BrightAuthor 4.x

1 4.7.2.18
2 4.7.2.12
3 4.7.2.8
4 4.7.2.5
5 4.7.1.22
6 4.7.1.14
7 4.7.1.12
8 4.7.0.20
9 4.7.0.13
10 4.7.0.8
11 4.6.0.35
12 4.6.0.18
13 4.6.0.15
14 4.6.0.14
15 4.6.0.8
16 4.6.0.5
17 4.4.0.15
18 4.4.0.10
19 4.4.0.6
20 4.3.0.16
21 4.3.0.13
22 4.3.0.11
23 4.3.0.6
24 4.3.0.3
25 4.1.1.21
26 4.1.1.17
27 4.1.1.14
28 4.1.0.10
29 4.1.0.9
30 4.1.0.8
31 4.1.0.7
32 4.1.0.6
33 4.1.0.5
34 4.0.0.11
35 4.0.0.9
36 4.0.0.8

4.7.2.18

New Features

Support for the 1920x1920x60p resolution on 4K-capable players

Improvements

32807: Players with OS 8.0 and later can now only enable browser scrollbars for HTML content through the scrollbar_enabled initialization parameter or the EnableScrollbars() method.

Bug Fixes

BAC-2359: Displaying an empty feed or a feed with invalid validity dates no longer causes the player to reboot.
BAC-2230: The second menu item in an Interactive Menu state will no longer replicate the first menu item once published
BAC-2342: Elements are now completely removed when deleted from their feed in a Play File state that is populated from a feed.

4.7.2.12

New Features

New Set Source to BrightSign option for BrightControl commands

Improvements

The Media List inactivity timer can now be set on a global or per-state basis in the File > Presentation Properties > Media List
The BrightAuthor version used to create the presentation can now be specified as a system variable.
BrightAuthor can now open schedules containing BrightWall presentations.
The default Screen resolution for HD models in the New Project window is now 1920x1080x60p, rather than 1920x1200x50p.
Specifying a non-existent user variable as a Conditional Target now raises a warning dialog.

Bug Fixes

32588: Publishing to audio-only models (LS322, AU320) no longer causes a crash on the player.
29158: A BrightWall presentation with a View Mode set to Scale to Fill no longer behaves as if it is set to Fill Screen and Centered.
32481: Pressing OK in the File > Presentation Properties > Audio window of a presentation no longer resets the pass-through audio settings in the Zone Properties
32168: A BSN user with the “Publishers” role can now publish schedules.
30914: If a player has firmware earlier than version 7.1.33 and is configured for WPA Enterprise networking, attempting to upgrade the player past 7.1.33 now works.
32567: The dimensions of graphics zones in presentations that are larger than 1920x1200 are now always correctly scaled.
31043: Analog audio is once again an available option for Connector Volume > Mute/Unmute

4.7.2.8

New Features

Localization support for the following languages: Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish

Improvements

The language selection for a localized BrightAuthor install now applies to all Windows users (not just the user who performed the install).

4.7.2.5

New Features

Support for HD1024, HD224, and LS424 models

4.7.1.22

New Features

Support for the following video modes: 800x1280x60p, 1200x1920x60p, 1280x720x25p, 1440x1080x60p, 1920x1200x50p, 3840x2160x23.976p
Enable camera access for web browser checkbox for HTML5 states

Improvements

The 1920x1080x23.976p video mode is now available for 4Kx42 models.
If a player encounters a media file in a Media RSS Feed state that is still being downloaded, it will now skip to the next downloaded file in the MRSS playlist rather than waiting for the download to complete.
The BrightAuthor EULA contains updated language.
The BrightAuthor autorun now automatically creates an application cache for HTML pages.

Bug Fixes

31690: The player setup process now works with players running firmware versions 6.2.63 or earlier.
31356: The pixel value of the presentation area is now correctly represented when the Full resolution graphics option is enabled for 4096x2160 and 3840x2160x60/59.94/50p video modes,.
31538: Publishing to an HDx20, LSx22, or AU320 player running 6.1.76 or earlier no longer causes the player to crash.
31285: The Audio Configuration panel in the Presentation Properties > Audio window has been disabled for XDx30, HDx20, LSx22, and AU320 players.
31400: Issues related to Remote Snapshot on slow networks have been fixed.
31605: Players that have Remote Snapshot enabled (and are not set up for BSN networking) no longer crash after a Timeout event from an HTML5 state referencing a nonexistent URL.

4.7.1.14

Improvements

Script plugins can now change the video mode of the player.

