This article contains release notes for the Chameleon Ticker Player Version 3.0.370Version 3.0.369Version 3.0.368- fix for when topic train tags being present in the scene were causing an issue with paging
Version 3.0.366- if webserver isn't running and api is enabled don't keep checking server for api commands as it would fill the logs with errors
- trim trailing slash and spaces from flow url string
Version 3.0.364- support for ^rundownGroup tag to show rundown group broadcast names when using Flow 15.12.3.4 or later
Version 3.0.363Version 3.0.362- improve check when detecting a page break inside text string (look for <hr /> in addition to<hr>)
Version 3.0.360- supports ^sponsor.description tag when using Flow 15.11.4.2 or greater
- add sponsor description and player ip address to sponsor asrun when using Flow 15.11.4.2 or greater
- fix a handle leak introduced in 3.0.359
Version 3.0.359- For boolean visibility tags also set text value = "true"/"false" if it's a text object
- If media file is using a network share path make sure the path uses backslashes and not forward slashes when updating the quad texture
- for the chameleon api scene player make the default scene director OR the Transition Logic IN scene director dictate when the scene is finished (whichever one finishes last)
Version 3.0.358- keep show online when switching between shows that use the same project
- When looking for local media files also check the Video sub folder (in addition to Resources, Images, and Videos folders)
- support for weather tags: ^weather.pressuredirection, ^weather.dewpoint, ^weather.airquality, ^weather.visibility, ^weather.wind.directiondegree
- make the default scene director OR the Transition Logic IN scene director dictate when the scene is finished (whichever one finishes last)
Version 3.0.357Version 3.0.356Version 3.0.354- when using read \ remove metadata don't populate tag indexes greater than the read metadata value
Version 3.0.353Version 3.0.352- Query : use the valueType field in the rundown_query_params table for queries with parameters when using Flow 15.7.4.6 or later
Version 3.0.351- fix GetOnlineStatus call via chameleon api on XPression when one asset bug replaces another bug on the same layer the old asset was still reporting as being online
Version 3.0.350- improve GetCountCommand for queries as it was failing when trying to get the count from some queries
Version 3.0.349- Support for playing query rundown items with parameters when using Flow 15.7.1.6 or later.
Version 3.0.348- check the XPression object metadata for an optional tag attribute that defines the Chameleon tag to map to instead of only relying on the object name
Version 3.0.347- fix cpu spike after processing a chameleon.api message
- use mysql.data 8.0.33
Version 3.0.346- protect against multiple instances trying to load the same project at the exact same time
Version 3.0.345- fix ^score.start tag data not being set (introduced in 3.0.342)
Version 3.0.344- use .net framework 4.8
- fix error when bad database name is assigned
- fix GetMediaFile error message shown in log when image tag data is empty
Version 3.0.342- fix error with online resume playback
Version 3.0.341- Use XPression SetVolatileTexture API when updating quad images instead of updating the materials
Version 3.0.340- make a show change immediate when changing shows when the old show and new show both use the same project
- update commands received via chameleon.api will Not put the scene online if it wasn't already online
- update some error logging
Version 3.0.338Version 3.0.337- add additional error logging and debug messages
- support for recurring events
- update Telerik controls to 2022.3.1109.45
Version 3.0.336- handle a media item url value being a file path instead of a url
Version 3.0.335- support for color dynamic tag type
Version 3.0.334- support for dynamic score playlists
Version 3.0.329- fix issue related to topic train (introduced in 326) when using query items
Version 3.0.327- fix ^score.pregame groups not hiding when no longer in pregame (introduced in 326)
Version 3.0.326- fix topic look ahead "train" to only return topics that have content e.g.: ( ^topic[1], ^topic[2], ^topic[3], etc. )
Version 3.0.325- support ^topic.media for topics that support media (e.g.: leagues)
Version 3.0.324- if score start time after today apply default format to show the day, and date when greater than a week, in addition to the time
- for score.start and score.status tag when showing game start time, using a format will allow for multiple custom formats to be specified to use for games that are today and future games using a semicolon as a separator. See Sports Tags documentation for more details.
