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• BCN-15081: Added the Ethernet IP address to the confirmation screen when a player is set up for Local Network and has IP addresses for both WiFi and Ethernet. Previously, the confirmation screen would only show the WiFi IP address.

• BCN-15944: For security reasons, BSN.cloud has been removed as an option for on-player (on-device) Setups. The options for on-Player (on-device) Setup are now Standalone, Local Network, and Web Folder (formerly Simple File Networking).

9.0.120 (Nov 16, 2023)

New Feature(s)

• OS-13111: (Series 5) Added support for CEA-608/708 closed captions and DVB subtitles.

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• BCN-14806: Cleaned up supervisor REST API logging to make it easier to find important information.

• BCN-15073: Updated the local and remote DWS to include more detailed EDID information (DWS > Video > EDID Information).

• BCN-15193: Updated the layout of the local DWS.

• BCN-15244: Added the ability for the user to select the desired debug logging level (DWS > Advanced > BrightSignOS Logs).

• BCN-15316: Fixed a regression in which the Chromium debugging section was not being displayed on the DWS Diagnostics screen.

9.0.110.1 (Oct 24, 2023)

Bug Fixes

• OS-16207: (Series 5) Fixed an issue where the splash screen doesn't display when booted without storage.

• OS-16246: (General) Updated bs-remote-dws to v1.16.1 to fix a text validation issue where an error would occur even if valid text was entered.

• OS-15973: (HD5, XD5, LS5) Fixed a graphics redraw crash with roTextWidget, roImageWidget and roCanvasWidget.

9.0.110 (Oct 09, 2023)

Improvements

• OS-14316: Updated Wayland to 1.22.

• OS-14658: (XD5) Added support for AES decryption of audio and video.

• OS-15628: (Series 5) Added support for low-latency mode (note that control over latency will be added in the future) of live UDP/RTP multicast streams.

• OS-15636: (Series 5) Added support for HdmiAudioDisable.

• OS-15988: (General) Added “tun0” network interface to network configuration.

• OS-15992: (LS5) Added check to ensure that HDCP1.4 authentication is disabled by default on HDMI output.

• OS-16023: (Series 5) Added support for ffmpeg CEA-608 service selection.

• OS-16036: (HD5, XD5) Removed the player count restriction to support CMS partners who use multiple players for gapless playback. When two video players are playing simultaneously, the second player will go through the GPU. When the first video is stopped, the second video will cease going through the GPU. Note that 4K videos that go through the GPU may be less performant.

• OS-16037: Improved PlayStaticImage efficiency.

• OS-16084: (XT5) Updated libmali to latest version for Wayland 1.22 compatibility.

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• BCN-9959: Enabled access to a player’s registry via the remote and local DWS.

• BCN-14781: Added support for the upload and download of binary (non-text) files through the rDWS. This release specifically adds support for files of type ‘application/octet-stream’.

• BCN-15068: Created new supervisor APIs for setting Telnet and SSH password values.

9.0.101 (Aug 25, 2023)

New Features

Support for Compressed Audio Output

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• BCN-14338: Added support for connecting USB modems through a USB700 hub.

• BCN-14781: Added support for the upload and download of binary (non-text) files through the rDWS.

• BCN-14773, BCN-14458: Added OS support to prevent unintentional password reset by the rDWS.

9.0.75 (Jun 28, 2023)

Improvements

• OS-15063: (General) Added preliminary support for PTP timestamping with Intel 9260 WiFi cards.

• OS-15385: (XT5) Added support for video playback without GPU.

• OS-15396: Added support for opacity on ticker widgets.

• OS-15420: (Series 5) Added support for adaptive bitrate switching with HLS.

• OS-15421: (Series 5) Fixed an issue related to HLS adaptive bitrate where a change in the decoded video size would result in a playback failure.

• OS-15427: (LS5) Added support for IR input/output or serial via USB-C.

