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BrightSign Player Agent Version Release Notes

Release notes for the different versions of Korbyt Software for BrightSign media players

Written By Richard Supak

Most Recent Support Version

Latest Korbyt Agent Version Supported: 3.15.16

Latest Version PRT: 3.12

Chromium Version: 114

Firmware/OS:
Series 4 BrightSign Devices: 8.5.64
Series 5 BrightSign Devices: 9.1.92.1
Series 6 BrightSign Devices: 9.1.92.1

Known Issues (Temporary)

The following known issues will be addressed before the General Availability release:

  • OS-14352: Specifying custom fonts for browser using AddFont API and fonts roHtmlWidget constructor parameter is no longer supported. Use HTML webfonts as a substitute. This feature is only supported in BrightAuthor Classic (not BrightAuthor:connected).

  • OS-17651: Mouse scroll is not supported on roHtmlWidget on Series 4

  • OS-18297: Tearing on HD5 and XD5 when GPU rendering is used with Chromium to play certain lower resolution videos with BrightSign video player.

  • OS-19145: Sharing the BrightSign player output over WebRTC is not supported

  • OS-19358: (LGUV5N) Audio has been enabled, and defaults to 100% of maximum (normal BrightSign behavior). Media with audio will play at high volume since there is currently no volume control on the display.

Known Issues (Permanent)

There is no plan for the following known issues to be addressed. They are either deprecated or deleted features:

  • OS-17098: mpcdi is not supported

  • OS-19143: @brightsign/compositor functions pause(), resume() only work for graphics generated by BrightSign objects such as, roTextWidget, roImageWidget etc. roHtmlWidget graphics cannot be paused() and resumed()

Chromium 120 Known Issues

  • BSSecureStore is being replaced by @brightsign/securestore. Please review the documentation for the migration example. This is a permanent, not temporary, issue.

Version Release Notes

BrightSign Series

Player Agent Version

Change Notes

BrightSign 4 Series
BrightSign 5 Series
BrightSign 6 Series

3.15.16

  • Fix issue downloading scriptlets from hybrid server over http (only https was working)

BrightSign 4 Series
BrightSign 5 Series

3.15.15

  • Fix issue where player with volume set to 0 reports volume as 100 during check-ins

BrightSign 4 Series
BrightSign 5 Series

3.15.14

  • Fix issue where player with volume set to 0 reports volume as 100 during check-ins

BrightSign 4 Series
BrightSign 5 Series

3.15.13

  • Fix scriptlet support for Node 18

BrightSign 4 Series
BrightSign 5 Series

3.15.12

  • Readded support for offline startup

BrightSign 4 Series
BrightSign 5 Series

3.15.11

  • Add Bearer Auth to external player api login route

BrightSign 4 Series
BrightSign 5 Series

3.15.10

  • Add external player api to player info and actions

  • Update minimum firmware for 5 Series to (9.0.211) and 4 series to (8.5.64)

BrightSign 4 Series
BrightSign 5 Series

3.15.8

Requirements: BrightSign Firmware minimum(9.0.191) Changelog v3.15.5

- Fix the reference for SSL certificate handling in the nodejs process. v3.15.6

- Add additional error logging for media downloads to capture Bad Gateway errors v3.15.7

- Add real-time screenshot functionality v3.15.8 -

- Fix type errors in syslogs

- Fix player orientation defect 

 

BrightSign 4 Series
BrightSign 5 Series

3.15.7

- Add real-time screenshot functionality

BrightSign 4 Series
BrightSign 5 Series

3.15.6

- Add additional error logging for media downloads to capture Bad Gateway errors

BrightSign 4 Series
BrightSign 5 Series

3.15.5

  - Fix the reference for SSL certificate handling in the nodejs process.

BrightSign 4 Series
BrightSign 5 Series

3.15.3

Changelog: v3.15.1

PRT Support: 3.12

- Fix to correctly add missing resources to the resourceLookup.  Allows urgent alerts to render correctly.

