BrightAuthor (Latest)

5.0.2.0 (May 23, 2024)

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Bug Fixes

BCN-16127: (XC5 only) Fixed a regression from version 5.0.1.5, to ensure that multi-screen plugins can again be successfully applied

5.0.1.9 (Jan 24, 2024)

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Localization

This version contains translations for the 10 languages supported in BrightAuthor:

English
Spanish
Italian
French
German
Chinese (simplified)
Japanese
Portuguese
Russian
Turkish

Bug Fixes

BCN-14418: (HD5, XD5) Fixed an issue with adding a second video zone on HD5 and XD5 players
BCN-14945: A second zone can now be selected by clicking, rather than just the drop down, when using "Portrait Bottom on right"
BCN-15210: Fixed an issue with BrightAuthor not starting in Windows 11 because of the 9/23 security update

5.0.1.6 (Sep 14, 2023)

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Improvements

BCN-13936: Fixed the graphics plane dimensions when the selected video mode is 4K or 8K.

Bug Fixes

BCN-14883: Ensured that the correct video modes are displayed for Series 5 players

5.0.1.5 (Jul 18, 2023)

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Bug Fixes

BCN-14842, BCN-14786: Fixed an issue on XD5 and LS5 players in which portrait presentations would display incorrectly. Note that portrait presentations are not yet supported on the XC5 line.

5.0.1.4 (May 23, 2023)

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New Features

BCN-12985: Added support for the XT245, XT1145, and XT2145

Improvements

BCN-12214: Created a WiFi “reliability mode” which allows players to automatically reconnect WiFI if it is in a bad state. If the registry key “disable_wifi_auto_recovery” is set to “true”, this feature will be disabled on the player.

Bug Fixes

BCN-13991: Fixed a crash that occurs when sending a UDP command in a presentation that uses interactive events with Dynamic Playlist or Media List widgets.
BCN-14596, 14571, 14461, 14247: Fixed a crash that occurs when users create sync presentations on Series 5 players.

5.0.1.2 (Mar 31, 2023)

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Bug Fixes

BCN-14273, BCN-14270: Fixed a crash/reboot cycle which occurred on Series 4 and earlier players after installing BrightAuthor version 5.0.1.1

5.0.1.1 (Mar 20, 2023)

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Improvements

BCN-14185: (XD5) Ensured that XD5 players now opt-in to “Full Resolution Graphics”, which mimics the behavior of XD4 and older player models

Bug Fixes

BCN-14179: (XD5, XT5, HD5) Ensured that GPIO appears as an option in presentation authoring
BCN-14034: (XC5) Ensured that the video mode plugin supports multiscreen devices

5.0.1.0 (Feb 22, 2023)

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New Features

BCN-12192: Added support for XDx35, HDx25, and LS4x5 players
BCN-13935: Added support for portrait presentations to LS5, HS5, HD5 and XD5 players

Bug Fixes

BCN-13313: (XC5) Fixed an instance of Series 4 player graphic resolution limit being incorrectly applied to XC5 players
BCN-13750: Fixed the “Program and Features” entry to use the correct version of BrightAuthor
BCN-13913: (XC5) Added support for four audio decoders (rather than three)
BCN-13290: (HD5, XT5) Updated the list of supported video modes

5.0.0.4 (Jan 04, 2023)

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Known Issues

When in portrait mode, resolutions above 4K are not predictable and not supported

Bug Fixes

BCN-13532: (XC5) Added support for portrait presentations

5.0.0.3

Content encrypted networks are not supported on Series 5 players on the currently available OS. This will be resolved in a future OS release.

Presentations published to XC5 players on OS 9.0.15 must be authored with 'Full resolution graphics' enabled.

New Features

Added support for the XC5. New feature support for XC5 is up to 8K video modes. Multi-output is not supported using BrightAuthor.
BCN-12189: Added BrightWall support for Series 5 models

Bug Fixes

BCN-12367: Fixed BrightAuthor crash when cancelling "Standalone unit with setup" publish to the “Local Storage” option