App Release Notes

This page documents changes to our Apple TV and Android TV App.

1.4.0 - 'Drederick Tatum' - 22nd November 2023

Changed

• Bug fixes and stability improvements for display walls and video sequences.

1.3.5 - 'Edna Krabappel' - 16th November 2023

Changed

• Bug Fixes for occasional crashes.

1.3.4 - 'Martin Prince' - 9th November 2023

Changed

• Bug fixes and improved performance of dynamic data and block movement.

Added

• Support for alert sounds on data screens.

1.3.2 - 'Ralph Wiggum' - 2 November 2023

Changed

• Video stability improvements.

• Video wall sequences can start more quickly when changing sequence.

Added

• New splash screen!

1.3.1 - 'Millhouse' - 17th October 2023

Changed

• Many bug fixes and stability fixes.

• Better support for the Platopus Player and Sony Bravia Screens.

• Improved font and text handling.

• Improved pre-video blackout for single slide video sequences.

Added

• Major revision including support for the display of dynamic data.

• Automatic Provisioning for Sony and Amino players.

• Health-check actions to report/restart players if video issues are detected.

1.2.0 - 'Moe Szyslak' - 14th April 2023

Changed

• Many bug fixes and stability fixes.

Added

• Support for building video walls from multiple displays / players.

• Synchronisation of sequences across multiple screens.

• Support for the new Platopus Player.

• Support for 'portraitUpsideDown' orientation on non-Android TV devices.

1.1.7 - 'Doctor Nick' - 3rd May 2022

Changed

• Fixed error dialogs for videos which are unplayable on certain screens

• Improved detection of screen resolutions

• Corrected transitions on screens which are rotated

• Improved support for portrait mode

1.1.5 - 'Selma Bouvier' - 12th October 2021

Changed

• Improved support for registering screens in portrait.

Added

• Added support for operating screens in all rotation modes.

• Added 'force portrait' setting for displays which cannot sense their rotation and Android TV displays which do not support OS level rotation.

• Added support for triggering activation mode remotely.

• Added restart support for latest Sony Bravia Professional Displays.

1.1.5 - 'Snake Jailbird' - 21 September 2021

Changed

• Fixed a bug which would cause the display to crash on rare occasions.

Added

• Added support for new fonts in the slide editor.

1.1.2 - 'Smithers' - 1st August 2021

Changed

• Many fixes to improve overall stability.

Added

• Added support for Ellipses in Dynamic Slides.

1.1.1 - 'Fat Tony' - 15th July 2021

Added

• Added Screen Control functionality to allow control of screens with their own internal REST APIs starting with Sony Bravia Professional Displays with Android TV. This allows the app to restart the screen in the event of crashes or unrecoverable errors.

1.1.0 - 'Abe Simpson' - 25th May 2021

Changed

• Various bug fixes and improvements to make your display even more reliable.

Added

• A major update which allows updates to be pushed to the display on-demand delivering a much reduced network overhead.

1.0.11 - 12th June 2019

Changed

• Display Coordinates are now based on UHD/4K resolutions (3840 x 2160)

Added

• New Photo Mode for displaying a single photo on screen in the correct resolution/scaling

• Added Analogue Clocks are a type of object which can be included in a slide

1.0.10 - 21st May 2019

Fixed

• Improved photo scaling routines and fixed a bug which was causing distortion

• Problem where sequences triggered scene changes repeatedly

Changed

• Portrait Images now rotate automatically to show the correct way on screen.

• Photos with drift effects now clipped to screen edges for sharper cut-effects

1.0.9 - 17th May 2019

Fixed

• Scaling Bug which caused photos to appear oversized.

• Drift Effects - some drifts were moving in the wrong direction.

1.0.8 - 29th April 2019

Fixed

• Timer bug where some timers were not paused when the app is sent to the background.

• Transition bug where incoming transitions may be cancelled by the outgoing scene.

Added

• Photo content type - can display a photo with 'drift' effect to zoom in/out on an area slowly and sexily.

• Photo background for scenes - your whole scene can be overlaid on a drifting photo.

1.0.7 - 28th April 2019

Fixed

• A few minor memory leaks and listeners which were causing issues.

• Network problems not being correctly identified.

• Sequence demo images were out-of-date.

Added

• Microtiming - players now synchronise centrally for millisecond accurate timing. Will allow future screen syncing when multiple displays are within the same location.

• Players now report back their screen sizes and software version.

1.0.6 - 22nd April 2019

Fixed

• Scaling issues on Android TV - some players report back a smaller size than the screen is capable of.

• Minor bug with removal of unused assets.

1.0.5 - 20th April 2019

Initial release to the Google Play Store

Fixed

• Minor scaling bug which were causing crashes

• Bug with background loading of assets for Image and Video scenes

Added

• New in-effects and transitions - fade, crossfade, slide left, slide right, slide up and slide down

• Android TV support - with official Android TV players which have 'Leanback' (non-touch) controllers

• Bundled some open-source fonts in the player for dynamic screen

1.0.3 - 20th March 2019

Initial release to the Apple App Store