New additions
New- Android media software application support for Android 8 to 12- A latest version of our Android media player software application has been launched. This new version supports devices running on Android 8 to Android 12. This new Android application contains support for new features shown below and can be found in the Network/Download section
New- Seamless Playback for Android 8 and above-Seamless playback allows media to be played without any breaks in playback, usually seen by a black frame shown before each image or video. This new improvement enhances the smooth playback of images and especially video
New- Windows application support for Windows 11- We have launched a new Windows media player application that now supports Windows 11. This new application also supports new media feature listed below and can be found in the Network/Download section.
New - Support for Microsoft Power BI reports- A new Power BI widget has been added for use in Layouts. This new widget allows user to add reports that have been created in their Microsoft Power Bi Account and play them on a digital signage screen. How to set up this new Microsoft BI widget can be found here
New- Support for Microsoft Word and PDF files-Microsoft Word and PDF documents can now be added in to the Media section and played on compatible devices running the latest Android* or Windows player software. (*Android version 8+ required). "Office Documents" has been added in the Upload section.
New-Media Player software application updates-New versions of our Android player have been released. Android version 5 to 7 are supported with one software application version with. second version supporting Android 8 to Android 12.
New- User interface change- The upload section for uploading new media, that can be access on the top menus bar by pressing the + button has been changed. New titles have been added for "Image/Video, Website, Office Documents and Widget for media that can be added to the Media section.
New- Player Uptime and ~Downtime report added for Android 8+- Android media players can now store the time that the media hardware was switched on and switched off. This time can be reported in the Reports section with a new report called " Player Up/Down time" This report will display the dates and times the media player was switched On or Off and calculate its duration.
New-Soft reset for Android 8+ added- Android media players can now be "Soft reset". This software reset will send a command to the media player software running on supported Android 8+ media player hardware and action a stop and restart of the media player application that is running. This will not provide a hard reset of the hardware.
Fixes
Playlist media remained in a Playlist-Media that was added to a playlist save automatically when exiting the Playlist section and not hitting Publish. This resulted on media remaining in the Playlist when it should have been removed on exit. Fixed
Duplicate name in the Media section- Media with the duplicate names could be added to the playlist. This is no longer possible- Fixed
URL website or HTML page not updated on the media player when changed in the Layout- When adding a new webpage URL or HTML page into a Layout and saving the Layout, the media player software did not receive the change and would continue to play the old URL website to HTML page. Fixed
Excel reports showing in the Media list when creating a new ~Report. When creating a new Proof of Play report in the Reports section, the list of media that is shown in the left list showed saved Excel Proof of Play reports as well as other media. Existing Proof of Play reports cannot be reported on and for user who use the Proof of Play reporting and store reports in the Media Reports folder, this created confusion and extend the list of media to choose from, with Excel reports that could not be selected. Fixed
Minor fixes
Scheduling error that may occur in some instances- Fixed
Search did not look inside media folders when searching- Fixed
Scheduled reports were not being emailed to some clients-Fixed
Portrait image sizes of 3840 x 2160 did not upload into the media section-Fixed