Bug Fixes

31236: Static IP configuration via Device Setup now correctly sets DNS servers.
31058: (WebUI only) Un-checking the Enable Diagnostic Web Server box on the Device Setup page now correctly disables the Diagnostic Web Server on the player.
30706: BrightAuthor will no longer raise an error if you open an Edit Unit window in the Manage tab and close it without making changes.

4.7.1.12

New Features

Support for XT244 and XT1144 models
WPA Enterprise support in Device Setup
New Auto level volume option in the Presentation Properties window
Support for the 3840x1080x25/30/50/60p resolutions

Improvements

BrightWall presentations and Enhanced Synchronization now support Genlock.
Publishing to an exFAT-formatted drive now prompts a warning only if the presentation is targeted at a Series 2 (e.g. XDx32, HDx22) or earlier model.

Bug Fixes

30828: The Set Variable, Reset Variable, and Reset Variables commands now update variables in Ticker zones.
30836: The Support 4K images option for Media Lists has been fixed.
29062: The horizontal scrollbar now works with the Media Library in list mode.
30059: The Twitter state can now display up to 280 characters per Tweet.
29556: An Audio List state populated from a data feed now works in Enhanced Audio zones.
30895: Uploading a Dynamic Playlist to a BSN account with encryption enabled no longer fails if the Dynamic Playlist contains a mix of new and previously uploaded content.
30287: The player will no longer reboot when trying to play MRSS content that doesn't contain guid and filesize
28025: The BSN WebUI and BrightAuthor now use the same unit of measurement for the Rate Limit Network Download Traffic
30016: A crash related to MRSS templates has been fixed.

4.7.0.20

Bug Fixes

29959: PES video files containing audio no longer fail to play.

Notes

In BrightAuthor 4.7, MRSS playback will fail if the fileSize specified for a media item is incorrect. If you are using MRSS feeds in your presentations, ensure they report accurate file sizes before authoring with BrightAuthor 4.7.
BSNEE 4.4 does not support the "Match All Media Tags to Player Tags" option for Tagged Playlists with BrightAuthor 4.7. This option will be supported in the next version of BSNEE.

4.7.0.13

Important: BSNEE 4.4 does not support the "Match All Media Tags to Player Tags" option for Tagged Playlists with this version of BrightAuthor. This option will be supported in the next version of BSNEE.

Improvements

When a BSN device setup package is included with a presentation, the presentation will play while BSN content is downloaded. Previously, the presentation would only play if there was no network connection.
Media End events can now be assigned to Live Video states. The event will trigger if the HDMI^® input has disappeared for 6 seconds or if the sample rate changes during playback.

Bug Fixes

29442: RSS feeds items that lack a <guid> element no longer cause the player to crash.
29107: Presentation playback no longer stops when it encounters an MRSS feed with content that has not downloaded correctly.
28871: An issue with custom BSN device setup files has been fixed.

4.7.0.8

Important: BSNEE 4.4 does not support the "Match All Media Tags to Player Tags" option for Tagged Playlists with this version of BrightAuthor. This option will be supported in the next version of BSNEE.

New Features

New audio-routing options in the File > Presentation Properties > Audio tab: These allow you to mix multiple audio sources of different sampling rates and normalize volume levels from multiple audio sources.
New Full resolution graphics option for some 4K modes
Feed download progress: The Manage tab now displays a download status for each file in a Dynamic Playlist, Tagged Playlist, or MRSS feed.
New User Variable state for Ticker zones

Improvements

You can now switch portrait presentations between Bottom on left and Bottom on right in the File > Presentation Properties > Main
If the Enable native video plane playback option is enabled for an HTML5 state, the view mode for HTML videos will now default to scale-to-fill.
HTML sites now support wildcards in the URL value (e.g. "http://www.$$my_variable$$.com").
Using the Filter by playlist name option in the Local Playlist state now only returns players that are currently using the specified playlist.
If the content-download process is interrupted, the player no longer waits 5 minutes (in BSN) or 15 minutes (in BSNEE) to resume downloading.
Player logs that cannot be uploaded now last on the player for 30 days (the previous interval was 10 days).
The 800x1280x60 video mode is now available for HDx23 presentations.
Presentation Preview is now disabled for portrait presentations.
The BrightAuthor autorun now supports uploading Remote Snapshot images to a Simple File Networking server.
The Scrolling option for Ticker zones is now available for LS423 presentations.
The following video modes are now supported in BrightAuthor presentations: 1024x768x75p, 1280x720x24p, 1280x720x23.976p.
4K1142 presentations now support the following refresh rates for the 4096x2160 resolution: 23.976p, 25p, 29.97p, 30p, 50p, 59.94p, 60p.