- event playlists use calendar broadcast name for the ^event.calendar tag
Version 3.0.322- fix changing the ticker players current show via Flow remote control
- using mysql.data.dll 8.0.29
Version 3.0.321- fix using shuffle with sponsor spots
- when writing sponsor to asrun include the sponsor name as houseId\name in the asrun table
Version 3.0.320- If data is a color value (e.g.: ^choice.party.color) and tag is quad then apply the color to quad
Version 3.0.316- fix issue with crawl ^firstitem, ^lastitem scenes being inserted with every item instead of just with the first \ last items in the topic (was introduced in 3.0.275)
- fix chameleon.api offline call not animating
Version 3.0.315- resume will now continue on with the next item in the current topic instead of moving to the next topic.
- chameleon.api support for Ticker Player
Version 3.0.311Version 3.0.309- Add support for closing group (topic) dynamic tags (requires Flow 14.1.4.4 or greater)
Version 3.0.308- Add support for sponsor dynamic tag type (requires Flow 13.12.2.3 or greater for Sponsor dynamic tag type support)
Version 3.0.306- fix a possible issue when running multiple query zones at the same time
- don't set number type dynamic tags that are blank\empty in Flow to 0's, leave them empty instead
- add an additional parameters field to the Flow database settings
Version 3.0.305- scores : order score items to match flow order
- scores : add ^score.league.sport tag (contains same data as the current ^score.league.type tag)
- add settings 'Use Database Time for Item On-Air', 'Use Database Time for Item Expiry' to control if the player should use it's local time or the database time when checking for item On-Air and Item Expiry times. Useful if the player system clock is using a different time zone from the database server
Version 3.0.304Version 3.0.303- fix GetRundown query error introduced in ver 301
- add support for a maxlinecount metadata attribute for more control over textbox paging control
- fix when using flow text styles on text that contains commas or apostrophes
Version 3.0.301- add support for tags ^displayindex, ^displayindextotal that will return the current display index value and the display index total when using the Display setting in a rundown.
- support for show based tags: ^show.name, ^show.rundown.name
- add setting 'Use Branding Channel Time Adjust' (default to false). Will control if the time adjust should be applied to start times if using a channel that is also linked to a branding player that has a time adjust assigned.
- traffic playlists : don't include items that are not enabled to air
Version 3.0.300- fix for dynamic tag strings like "(11)" displaying incorrectly
Version 3.0.297- fix for rundown limit sometimes not working initially after creating a new player instance
Version 3.0.293- fix race condition which could occasionally update the outgoing scene with the next scenes data
- fix for text box property not updating when focus is lost by clicking on another instance tab
Version 3.0.292- add additional error logging around some XPression api calls
- fix polls query
Version 3.0.290- add ability to resume rundown on next topic when going back online
- use image buttons for online restart, online resume, offline, clear buttons
- use unique material names for each instance to avoid issues when playing shows on multiple instances that use the same scene
- order channel and show drop down items by content group then by name
- add support for the Polls data type
Version 3.0.288Web Player- fix issues related to first/last item and first/last page, especially for animation conditions
- with designer 2.1.4 or later projects, load local fonts from project folder
- show the content group in the channel and show name dropdowns (e.g.: Global:BLTV)
- don't list or play a show if it is marked as disabled in Flow
Version 3.0.285- fix sponsor to only write asrun record if sponsor is assigned to a campaign
- when writing asrun check if start and end times passed in are utc and convert to local time if needed
Version 3.0.282- disable the installer launch condition for "run only if active internet condition found"
Version 3.0.281- adds some additional debug level log messages
Version 3.0.278- add setting 'Restore Playback On Framebuffer Clear' to restore playback if the XPression framebuffer is cleared outside of Ticker Player when Ticker Player was online
Version 3.0.276- add ^score.gamestate tag to return the pure game state (e.g.: Pregame, In-Progress, Final, Delayed, Postponed, etc.)
