Chameleon XPR Ticker Player Release Notes

This article contains release notes for the Chameleon Ticker Player

Version 3.0.370

• fix issue with the traffic camera urls not working that was introduced in version 3.0.359

Version 3.0.369

• fix issue with the Not pregame tag (^!score.pregame) showing when game is in pregame introduced in version 3.0.359

Version 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 3.0.363

• use .net framework 4.7.2

Version 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 3.0.357

• fix missing ^alert.type tag data

Version 3.0.356

• chameleon api GetOnlineStatus fixes after doing  setonline or update the same scene using different asset names

Version 3.0.354

• when using read \ remove metadata don't populate tag indexes greater than the read metadata value

Version 3.0.353

• Scores : added support for the tag ^score.league.hometeamfirst - an object visibility tag based on the leagues home team first setting state. object is visible if TRUE

Version 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 3.0.338

• use Chameleon.Api 1.0.12
• support version of Chameleon.Api GetThumbnail that takes width, height, and letterbox parameters

• Increase MaxBufferSize and MaxReceivedMessageSize for the Chameleon.API Service

Version 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 3.0.311

• scheduler related fixes

Version 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 3.0.304

• fix error when checking for font style tags or applying font style tags if the tag data value was null

Version 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 3.0.288

Web 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 3.0.265

• Elections : use party order in the ordering of choices to specify correct order when there are 0 results

• Elections : fix for no results if the election type wasn't set for the event

Version 3.0.263

• fix league topic dynamic tag error (introduced in 3.0.261)

Version 3.0.262

• don'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 3.0.261

• support for topic dynamic tags for topics that have dynamic tag support (alert, story, custom) ( e.g.: ^topic.dynamictagname )

Version 3.0.260

• add 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 3.0.248

• fix paging not working in zones that had backgrounds

• only allow the automation tcp or serial port settings to be changed when Enabled is unchecked

Version 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 3.0.218

• don't make unnecessary calls into the Flow url to get database connection settings (now only if apply is pressed in the Flow tab or on launch)

• add File>Close menu item that will close the application window to taskbar

Version 3.0.217

• fix closings ^topic tag returning the institution type instead of the closing group broadcast name or playlist name

Version 3.0.216

• fix possible race condition if content list is updated at the same time the content is being applied

Version 3.0.215

• Read\Remove Data Fixes

• Add setting in Log tab to remove logs older than X days

• fix for off air events in still being displayed when in event playlists

Version 3.0.212

• Allow DateTime format strings to be applied to weather sunset and sunrise tags

Version 3.0.210

• fix a crawl related error if 'Enable Looping' was checked on the Scene Group. Will force Looping = false on the screen group since we are doing the update manually.

Version 3.0.209

• fix automation command parsing error causing some automation commands to fire unexpectedly

• no longer need to restart the Player after editing the automation command text for the new command to take effect

Version 3.0.208

• add 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 3.0.207

• add support for Flow remote control

Version 3.0.206

• log any errors that may occur when connecting to the Flow Url

Version 3.0.205

• fix text paging when using multi style text

Version 3.0.204

• add 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 3.0.203

• support Flow story text style formatting in Ticker Player

Version 3.0.200

• add support for ^query[x].index tag that will return the row index of the query record

Version 3.0.199

• don't show deleted channels in the player channel list

Version 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 3.0.195

• add tags ^twitter.hasmedia, ^twitter.account.hasmedia

Version 3.0.194

• Fix issue updating array style tags when the index is greater than 9.  (e.g.:  ^custom[12].post )

Version 3.0.193

• Fix twitter topic error introduced in build 3.0.188

Version 3.0.191

• use the league code as the topic name

Version 3.0.190

• fix traffic camera urls

Version 3.0.189

• add support for election events in a rundown

• add support for ^choice[x].acclaimed tag for elections

Version 3.0.188

• add support for ^Topic[x] tags to allow for train of upcoming topics to be shown

Version 3.0.186

• add support for ^weather.day.date \ ^weather.dayX.date tags which will return the days date

Version 3.0.184

• add support for event media

Version 3.0.183

• Fix election playlists

• Fix election contest failing if a candidate has no party

Version 3.0.182

• Fix election playlists

• Support for ^story.summary and ^story.story tags

Version 3.0.181

• Fix sponsor dynamic tags

Version 3.0.180

• Fix media error with story media introduced in previous build

• Use the Calendar BroadcastName for the Event Topic

Version 3.0.179

• add support for the Sponsor data type

Version 3.0.177

• add support for changing shows via automation with the addition of a <show:#> automation command (e.g.: <show:morning>).

• fix weather media dynamic field error for day and night conditions
• check if project directory exists before attempting to enumerate files to prevent an exception

Version 3.0.176

• fix for some url images not playing (encode the url parameter when building the internal urlmedia endpoint url)

Version 3.0.175

• fix for rundown Display Count not playing where it left off when the rundown starts over again

• fix applying of log level settings on startup

Version 3.0.173

• support for weather media dynamic tags

• support for logo paths in custom data type tags (e.g.: leagues/nhl/tor.png)

Version 3.0.172

• fix for alerts not playing

Version 3.0.171

• fix for dynamic tag names that contain spaces

Version 3.0.170

• Fix Election schema error

• Rename Election ^choice.contest.xxxx tag names to ^choice.event.xxxx

Version 3.0.169

• Support for using text style tags when paging text (requires XPression 7.0 3836)

Version 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 3.0.132

• fix for not showing all data for some Topics when scenes used in the same zone have different metadata settings for read\remove

Version 3.0.131

• Fixed bug where limit behaviour was being injected into limits of sub-queries when it shouldn't be. custom limit behaviour should only be injected into top-level queries

Version 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

• Added query support