Bug Fixes

A BrightAuthor presentation that contains Tagged Playlists now correctly reports how the presentation will change when you edit tags in the BSN WebUI.
Buttons in the following states are now visible with PC screen resolutions smaller than 1920x1080: Image Play File, Audio Play File, Video Play File, Image List, Audio List, Video List, and Media List.
The Device Setup window now has scrollbars for smaller resolutions.
When an Audio Only Dynamic Playlist is used to populate an Audio List state, the presentation now correctly reports the names of the files played to the BrightSign Network.
Incorrectly specifying an RSS (text) feed as an MRSS feed no longer prevents all other MRSS feeds in the presentation from updating.
If images are added to a folder that is currently selected for an open Image List state, BrightAuthor will no longer raise an erroneous image size notification.
The Remote Input event is now available for the XD233 presentations.
When a presentation is scheduled in a time slot that another presentation was removed from, BrightAuthor will no longer raise an erroneous Schedule Conflict
A presentation that is dropped on the interrupted schedule column will no longer be set to the wrong date.

4.6.0.35

Important: BSNEE 4.4 does not support the "Match All Media Tags to Player Tags" option for Tagged Playlists with this version of BrightAuthor. This option will be supported in the next version of BSNEE.

New Features

Support for the 1920x540x60p and 3840x600x60p screen resolutions

Improvements

BrightAuthor now supports a fourth BP200/BP900 input (i.e. BP200D/BP900D).
BrightAuthor now offers the same set of BSN tagging options that are available on the WebUI: Match ALL Player Tags to Media Tags, Match ALL Media Tags to Player Tags, and Match ANY Player Tags.
The 10-bit option is now available with screen resolutions other than 4Kp60 and 4Kp50. It is also now offered with XDx33 and HDx23 models.
Media List states now support 4096x2160 images.
LS423 models now support serial events and commands.

Bug Fixes

Specifying default network rate limits during player setup no longer causes issues when downloading and playing MRSS feeds.
Publishing a presentation to a player configured for Simple File Networking no longer deletes the proxy settings on the player.
Attempting to display HTML5 and MRSS states simultaneously in different zones no longer causes the player to crash.
Enabling Mosaic Mode no longer causes video zones to ignore the Graphics plane z position setting.
Attempting to publish a BrightWall with a 4096x2160 screen resolution via BSN no longer causes layout issues with the BrightWall.
Deleting all entries from a Live Media feed that is part of an active presentation will no longer cause players using that presentation to crash.
Specifying an invalid MRSS feed no longer prevents all MRSS feeds in the presentation from working.
Resize Zone commands now work when the presentation is displaying a Live Text state.
Zone Message command data is preserved after you close and re-open an Image List or Video List state.
An Image List state will no longer raise an image-size error if you attempt to add image files that were recently moved to the current folder.
Attempting to publish a schedule containing multiple script plugins with the same name now raises an error message rather than causing players to crash.

4.6.0.18

New Features

Support for the HO523

Improvements

You can now use the Device Properties window in the BSN WebUI to update persistent BLE beacons. You will need to publish a presentation created in this version of BrightAuthor first.
The installer UI has been updated.

Bug Fixes

The installer no longer fails if Windows Firewall is not active.
Adding a persistent Eddystone BLE beacon no longer causes a runtime error on the player.
Persistent BLE beacons now work even if there are no presentation beacons in the current presentation.

4.6.0.15

New Features

Localized versions for the following languages: Chinese (Simplified), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish

4.6.0.14

New Features

Support for the following video modes: 2048x1152x60p, 2560x1080x60p, 2560x1440x60p/30p, 2560x1600x60p, and 3440x1440x60p/50p/30p

Improvements

The Media List state now has the option to display 4K images using the 4K video plane.

Bug Fixes

4K image support is now available for XD233 and XD1033 presentations.
The Screen resolutions list once again offers the 1280x720x24p and 1280x720x23.976p video modes.

4.6.0.8

Improvements

Portrait-mode BrightWall presentations can now be published via BSN.
BrightAuthor now supports up to eight serial ports.

Bug Fixes

A player that is configured for BLE beaconing will no longer crash when you attempt to publish a new presentation to it.
HTML5 states are now available for Mosaic Mode presentations.

