9.0.67

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

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

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

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

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

IMPORTANT: Upgrading an XC device to v9.0.19.2 or later means that the device can no longer downgrade to any OS earlier than v9.0.19.2.

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

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+