Broadsign Control Player 12.1.x

This page lists the release notes for version 12.1.x of Broadsign Control Player.

Fixed

  • [CORE-14296] Fixed an issue where X fails to start on Ubuntu 16.04 when system date is different from last boot.
  • [CORE-9510] Fixed an issue that the Player runs on different TTY on Ubuntu 16.04.
  • [CORE-15361] Fixed an issue that may cause the Player to restart when using Time-based synchronization and transitions.

Fixed

  • [CORE-14737] Flickering filler between transition on slave players.
  • [CORE-14859] Creator video messages play black when transition is enabled.
  • [CORE-14008] Loop doesn't continue when crossfade runs and multi Ad Copy Bundle contains video shorter than campaign.
  • [CORE-14717] In preshow mode, No playback occurs when a "movie_on" is followed by a "preshow_active" message.

Changed

  • [CORE-14097] External pop no longer creates resolved incidents each time it fails consecutively.
  • [CORE-13648] Allow Chromium onscreen rendering.

Fixed

  • [CORE-13965] Nonplaying Conditional Multibundle Campaigns prevent Preemptibles from playing.
  • [CORE-13933] PreShow: Prevent clock skew adjustments from "start_preshow" to "end_preshow" commands.
  • [CORE-14034] BSP will only open one 10003 type incident for the first instance where "start_preshow_executed" message not received.
  • [CORE-13852] BSP doesn't append the player_id in monitor sync when there is no Last_modified attributes in the HTTP header response.

Changed

  • [CORE-14401] Creator and Publish creatives will be rendered in Chromium when user set the option.

Fixed

  • [CORE-13884]: Fix issue: BSP ignores Campaigns/Bundles with multiple conditions and multiple bundles in Preshow
  • [CORE-13612]: Fix issue: Broadsign Reach - Custom Geometry information not being sent to server
  • [CORE-13823]: Fix issue: "display_unit_id" not computed among Flash variables.

Fixed

  • [CORE-13847]: Apply Enforcing Monitor Orientation to secondary screens.

Fixed

  • [CORE-13530] BSA - "Export/Import addresses ..." feature trims Lat/Long point precision to 4 decimals on csv.
  • [CORE-13801] BSP sends truncated latitude, longitude coordinates to Broadsign Reach.
  • [CORE-13611] Impression formulas: New Automatic variables for HTML5.
  • [CORE-13609] Impression formulas: Audience Calculation Mode.

Fixed

  • [CORE-13712] Fixed an issue where synchronized loops are restarted after external trigger interruptions.
  • [CORE-13565] BSP will force renewal of serial port connection.

Fixed

  • [CORE-13218]: BSP: Preshow performances to be executed at BSP local time.
  • [CORE-13348]: Fix Events timing problem with BSP 12+.
  • [CORE-13491]: Fix Synchronized loop resume from where they left of after interruption by an external trigger.
  • [CORE-13450]: Include latest Android timezone database files in BSP 12+.
  • [CORE-13433]: BSP to compute correctly the "Last-Modified" header for web assets when foreign date/time format at OS.
  • [CORE-13347]: BSP to register click and touch events when using IE as browser.
  • [CORE-13323]: enable Chromium on screen rendering with BSP.

Fixed

  • [CORE-12963]: Flicker of previously played content between Video and HTML5 package on Windows.
  • [CORE-12872]: BSP fails to compute the "Last-Modified" header for Creator and External Ad Copies when OS locals change.
  • [CORE-13066]: Fixed RS232 commands on Display Unit do not execute during expected time-spans.
  • [CORE-13001]: Fixed BSP meta-data NOT to mention dependencies to bundled libraries.

Fixed

  • [CORE-13038] Fixed bug with image transition.
  • [CORE-12543] Fixed oversized fonts on ticker after BSP unexpected restart.
  • [CORE-12527] Fixed garbled fonts on ticker after BSP unexpected restart.

Fixed

  • [CORE-13065] Add advanced Chromium configuration to be able to ignore touch or mouse events.
  • [CORE-12926] BSP takes into account custom timezone on Display Unit when executing Preshow.

Fixed

  • [CORE-13022] Stabilize BSP's subscription to push notification services.

Added

  • [CORE-11908] Multi Quividi Support.

Fixed

  • [CORE-12451] Fixed issue where BSP crashes when playing .pls streams.
  • [CORE-12892] Re-plugged screen should resume when opening hours start on Linux.

Fixed

  • [CORE-12809] libgl1-mesa-glx 17.2.4-0ubuntu1~16.04.2 and libglapi-mesa 17.2.4-0ubuntu1~16.04.2 packages break BSP on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.
  • [CORE-12775] BSP package should not provide nor depend on its bundled libraries.
  • [CORE-12616] Image ad copies play black on Slave players with Network Trigger Synchronization.
  • [CORE-12580] Some HTTPS feeds fail to sync due to 3XX error code detected somehow by BSP.
  • [CORE-12401] Overbooking protection is not respected with multiple under-saturated Campaigns.
  • [CORE-12385] Fix ssl issue between qt and flash.