4.6.0.5

New Features

Mosaic mode presentations
Support for BSN Tagged Playlists and player tags
BLE beaconing support in Device Setup
Support for portrait-mode BrightWall configurations (stretched presentations via Standalone, LFN, or SFN only)
Support for schedule interrupts in BSN

Improvements

You can now allocate space for IndexDB storage in the Edit > Preferences > Storage
New Optimize Feed Updates option for Data Feeds allows you to use HTTP HEAD requests, instead of HTTP GET requests, to update a feed. This option, which is enabled by default, will reduce the network traffic of RSS/MRSS feed updates in many instances.
HTML states now include the serial number of the player in the User-Agent string.
You can now view BrightPlates presentations in your BSN Library and add them to your BSN presentations.
BrightAuthor no longer allows you to enter a zero or negative safe text region for Ticker zones.

Bug Fixes

Adding proxy server credentials using the <user_name>:<password>@<proxy_address> format now works again.
MRSS feeds that contain HTML assets now loop correctly.
A player will no longer crash if you remove all content from a Dynamic Playlist being used in its presentation.
BrightAuthor will no longer assert if you attempt to use the "up" button to navigate further than the root of the file directory when creating a Dynamic Playlist or BrightWall presentation.
Adding a video file with the "VideoName_Number" format to a regular BrightWall presentation no longer results in an error if there are other video files with the same format but without the number.

4.4.0.15

Bug Fixes

Setting up a BSN player with Remote Snapshot disabled no longer prevents you from editing the player from the Manage > Status
Adding videos to a BrightWall presentation from the Windows explorer no longer prevents the presentation from being uploaded to BSN.
Media List, Image List, Video List, and Audio List states now correctly send zone messages when the Populate from data feed option is selected.
Changing the order of audio and video files in a Media List and republishing the presentation no longer causes the audio file to loop infinitely.
Attempting to publish a 1x1 BrightWall presentation via Local File Networking no longer raises an error in BrightAuthor.

Other Changes

Support for the 1024x768x75p resolution has been removed for all models.

4.4.0.10

New Features

New Proxy Bypass feature for the Unit Setup process. This feature allows you to create a list of hostnames that the player will communicate with directly rather than using a specified proxy.
New bottom on left and bottom on right options for portrait presentations. These options allow you to create presentations for displays that are portrait-oriented in either direction.
New Media List state, which allows you to add video, image, and audio files to a single playlist state.
New Hide Zone and Show Zone commands

Bug Fixes

Players no longer crash while attempting to download large Dynamic Playlists during playback.
Players no longer crash while attempting to play Audio Only Dynamic Playlists created in the BSN WebUI.
The Specify User Stylesheet option for HTML5 states has been fixed.
A System Variable with the EDID manufacturer product code value will no longer cause presentations to crash if the monitor EDID returns an integer (rather than a string).
BrightAuthor will no longer crash if you attempt to create player setup files with a Custom Splash Screen that has been deleted or moved from its original file folder.

Improvements

New Display screen layout information when presentation starts option allows you to enable/disable the screen positioning information that is displayed when a scheduled BrightWall presentation begins.
It is no longer possible to specify a 0 bezel width or height for a BrightWall Configuration file. Previously, doing so would cause a failure when you attempted to upload the presentation to BSN.
When editing Rectangular Touch events for a portrait-mode presentation, the preview image is now rotated to allow for correct coordinate positioning.
In the Publish > Local Network tab, hovering your mouse over a player name now prompts a rollover displaying the player IP address.
The Active Presentation field in the Manage > Status tab now updates quickly after a schedule change or device setup.
The player status icon in the Manage > Status tab now shows red when the player is moved into the "Disabled Players" group.
Background Image zones now accept Media RSS Feed states.
The Content for Image List, Video List, Audio List, or Play File option is now available for Data Feeds that use Live Text, Live Media, or Dynamic Playlists as their source.
The Analog Stereo and HDMI audio outputs are now enabled by default for zones. Previously, HDMI audio output was disabled by default. This change only affects fresh BrightAuthor installs.
The Conditional Targets window now has scrollbars, allowing you to manage more than 10 Conditional Targets per event.
Playback logs now report Dynamic Playlist items by file name, rather than file location.