- fix ^score.status not returning anything outside of pregame
Version 3.0.274- fix error launching when using older versions of the database (before Flow 11.11.3.1) that don't yet have the revision column in project table
- add missing weather tag: ^weather.text for current or ^weather.<detailTypeCode>.text e.g.: ^weather.day1.text, ^weather.part1.text
- add version to title bar
Version 3.0.271- format improvements for numbers as string
Version 3.0.270- select None as the current show when scheduler is enabled and no show is currently scheduled
- show icon in scheduler tab when scheduler is enabled
Version 3.0.269- show the project path name in brackets beside the published project name
- fix error when creating a new instance that could cause the channel and show drop downs to be unpopulated.
- support for channel dynamic tags e.g.: ^channel.tagname
Version 3.0.266- Elections: fix for no results if there were no offices used for the contest
- Elections: when zero votes also order choices by the incumbent
Version 3.0.265Version 3.0.263Version 3.0.262don't reset the selected channel or show if db connection goes down - show error icon in tab when the server isn't running
clone settings from the last instance when adding new instance create a unique endpoint name when adding new instance - use a RadWindow.Alert control instead of standard message box to show any Flow Url connection errors encountered after pressing Apply in the Flow Tab
- after pressing Apply in Flow Tab revert back to previous Flow Url on error, if there was one set
fix sponsor spot as run logging - log message cleanup
Version 3.0.261Version 3.0.260add a timecode clock control to the ui that will show the current clock time for the instance use the players assigned channels' time adjust value, if one has been set for a channel, and apply it to the instance timecode clock display, scheduler, sponsor spot schedules, and score, event, story, alert start times use RadWindow.Confirm dialog instead of a MessageBox when confirming a shutdown or delete instance operation stop the instances' data server when removing an instance
Version 3.0.259- Read\Remove related fix for removing too many items when total number of records is less than the Remove metadata value
- pressing the Online button immediately after pressing 'Change Show' could show the previous show briefly
Version 3.0.258- fix media dynamic tags handling of a null value column data
Version 3.0.257- fix for sometimes reverting back to previous show soon after a show change
Version 3.0.256- fix paging when using array tags
Version 3.0.253- support for sponsors spots (requires Flow 12.4.4.4 or later)
Web Player- cleanup chameleon.api thumbnail image code - avoid file write \ read and fix leaked Image
- remove an unnecessary frequent info log message that was added in version 3.0.252
Ticker Player- fix using rundown Display count when Display count > the rundown item total records
Version 3.0.251- fix online triggers sometimes taking an unusually long time for a show to go online
- fix weather playlist rundown shuffle
- Update GPI controls in Automation tab to use dropdowns for GPI Board and GPI showing 1 based index values (backwards compatible with previous configurations)
Version 3.0.250- Add ability to trigger a command on the High or Low state of a GPI
- protect against unauthorized access errors if encountered when enumerating folders inside the project folder
Version 3.0.248Version 3.0.246- fix for dashes in dynamic tag names not working
- fix traffic query error
- fix child scene not being added to crawl if its name didn't start with a ^ (introduced in version 3.0.242)
Version 3.0.244- move the 'Use System Tray' setting to the File menu
- fix weather media dynamic tag not working (was introduced in version 3.0.239)
Version 3.0.242- only apply content to child scene if the scene supports the content
Version 3.0.241- improved GetCountCommand for query handler to work better for all queries
Version 3.0.239- fix a blocking issue checking the schedule status when scheduler is enabled that can cause interference with graphic rendering
Version 3.0.238- fix weather playlist ordering when 'custom order' is unchecked
Version 3.0.237- rundown limit support for elections
- stop using SQL commands SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS and SELECT FOUND_ROWS() as they are deprecated as of MySQL 8.0
- only try to start the remotecontrol service if the Remote Control setting is enabled
Version 3.0.236- Fix score playlist error caused by the case sensitivity of SQL column aliases when using a database on an AWS RDS server
- Fix an unhandled exception if multiple automation commands have the same command text assigned
Version 3.0.235- Add support for the Media data type
- When changing scenes in a zone, if the next scene uses the same layer as previous scene let transition logic handle taking the previous scene offline
Version 3.0.234- fix for getting team image from flow if it wasn't found in the project \images\leagues\ folder
- fix getting content groups from global users
Version 3.0.233- fix for starting in system tray on launch when 'Use System Tray' is unchecked
- fix ^sponsor.name tag not being set
- stop automation on shutdown of player
- fix crash if automation tcp server fails to start
Version 3.0.232- add 'Use System Tray' setting to control if the player should hide in the system tray or not when closed
- remove the taskbar notification messages when starting app and moving to system tray
- ability for the player to recover if Flow or the MySQL db isn't available when player starts up.