• OS-15449: (Series 5) Fixed an issue where video playback is not smooth when the video resolution changes.

• OS-15462: (XC5/XD5/HD5) Added the ability to configure the IR transmit carrier frequency.

• OS-15469: (XT5) Fixed an issue with HDMI input in which video playback would not restart if the cable is removed and reinserted.

• OS-15475 / OS-15489: (LS5/HS5) Modified the long-press behavior of the RST button to help prevent a hard reset of the player when the user is intending to perform a factory reset.

• OS-15476: (Series 5) Prevent fallback from hardware decode to software decode.

• OS-15477, OS-15450: (HS5/LS5) Improved Ethernet configuration in the bootloader.

• OS-15482: (Series 5) Improve HLS codec support and improve parsing of HEVC codecs.

• OS-15490: (Series 5) Added a fix to prevent a long Reset press from putting board to sleep.

• OS-15505: (XC5/XT5/XD5/HD5/LS5/HS5) Standardized naming convention for RTL8152 based USB Ethernet devices.

• OS-15508: Upgraded DWS to version 1.9.0 (added option to format USB, SSD; added support for formatting unmounted/unformatted USB and SSD; fixed missing Snapshots and Video tab on LS445; fixed missing video mode information on INFO tab for LS445).

• OS-15524: Reduced stream probe time for faster startup.

• OS-15529: Improved streaming experience by reducing the timeout to 6 seconds for a media-ended event due to a stream stopping. Network timeout now generates mediaend event.

• OS-15547: Set the minimum permitted firmware version on LS5/HS5 to 9.0.75 (OS) and 9.0.74 (rescue).

Bug Fixes

• OS-15124: (XC5/XT5/XD5/HD5/LS5/HS5) Fixed an issue where videos would stop playing after a number of hours by improving memory allocation handling.

• OS-15158: (XC5/XT5/XD5/HD5/LS5/HS5) Updated the kernel driver to avoid intermittent memory corruption. Upgraded GL graphics library.

• OS-15403 / OS-15456: (XC5) Fixed an issue where enabling graphics upscaling prevented dual video playback on any HDMI output. Failures were exhibited at 4K and higher because graphics upscaling is turn on by default starting at 4K.

• OS-15430: (XC5/XT5/XD5/HD5/LS5/HS5) Fixed issue with mouse button event handling.

• OS-15520: (LS5/HS5) Fixed an issue where the power supply was not configured properly.

• OS-15521: (Series 5) Fixed an issue related to HLS in which errors would result when master and variant streams are on different servers.

• OS-15534: (Series 5) Fixed an issue with HLS playback related to a parsing error involving an extraneous space separating two codecs.

• OS-15548: Fixed an issue with playback of a single-segment HLS stream.

• OS-15550: Fixed a memory corruption issue by aligning internal buffers for hardware acceleration.

9.0.67 (May 26, 2023)

Improvements

• OS-14756: (XT5) Fixed an issue where HDMI playback would result in excessive TMDS warnings.

• OS-14954: (Series 5) Updated the bootloader.

• OS-15260, OS-15280: (XT5/XD5/HD5/LS5) Added support for HDR playback.

• OS-15269: (Series 5) Enabled AC3 audio support.

• OS-15273: CEC: Optimized reporting order of physical addresses.

• OS-15282, OS-15283: Enabled the hardware random number generator to support encrypted storage.

• OS-15285: (LS5) Enabled PoE state reporting on latest hardware revisions.

• OS-15320: (HS5) Enabled IR support.

• OS-15339: (LS5/HS5) Improved system reliability at low temperatures.

• OS-15349: (Series 5) Improved behavior of factory reset by updating rescue image.

• OS-15401: Updated security fixes.

• OS-15408: CEC: Improved behavior of sending messages.

• OS-15421: Improved handling of playback errors.

Bug Fixes

• OS-14953: (LS5/HS5) Fixed an issue in which the serial port would emit messages even when the serial console was disabled.

