8.3

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8.3.46 (Sep 27, 2021)

New Features

OS-12286: @brightsign/networkconfiguration now reports metric zero.
OS-12082: Added new JavaScript object AudioOutput.
OS-12224: Added “:reserved” modifier for audio routing.
OS-12245: Added Seeked event to AU3x5 players.
OS-12305: Added font width scaling to CEA-608 and CEA-708 closed captions.
OS-12329: CEA-708 BackSpace support added.
OS-12211: Added UseInitiatorAdressFromPacket() to JS/BSCECTransmitter.
OS-12201: Added raise() and lower() methods to js_ipchtmlwidget.
OS-8412: Added support for custom video modes.
OS-12351: Added registry option for --disable-web-security flag.
OS-11018: Added @brightsign/networkstatus.
OS-12305: Added rectangle control for graphics layer video.
OS-2061: Numerous DNS changes.
Enabled caching of DNS results.
Added flushdns command to shell.
Added new component to js_ipcresolver to flush DNS cache.
Added FlushDNSCache method to roNetworkConfiguration.
OS-11724: Added roAudioConfig.GetTimeBaseStatus() to monitor phase errors.
OS-11528: @brightsign/htmlwidget now supports typing to javascriptInjection API
OS-11000: Added support for mixing audio outputs to AU3x5 Players.
OS-11000: Added @brightsign/audioconfiguration for Node.js.
OS-11773: @brightsign/audio now has JavaScript support for x-bs-audio-mode, allowing expansion of mono files to stereo output and mixdown control to the left/right channel.
OS-11747: Added roAudioPlayerMx support for AU players.
OS-11957: Added “inspector-port” to htmlplay parameters in the shell.
OS-11957: Added “htmlplay chronode” to shell.
OS-11957: Shell now supports “node http://host/script.js” and “node inspect …”
OS-11948: HTML playback now has decoder statistics for position update callback.
OS-11951: Numerous additions and improvements to MSE VP9 video playback including:
Ensure media stream headers are initialized.
ProxyPlaypump now creates correct stream headers during construction.
GetMediaResource is now skipped.
Improved thread safety.
Ready state events are fired at better times.
Implemented WedMediaPlayerBrightsign::SetDuration.
OS-6589: Added server rate tracking to live HLS streaming, which can be reported via GetStreamStatistics.
OS-11873: Added LAST: to autorun search path.
OS-11503: ifStreamReceive now supports roByteArray instances.
OS-12591: NAT is now allowed on ppp devices.
OS-12553: Micron SD cards can now apply firmware updates during formatting.
OS-12621: Allows selection of fullres for specialty high resolution modes.
OS-5971: Enabled GPT support and show partition table types.
OS-11943: Added support for OpenVPN.
OS-12475: Added option to force audio output to FREERUN.

