Branding Player for XPression Release Notes

2.1.0.11

• show the trigger command in the logs before executing the trigger

• logging improvements

• protect against undefined objects

• bug fixes in disposing of snipe objects

• don't include expired assets

• show version # in logs on launch

2.1.0.10

• get db server, db name and port prior to calling readerutils for the case where we need to include extra db params

• connect via readerutils using mysql param

• add support for additional mysql params like sslmode

2.1.0.9

• add support for ^asset tag

2.1.0.8

• when playing a snipe asset that is already playing (or thought to be playing), play it again as opposed to ignoring the trigger

• create new installer project because couldn't get around problems with older installer project

2.1.0.7

• fix problems reading media tags for program schedule and assets

2.1.0.6

• support for channel tags

2.1.0.5

• support media for ratings logo

• support media for explicit tags

• support media for implicit tags

• media support is all backwards compatible

• the media support requires flow 12.8.3.3 and greater

2.1.0.4

• change delay on launch from 8 seconds to 60 seconds

2.1.0.3

• on launch, we were getting a message that we couldn't connect to automation server even if we were connected

• support for gpi mapping to branding commands

2.1.0.2

• protect against a null ip automation port on the timer that checks the port's status

2.1.0.1

• tags with dates/times/countdowns could have their formatting wrong because of a force of tag to lowercase

2.1.0.0

• fix preview so it doesn't do things it's not supposed (like as runs)

• disable preview bug and preview snipe buttons if the preview channel is the same as the program channel

• add a clear preview channel button

• support for cochannels being referenced by id

• show cochannels in UI

• rename references to triggers to automation

• command tab supports both branding and automation commands

• show automation com and ip info in status bar

• remove keyer support and just use on air/off air

• remove some of the preferences related to keyer/onair on launch

• remove the option to not write as runs

• support for sockets instead of .net remoting for branding commands (integration with flow)

• prepared statements for getting assets and program schedule

• requires Flow 12.4.5.4 or great to trigger assets from flow

• support Branding Master instead of Switcher

2.0.0.59

• trim all data coming from the com port and if string length is 0, don't write to the logs

2.0.0.58

• more gpi fixes

2.0.0.57

• gpi settings weren't being saved between launches

2.0.0.56

• gpi keyer triggers weren't working

2.0.0.55

• 1-based gpi board

2.0.0.54

• make sure we update bugs after we update the program schedule each minute

• get program schedule every 30 minutes and peel away programs as needed every minute

• protect against not havinng a trigger server set

• don't send back the asset name over the automation port

• modify how we define gpis so keyer gpis can have on different than off and full control for pulse or state - this will break previous releases

• add trigger for refreshing program schedule

2.0.0.53

• fix code for triggers if all bugs off or all snipes off have the same command

• if bug and snipe have the same trigger format, we'd call it twice although that wouldn't cause any problems

• don't ignore bugs when taken if they're already online. run another online

2.0.0.52

• wasn't getting assets correctly when content group wasn't global

2.0.0.51

• change the default trigger prefix/suffix so both snipes and bugs have the same prefix/suffix

• add support for a trigger to refresh the asset list

• scheduled assets weren't respecting time adjust

2.0.0.50

• have use system tray be a menu item under the File menu instead of a checkbox on the prefs dialog

2.0.0.49

• error log improvements

2.0.0.48

• if templates path doesn't exist, show a message and then close app

• if logos path doesn't exist, write a message in the logs

• improve our daily timer to also check for updates and not just flush logs. also, do it all in a background worker

• move to SocketMessaging nuget package and phase out BL's socket code

• improve the way we check whether we're still connected

• optional system tray support

2.0.0.47

• add TLS definition in app.config

• fixed a potential leak in reader in bgWorkerCheckForNewGraphics_DoWork

• add Open Logs Directory menu item

• removal of project server support

• allow snipes and bugs share the same trigger format

• ui for changing mysql userid/password

2.0.0.46

• triggering allowed bugs to be played as snipes and snipes as bugs. That is, when putting snipe or bug prefixes/suffixes around an asset name, it wasn't checking whether the asset was in fact a bug or snipe

2.0.0.45

• not sure why i was adding 1 to bug and snipe layers

• show CG's ip/port - this is basically the Web Server's ip/port but in theory, it could work for any CG that supports the chameleon api

2.0.0.44

• add xpression support so bugs can have TL force the scene offline and behave like a manual bug off

