Firmware and documentation for SMA300

RELEASE NOTE

IMPORTANT: In case you wish to upgrade your SMA300 devices from Gekkota 3 middleware (3.12.XX) to Gekkota 4 middleware (4.1X.YY), it is highly recommended to contact support@qeedji.tech to know the impact of this migration. Check also the following software compatibilities, and remember that you won’t be allowed to downgrade to a Gekkota 3 middleware afterwards. The specific SMA300 RMA (or Return Merchandise Authorization) consisting in downgrading the middleware Gekkota 4 back to the middleware Gekkota 3 is not covered by the warranty of the device

Never make electric unplug on your player while software upgrade is in progress (green led blinking 6 times every 4 seconds) else the player may not be able to work properly

2023-11-29 V4.14.16 download

IMPORTANT IN CASE MIGRATION V3.12.XX TO 4.14.16
  • Before upgrading to Gekkota 4 middleware:
    • Ensure that your current SMA300 middleware version is at least 3.12.20 (and not a beta version)
  • Once the migration Gekkota 3 to Gekkota 4 is done:
    • You'll not be allowed to downgrade to a Gekkota 3 middleware afterwards
    • In case using publication software,
      • your previous projects may be not compatible. For further information, contact support@qeedji.tech
      • some license may be required. For further information, contact support@qeedji.tech
BUG FIX, NEW FEATURES, MINOR UPDATES
  • Add support for the identifier and password fields self-filling and self-validation for Web page form in some condition
  • Fix: the unsigned CA certificates was not supported
  • Fix: the DNS value was not displayed in the Network pane of the Information menu of the device configuration Web interface

INFORMATION


DOCUMENTATION

SUPPORTED MEDIAS

QEEDJI POWERPOINT PUBLISHER FOR MEDIA PLAYERS

CONFIGURATION SCRIPT

SDK DEVELOPERS

INFORMATION

KNOWN LIMITATIONS

OLD VERSIONS HISTORY


2023-04-19 V4.14.15 download

IMPORTANT IN CASE MIGRATION V3.12.XX TO 4.14.15
  • Before upgrading to Gekkota 4 middleware:
    • Ensure that your current SMA300 middleware version is at least 3.12.20 (and not a beta version)
  • Once the migration Gekkota 3 to Gekkota 4 is done:
    • You'll not be allowed to downgrade to a Gekkota 3 middleware afterwards
    • In case using publication software,
      • your previous projects may be not compatible. For further information, contact support@qeedji.tech
      • some license may be required. For further information, contact support@qeedji.tech
BUG FIX, NEW FEATURES, MINOR UPDATES
  • Fix: the video inserted in the slidemaster template of MS-PowerPoint medias was not played

2023-01-13 V4.14.14 download

IMPORTANT IN CASE MIGRATION V3.12.XX TO 4.14.14
  • Before upgrading to Gekkota 4 middleware:
    • Ensure that your current SMA300 middleware version is at least 3.12.20 (and not a beta version)
  • Once the migration Gekkota 3 to Gekkota 4 is done:
    • You'll not be allowed to downgrade to a Gekkota 3 middleware afterwards
    • In case using publication software,
      • your previous projects may be not compatible. For further information, contact support@qeedji.tech
      • some license may be required. For further information, contact support@qeedji.tech
BUG FIX, NEW FEATURES, MINOR UPDATES
  • Fix: MS-Powerpoint medias playback
    • the failover font loading from the Microsoft cloud was not working
    • the date and time was not progressing while the slide was displayed
    • the interactive buttons was not working
    • the numbered bullet was not supported
    • the shape's outline styles, out of the shape's outline plain style, was not supported
    • the font style inside table was not supported
    • the shape outline could overlap the text
    • the interline policy was not applied for the first line
    • single strikethrough characters could be displayed instead of double strikethrough characters
    • the text could be wrongly placed inside its shape
    • the crop to shape mask could not be displayed
    • the shapes could be displayed with a wrong transparency level
    • the text inside shape could be not centred on Qeedji System AOSP devices
    • the background gradient could be not rendered properly
    • the text could be displayed with in black color instead of in white color
    • the hyperlinks was not underlined properly
    • some unexpected text overlap was noticed
  • Fix: changing an audio parameter value in the Output pane of the Configuration menu of the Web user interface was leading to an automatical validation of the other parameters without the user consent