• OS-15125: (XC5) Fixed an issue with HDMI stability (video is scrambled video or stops playing).

• OS-15167: (HD5) Fixed an issue where hot-plugging a USB touch device would result in a crash.

• OS-15262: (XC5) Fixed an issue where only a few frames of a video loops instead of the entire video.

• OS-15284: (XC5, XD5) Corrected to the calculation used for seamless looping of audio and video files.

• OS-15294: (XD5) Improved system stability by resolving a deadlock condition which would cause the system to crash during burn-in.

• OS-15298: (XD5, LS5) Fixed an issue with stuttering streams by improving handling of undefined duration streams.

• OS-15299: (XC5) Fixed an issue with playback on UDP Multicast streams.

• OS-15301: (General) Fixed an issue with mismatched Presentation Time Stamps (PTS) that adversely affected MPEG-2 playback.

• OS-15310: (XT5) Fixed an issue where video would play back correctly but analog audio playback would fail.

• OS-15318: (Series 5) Fixed an issue with playback of network streams that don’t start within a certain time.

• OS-15322: (Series 5) Fixed an issue with audio player failing.

• OS-15323: (Series 5) Fixed an issue where an incorrect command would be sent in certain instances where an interactive button is hit at the right point in time.

• OS-15333: (Series 5) Fixed an issue in which video would not loop properly even when “Loop media if no media end transition is specified” is checked.

• OS-15341: (Series 5) Fixed an HLS issue related to playback of alternate tracks.

• OS-15343: (XD5/HD5/LS5/HS5) Fixed an issue that would prevent custom video modes from being set.

• OS-15352: (XC5) Corrected behavior for LED flashing when player is searching for an OS update.

• OS-15363: (LS5/HS5) Fixed an issue with the H.264 decoder.

• OS-15412: (Series 5) Enabled "videoplay capture" command on Series 5.

Miscellaneous

• OS-14958: (LS5) Added change to only enable serial on USB-Type C when required.

9.0.59 (Apr 25, 2023)

Improvements

• OS-13621,OS-14193: (Series 5) Added GetDecoderModes support

• OS-14917: (LS5) Optimized video and graphics

• OS-15145: (General) Included board name in recovery HTTP headers

• OS-15231: (Series 5) Added support for FilePlayability API

• OS-15235: (Series 5) Added support for encrypted HLS

• OS-15242: (HD5/XD5) Enabled the output buffer when the console is enabled and on GPIO

• OS-15258: (LS5) Added check to prevent players from decoding videos larger than what they can support

• OS-15278: (LS5): Enabled SSD support

Bug Fixes

• OS-15086: (XC5, XD5) Fixed an issue with HLS streams crashing

• OS-15184: (LS5, HD5, XD5) Fixed an issue with playing VP8 video codec

• OS-15185: (XC5, XD5, LS5) Corrected color space for JPEG output

• OS-15197: (HD5, XD5) Fixed an issue with video stuttering

• OS-15222: (XC5) Fixed an issue where HDMI1 is working, but HDMI 2, 3, 4 showed either instability or no output (added a check to disable HDR when the output does not support it)

• OS-15250: (XD5) Fixed an issue that was causing some MPEG-2 files to fail

• OS-15262: (XC5) Fixed issue where only a few frames of a video loops instead of the entire video

9.0.51 (Mar 27, 2023)

Improvements

• OS-13391: (XC5) Enabled CEC support for all HDMI outputs

• OS-14323: (General) Added initial extensions support at boot up

• OS-15074: (XD5) Disabled seamless looping for incompatible media files

Bug Fixes

• OS-15069: (XC5) Fixed an issue with upscaling for players with multi-screen capabilities

• OS-15100: Fixed an issue with upscaling HTML presentations on multi-screen players

9.0.49 (Mar 22, 2023)

