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Elementi 2020 release notes

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Elementi 2020 Update 3

Version: "Matterhorn" 4.5.3.36469.
Release date: July 20, 2020.

Fixes

  • AJAX POST requests would use chunked transfer encoding since firmware 4.5.0, but many simple devices do not support them, which broke communications; now chunked transfer encoding is not used in AJAX requests.
  • HTTP requests to server whose name started with vN, N being an integer, would be modified to be within square brackets, breaking the request.
  • Publishing to a player running 4.6.0 firmware could error out with a certificate validation failure.
  • The Widgets collection was not translated.

Elementi 2020 Update 2

Version: "Matterhorn" 4.5.2.36228.
Release date: June 8, 2020.

Fixes

  • Facebook widgets were no longer working due to a Facebook API change. The data source configuration dialog of Facebook widgets no longer show retired options. The Facebook logo is now shown instead of content from a demo account, which was not always reliable.
  • Encoding of multi-screen videos could fail when hardware accelerated encoding was enabled due to different GPU limitations - hardware acceleration is now disabled when encoding split videos to ensure uniform quality among tiles.
  • The publish dialog would not show target devices that were inside collections.
  • After changing the project location in Elementi settings, the projects list in the browse panel would only update after an Elementi restart.

Developer

  • HTTP PUT requests with an empty body where incorrectly done as GET requests.

Elementi 2020 Update 1

Version: "Matterhorn" 4.5.1.36128.
Release date: May 20, 2020.

Fixes

  • Streaming was not working properly with some sources.
  • An HTTP proxy on port 80 could not be used. This was a regression introduced in 4.5.0.
  • Some web services, like RSS feeds, behave differently when the referrer is about:blank, a full URL is now used to avoid problems.
  • Solved incompatibility with myDrive.ch file storage service.
  • Projects generated by Elementi could have incorrect paths causing compatibility problems with ARYA enterprise.
  • Some translations were broken or missing.
  • EULA and third-party licenses updated to reflect current ones.

Elementi 2020

Version: "Matterhorn" 4.5.0.35854.
Release date: April 20, 2020.

New

  • Added support for the HMP400 players and for their corresponding Feature Set. Elementi verifies that the necessary Feature Set is activated on the player when publishing.
  • New HTML5 rendering engine, based on Chromium 74, with support for hardware accelerated video decoding and WebGL. Applies only to projects for KIOSK and SYSTEMS Feature Set.
  • Added support for underlined text.
  • Calendar widgets have been reworked to support merging multiple calendars on the same view for Google calendar and Outlook online. The calendar source dialog has been modified accordingly.
  • New option in settings menu to transcode to HEVC for DSOS projects to get smaller files with the trade off of longer conversion times.
  • New option to use Intel QuickSync, Nvidia NVENC or AMD AMF to speed up transcoding with hardware accelerated video encoding.
  • JPEG images are now automatically rotated and flipped according to EXIF data.

Improvements

  • New search for meeting rooms dialog for Outlook Online calendars, user can also enter email address of room directly if known.
  • Added support Hyperlink and Picture columns in SharePoint lists.
  • Export / import password protected list of credentials in the format compatible with the player. Include encrypted credentials when exporting devices.
  • Report all network errors to help diagnose cloud connectivity issues.
  • Master layouts also available in Elementi S.
  • Support for HTTP/2 protocol and request multiplexing.
  • Increased resolution of the project preview for Arya Enterprise.

Changes

  • Removed support for Instagram widgets because Instagram has discontinued the Legacy API.
  • The calendar widgets are not backward-compatible with HMP200, HMP130, and HMP100 players.
  • Session cookies now expire after 2 days (used to never expire before).

Fixes

  • Playlist inside playlist duration changes not cascaded properly.
  • Events widget - long event titles were not showing correctly.
  • JSignage Graph plugin: Axis grid were not shown in some cases because of missing min and max values.
  • If there is any text in an editable text area, editing was broken.
  • Hostname not displayed in the Publish location properties dialog for shared folders.
  • Some users experienced a crash on undo.
  • Make sure vbv buffer size parameter does not exceed target level on video encoding.
  • DXVA hardware decoder must be created with the actual coded video dimensions.

Security

  • Protected from XEE attacks in XML files.
  • Use HTTPS protocol for the ECB exchange rate data source.
  • CORS violations and other errors in HTML5 content are reported in the log.

Developer

Unresolved

  • Fusion-related archives cannot be restored onto the player due to a problem with the way the archive is created. As a workaround, use Elementi 2018 Update 5 or create the archive manually from your disk (make sure to set the compression level to "Store").