RetailPlayer Firmware V6.5.0
Release Notes
This document describes the Change Log of the V6.5.0 of the RetailPlayer Firmware
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Change Log
New Features
Advanced Scheduling:
advanced triggers with multiple types of repetitions: single, weekly, monthly
advanced triggers allow setting the number of times that a trigger will execute, and the execution interval
advanced triggers may be restricted to execute only within a start and end date
asset rotation bundles: group multiple assets and define round-robin order of playback, for each time an asset is played
advanced triggers may control the playback main volume
Asset Management:
ability to disable individual assets. these assets will not play
asset custom gain: each asset may be played with individual custom gain
queue assets for sequential playback if triggered while an asset is playing
active asset and queue may be flushed/stopped from the portal
Security & Other:
refuse installation of ancient firmware updates
refuse installation of incompatible firmware updates
HTTP/HTTPS streams with basic authentication
smart timeout: optimize usage of the available buffer to increase resilience to drops in network connectivity
the main volume of the device is now set with a soft ramp
fade in and out in opening hours (activation schedule)
RTP Forwarding:
RTP forwarding (BETA): forward the playing audio to an RTP stream with 16bit PCM, stereo, 44.1kHz
Changes/Improvements
Fallback Tracks:
playback of fallback tracks is not interrupted during download of tracks, unless a file is modified while playing
start playing fallback tracks as soon as at least one track is available
automatically reload fallback tracks as they are downloaded, without interrupting playback
Operation & Maintenance:
Device will also update automatically if instructed to during the initial 10 minutes of operation
Improved clarity of help messages and UI guidance
enable compression of internal logs
improved relevance and retention of logs
When the portal URL is changed from the web interface, clear the device settings (soft-reset)
remove avahi related information from web interface (service not required on RetailPlayer)
include asset related information in diagnostics
Removed Stand-Alone Mode operation
Other:
do not download assets from the portal if portal connection is down
added information about third party software and open-source licenses
timeout is more permissive while opening http streams
wait longer to retry opening a stream if the format is unknown/unsupported
URL scheme is now case-insensitive
Assets part of Cue Sets will play regardless of enable/disable state of asset.
stability and performance improvements
Fixes
sometimes the device would try play fallback tracks after they were deleted
improved buffering of RTP based streans
in some rare circumstances the player could freeze and require a reboot to recover, during the playback of fallback tracks
LEDs had un-consistent behavior in M400 model
player crashed when opening broken mpeg streams whose initial audio packet had a different format from the rest of the stream
in some rare circumstances the device could freeze, if the connection to a stream was lost while the buffer was completely full
streams with zero-length packets could cause a freeze of the playback
memory leak whenever a timeout occurred while opening a stream
memory leak whenever the websocket connection failed to establish
potential crash if a URL ending with ".m3u" contained an actual stream
sometimes, newly registered devices would keep the local UI active after connecting to the portal, even if the portal setting was "disabled"
Known Limitations / Issues
Ethernet interface must be kept in DHCP mode to allow Wireless LAN operation
WLAN interface is not identified by Discovery Tool
Deployment
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