2.0.0.43

• fixed countdowns to relative times

• added support for countdowns of a specific length

2.0.0.42

• refactoring xpression code

• support for countdowns and clocks in snipes

• improve behaviour if problems getting xpr api to launch - for example, if the dongle is pulled

• support for variable length clips in xpr - the [live] suffix for tags determines if we do variable length

2.0.0.41

• don't force close of projects on exit of player - xpr only

• don't force reopening of projects on launching of player - xpr only

2.0.0.40

• fix datetime formatters which are single char to work around .net limitation

2.0.0.39

• fixed an exception when retrieving assets

2.0.0.38

• remove trailling / or \ on file paths for logos and templates

2.0.0.37

• in order to work properly with combining query and implicit/explicit tags, make their keys all lowercase

2.0.0.36

• support utf8 commands from automation socket. previously, only supported ascii

• support sending command over automation socket when a snipe is done playing

• fix queries to replace newlines/returns with spaces

• have all db connections use CharSet=utf8mb4

2.0.0.35

• fix problem with show time, duration, rating and disclaimer tags

• remove playlists page

• allow choosing the asset format in prefs

• web version is now called simply Branding Player but can do xpr or web

2.0.0.34

• support text with tags for XPression

2.0.0.33

• both xpr and web queries weren't working

2.0.0.32

• support for asset queries

2.0.0.31

• support for switcher refreshing assets and program schedule

2.0.0.30

• problem after scheduled bugs taken off and then manually bringing them back on

2.0.0.29

• wasn't dealing with all scheduled bug cases

2.0.0.28

• wasn't matching datetime correctly for scheduled snipes

• support online/offline and keyer for scheduled assets

2.0.0.27

• support for reconkey for scheduled assets

2.0.0.26

• support for scheduled assets

2.0.0.25

• support for using the ip in the db if it's different than the default local ip address

• allow launching multiple instances of the exe without needing to change the name

2.0.0.24

• improve check for updates

2.0.0.23

• fix the problem with case and using the channel name in a next tag

• remove Brando as an installer subdir

2.0.0.22

• refresh schedule wasn't working

2.0.0.21

• implement new Ping command from BrandingPlayer.API

• check for updates support

• status bar

2.0.0.20

• improve chameleon.api code

• web play snipes again ever if we haven't received a callback to remove them from the list

2.0.0.19

• support for formatting of ^time, ^date, ^countdown and next time tags

• support for snipe callbacks for web

2.0.0.18

• interim build for testing of web snipes

2.0.0.17

• use new chameleon.api interface

2.0.0.16

• support for switcher

• for web, i was setting snipes to keep online

2.0.0.15

• on countdowns and time second updates, send all tags to web

2.0.0.14

• problem with implicit logo tags for web player

2.0.0.13

• do writing to as runs in a thread

• do player status writes to the database in a thread

• refactoring

2.0.0.12

• threads when connecting web to chameleon server

• disable templates path for web

2.0.0.11

• support for updating the player's status

• disable all preferences not valid for Web

• support modifying the chameleon server/port from prefs

2.0.0.10

• fix content group problems

2.0.0.9

• allow global users to play any channel

2.0.0.8

• support for new branding_player table

• support for time adjusts between channels

2.0.0.7

• neutral skin including about box

• support for ^<channel>.channel

• remove sort from episode column of program grid

• improve clock code

• use globalization to get timer separator for countdowns

• refactoring everywhere

• support for project server

• proper content group support

• login with flow credentials

• support for trigger command delimiters so we can receive more than one command at a time

• manual trigger support

2.0.0.6

• only read XPression assets

• support for relative countdowns

2.0.0.5

• use system time instead of xpr timecode

2.0.0.4

• fix some case sensitive and empty string issues with tags

2.0.0.3

• support for tags ^time, ^shorttime, ^date, ^longdate

2.0.0.2

• support for ratings using the logos dir

2.0.0.1

• support for missing tags like time, rating and disclaimer

2.0.0.0

• change to using the chameleon db

1.0.0.3

• when refreshing named snipes, try to keep the current one selected

1.0.0.2

• support the optional channel tag being in the front instead of the end eg. instead of ^now.hashtag.TSN1, it's ^TSN1.now.hashtag

1.0.0.1

• explicit channges now use . parameter instead of []. eg. ^now.name.TSN1 instead of ^now.name[TSN1]