Improvements

• OS-13390: (XC5) Added IR support

• OS-13498: (XD5) Added IR support

• OS-13879: (XD5) Added support for video rotation

• OS-13881, OS-13882: (XD5) Made graphics encoding more efficient

• OS-14446, OS-14913: (Series 5) Improved upgrade script

• OS-14619, OS-14911, OS-14903: (XD5) Added support for hardware background color

• OS-14749: (LS5) Reduced Ethernet clock drive to improve EMI performance

• OS-14755: (Series5) Added audio support left/right mixdown

• OS-14777: (XC5) Removed unused OS Loader element

• OS-14796: (LS5) Added SPDIF support

• OS-14802: (XD5) Improved bootloader

• OS-14807: (Series 5) Improved handling of HDMI output color space and bit-depth

• OS-14822: (XD5) Added support for 10-bit video modes

• OS-14864: (XD5) Improved Ethernet timing

• OS-14785: (XD5) Optimize graphics and video performance

• OS-14787: (XD5) Added support for direct ticker rendering

• OS-14897: (XD5) Made upscaling more efficient

• OS-14900: (XD5) Improved microcontroller upgradability

• OS-14904: (XD5) Added video limitations

• OS-14919: (HS5) Improved support for board IDs

• OS-14929: (XD5) Switched to new VOB driver to avoid crashes

• OS-14930: (XD5) Improved 4K playback on 8K monitors

• OS-14940: (XD5) Fixed issue with serial output during boot

• OS-14942: (XD5) Improved timestamp logging at kernel boot

• OS-14954: (XD5/LS5) Improved bootloader upgrade process

• OS-14955: (XD5) Disabled console unless SVC button is pressed at startup

• OS-14962: (XD5/HD5) Improved smoothness of scrolling ticker

• OS-14991: (LS5, HS5) Fixed issue related to control of WiFi power supply

• OS-15024: (XD5/HD5) Add hardware background color support for certain modes

• OS-15070: (HD5) Enabled microcontroller programming on HD5

• OS-15088: (HS5) Improved reliability of audio output

Bug Fixes

• OS-14449: (XD5) Fixed issue with PlayStaticImage

• OS-14720: (XD5) Fixed issue with high CPU load during playback start

• OS-14795: (XD5) Fixed issue with HEVC streams

• OS-14819: (XD5) Fixed issue with stalling on boot

• OS-14851: (XD5) Fixed microcontroller hardware modification detection

• OS-14854: (XD5) Fixed issue with occasional crash when playing video

• OS-14907: (XD5/HD5) Addressed graphics layer scaling issue related to auto mode

• OS-14908: (XD5) Fixed issue with static image playback

• OS-14928: (LS5) Fixed issue with SD card voltage switching

• OS-14956: (XD5) Fixed issue with display of compressed buffer

• OS-14960: (XD5) Fixed issue with ticker scaling

• OS-14968: (XD5) Fixed issue with intermittent HDMI on startup with some screens

• OS-14969: (XD5) Fixed issue with flickering ticker

• OS-14983: (XD5) Fixed issue when receiving full-res script coordinates from BrightAuthor

• OS-15001: (XD5) Fixed graphics scaling issue.

• OS-15050: (Series 5) Fixed out of memory issue when playing video

• OS-15052: (XD5) Fixed issue with colorspace/no output during HDMI hotplug

• OS-15057: (XD5) Fixed issue with video rotation

• OS-15093: (XD5) Fixed HDMI and analog audio output issue

• OS-15094: (LS5) Fixed issue with performance settings control

Miscellaneous

• OS-13230: (XC5) Improve filesystem root hash mechanis

• OS-14710: (HS5) Added support for upcoming hardware

• OS-14763: (XD5/LS5) Added ability to determine board type at runtime

• OS-14804: (General) Updated supervisor

• OS-14870: (LS5) Improved family support of hardware

• OS-14879: (LS5) Fixed issue with Ethernet MAC address

• OS-15089: (LS5) Corrected board ID

9.0.34 (Feb 27, 2022)

