Broadsign Control Player 13.1.x

Fixed

• [CORE-18337] Fixed an issue that restarts the Player when it is processing a large amount of data and is considered non-responsive.
• [CORE-18579] Fixed a Slave Player crash when using video synchronization with audio.

Improved

• [CORE-18355] We improved the logging for the Player API. Now remote_action calls are logged to the Player log.

Fixed

• [CORE-18255] Fixed an issue that can cause Emergency Message to flicker after each update.
• [CORE-18085] Fixed a bug that the Player is unable to get location when using Windows 10 Location Service.

Fixed

• [CORE-17912] Fixed a bug that causes the Player to send incorrect width, height, and display_time in Broadsign Reach AdRequests.

Fixed

• [CORE-17623] Fixed a crash caused by disabling the Incident monitor while Broadsign Reach is enabled.
• [CORE-17783] Fixed a bug that RS232 com_port with numbers above 10 not working in Windows.

Improved

• [CORE-14085] We added additional logs for Ad Copy Commands.

Fixed

• [CORE-17734] Fixed a bug that causes Emergency Message URLs not ending in .html to not be parsed properly.

Fixed

• [CORE-17366] Fixed a bug that interrupted HTML Package generates playback stats.
• [CORE-17453] Fixed a display issue that Custom Geometry with Window Decorations disabled on Windows still displays a gray border.

Fixed

• [CORE-16452] Fixed a bug that causes black frames to appear when connecting / disconnecting a USB to the Player.
• [CORE-17194] Fixed an issue that the Player will send invalid Broadsign Reach requests when demographic breakdown is not filled out on Broadsign Direct.
• [CORE-17222] Fixed a bug where OS localisation that uses comma decimal separators prevents the Player from sending AdRequests with correctly formatted Audience Data.
• [CORE-17225] Fixed a bug that causes the Player to send incorrect resolution in the Broadsign Reach requests.

Fixed

• [CORE-17052] Fixed an error where comma decimal separator prevents the Player from sending AdRequests.

Fixed

• [CORE-17018] Fixed an issue that causes Chromium cache to be cleared when the Player reboots or the Player application restarts.

Fixed

• [CORE-17006] Fixed an issue where a Broadsign Reach AdRequest from the Player uses uncorrected system time.
• [CORE-16759] Fixed a bug that the Player does not respect the trigger duration.
• [CORE-16871] Fixed an issue that causes Bundles in a multi-frame setup to not react to triggers properly.
• [CORE-16875] Fixed incorrect log file names when being rotated.
• [CORE-16877] Fixed an issue that prevents Proof-of-Play to be sent when using Broadsign Reach.
• [CORE-16942] Fixed an issue that may cause the Player to send Proof-of-Play before the playback of the Broadsign Reach Ad Copy is completed.

Fixed

• [CORE-16337] Fixed an issue that causes intermittent black screen with Hardware Acceleration enabled.
• [CORE-16860] Fixed an RS-232 failure with the "Could not interpret device opcode, no current interpreter" warning.

Fixed

• [CORE-16663] Fixed an issue that prevents BroadSignObject from being propagated.
• [CORE-16606] Fixed an issue that Broadsign Control Live synchronization is not working with Players on Custom Timezone.
• [CORE-16708] Fixed an issue that may cause the Players to freeze when starting up.

Fixed

• [CORE-16573] Fixed an issue that causes the Player to delete and re-download FTP synchronization files on each refresh period.
• [CORE-15323] Fixed an issue with SmartFeed on Windows. Now it works whether Remote Action option "Accept connections only from localhost" is selected or not.

Improved

• [CORE-15233] Improvements to Broadsign Reach.
  • We added Just-in-Time bidding in this version. The Player will send AdRequests to Broadsign Reach before the scheduled Reach Ad Copy, instead of at the beginning of the Loop.
    • This is the default bidding mode for Configuration Profiles 13.1.6 and up.
  • To use this feature, install Broadsign Control Administrator 13.1.6 or higher. Create or clone the Player’s Configuration Profile on version 13.1.6, navigate to Add-ons > Reach, select “Just in time” from the “Acquire winning deals” drop-down menu.
    • Please note that Just-in-time bidding is not compatible with Broadsign Control Live Synchronization.
  • Added an option to send Audience data to Broadsign Reach in AdRequests. See the [CORE-15273] Real Time Audience API section below.
  • We squashed some bugs that affect the playback quality of Reach Ad Copy.

Added

• [CORE-15273] Real Time Audience API.
  • We added Real Time Audience API support in this version. The Player will call the Audience API before the anticipated Ad Copy slot.
  • To use this feature, install Broadsign Control Administrator 13.1.6 or higher. Create or clone the Player’s Configuration Profile on version 13.1.6, navigate to Integrations > Audience, select “Use Real-Time Audience API”.
  • The Quividi AVA tab has been merged into the Audience tab as an Audience Source option. See Real-Time Audience with Quividi AVA.
  • Added an option to send Audience data to Broadsign Reach in AdRequests.
  • Added an option to include Audience data in Broadsign Control Campaign Performance Report.
  • Content Variables will also use this as a data source if enabled.

Fixed

• [CORE-16275] Fixed a bug that prevents the Player to rescale after losing/recovering the monitor signal when using Custom Geometry.
• [CORE-16342] Fixed a bug that causes playback to halt when using Multiframe, Triggers and OpenGL.