Improvements

OS-11502: roByteArray events now supported for ifStreamReceive.
OS-11503: Binary receive EOL sequence now supported for ifStreamReceive.
OS-12293: HtmlWidget Chromium version is now in Selenium compatible format.
OS-12005: TLS now checks all OCSP responses when looking for a match.
OS-12322: Added space after CEA-608 mid-row codes.
OS-12323: Improved locking of CEA-608 data.
OS-12257: Removed unwanted fields from log messages.
DOCS-781: Updated bsaudio IDL to reflect current documentation.
OS-12371: Changed GetUsbTopology() behavior to match previous versions.
OS-12451: Prerouted audio now uses BAPE mute status.
OS-12180: Improved mouse, touch, and HID input support to work with Electron.
OS-12461: js_ipcpointercalibration now supports calibration events.
OS-12169: BindToInterface() now supports USB friendly names.
OS-12472: BrightSign license information is available from a prompt.
OS-12379: USB power control for Series 4 XD and XT players can now switch off bus power and interface.
OS-12316: Active interfaces with default configuration are now reported as configured.
OS-12388: Added “preferredvideo” as alias for “preferedvideo” for HTML.
OS-11517: Removed StreamForceTs option.
OS-11784, 11823: Improved HDMI In and HDMI Audio In clock selection.
OS-11747: Audio fade code for VideoPlayerImpl is now under FadeController.
OS-10998: Timecode events are now controlled by BasicAudioPlayer instead of VideoPlayerImpl.
OS-11948: HTML playback position period is now 200ms.
OS-11995: Ignore failure to capture HDMI input window message.
OS-12045: Added GetStreamStatistics from roVideoPlayer to roAudioPlayer.
OS-12003: IsHighResolution/Is4KResolution has been re-implemented, and 3840x1200 is properly classified as “high” and not “4K”.
OS-9059: Adjusted network tuning for streaming.
OS-12174: Improved AudioRouting for compressed output.
OS-10998: BasicAudioPlayer now supports BrightScript AddEvent and ClearEvents.
OS-12206: Improved MSE audio file looping.
OS-12079: Non-default SNMP community strings are now supported.
OS-12084: MSE is now supported by default on Series 4 players.
OS-12095: Removed support for 3DES cipher in SSH cryptographic settings.
OS-12131: PTP offsetFromMaster now reports to scripts.
OS-12123: Simultaneous MSE streams are now supported.
OS-11898: PcrDebugFile now supports 50,000 lines.
OS-11751: Improved HDMI encoding using the clock.
OS-12509: Default cursor is now set at startup.
OS-12527: Improved HDMI input stability.
OS-12578: Sped up audio locking for HDMI video in.
OS-12595: js_ipcbrightscript now provides script results when resolving a promise.
OS-12597: Automatic SD firmware updating is now supported via registry flag.
OS-12606: Updated openssl to 1.1.1.
OS-12636: Brightscript now supports restart from inside Eval() and Run().
OS-12637: Shell now supports restarts from the BrightScript debugger.
OS-12480: Increased compressed audio buffer count for HDMI input.
OS-12480: Disabled EQ if routing audio from HDMI.
OS-12584: Wi-Fi now parses EAP-TLS certificate identities for otherName type.
OS-9915: NetworkDiagnostics no longer sends IPv6 pings from all interfaces by default.
OS-12639: Improved ping API in @brightsign/networkdiagnostics.
OS-12660: Updated curl to fix CVE-2021-22947.
OS-12450: Patch for CVE-2021-3580 and CVE-2021-20305.
OS-12540: Updated curl to fix CVE-2021-22924 and CVE-2021-22925.
OS-12583: Updated c-ares to fix CVE-2017-1000381 and CVE-2021-3672.

