
• ApplicationUpdater now opens silently
• Fixed VLC player playing black when ChangeLayout is called

• Fixed timer bug in PlayArea that skipped the first video in a mediagroup when syncing
• Cleaned logs

• Fixed generate weighted queue working with play x more times
• Halved size of libvlc folder

• VLC player added
• New ApplicationUpdater added
• Priority deployments past midnight fixed
• Doesn't dispose of VLC player between playing two videos (faster load time)

• Sync functionality working with media group
• Fixed currently playing ad id not displaying under screenshot
• ffplay flashing is lessened, but still present

• Proxy only used to download files
• Removed logs from player sync
• Tweaked redownload attempt, flag is now raised once
• Proxy connection check fixes
• More logging in catch blocks on player
• Player now remembers the PIDs of ffplay processes its spawned, and kills only its own
• Limited redownload attempts on new and updated files, flag is raised on server after too many attempts

• Fixed proxy fallback working properly – currently checks NBC's ip, need to make dynamic
• Added proxy server checkbox to config file
• Added fix for xml file not loading google sheets url properly (synced from 2.12.5.4)
• Fixed NamedPipeClient between manager and player; player now spawns n+1 PipeServerStreams, where n is the number of currently connected PipeClients

• Fixed ffplay detaching issue - ffplay now attaches properly and can be used
• Added working proxy fallback
• Added null check block to status

• Non-Chromium template version
• Fixed template caching - now the browser deletes its files properly

• Fix timers when one file is played.