New Features

(Series 5) Seamless looping support

Improvements

• OS-10546: (XD5/XC5) Added diagnostics for file descriptor leaks

• OS-13171: (Series 5) Enabled webcam drivers in kernel

• OS-13482: (XC5): Improved initialization of NodeJS switch

• OS-13514: (Series 5) Improved GPU memory usage

• OS-13523: (XC5) Improved frame timing of 30p content played at 60p

• OS-13587: (XD5) Added support for HDMI audio

• OS-13684: (XD5) Added ability to update firmware automatically

• OS-13686: (XD5) Tuned HDMI PHY settings

• OS-13721: (XD5) Improved security verification process

• OS-13832: (LS5) Added board identification support during manufacturing

• OS-13836: (LS5) Enabled USB test mode for compliance testing

• OS-13920: (XD5/HD5) Disabled debug clock control

• OS-13975: (XD5) Enabled full power on USB ports

• OS-14209: (Series 5): Added BLOB support for video playback

• OS-14232: (Series 5) Improved video transitions with HTML playlists

• OS-14248: (XC5) Added support for upgrading bootloader

• OS-14250: (XC5) Improved compositing performance by hiding primary plane

• OS-14268: (XD5) Improved boot reliability

• OS-14283: (XD5) Enabled Intel Bluetooth support

• OS-14285: (Series 5) Enable cursor support

• OS-14286: (XC5) Added support for additional video modes

• OS-14317: (XC5, XD5) Improved manufacturing test scripts

• OS-14411: (XD5) Improved detection of eMMC clock during boot

• OS-14437: (XD5) Added additional manufacturing test support

• OS-14457: (Series 5) Improved performance by hiding video using opacity instead of moving offscreen

• OS-14570: (LS5) Added support for secure ID

• OS-14581: (XD5): Added non-interlaced video modes

• OS-14585: (XD5) Improved audio at certain frequencies

• OS-14599: (LS5, HD5, XD5): Enabled consolidation of OS builds

• OS-14611: (LS5) Added support for HDMI audio

• OS-14618: (XD5) Ensured that memory always runs in peak performance mode

• OS-14630: (LS5) Added support for Ethernet LED control for manufacturing test

• OS-14649: (XC5) Added fix to avoid file handle leak during video metrics reporting

• OS-14686: (Series 5) Fixed tearing during resizing of video playback

• OS-14705: (XC5, XD5) Improved AV sync and frame handling

• OS-14721: (Series 5) Allow all RTSP transports

• OS-14735: (XD5) Fixed boot issue by using common partition structure

Bug Fixes

• OS-13814: (XC5) Fixed issue with compressed audio output

• OS-13873: (XD5) Fixed issue with FW progress bar not appearing in some situations

• OS-14198: (XD5) Fixed issue with 4K signals on some monitors

• OS-14208: (Series 5) Fixed ticker frame latency

• OS-14278: (XC5) Fixed crash with HDR content

• OS-14280: (XC5) Fixed memory corruption bug during video playback

• OS-14288: (XC5) Fixed graphics plane issue with 2x2 video wall

• OS-14295: (XD5) Fixed issue with loud audio playback volume

• OS-14318: (XC5) Fixed kernel bug on exit from BrightSign application

• OS-14337: (General) Fixed issue with H.264 over RTP

• OS-14408: (Series 5) Fixed Z-order problem which could cause missing widgets

• OS-14412: (Series 5) Fixed ticker visibility

• OS-14414: (XD5) Fixed SPDIF output issue

• OS-14419: (Series 5) Fixed HDMI passthrough issue with pre-routed audio

• OS-14422: (XC5) Fixed ticker location and sizing issue during graphics upscaling