2022-12-20 V4.14.13 download

BUG FIX, NEW FEATURES, MINOR UPDATES
  • Fix: MS-Powerpoint medias playback
    • the video and audio medias embedded inside MS-PowerPoint medias was not played
    • the hidden slides of MS-PowerPoint medias was displayed
  • Fix: in some cases, the device could finalize the App content downloading coming from XPF server only after a device reboot
  • Fix: in some cases, after having pushed an App having a playfolder with service account M365, the playfolder was not playing immediately the new content of the remote directory

2022-09-14 V4.14.12 download

BUG FIX, NEW FEATURES, MINOR UPDATES
  • Fix: the _ character was not supported in the Name input of the Logs pane in the Maintenance menu of the device configuration Web interface
  • Fix: in some case, the audio channel could start several dozens of seconds after the visual channel has started (App mode in Pull WebDAV - xpf compatibility)

2022-06-24 V4.14.11 download

BUG FIX, NEW FEATURES, MINOR UPDATES
  • Add support for Microsoft 365 services accounts
  • Add support for CIFS services accounts
  • Change: after a reboot, the default URL entry for the Web page is now http://<device_ip_addr>/
  • Fix: the App newly published was not taken into account as soon as the App was containing a playfolder using a Microsoft 365 services account
  • Fix: since recent YouTube streaming modification, the device was rebooting when playing Web TV URI
  • Fix: in some case, the date shown in the Web user interface was wrong
  • Fix: the last modified time status value was not available for files got through FTP

2022-04-06 V4.14.10 download

BUG FIX, NEW FEATURES, MINOR UPDATES
  • Add support for GAP App (.gap extension) downloading in the Pull WebDAV mode of the App pane of the Configuration menu of the Web user interface
  • Add support for GAP App (.gap extension) loading in the Local deposit mode of the App pane of the Configuration menu of the Web user interface
  • Add support for GAP App removing then GAP App downloading when the Fail soft mode level 1 is reached
  • Add support for the message Waiting - Fail soft mode – clean up in progress when removing a GAP App when the Fail soft mode level 1 is reached
  • Add support for system.architecture Web IDL to get device architecture information
  • Add support for launcher.cacheManager Web IDL to pause/resume downloading of GAP App
  • Add support for system.maintenance Web IDL to get the number of reboot and the number max of reboot before going in Fail soft mode
  • Add support for utils.preferencesManager Web IDL to add new custom preferences
  • Add support for ioManager Web IDL to get remote file and install it in file system
  • Change: after a reboot, the default URL entry for the Web page is now http://<device_ip_addr>/.playout/
  • Change: when a .gap extension is detected in the URL field of the Pull WebDAV radio of the App pane of the Configuration menu, the slash character is not automatically added at the end of the URL
  • Change: update the list of embedded trusted root certificates
  • Change: it is now possible to copy the EDID value from the Screens pane of the Information menu of the Web user interface
  • Change: renamed the button label Purge the App into Uninstall the App in the App pane of the Configuration menu of the Web user interface
  • Change: when coming straight from factory or after having pressed on the Factory preferences settings button,
    • the Status server checkbox and the Software and configurations installation server are not activated anymore in the Server pane of the Configuration menu of the Web user interface
    • the Use this URL for Status server and software and configurations installation server checkbox is not activated anymore in the App pane of the Configuration menu of the Web user interface
  • Fix: the following character string #& was not displayed properly in the Web user interface
  • Fix: unexpected carriage return was noticed in text areas having space characters with some Web page
  • Fix: the message Information - Complete installation, rebooting was not displayed before rebooting when a middleware upgrade order was done
  • Fix: some Web page could be not displayed anymore
  • Fix: after a App content updating by a USB mass storage insertion in the device, the state value of the launcher HTML tag in the device status was not updated with the right value

2021-05-12 V4.13.15 download

BUG FIX, NEW FEATURES, MINOR UPDATES
  • Change the default value for the innes.app-profile.manifest-downloader:g3.*.*.*.heartbeat user preference to 45 seconds instead of 1 minute and change the default value for the innes.app-profile.manifest-downloader:g3.*.*.*.heartbeat.max-startup-time user preference to 30000 milliseconds instead of 200 milliseconds
  • Change the default value for the innes.app-profile.manifest-downloader:g2.*.*.*.heartbeat user preference to 45 seconds instead of 1 minute and change the default value for the innes.app-profile.manifest-downloader:g2.*.*.*.heartbeat.max-startup-time user preference to 30000 milliseconds instead of 200 milliseconds
  • Fix: the device could reboot when playing a specific PDF media
  • Fix: the Rotation field set in the output pane of the configuration menu was displayed shifted on the right in the configuration Web interface
  • Fix: in case using remote file inside playfolder, and the origin directory content is empty, the playfolder could play no media after one publication of two until the next playfolder update
  • Fix: when using some App, some image could be not displayed letting appear the background image

