Version 3.0.13.15 is out!
What's New?
- New Manual-Start processing option added
- Cartwall Playmode 'One by One' added
- MediaLibraryServer additional security checks added
- Broken Script-Libraries shown
- Advert-Manager now allows referenced files
- Advert-Manager: Load/Save Dynamic Overlay Assignment Filter
- JMD compatibility meta data reading
- Various smaller optimizations
- Other smaller bug-fixes
- stable
New Manual-Start processing option added
The 'Scheduler' ribbon tab now contains a new button, which allows you to toggle between a 'Default Operation' and a 'Manual Operation' mode.
The 'Manual Operation' mode allows you (if enabled) to force a 'Manual' start of any scheduled Program or Overlay as well as to suppress an automatic resume (re-enable AutoPlay) of a suspended Playlist (e.g. after a LineFeed, Overlay or overlayed Program).
This mean, in 'Manual Operation' mode you would have to start any new Program or Overlay manually yourself. And after a LineFeed or Overlay a suspended Playlist also needs to be started manually again, as the AutoPlay option is in 'Manual Operation' option NOT re-enable again!
The 'Manual Operation' mode is therefore intended for full manual Live-Assist operation and works independent from the AutoPlay mode.
The 'Default Operation' mode works as in the past and starts Overlays and Programs automatically and also resumes a suspended Playlist automatically.
As such use the new 'Manual Operation' mode with care!
There are also new control-commands available (PROGRAM_MANUALOPERATION_GET, PROGRAM_MANUALOPERATION_TOGGLE, PROGRAM_MANUALOPERATION_ON and PROGRAM_MANUALOPERATION_OFF) to change the operation mode automatically. And respective new system events (Application.OnManualOperationON and Application.OnManualOperationOFF) are available and are triggered when the mode is changed accordingly.
E.g. if you want to make sure, that with each User-LogOff the mode is for sure changed back to 'Default Operation' you might use the 'Application.OnUserLogoff' event and assign the PROGRAM_MANUALOPERATION_OFF command to it.
In addition there are a few new general settings (section 'More Stuff') available, where you can define further options to perform when the 'Manual Operation' option is toggled.
Note that these settings are only in effect when manually changing the related settings (triggering the settings automatically, e.g. via control-commands, will not apply to these options)!
Turn AutoPlay OFF if enabled:
If checked, 'AutoPlay' will be disabled whenever you enable the 'Manual Operation'.
Turn AutoPlay ON if disabled:
If checked, 'AutoPlay' will be enabled whenever you disable the 'Manual Operation'.
Disable with Start Scheduler:
If checked, the 'Manual Operation' will be disabled whenever you start the scheduler.
Cartwall Playmode 'One by One' added
If you right-click in an empty area of a cartwall window you get the context menu displayed.
Here you find an item called: Playmode 'One by One'
If selected, any currently playing cart will be stopped (faded out) if you start playing another cart - effective only one cart is playing at a time.
This also offers a smooth transition between two carts.
The Playmode 'One by One' will be persisted per user, so there is no need to change that with every start of ProppFrexx.
By default a currently playing cart(s) is faded-out by half of the defined cartwall fade-out length (the length can be defined in the general settings, section 'Mixing/Fading').
Hold the SHIFT or CTRL key to stop the currently playing cart(s) immediately - or hold the ALT key for a full length fade-out.
Note: This option is not to be confused with the 'Prevent parallel Playback' setting in the general settings (section 'Player Settings')!
Actually the 'Prevent parallel Playback' setting should be disabled to use this new feature!
Broken Script-Libraries shown
The script management dialog now also shows 'broken' script entries. Broken entries are entries, which are not existing anymore, e.g. because the related file or folder to the script is inaccessible.
In addition ProppFrexx now also shows a popup window at startup, if any 'broken' media-, cartwall- or script-library was detected.
Advert-Manager now allows referenced files
The Advertising and News Manager now allows you to also reference 'external' audio track files.
So far all news and advert tracks needed to be located underneath the respective Advert Storage Path (you main advert folder).
Now the track files might also reference to a different location. The 'Campaign Edit' dialog as well as the 'News Edit' therefore now contain and 'Import Track...' as well as 'Reference Track...' button.
The latter will NOT copy the track to the Advert Folder but simply reference the track to its original location.
Advert-Manager: Load/Save Dynamic Overlay Assignment Filter
Dynamic Overlay Assignment Filter can now be saved and loaded to/from a file.
Optimized AutoRecording Option
Automatically recording a mixer channel (e.g. for legal or reporting purposes) was always easy. You would just have to enable the 'Auto Start Recording' option within the mixer channel configuration dialog. In the general settings (section 'Encoding/Recording') you can define further option for AutoRecording, e.g. the 'Recording Filename' and the 'Recording Time Limit'.
However, so far it was not so easy to automatically split your records on every full hour or even on every full day. This has now changed...
When you set the 'Recording Time Limit' to 00:00:00 the given 'Recording Filename' pattern is used to trigger a new automatic recording session ever time the filename would change.
E.g. set the filename to "AutoRec${mixer}_${dd}${HH}" to create a new recording every hour (this because the given filename pattern would change with every full hour).
Or set the filename to "AutoRec${mixer}_${dd}" to create a new recording every day (this because the given filename pattern would change with every day at exactly midnight).