• OS-14440: (XC5) Fixed HTML looping issue

• OS-14464: (XC5) Fixed mode lines for interlaced video formats

• OS-14564: (XD5) Fixed issue with pre-routed audio mode

• OS-14569: (Series 5) Fixed inverted compositing issue

• OS-14574: (LS5) Added support for latest Ethernet hardware configuration

• OS-14575: (LS5) Fixed issue with ALSA audio

• OS-14577: (XD5) Fixed rare issue with upgrade errors during manufacturing sequence

• OS-14579: (XD5) Fixed issue with screen artefacts from SPDIF

• OS-14589: (LS5) Fixed issue with H.265/HEVC playback

• OS-14601: (Series 5) Fixed issue with USB audio

• OS-14607: (XD5) Fixed USB port support for audio and serial

• OS-14617: (Series 5) Fixed corruption in some crash dumps

• OS-14644: (XC5) Fixed video playback issue with 3x1 portrait screen config

• OS-14650: (LS5) Fixed issue with Ethernet link LED

• OS-14668: (XD5) Ensured that default autorun is not run when there is no storage device

• OS-14672: (XD5) Fixed issue with SSD recognition

• OS-14675: (Series 5) Fixed drop-frame rate calculation

• OS-14719: (XD5) Fixed issue with 4K mode during startup with no HDMI connection

• OS-14723: (Series 5) Fixed audio playback issue

Miscellaneous

• OS-13160: (General) Added DHCPv6 DUID-EN

• OS-14282: (XC5) Disabled HS200 in u-boot

• OS-14300: (XC5) Added ability to update bootloader if necessary

• OS-14417: (General) Updated bootstrap

• OS-14418: (General) Updated supervisor and DWS

• OS-14687: (XD5) Added unique CPU ID to distinguish units

9.0.22.3

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(Dec 14, 2022)

Improvements

• OS-13184: Added support for touchscreens in multi-screen configurations

• OS-13924: Forced redraw if HTML widget is moved

• OS-14000: HTML widget storage quota can now be made large

• OS-14142: Added graphics plane upscaling based on video mode for Series 5 players

• OS-14247: Screenshots now include background color

Bug Fixes

• OS-13651: Chromium video playback fixes

• OS-14238: Fixed simultaneous video playback from multiple HTML widgets

9.0.15 (Nov 09, 2022)

New Features

• Added support for the XC5

• Chromium security fixes merged from 8.5

• Updated FFmpeg from 4.4.1 to 4.4.2

Improvements

• OS-12964: Added an interface that allows the background color to be dynamically set

• OS-13076: Disabled low end device mode in Chromium to avoid rendering errors

• OS-13347: (XC5) Support video opacity on the XC5

• OS-13467: Added audio support in roHtmlWidget for built-in Chromium media playback (Chromium audio will go to HDMI-1 and analog by default)

• OS-13483: Added audio output hints for selection when using built-in Chromium media playback

• Added an output port name to roHdmiEdidChanged events in roVideoMode

• Allowed "HDMI:1" as well as "HDMI-1" for video port naming in videooutput

• OS-13616: Extended the videooutput API to allow PowerSaveMode to be specified on individual ports

• OS-13705: Made startCalibration arguments optional in js_ipcpointercalibration

• OS-13781: Enabling the web inspector now requires a registry entry

• OS-13654: Implemented safe x509 GeneralName format (CVE-2021-44532)

• OS-13379: For multi-output players, the informational splash screen displays on all outputs

Bug Fixes

• OS-13363: Ensured that removing last item invalidates the index in roList

• OS-13444: Trigger the busy LED to flash on NVMe SSD activity on XD4/XT4 players

• OS-13521: Fixed crash of roVideoPlayer during fade out

• OS-13638: Fixed screenshot timeout and other problems when power save mode is enabled on any screen

• OS-13871: Discarded any invalid transform strings in VideoMode

• OS-13917: Rounded cumulative video mode frame rates to display integers only

• OS-4745: Deprecated obsolete WEP and TKIP WiFi modes on Series 5+

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