Release Notes

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VERSION 3.1.0

Released on 8 Aug 2023

Google Drive plugin.
History for each slide edit.
Slide shuffling functionality.
Ability to schedule display on/off for each weekday separately (only devices with HDMI-CEC support)
Ability to share playlist to a team (previously only other users)
Better handling of ultra-high resolution images (previously was limited to 80 megapixels, or 9000x9000px images)
Optimisations for single slide playlists.

VERSION 3.0.8

Released on 5 Mar 2023

Weekday slide condition support.
Multi-level playlist in playlist plugin support (nested playlists).
HDMI / Video input plugin.
Background option for Video.
Ability to trigger next slide when sub-playlist completes it’s cycle.
Android uses webview to render website plugin instead of iframe.
Android supports website scripting.
Stream plugin supports also RTSP protocol on Android.

VERSION 2.6.0

Released on 18 October 2021

Support for Trial screens.
Google Drive support – you can now add files directly from your drive.
YouTube closed captions load without a refresh.
Bugfix for SVG files with a tint overlay on Android were not loading.
Slide-in animations now account for object’s stroke and shadow as well.
Optimized video playback for Raspberry PI devices.

VERSION 2.4.0

Released on 16 July 2021

New Twitter plugin launched.
An ARM variant of the player can now run natively on new Mac M1 chips.
Added new icon on playlists overview for assigned groups and schedules.
Added size option so users can resize without breaking an object’s aspect ratio.
Added additional weather data provider (weatherapi.com) to existing weatherbit.io.
Option to create analytics report in CSV in addition to the PDF one.
Functionality to set default slide/screen values on your profile page for further customization.

VERSION 2.1.0

Released on 20. March 2021

Added new RSS reader plugin.
Tizen TV’s now support safety lock (disable/enable remote) management from web portal.
Feature: Continue sub-playlist from previous slide.
Updated Windows/Linux/Mac application internal browser to latest Chrome 89 (Electron v12.0.0).

VERSION 1.21.x / 1.22.x

Released on 6 January 2021

Released Samsung Tizen based player software
New slide condition type: show a slide only during the time of day
New slide condition type: show a slide only on specific players
SVG files can be colored
The date/time plugin supports letter capitalization
Improved startup logic for Android players

VERSION 1.20.x

Released on 20 August 2020

Added tagging functionality
Multi-team membership support
Public API for tag management and screen commands
Improved weather plugin accuracy
Better alignment for date/time plugin
Italian, Portuguese and French translations in the web portal

VERSION 1.19.x

Released on 6 June 2020

Added Stream plugin
Extended counter plugin, added extra options to count up/down from the moment slide is shown
Added option to periodically refresh website plugin
Showing disc usage in player settings
Native ARM Linux AppImage player support (Raspberry PI)
Possible to add an individual audio file to play as the slide is shown
More efficient logging on Windows, Mac, and Linux apps
Timeline based scheduling
Giphy integration
Pixabay integration

VERSION 1.18.x

Released on 7. February 2020

The player starts with a dark loader to prevent white flash on screens
Possibility to set custom user agent for web plugin requests
Updated Windows/Linux/Mac application internal browser to latest Chrome 80 (Electron v8.0.0)
Mac application is notarized (Catalina will no longer display warning)
Added .ttf and .otf font support
Added .heic image file support (automatically converted to .jpg files)
Eyedropper to pick a color in the editor
If Windows registry editing is disabled and the user enables auto-launch, the player will send a warning to the user in the web portal
Dynamic UUID parameter in website plugin URL’s
Hebrew language option for weather plugin

VERSION 1.17.x

Released on 18. November 2019

Added support for German, Spanish, and Estonian language
Added support for CAPTIONS on youtube
Added Analytics (Proof of play)
Added support for Animated GIF
Added support for Changing names on slides

VERSION 1.16.x

Released on 18. September 2019

Added Two-Factor Authentication supporting multiple authenticators.
Added support for HTML snippets in Website plugin
Added new function to count-down plugin to be able to do count-up also
Added support for Player unique hardware ID with relation to better support

VERSION 1.15.x

Released on 01. August 2019

Changes to Clock plugin – Now possible to do transparent face
Changes to billing section – Now possible to update credit card
Changes to billing section – Initiate payment from transaction overview
Changes to the library – Delete files directly from the editor
Changes to the library – Create slides based on images now has settings for how to insert the images plus the choosing a background color
Added remote settings management for players
Added additional information about player hardware
Added player download progress bar in screens page
Reworked user authentication
MediaRSS now is loaded asynchronously and not called back before the first item is loaded

VERSION 1.14.x

Released on 07. May 2019

Added new plugin Instagram Photo
Added new plugin Instagram#
Added Royalty Free Image Library
Added feature Selecting multiple files
Added new plugin Random quote
Added feature iMove items from one folder to another
Added feature remote clearing cache on most players
Added support for new file formats (webp, bmp, excel formats (Microsoft, Apple, and OpenOffice formats), zip, and eps.)
Added support for Request Desktop Site in Android

VERSION 1.13.x

Released on 10. November 2018

Added support for Android native support
Added plugin, On this day
Added plugin, Quote of the day
Optimized counter and digital clock plugins
An added audio option for playlists

VERSION 1.12.x

Released on 1. November 2018

Added new plugin Facebook Photo
Incorrect hour calculation bug fixed in the counter widget
Added support for preloading twitter content
Fixed a bug where RSS load failure caused infinite retry loop
Made it possible to use native webview in Android devices
Extension webviews have allowed transparency enabled
Player now hides the previous slide if in sub-playlist and background is transparent
Fixed a bug where audio was not played if scheduled in a sequence of playlists
Disabled pinch zoom on electron
Fixed a bug where a scheduled sequence playlist had no matching slides, next playlist was not triggered
Possible to pause audio for some slides

VERSION 1.11.x

Released on 04. September 2018

Added new plugin count-down
Added new feature background music in a playlist
Added new feature guided tour for new users
Added a new function where a user can set the grid size

VERSION 1.10.x

Released on 07. August 2018

Added new plugin MediaRSS
Added new plugin RSS Ticker
Added support for Raspberry PI

VERSION 1.09.x

Released on 14. May 2018

Added new feature Screen Capture
Added design templates repository
Added design templates: Abstract, Company Presentation, Meet the teachers, Business, Hours and Meetings at the office
Added feature for cropping images
Added layering for ticker and video