Version 3.0.230- Fix a bug with database credentials in the Flow Settings dialog getting reset
Version 3.0.229- fix automation socket error when running in server mode
- fix error loading rundown if using a Flow server older than 11.9.5.1 (introduced in version 3.0.227)
Version 3.0.227- add Database User and Password fields to the Flow tab
Version 3.0.222- fix a long term memory leak
- add XPression>Show Gui menu option for the ability to show the XPression UI when the player is launched before XPression Studio
Version 3.0.219- add File>Shutdown menu item that will shutdown the player
- add ^score.status tag (same as ^score.state) to match the field name in the Flow user interface
Version 3.0.218Version 3.0.217Version 3.0.216Version 3.0.215Version 3.0.212Version 3.0.210Version 3.0.209Version 3.0.208add a delay when launched on system startup to give time for the XPression Blue Box service to start show warning in status bar if the XPression version doesn't match what we expect - fix weather playlist error when using the same city multiple times in the same playlist
- organize the Server Port and Endpoint settings under the Server group instead of the Advanced group
improve db status messages in Flow Tab fix remote control settings not saving in Player table when changed fix remote control response error when no Channel is assigned allow None to be selected for no Show
Version 3.0.207Version 3.0.206Version 3.0.205Version 3.0.204add main menu bar remove triangle image on Instance tabs remove -+ buttons and replace with File->Add Instance\Delete Instance menu options add check for updates support remove the Social Media Expiry setting from player preferences
Version 3.0.203Version 3.0.200Version 3.0.199Version 3.0.197- Fix the resetting of the selected Show and Channel if the player fails to connect to the flow URL and the connection is later restored
Version 3.0.195Version 3.0.194Version 3.0.193Version 3.0.191Version 3.0.190Version 3.0.189Version 3.0.188Version 3.0.186Version 3.0.184Version 3.0.183Fix election playlists - Fix election contest failing if a candidate has no party
Version 3.0.182Version 3.0.181Version 3.0.180Version 3.0.179Version 3.0.177Version 3.0.176Version 3.0.175Version 3.0.173 Note |
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Version 3.0.172Version 3.0.171Version 3.0.170Version 3.0.169Version 3.0.167- Fixed issues where player was temperamental when the database was not available.
Version 3.0.166- Fixed error saving settings xml file if settings directory doesn't exist
Version 3.0.145- Fixed inability to toggle off various log level messages in the Log tab
Version 3.0.143- Fixed issue where Channels and Shows would not refresh on changing the flow settings
- Updated Newtonsoft.Json version to 10.0.3
Version 3.0.142- Updated icons for Web Player and NDI
- Changed Database Config Page to Flow Config Page and updated icon
- Only show channels and shows in the player to flow users who have permission to access them
- Added ability to support the Custom data type (when it is added to the rundown)
Version 3.0.137- re-brand the Chameleon Pro and Tick-It players as a single player named Ticker Player
- fix Display Count when set in rundown
- fix manual show change not always working
- if sports logos aren't found on disk use the logo in the flow database if available
Version 3.0.136- enable the scheduler tab in Tick-it
Version 3.0.132Version 3.0.131Version 3.0.129- Added ^topic tag support for Query
Version 3.0.128- Fixed issue where zones would get stuck on Query topics and not move to the next one
- Added max items support with Queries
Version 3.0.127- Fixed images as byte arrays for Query
Version 3.0.126- Added support for displaying media from a Query object (URL, byte array, or local path)
- Fixed background display when changing to a new show that uses the same project as previous show but has a different set of backgrounds
Version 3.0.125
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