4.4.0.6

New Features

New Proxy Bypass feature for the Unit Setup process. This feature allows you to create a list of hostnames that the player will communicate with directly rather than using a specified proxy.
New bottom on left and bottom on right options for portrait presentations. These options allow you to create presentations for displays that are portrait-oriented in either direction.
New Hide Zone and Show Zone commands

Bug Fixes

Players no longer crash while attempting to download large Dynamic Playlists during playback.
A System Variable with the EDID manufacturer product code value will no longer cause presentations to crash if the monitor EDID returns an integer (rather than a string).
BrightAuthor will no longer crash if you attempt to create player setup files with a Custom Splash Screen that has been deleted or moved from its original file folder.

Improvements

New Display screen layout information when presentation starts option allows you to enable/disable the screen positioning information that is displayed when a scheduled BrightWall presentation begins.
When editing Rectangular Touch events for a portrait-mode presentation, the preview image is now rotated to allow for correct coordinate positioning.
In the Publish > Local Network tab, hovering your mouse over a player name now prompts a rollover displaying the player IP address.
The Active Presentation field in the Manage > Status tab now updates quickly after a schedule change or device setup.
Background Image zones now accept Media RSS Feed states.
The Content for Image List, Video List, Audio List, or Play File option is now available for Data Feeds that use Live Text, Live Media, or Dynamic Playlists as their source.
The Analog Stereo and HDMI audio outputs are now enabled by default for zones. Previously, HDMI audio output was disabled by default. This change only affects fresh BrightAuthor installs.
The Conditional Targets window now has scrollbars, allowing you to manage more than 10 Conditional Targets per event.
Playback logs now report Dynamic Playlist items by file name, rather than file location.

4.3.0.16

Bug Fixes

BrightAuthor will no longer display an error message if you close the application with the Create tab selected, reopen it, and attempt to add a video file to a Dynamic Playlist.
BrightAuthor will no longer crash if you create device setup files with the Custom Splash Screen option selected, then switch to Standard Splash Screen and try to create device setup files again.

Improvements

Playback will no longer wait for an MRSS feed or Dynamic Playlist to fully download. Instead, when the playlist reaches an incomplete media feed, it will skip the state.

4.3.0.13

Bug Fixes

It is now possible to upload a "Regular" BrightWall presentation to BSN if the BrightWall playlist was automatically populated (i.e. using the "file_1", "file_2", "file_3" method).
Selecting File > Exit while in the Publish tab no longer causes BrightAuthor to crash. This bug only occurred if the Show Save Schedule dialog box was checked in Edit > Preferences > UI.
If a presentation has an Interactive Menu state within a Super State, and that Interactive Menu state contains a Menu Item that links to a media state outside the Super State, then opening the presentation will no longer cause the Menu Item to disappear.

Improvements

The Force Resolution box in File > Presentation Properties > Main is now checked by default to match the resolution forcing behavior in versions of BrightAuthor before 4.3.0.x. This change will apply to fresh installs and updates from pre-4.3.0.x versions; if you are updating from an earlier version of 4.3.0.x, your current preference will be preserved.

4.3.0.11

New Features

Enable variable logging option in the BrightSign Unit Setup window
Start Index option for Images List, Video List, and Audio List states
Support for the HD922 and HD972 models

Bug Fixes

A presentation will no longer crash if it begins with an Image List state that has the Populate from data feed option enabled.
A Media RSS Feed state that points to an empty MRSS feed will no longer halt presentation playback.
The Validate action no longer fails when used with Networked User Variables and BSN Live Media feeds.
Portrait mode presentations no longer fail on LSx22 and HDx20 models. For these models, selecting Portrait mode only changes the BrightAuthor UI; you will still need to rotate the content using your authoring tools.
BrightAuthor no longer crashes if you use the File > Replace Media Files option with a playlist containing a large amount of media files.
Closing the completion notification after successfully publishing to local storage no longer causes an assertion failure.
The ordering arrows in the File > Presentation Properties > Variables window now display consistently.
Audio In states can now be pasted into Audio Only zones.

Improvements

Live Text states now support video content via the Media RSS Feed item type.
Adding an Audio In state now only clears video assets if they are in the same zone.

4.3.0.6

New Features

Audio In states
Support for .aac and .m4a audio files

Bug Fixes

It is now possible to open project files that were exported from BrightAuthor version 3.5.0.36.
Presentations that are set to PAL – Component or NTSC – Component now display correctly during playback.

Improvements

It is now possible to add new HTML sites from an HTML state, even when one or more sites have already been created.
If no name has been given for an HTML state, it will be named automatically using the HTML site that is added to that state.

