Broadsign Control Player 13.0.x

This page lists the release notes for version 13.0.x of Broadsign Control Player.

Fixed

  • [CORE-14321] Fixed an issue that causes the Player to restart when loading a large amount of resources.

  • [CORE-14380] Fixed an issue that the Campaign ID reported in External Proof-of-Play is 0 if the Campaign is no longer targeting the Display Unit when the Proof-of-Play is sent.

  • [CORE-14492] Fixed an issue that causes some undersaturated Pre-emptible Campaigns to not play.

Improved

  • [CORE-14390] Fixed playback flicker between Web Redirect and Video Ad Copies on Windows when not using transitions.

Fixed

  • [CORE-15792] Fixed an issue that Pre-emptible Campaigns generate AdRequests regardless of whether they actually play in the loop. Now AdRequests are generated only if the Pre-emptible Campaigns will play.

Fixed

  • [CORE-15635] Fixed an issue where HTTPS objects are not cached.
  • [CORE-14050] Fixed an issue where External Ad Copies do not trigger Campaigns when used as fillers.
  • [CORE-15111] Fixed an issue where Ad Copies get re-downloaded when triggered by an External Ad Copy.

Fixed

  • [CORE-15378] Fixed an issue where incorrect frame resolution is displayed in Broadsign Object
  • [CORE-15471] Fixed an issue where negative 1/2 hour timezone offset is incorrectly interpreted by showtimes XML file.
  • [CORE-15522] Fixed a HTML package rendering issue when transitions are enabled.
  • [CORE-14914] Fixed an issue where Reach creatives are not expired properly.
  • [CORE-14859] Fixed a playback issue when Creator creative and transitions are used.
  • [CORE-15554] Fixed an issue where Broadsign Variables are not computed with Web Redirect Ad Copy.
  • [CORE-14717] Fixed an issue where playback does not occur when a “movie_on” is followed by “preshow_active”.
  • [CORE-15552] Fixed a Player hang when a discarded HTML5 Ad Copy is followed by Publish or Creator Ad Copy with no creative.
  • [CORE-14034] Fixed an issue where the Player only opens one 10003 type incident for the first “start_preshow_executed” message.
  • [CORE-14861] Fixed a playback issue when playing HTML package, Publish or Creator Ad Copy continuously with transitions.

Added

  • [CORE-14568] New Broadsign Reach Features
    • Support for HTML5 Creatives
    • Limit Deal IDs for a Reach Ad Copy. To use the feature, edit an Ad Copy and enter comma separated Deal IDs.

Fixed

  • [CORE-15211] Player no longer ignores the --disable-pinch chromium flag
  • [CORE-14296] Fixed an issue where X fails to start on Ubuntu 16.04 when system date is different from last boot.

Improved

  • [CORE-14923] Performance improvements for Chromium on Linux

Changed

  • [CORE-14914] Broadsign Reach creatives expire if they are not played in the Loop where they win the bids.

Added

Changed

  • [CORE-14627] Undersaturated Campaigns that play less than once per hour will get a random loop offset

Improved

  • [CORE-14052] Broadsign Control Live: Support simultaneous screenshot requests from multiple users.

Fixed

  • [CORE-13852] Fixed an issue where the Player does not append the player_id in monitor sync when last_modified is not present in the HTTP response.
  • [CORE-13965] Fixed an issue that non-playing Conditional Multi-bundle Campaigns prevent Pre-emptible Campaigns from playing
  • [CORE-14008] Fixed an issue that a Loop does not continue to play when using crossfade with multi-ad copy bundles containing videos shorter than the campaign duration.

Changed

  • [CORE-14401] Chromium will be used to display Broadsign Publish and Broadsign Creator when selected in configuration profile.
  • [CORE-13933] Clock skew will no longer happen between start_preshow and end_preshow commands.

Improved

  • [CORE-13688] Playback quality enhancement when using Video API.

Added

Changed

  • [CORE-14097] External POP no longer creates resolved incidents upon each failure.
  • [CORE-13890] New icon for BSP self-registration window.
  • [CORE-13712] A synchronized playback loop is no longer restarted after external trigger interruption.
  • [CORE-13609] Impression formulas: Audience Calculation Mode
    • The values in the audience CSV represent impressions per hour instead of per play.
  • [CORE-6778] BSP reports milliseconds in Proof of Play data instead of seconds.
  • [CORE-1972] Better error message in db_log_sink when partial file size doesn't match file size.

Improved

  • [CORE-13960] Optimized Broadsign Reach configuration for better win rates.
  • [CORE-13922] Improved video playback quality on Ubuntu 16.04 64bit system.
  • [CORE-13897] Reduced Broadsign Live add-on bandwidth consumption.
  • [CORE-13565] Improved stability of serial port connection by forced renewal.
  • [CORE-13323] Enhanced Performance when using Chromium browser.
  • [CORE-12464] Improved general video decode performance.

Fixed

  • [CORE-14007] Fixed a frozen last frame issue when using External Ad Copy with Time-Based Sync, transition and the Campaign length is longer than the Ad Copy duration.
  • [CORE-13984] Fixed BSP deadlock when using multiple frames video sync on Windows 10.
  • [CORE-13964] Fixed an issue that causes potential resource bandwidth loss.
  • [CORE-13905] Fixed an issue where BSP fails to update polipo proxy for newer Linux versions.
  • [CORE-13847] Fixed an issue where Enforcing Monitor Orientation does not apply to secondary screens.
  • [CORE-13801] Fixed truncated latitude, longitude coordinates sent to Broadsign Reach by BSP.
  • [CORE-13700] Fixed a hang caused by multi-frame fade-in / fade-out transition on Windows.
  • [CORE-13456] Fixed a black screen caused by flash to HTML playback.
  • [CORE-13433] Fixed an issue where BSP fails to compute the “Last-Modified” for Creator and External Ad Copies if unrecognized date/time format at OS.
  • [CORE-13348] Fixed an Event timing issue.
  • [CORE-13347] Fixed click - touch events registering issue when using IE.
  • [CORE-13286] Fixed a BSP hang when playing html-video-overlay content after regular video content in portrait orientation mode.
  • [CORE-13066] Fixed Device Controls on Display Unit do not execute during expected timespans.
  • [CORE-13065] Fixed Chromium touch events coordinates when using Orientation.
  • [CORE-13046] Fixed self-registration window so it appears in front of BSP on Windows.
  • [CORE-13038] Fixed Image transitions.
  • [CORE-12963] Fixed a flicker of previously played content between Video and HTML5 package on Windows.
  • [CORE-12809] Fixed BSP dependencies on Ubuntu 16.04.
  • [CORE-12616] Fixed an issue where image ad copies play black on Slave players with Network Trigger Synchronization.
  • [CORE-12612] Fixed a Broadsign Reach playback issue when loop has Undersaturated Campaigns.
  • [CORE-12580] Fixed a failure of HTTP feeds sync due to 3XX error codes.
  • [CORE-12543] Fixed oversized fonts on ticker after BSP unexpected restart.
  • [CORE-12527] Fixed garbled fonts on ticker after BSP unexpected restart.
  • [CORE-12451] Fixed a BSP crash when playing .pls streams.
  • [CORE-11477] Fixed an issue where audio is cut for every 2nd video with Crossfade Transition.
  • [CORE-8739] Fixed a playback flicker of previous played content in image/video/html to flash transitions in Linux.