BrightSign 4 Series
BrightSign 5 Series

3.15.2

- Add provisioning candidate for EU and isolated tenant

BrightSign 4 Series
BrightSign 5 Series

3.15.1

  - Update boot logging to support writing to syslog
  - Update proxy setup to support proxy.json file
  - Update multioutput support gates to prevent issues with 3 & 4 Series players
  - Add volume control support on heartbeat work
  - Add default recovery URL for Korbyt Application
  - Add method to clear chrome cache every 6 hours
  - General bug fixes

BrightSign 4 Series
BrightSign 5 Series

3.14.1

Adds check for minimum firmware version (9.0.15) for running setup for multi-output players

BrightSign 4 Series
BrightSign 5 Series

3.13

- Added a fix for the player going into recovery mode on restart in constrained network scenarios

BrightSign 4 Series
BrightSign 5 Series

3.12.3

- Improved caching process
- transition improvements
- portrait playback improvements

BrightSign 4 Series
BrightSign 5 Series

3.6.2

- Add a fix to handle an error during file caching that would set to player to streaming for all content.
- Fix issue where a bad file name / file path would cause the player to throw when downloading to the cache

["BrightSign 4 Series

3.5.14

Added fallbacks to the player check-in route
- Updated check-in logging
- Force player to get new instructions if last instructions are older than 12 hours
- Updated upgrade process for future versions to prevent a clear cache on upgrade
- Updated video playback to use the video hardware layer
- Add new query parameters to checkin request url (pid, pt, lip)
- Add timeouts on http requests
- Add heartbeat watchdog

BrightSign 4 Series
BrightSign 5 Series

3.5.5

- Add Samsung command parsing for CEC screen control
- Add HDMI CEC interface
- consolidate 4/5 Series agent
- Supports not having to re-download content on upgrade

BrightSign 4 Series

3.5.0

- Add HDMI CEC controls
- Allow upgrades without deleting cache

BrightSign 5 Series

3.4.6

- add XC5 multi-output support on 9.0.x (only supports stretched canvas, not unique outputs)
- removes CEC interface support

BrightSign 4 Series

3.4.5

- fix streaming for BrightSign 8.5 Firmware

BrightSign 4 Series

3.4.4

- set default COMPort to 0 if accessible

BrightSign 4 Series

3.4.3

- fix issues preventing ksz files from installing onto player
- fix to updating scriptlet status and uninstall

BrightSign Audio

3.4.2

- Add CMS upgrade functionality to player upgrades that do not delete the content cache

["BrightSign Audio

3.4.1

- Add changes for volume slider

BrightSign 4 Series

3.4.0

- Ensure command type is set to HDMI and move message sender to screen control page
- Add node scriptlet support
- Add support for scriplets and playerAPI messaging

BrightSign Audio

3.4.0

- Allow upgrades without deleting cache

BrightSign 4 Series

3.3.0

- Add deep comparison for player instructions
- Add all media requests through proxy
- Add CEC hbs file

["BrightSign 4 Series"]

3.2.2

- Add toggle for enable/disable CEC logging

BrightSign 4 Series

3.2.1

- Add error handling for network outage

BrightSign Audio

3.2.1

- Add deep compare for instruction comparison

BrightSign 4 Series

3.2.0

- Add runtime info to identity panel
- update checkin route
- clear unused PRTs
- Add fallback to default PRT on invalid download
- Add dynamic PRT selection

BrightSign Audio

3.2.0

- Add scheduled playback for static content

BrightSign 4 Series

3.1.3

- Add serial log collection

BrightSign 4 Series

3.1.2

- change filewritestream completion from on(end) to on(finish)

BrightSign 4 Series

3.1.1

- remove request library
- Add node-fetch library
- Add proxy support
- change model requirements for firmware upgrade

BrightSign Audio

3.1.1

- Add log retrieval functionality
- Add upgradeFilePattern check to Allow support for audio only player in CMS

BrightSign 4 Series

3.1.0

- change default PRT to 3.1
- fix incorrect firmware url variable - add custom scriptlets functionality
- add PSS and on-prem functionality
- add support to download Korbyt compatible firmware
- add 410 status code handler in downloader
- update provisioning page UI
- add upgradeFilePattern check to allow support for audio only player in CMS

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