4.3.0.3

New Features

4K image support for 4Kx42 players: You can now add 4K images to a Video or Image zone or Background Image zone. Note that you cannot display a 4K image and a 4K video at the same time.
Video/image rotation (not available for HDx20 and LSx22 models): Setting the Monitor orientation to Portrait now rotates all images and videos in the presentation.
New Splash Screen option during unit setup: This allows you to customize the splash screen logo that is displayed on screen when a player boots up.
New Scroll speed option, which allows you to set the speed of a scrolling ticker.
New Force Resolution option in Presentation Properties > Main (requires firmware version 6.0.9 or later): If this option is disabled, the player will negotiate a compatible screen resolution with the monitor, and fall back to that mode if the specified screen resolution does not work; if this option is enabled, the player will attempt to use the specified screen resolution in all cases.
New Enable 4.2.0 10-bit output option for 4K resolutions above 30p (available on 4Kx42 players only)

Bug Fixes

You can now use BrightAuthor to view Remote Snapshots on players that are set up for Local File Networking with a user name and password.
The player no longer encounters a runtime error when transitioning to a Play File state using a Timeout event.
Players that have Remote Snapshot enabled and that are networked via the BrightSign Network or Local File Networking no longer have a chance of encountering a runtime error when uploading a snapshot.
The player will no longer download multiple copies of MRSS media items if the MRSS feed does not supply a "guid" element with each feed item.
If an SD card is full, the player now reports this fact correctly rather than stating that "the attached storage device is write protected".
Selecting Expand All in the Presentation Tree View no longer causes BrightAuthor to crash when there are two or more zones in the presentation.

Improvements

You can now use the Media Library to browse through sub-folders and parent folders of the currently selected folder.
You can now replace any image, video, or Live Text state with another image, video, or Live Text state by dragging and dropping. This feature works from both the Media Library and Windows Explorer.
You can now use Live Video and Video Stream states in a "Regular" BrightWall presentation. Previously, these states were limited to "Stretched" BrightWall presentations.
When publishing a BrightWall presentation in the Publish > BrightSign Network tab, the configuration file associated with the specified group is now displayed. Only presentations that use the displayed configuration file can be published to that group.
When editing a BrightWall presentation in the Create > BrightWall tab, the name of the BrightWall configuration file is now displayed in the title bar along with the name of the BrightWall presentation.
BrightAuthor now returns an error message if you attempt to overwrite a BrightWall presentation on the BrightSign Network with another BrightWall presentation that uses a different configuration file (i.e. when the new presentation has the same name but a different configuration file).
BrightAuthor now returns an error message if you attempt to publish to a player via Local File Networking, and the firmware of that player is not new enough to support the presentation.
You can now use the Backspace key to delete states and zones.
It is now possible to send a Zone Message command from an Audio List, Image List, or Video List state before playback of each media item (the name of the media file is used as the Zone Message parameter).
The following states are now provided with a default state name upon creation: Live Text, HTML5, Audio List, Video List, Image List, Audio Play File, Video Play File, Image Play File, Interactive Menu, Local Playlist, Video Stream, Audio Stream, and Mjpeg Stream.
Menu items in an Interactive Menu state now default to Remain on Current State when they are created.

4.1.1.21

New Features

Up-to-date localization support for the following languages: Chinese (simplified), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish.

Bug Fixes

The player no longer encounters a runtime error when transitioning to a Play File state using a Timeout event.
Clicking the interactive option in the Edit tab no longer erases all media states in the interactive list.
Selecting Expand All in the Presentation Tree View no longer causes BrightAuthor to crash when there are two or more zones in the presentation.

4.1.1.17

Bug Fixes

MRSS video playback no longer fails if the presentation also contains an HTML state.
The Current Active Groups list in the Manage > Presentations tab has been fixed.
The Presentation Tree View now displays the transition source and target state correctly.
The Presentation Tree View no longer crashes if a Conditional Target is missing a target state.

Improvements

The maximum size of HTML sites (and included assets) that can be uploaded to the BrightSign Network has been increased.
An error message is now displayed if you attempt to upload to BSN a "normal" BrightWall presentation that contains differing amounts of content per screen.
An error message is now displayed if you attempt to create more than one BrightWall with the same name.
It is no longer possible to create a BrightWall with an empty Name field.
The Enable Diagnostic Web Server box is now checked by default during player setup. This change only applies to first-time BrightAuthor installs.

4.1.1.14

New Features

BrightWall support for the BrightSign Network
Remote Snapshot support for the BrightSign Network and Simple File Network configurations
Application Web Server (accessible via web browser at <player_ip_address>:8080). Currently, the only available application is Remote Snapshot.