Bug Fixes

OS-12273: Fixed HTTP end-of-stream events not being delivered.
OS-12242: Fixed roAudioOutput.SetToneControl function not working as expected.
OS-12282: Fixed HDMI in audio clocking.
OS-12193: Fixed syntax error in HtmlWidget User-Agent string.
OS-11939: Fixed occasional incorrect crashdumps.
OS-12304: Fixed Ticker overflow crash on multi-screen setups.
OS-11889: Fixed VideoPlayer crash when the file is given Play and Stop commands close together.
OS-12339: BasicAudio now handles SEEKED events from overlay correctly.
OS-12341: Fixed MaxVariantWidth for HTTP streaming.
OS-12306: Fixed timing of CEA-608 captions.
OS-12328: Fixed SetPenLocation for CEA-708 captions.
OS-12331: Queue is cleared when switching to CEA-608 captions.
OS-12338: Fixed closed captions reading off the end of the surface.
OS-11530: Fixed LLDP accidentally setting zero PoE power.
OS-12337: ZipArchive properly returns an error when it fails to read.
OS-11979: Fixed audio playback issues when hotplugging a USB device into AU3x5 players.
OS-12365: video_player_proxy now properly scales videos to the output resolution.
OS-12350: Fixed unhandled HLS stream error.
OS-12402: Fixed search path parsing for ipconfig.
OS-12416: Fixed OutputNetworkConfiguration status readings for IPv4 and IPv6.
OS-12430: Fixed screenshot.asyncCapture() behavior.
OS-12432: Fixed HTML player behavior on re-use that could cause a memory leak.
OS-12443: ClearMediaPlayer now resets the state of media.
OS-12405: Fixed changing mouse cursors causing a resource leak.
OS-12460: System user IDs are now constant between versions.
OS-12465: Fixed HTML video end event handling to avoid reaching invalid state.
OS-12361: roNetworkConfiguration now reports correct metrics for cell modems.
OS-11688: Updated AAC decoder to avoid glitches with certain files.
OS-12301: HLS streams will now play correctly when changing video size.
OS-11787: Fixed HDMI_IN clock not setting successfully.
OS-11905: Fixed BasicAudioPlayer sending EVENT_PLAYING on every Resume().
OS-11931: Fixed crash that could occur when a callback would be sent after destruction.
OS-12049: Fixed non-hwz video playback behaving unexpectedly.
OS-11135: roVideoMode locking should work as expected.
OS-11437: Fixed Safe Area text in a Scrolling Ticker expanding out of the region.
OS-9733: Fixed bug where IPv6 would remain enabled after EUI-64 DAD fails.
OS-11795: Fixed potential overflow in EDID parser.
OS-11838: Fixed .m4a audio playback not behaving as expected.
OS-11892: Fixed playback issues using ASF.
OS-11987: Fixed audio dropout when switching playback above 1x.
OS-12020: Fixed HLS live playback starting too soon.
OS-12026: Fixed GStreamer retry timer behavior.
OS-12086: Fixed bug that could cause AU3x5 player GPIOs to be placed in a strange state.
OS-12097: Fixed bug that caused HTML videos to loop prematurely.
OS-12103: CEA closed caption extended characters now display correctly.
OS-12114: Fixed looping HTTP videos starting at a time other than 0 seconds.
OS-12135: Fixed crash that would occur by over-allocating video decoders.
OS-12146: Fixed arbitrary MAC address reporting for 4G modems.
OS-12189: Fixed error trying to blend audio messages of different frequencies on AU3x5 players.
OS-12207: Fixed missing ENDED events when playing AC3 on XDx34 and XTx44 players.
OS-12218: Fixed crash from memory allocation failure during a screenshot.
OS-11773: Fixed AU3x5 independent audio playback for stereo left and stereo right not functioning as expected.
OS-12067: Fixed streaming sometimes having the incorrect EOS.
OS-12240: Fixed a crash with EosOnPmtChange option when playing via HTTP.
OS-12249: MSE now closes when load() is called a second time.
OS-12660: Fixed crash that could occur if the HTML overlay-scrollbar registry setting is active.
OS-12266: Fixed bug where WebRTC would confuse extmap and extmap-allow-mixed.
OS-12273: Fixed HTTP end-of-stream events not being delivered.
OS-12242: Fixed roAudioOutput.SetToneControl function not working as expected.
OS-12282: Fixed HDMI in audio clocking.
OS-11939: Fixed incorrect crash dumps.
OS-12478: Fixed streams with audio in Opus or Vorbis and video not in VP9 crashing.
OS-12604: Fixed json memory leak.
OS-12632: Fixed touch screen start up causing duplicate initialization and assertion failures.
OS-12620: Fixed HTML video playback receiving multiple end commands.
OS-12538: Fixed crash that could occur when changing the cursor.
OS-12384: Fixed crash when screenshots did not complete on time.
OS-12665: Fixed screenshot failure for 4K players.
OS-12662: Fixed crash that could occur when changing the cursor rapidly.
OS-12663: Fixed cursor displaying in the incorrect color.
OS-12687: Fixed DVB subtitles sometimes not drawing.
OS-12578: Fixed audio clocking issues in some niche configurations.
OS-12671: Fixed openvpn causing the device to hang when misconfigured.
OS-12676: Large certificates are no longer truncated.
OS-12667: Allow general binding of port 53.