Removed

• [CORE-15270] The Intel AIM integration has been removed in this version.

Known Issues

• [CORE-16573] The Player re-downloads FTP synchronization files on each refresh period.

Added

• [CORE-15517] Option to append frame_id for HTML product.

  • To use this feature, install Control Player 13.1.4 or higher. Create or clone the Player’s Configuration Profile on version 13.1.4, navigate to Products -> HTML, check “Append Frame Id”. For more information, see HTML Content.

Fixed

• [CORE-16136] Fixed an issue that causes Application Ad Copies to render black on screen.

• [CORE-15927] Fixed an issue that causes Chromium to stop responding to touch events.

• [CORE-15897] Fixed an issue that causes maximum poll limit to restrict Broadsign Live Poll.

• [CORE-14390] Fixed a flicker on Windows between Web Redirect and Video playback.

• [CORE-14380] Fixed an issue where the Player sends “0” as the Campaign ID in External POP reporting if the Display Unit is no longer targeted at the time of reporting.

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

Fixed

• [CORE-15988] Fixed an issue that causes Timezone to be incorrect after Timezone is updated.
• [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.
• [CORE-15635] Fixed an issue where HTTPS objects are not cached when using Chromium.
• [CORE-15554] Fixed an issue where Broadsign Variables are not computed with Web Redirect Ad Copy.
• [CORE-15543] Fixed an issue where the Player sends incorrect resolution to Broadsign Reach when using rotation.
• [CORE-15552] Fixed a Player hang when a discarded HTML5 Ad Copy is followed by Broadsign Publish or Broadsign Creator Ad Copy with no creative.
• [CORE-15522] Fixed a HTML package rendering issue when transitions are enabled.
• [CORE-15471] Fixed an issue that Preshow negative 1/2 hour offset is incorrectly interpreted by showtimes XML file.
• [CORE-15378] Fixed an issue where incorrect frame resolution is displayed in Broadsign Object.
• [CORE-15111] Fixed an issue where Ad Copies get re-downloaded when triggered by an External Ad Copy.
• [CORE-14914] Fixed an issue where Broadsign Reach creatives are not expired properly.
• [CORE-14861] Fixed a playback issue when playing HTML package, Broadsign Publish or Broadsign Creator Ad Copy continuously with transitions.
• [CORE-14859] Fixed a playback issue when Broadsign Creator creative and transitions are used.
• [CORE-15361] Fixed an issue that may cause the Player to restart when using Time-based synchronization and transitions.
• [CORE-14717] Fixed an issue where playback does not occur when a “movie_on” is followed by “preshow_active”.
• [CORE-14492] Fixed an issue that causes some undersaturated Pre-emptible Campaigns to not play.
• [CORE-14050] Fixed an issue where External Ad Copies do not trigger Campaigns when used as fillers.
• [CORE-14034] Fixed an issue where the Player only opens one 10003 type incident for the first “start_preshow_executed” message.
• [CORE-9510] Fixed an issue with Ubuntu 16.04 that the Player runs on a different tty.

Known Issues

• [CORE-16573] The Player re-downloads FTP synchronization files on each refresh period.

Note: Fixes included in versions 13.0.8, 13.0.10, 13.0.11, and 12.1.23 are not released with 13.1.0. Please upgrade to the next 13.1 maintenance release.

Added

• [CORE-14568] New Broadsign Reach features
  • Support for HTML5 Creatives
  • Limit Deal IDs for a Broadsign Reach Ad Copy. To use the feature, edit an Ad Copy and enter comma-separated Deal IDs.
  • See Broadsign Reach
• [CORE-14751] Broadsign Control Live OpenApi: added “trigger” and “condition” actions
  • To enable Broadsign Control Live, see Broadsign Control Live
  • To send Live requests using OpenApi, see Broadsign OpenApi: push_request
  • For condition parameters, see the USE JSON section of Conditions Action
  • For trigger parameters, see the USE JSON section of Triggers Action
• [CORE-14921] New Skip Next command action
  • See Skip Next Command Action
• [CORE-13920] Support for Ubuntu 18.04 64bit
  • See Install the Player on Linux

Changed

• [CORE-14914] Broadsign Reach creatives expire if they are not played in the Loop where they win the bids.
• [CORE-14627] Undersaturated Campaigns that play less than once per hour will get a random loop offset.
• [CORE-14401] Chromium will be used to display Broadsign Publish, Broadsign Creator and Emergency Messages when selected in configuration profile.
  • See The Emergency Tab
• [CORE-13933] Clock skew will no longer happen between start_preshow and end_preshow commands.

Fixed

• [CORE-15642] Fixed an issue that a Slave Player keeps sending not-ready after re-downloading Broadsign Reach creatives.
• [CORE-15626] Fixed an issue that may cause videos to go black after transition, in a Synchronization setup.
• [CORE-15601] Fixed incorrect impressions with Dwell Audience calculation.
• [CORE-15466] Fixed an issue that causes Emergency Message to not display when appending player ID.
• [CORE-15330] Fixed a format with Real-Time POP timestamp.
• [CORE-15122] Fixed a problem that Emergency Message only plays on half of the screen with enforced orientation.
• [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.
• [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.

Improved

• [CORE-14923] Performance improvements for Chromium on Linux
• [CORE-14052] Broadsign Control Live: Support simultaneous screenshot requests from multiple users.
• [CORE-13688] Playback quality enhancement when using Video API.