Bug Fixes

Timeout events now respect decimal-comma values for timeout intervals. This change also fixes a lockup that occurs if you specify a timeout of “0,1” seconds.
Presentation publish will no longer fail if the presentation contains an Image List, Video List, or Audio List state with the following properties: it is populated from a Data Feed, it contains an Entry/Exit Command, and it is not the home state of the presentation.
BrightWall presentations now allow you to select all possible video modes for XDx32 and HDx22 models.
The Set Conditional Targets button for a Time/Clock event now displays correctly after conditional targets are added to the event.

Improvements

If an MRSS feed contains non-standard MIME types (e.g. for the SMIL standard), the presentation will now attempt to use an attached parser script to handle the feed, rather than failing outright.
Presentations that are uploaded to the BrightSign Network now include storage preferences set in the Edit > Preferences > Storage window.
The Edit > Preferences > Storage window now includes an option for allocating space for the HTML local storage. This option (which used to be located in File > Presentation Properties > HTML Sites) allows you to allocate space for JavaScript variables and data. Note that this is distinct from the HTML data storage option, which provides space for the HTML application cache.
Presentations for HDx22 models now support Ticker zones with scrolling text.
Presentations for 4Kx42 models now default to the 3840x2160x60p video mode, rather than the less standard 4096x2160x24p video mode.

4.1.0.10

Bug Fixes

Publishing a presentation and firmware update to a BrightSign Network group containing a presentation from an older version of BrightAuthor no longer causes an error message stating that “units assigned to this group have firmware that is below the minimum firmware revision required”.
Attempting to specify a command no longer crashes BrightAuthor when the Windows localization settings specifies commas (“,”) in place of decimals (“.”).
Importing a presentation that contains Play File playlist items no longer causes BrightAuthor to crash.
Attempting to add .ts files with certain formatting parameters no longer causes BrightAuthor to crash.

Improvements

The Live Media Feed dropdown list (in File > Presentation Properties > Data Feeds > Add Data Feed) is now populated with Live Media feeds from your BrightSign Network account.
The Screen resolution dropdown list now includes all possible video resolutions for the XDx32 and Hx22 models.

4.1.0.9

Bug Fixes

Publishing a presentation and firmware update to a BrightSign Network group containing a presentation from an older version of BrightAuthor no longer causes an error message stating that “units assigned to this group have firmware that is below the minimum firmware revision required”.
Attempting to specify a command no longer crashes BrightAuthor when the Windows localization settings specifies commas (“,”) in place of decimals (“.”).
Importing a presentation that contains Play File playlist items no longer causes BrightAuthor to crash.
Attempting to add .ts files with certain formatting parameters no longer causes BrightAuthor to crash.

Improvements

The Live Media Feed dropdown list (in File > Presentation Properties > Data Feeds > Add Data Feed) is now populated with Live Media feeds from your BrightSign Network account.
The Screen resolution dropdown list now includes all possible video resolutions for the XDx32 and Hx22 models.

4.1.0.8

New Features

Support for all current model families, including 4Kx42, XDx32, XDx30, HDx22, HDx20, LSx22, and AU320

4.1.0.7

Bug Fixes

The RF In and Tuner Scan states are no longer available for XD1132 presentations (the XD1132 does not have an RF input connector).
Renaming a User Event now modifies all applicable parts of a presentation.
Audio file, Event Handler, SignChannel, and Live Video states no longer contain an extraneous (and unused) radial button.
The Video Time Code event window is no longer incorrectly labeled as an Audio Time Code event window in certain circumstances.

Improvements

The Interactive tab has been removed from the File > BrightWall Properties window because most settings in this tab did not apply to BrightWall presentations. The Domain parameter has been moved to the Main tab of the BrightWall Properties window.

4.1.0.6

Bug Fixes

Enabling the Remote Snapshot feature no longer causes the player to encounter a runtime error after the setup process concludes.
BrightAuthor no longer crashes if you use File > Open Presentation to open a presentation that has already been deleted.

4.1.0.5

New Features

Presentation Tree view
Remote snapshot (currently supported over Local File Networking only)
Seamless looping of synchronized video (with BrightWall)
New event: Audio Time Code
New command: Send – Bytes (Comma Separated)
New Not equals operator for Conditional Targets

Bug Fixes

Live Text states will no longer display Live Data Feed items that have been deleted.
It is no longer possible to edit the Time to Display Each Line parameter for a Ticker zone when the Text Appearance is set to Scrolling.
Using a Rectangular Touch event to transition to a state other than a video or image no longer prevents other Rectangular Touch events attached to the same state from using the Link – Zones and Link – Synchronize commands. Previously, other Rectangular Touch events that do transition to videos or images would also be restricted from using these commands.

