Version 1.15 brings a feature most of you asked for: managing player settings remotely. Here’s what’s new.
Change player settings from anywhere
Until now, some settings lived only on the player itself. To change them, someone often had to be there in person.
Those settings are now in the web portal, so you can change them from wherever you are. You also see more about each player: its resolution, operating system, the local time on the device and other hardware details. That makes it easier to understand a screen without being in front of it.
Download progress in the web portal
When you publish new content, the blue bar at the top of the screen shows how far the download is. Now you can follow the same progress in the web portal, on the screen page.
Easier billing
If a payment fails for 14 days, the account is blocked until the invoice is paid. You can now update your credit card and pay unpaid invoices yourself, straight from the transaction history. As soon as nothing is unpaid, the account unblocks by itself. See billing.
A new login system
We’ve reworked user authentication, so we can manage users better and support logins from more platforms. Your users and passwords stay the same; passwords are stored hashed with bcrypt, never in plain text.
More in this release
- The Clock plugin can have a transparent face.
- Delete files from the library directly in the editor.
- When you create slides from images, you choose how the images are placed and pick a background colour.
- Media RSS loads in the background and starts as soon as the first item is ready.
What’s in version 1.15
- Changes to the Clock plugin: transparent face
- Billing: update the credit card
- Billing: start a payment from the transaction overview
- Library: delete files directly from the editor
- Library: settings for how images are placed when you create slides from them, and a background colour
- Added remote settings management for players
- Added more information about player hardware
- Added a download progress bar on the screen page
- Reworked user authentication
- Media RSS loads asynchronously
See every release since 2018 in the release notes.
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