Fixed

  • [CORE-12556] Windows BSP upgrades will sometimes cause regeneration of local cert and player gets caught unregistered.
  • [CORE-9137] Flicker of previous played content in image/video/html to flash transitions in Linux.

Added

Fixed

  • [CORE-12241] Flicker of previously played image between video and html on windows
  • [CORE-12411] Screen is black after Fade-in/Fade-out transition to Flash on Linux
  • [CORE-12242] Screen is black during html playback after transition flash -> html on windows with chromium
  • [CORE-12262] Slave Player does not hold last frame
  • [CORE-12314] Polipo is not installed when dedicating a new player on Ubuntu 16.04
  • [CORE-11913] Application Ad Copy assets removed when threshold is reached
  • [CORE-12187] Manual trigger support on bundle randomization
  • [CORE-11517] MAC addresses Filter is saved on Local Machine
  • [CORE-12077] Flicker on image-flash transition on Ubuntu
  • [CORE-12209] BSP appends latlong variable to http/https URLs causing HTTP error: 400
  • [CORE-12000] New mount point for usb import
  • [CORE-10789] Slow Player API and Websockets errors
  • [CORE-12152] Slave Player displays a black screen with External Ad Copies and TCP Network Triggers
  • [CORE-11739] Exporting player packages between BroadSign Administrator version greater than Player version leaves player unregistered
  • [CORE-11669] External saturation read before clock skew correction
  • [CORE-11965] monitor_disk log reports %free instead of %full
  • [CORE-11815] Make end_preshow lead time configurable
  • [CORE-8500] HTTP Status of 204 is reported as a navigation error
  • [CORE-10572] Statistical Audience API: Sync URL vars
  • [CORE-11760] crash_reporter hangs if BSP crashes multiple times therefore delaying the restart of bsp.
  • [CORE-11672] Faster WebGL rendering with swiftshader
  • [CORE-11763] BSP is unresponsive while fetching all criteria from its domain
  • [CORE-10750] Uses and abuses of the /tmp partition by BSP
  • [CORE-11689] Add the loopback address to proxy bypass in chromium browser
  • [CORE-11680] Missing "libxss1" will cause BSP11.1+ to partially install on Ubuntu 12 and fail to report correct version
  • [CORE-10548] Frozen on last frame when using transitions when Campaign length is longer than External Ad Copy duration.
  • [CORE-11622] Cannot see available resources for player self registration
  • [CORE-11516] Fails to reboot upon screen reconnect after BSP is restarted while disconnected.
  • [CORE-11531] bspsh crashes upon player reboot if there is no screen connected.

  • [CORE-11252] Improved MAC address management for BSP

  • [CORE-11224] BSP does not take into account custom geometry when sending resolution to Broadsign Reach

  • [CORE-11444] Screen orientation/resolution not detected with primary display identifier on certain setups

  • [CORE-10298] HTTPS support on Creator playlist

  • [CORE-10855] Append Player ID to Emergency URLS

  • [CORE-10297] HTTPS support on Emergency URLs

  • [CORE-10944] HTML5 Package assets with old 'Last Accessed' timestamp will be removed prematurely when threshold is reached

  • [CORE-10873] Current_Loop Trigger on loop generation on the master for 3G Sync

  • [CORE-11036] Player API "show_loop" and "now_playing" will only return one Frame's content of a multi Frame Display Unit

  • [CORE-10899] Crossfade transitions between SWF and Ad Copies are inconsistent with Network Synchronization

  • [CORE-11228] Flicker on Video and Image Fade In / Fade Out transitions.

  • [CORE-10874] Manual Discovery for Slow connection Synchronization

  • [CORE-10872] Hold Frame behavior for Slow connection Synchronization

  • [CORE-11056] Create the new Trigger and update the Datagram Version for Slow connection Synchronization

  • [CORE-11194] Serv SSP over secure HTTP

  • [CORE-10871] Play_Then Trigger (Remote + trigger.exe) for Slow connection sync

  • [CORE-8919] Visually-squashed output after performing scheduled reboot

  • [CORE-10354] Chromium sandbox blocks timezone detection on Linux

  • [CORE-9811] PLS stream Ad Copy causes Unexpected Shutdowns

  • [CORE-10649] Loop Generator will execute and build next loop based on Campaigns (Schedules) active at Showtime

  • [CORE-10145] "poll_frequency" is not respected when system time is in the future and player is associated with a Config Profile allowing the player to set the system time.

  • [CORE-10119] HTML content flickers as it loads

  • [CORE-12464] Performance improvement in the video decoder

  • [CORE-11550] Inject lat/long in ad copy variables