Improvements

You can now resize all state and event windows, as well as the Presentation Properties window.
In multi-monitor setups, BrightAuthor windows will now appear where the primary BrightAuthor window is located.
Multi-tab windows now readjust to display all content whenever you switch tabs.
A Video state can now be set to loop or to hold on the last frame if there is no Media End event transitioning away from the state.
It is now possible to edit the parameters of each file in Image Play File, Video Play File, and Audio Play File states.
The Image Play File, Video Play File, and Audio Play File states can now contain a default piece of media that will play if the interactive input does not match an existing key.
It is now possible to export the file table of an Image Play File, Video Play File, or Audio Play File state.
A User Variable can now be used to specify the Key of a file in an Image Play File, Video Play File, or Audio Play File state.
The new Specify user stylesheet option allows you to specify a different CSS stylesheet for each HTML5 state in a presentation (even if the HTML5 states are displaying the same HTML page).
The new Enable Local Storage option in File > Presentation Properties > HTML Sites allows users to enable the HTML5 local-storage feature.
The new Query string field allows you to add query string parameters (as either a string or User Variable) to a remote or local HTML page.
New Delete Unused User Variables button allows you to remove all User Variables that are not currently in use by states, events, or commands in the presentation.
New Navigate to last selected menu item on entry option allows you to determine if an Interactive Menu state should highlight the first item or last selected item when it is entered.
The Transition to new state – Specify next state dropdown menu now lists all states in alphanumerical order.
The language of the Download content specified in data feed section in the File > Presentation Properties > Data Feeds tab has been revised to reduce the possibility of selecting the incorrect option.
It is now possible to create a copy of any command in the Advanced tab of an event.
The User Events of a presentation are now stored in the corresponding .bpf file.
The domain name parameter can now be specified when specifying a proxy in the Advanced Network Setup window.

4.0.0.11

New Features

Support for publishing to both 4K and HDx20/XD models
Support for native portrait-mode HD video (1080x1920)

Bug Fixes

The Enable Native Video Plane Playback option is now available in HTML5 states only.
If a media state is deleted, any Interactive Menu items that point to that state are now also deleted.

4.0.0.9

New Features

Bug Fixes

Creating a Media RSS Feed state using a Dynamic Playlist no longer breaks Live Text states that are using Live Data Feeds. Note that this bug only occurred when the Media RSS Feed and Live Text states were placed in different zones.

Improvements

The Firmware Update dialogue now only allows you to update 4K players. This change will be reverted once BrightAuthor 4.0 versions support HD and XD models.

4.0.0.8

New Features

Support for the 4K242, 4K1042, and 4K1142 models (this includes support for adding H.265 encoded video with .ts, .mov,and .mkv containers)
Graphics Z-Ordering: The z-order of Images zones (as well as the image content in Video or Images zones) can now be set relative to the video zone(s) in a presentation.
Scrolling text support in Ticker zones
Customizable transition-effect speeds between images
Support for .ogg files
Support for the 960x960x60p video mode (currently for 4K players only)

Bug Fixes

Publishing to a player two times via Simple File Networking no longer deletes the Name and Description from the player.
Enabling the Reset variables to their default value on presentation start option no longer sets System Variables to empty values whenever the presentation begins.
Using a Data Feed name containing one of the following characters no longer causes a player to crash when it attempts to run the presentation: "/", ":", ",", ".", "&", "=", "?"
Conditional targets that transition to a Super State now correctly transition to the initial state within that Super State.

Improvements

You can now publish presentations along with the setup files for a Standalone player.
You can now access the Local Web Server and Diagnostic Web Server of a player by right-clicking the player on the Publish > Local Network screen.
Live Text states can now display custom fields from Media RSS feeds.
BSN Live Media feeds can now be added as Data Feeds to a presentation (via File > Presentation Properties > Data Feeds).
A transition effect (as well as the effect duration) can now be set for images within an Image List state.
HWZ mode can now be enabled on individual HTML states using the new Enable native video plane playback option.
Schedule Conflict windows now provide the names, times, and dates of conflicting presentations when one presentation is placed within the time slot of another presentation.
The publishing Progress window is now more informative about processes that must occur before the files are written to storage or transferred.
Plugin Command messages now support wildcards, as well as assigning the wildcard value to a user variable.