Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog and this project adheres to
Semantic Versioning.

[2.0.0] - 2022-05-31

Fixed

• fixed wallclock and repeatCount=indefinite edge case bug
• fixed background video single loop freeze
• fixed repeatCount issues when combined with priorityClasses and wallclock notations
• fixed relative src path for triggers
• fixed rare bug with multiple triggers using same region not working correctly
• fixed bug with keyboard triggers with specified duration
• fixed transitions with underlying content
• fixed issue when trying to prepare video which no longer exists in localstorage
• fixed rare bug with one widget in playlist not visible after smil update

Changed

• multiple components code refactor

Added

• improved seamless update performance
• improved general playback performance
• improved multiple widgets in playlist performance
• added option to turn off preloading of widgets ( widget is loaded at exact time when it should start playing, not
  before)
• added transitions support for widgets
• added support for applet-synchronizer
• added option to synchronize playback among multiple devices in same sync group
• added support for synchronization failover content ( when one device withing sync group goes offline, other one
  takes care of its playback )
• added new home screen
• added new default backup image
• added option to specify z-index on img or ref tags in smil xml file

Removed

• removed input form from home screen

[1.9.1] - 2022-02-15

Fixed

• added config definition allowing to show required configuration in Box
• added optional z-index attribute to img and ref tag in smil file
• added conditional expression to smil data refresh configuration
• fixed race condition with seamless update
• fixed conditional timeFormat issue
• fixed right and bottom css positioning for regular media and triggers

[1.9.0] - 2021-10-14

Fixed

• fixed bug with video playback in background not working properly
• fixed rare bug with malformed files in internal storage
• fixed rare bug with wallClock definitions
• fixed rare bug with wallclock endTime

Added

• Add bottom option to element positioning
• Add video streaming support

[1.8.0] - 2021-09-14

Fixed

• Query parameters of HTML widgets for Brightsign devices
• fixed image transitions bug

Added

• Add seamless update support

[1.7.0] - 2021-06-30

Fixed

• fix bug with non-existing videos failing smil file parse
• fix issue when smil player was stuck on backup image after xml parse failure

Added

• add option to turn off media update ( set interval as -1)

[1.6.1] - 2021-06-07

Fixed

• fix bug with single priorityClass not working properly
• fix rare bug with playing blank image ( no source )

[1.6.0] - 2021-05-27

Fixed

• fix bug with default region not having proper name
• fix bug with wrong repeatCount for triggers
• fix bug with parent generation hashing algorithm
• improved intro handling
• improved playlist sanitization
• improve media url validation
• improved conditional expressions handling

Added

• added smil event reporting support
• added onClick/onTouch triggers with duration specified in seconds
• added support for image to image crossfade transition
• added optional serialPortDevice in sos.config to dynamically define device address for serial communication
• added support for fixed video duration
• added support for widgets with query parameters
• added support for auth headers for media download
• added ICS format implementation for conditional expression
• added support for smil files with no active content
• added support for backup image if smil-player fails on smil file download or smil xml parse functionality supports
  image stored directly in smil repo or on remote server.

[1.5.0] - 2021-04-14

Fixed

• bug with new parent generated during each iteration of playlist
• bug with one item playlist inside priorityClass

Added

• improved smil stability
• added logic to remove infinite loops and unnecessary elements
• improve readme and documentation

[1.4.0] - 2021-03-31

Fixed

• bug with multiple widgets ids in same region
• bug with widgets extension remaining in code for later media
• multiple components code refactor

Added

• keyboard support for triggers
• ability to play triggers based on repeatCount attribute
• improved image/widget performance
• improved xml parsing and playlist generation

[1.3.0] - 2021-03-12

Fixed

• fixed wrong order when processing sequences of elements without seq or par tags
• improved performance during conditional playback
• fixed cypress tests timeouts

Added

• added local express server for cypress tests
• added dynamic cypress tests for priority and wallclock

[1.2.0] - 2021-02-12

Added

• basic cypress tests support
• advanced conditional expression conditions

Fixed

• fixed bug with file update blocked by wallclock functions
• fixed bug with one playlist blocking another during wait
• improved performance for LG devices

[1.1.0] - 2021-01-26

Added

• trigger support
• webos video playback hotfix with sleep(videoDuration) and Promise.race
• add priority behaviour support (excl and priorityClass tags)
• add conditional playback support

Fixed

• fixed smil parsing issue on Rpi
• fixed new smil file download/offline processing
• fixed media files update check
• fixed image intro
• fixed image/widgets update check, add random query string to avoid caching except for brightsign device
• add improved error handling
• add new instance of playlist during each smil restart
• add lastModified check during media files download at the start of the smil processing
• add check for empty localFilePath during video playback
• remove navigator.online and replace it with fetch functionality
• fixed edge case bug causing infinite loop when no playlist is active
• fixed wallclock bug for different dates without repeat

[1.0.1] - 2020-09-17

Added

• performance optimization for older devices
• add JSDoc, code structure improvements
• improve test coverage

Fixed

• fix offline playback
• performance improvements for older/slower devices

[1.0.0] - 2020-08-31

Added

• First released version, supported features in readme or https://docs.signageos.io/category/smil-guides

[0.0.1] - 2020-03-01

Added

• Initial PoC release of SMIL player