2020-10-06 V4.13.12 download

BUG FIX, NEW FEATURES, MINOR UPDATES
  • Add support for content update by USB with the pattern manifest.<MAC>.xml
    • with <MAC> value matching with the AA-BB-CC-DD-EE-FF pattern
  • Fix: the message content temporarily unavailable could be displayed when trying to play a RTSP stream coming from a specific encoder/streamer
  • Fix: in some case, the remote file download could not work when changing the remote file URL from smb:// scheme to http:// scheme
  • Fix: in pull WebDAV configuration, when using a remote folder, the content of the local folder was merged with the content of the remote folder instead of being replaced totally
  • Fix: When using a remote folder with smb:// scheme, the content of the playfolder was purged at the second remote folder downloading occurrence without being updated afterwards except after publication
  • Fix: a remote file downloading could not be realized when the file was alone on the /.playout/.domain-repository/ device WebDAV directory
  • Fix: a message content temporarily unavailable was displayed when playing a video media with .wmv container containing a WMA Pro audio track (media generated from the last versions of MS-PowerPoint)
  • Fix: in Pull WebDAV (xpf compatibility) configuration, some unexpected empty content could be noticed when using an opt-out conditioned by a date variable

2020-08-05 V4.13.11 download

BUG FIX, NEW FEATURES, MINOR UPDATES
  • Add support for these printable characters in the security key value in the WLAN pane of the WebUI
    • #$%&'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[]^_{} ~|
  • Add support for the user preference innes.image.max_size
    • default value: 2048 (in KB)
      • warning: do not set this value over 4096 KB else trying to decode image whose width or height is over 4096 may lead to unexpected device reboots
  • Add support for .playlist extension
  • Fix: a hostname with two only characters was not supported
  • Fix: Web page hosted on the on-premises solution Power BI Report Server could not be displayed
    • In this use case, it is required to change the default value of the user preference dom.mozBrowserFramesEnabled. for further information, refer the the Power BI application note
  • Fix: these printable characters was not supported anymore in the security key value in the WLAN pane of the WebUI
    • ghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
  • Fix: the device could be able to install a specific corrupted firmware
  • Fix: in some case, a inconsistent reboot manager calendar value could make reboot the device

2020-03-28 V4.13.10 download

BUG FIX, NEW FEATURES, MINOR UPDATES
  • Add support for 802.1X security for LAN network with the authentication methods:
    • EAP MD5
    • EAP GTC
    • EAP TLS
    • EAP TTLS - EAP MD5
    • EAP TTLS - EAP GTC
    • EAP TTLS - EAP MSCHAPV2
    • EAP TTLS - EAP TLS
    • EAP TTLS - MSCHAPV2
    • EAP TTLS - MSCHAP
    • EAP TTLS - PAP
    • EAP TTLS - CHAP
    • EAP PEAPV0 - MSCHAPV2
    • EAP PEAPV0 - GTC
    • EAP PEAPV0 - MD5
    • EAP MSCHAPV2
    • EAP FAST
  • Add support for WPA-Enterprise (EAP) or WPA2-Enterprise (EAP) security ciphering for WLAN network with the authentication methods:
    • EAP TLS
    • EAP TTLS - EAP MD5
    • EAP TTLS - EAP GTC
    • EAP TTLS - EAP MSCHAPV2
    • EAP TTLS - EAP TLS
    • EAP TTLS - MSCHAPV2
    • EAP TTLS - MSCHAP
    • EAP TTLS - PAP
    • EAP TTLS - CHAP
    • EAP PEAPV0 - MSCHAPV2
    • EAP PEAPV0 - GTC
    • EAP PEAPV0 - MD5
    • EAP FAST
  • Add support for Reboot manager panel in the Task menu of the Configuration tab of the WebUI allowing to create device reboot tasks
  • Add support for option SSID Hidden in the WLAN menu of the Web UI allowing to tell if the SSID is broadcasted or not
  • Add support for new fields in WLAN interface
    • Pairwise key ciphering:
      • CCMP (AES)
      • TKIP
    • Group key ciphering:
      • CCMP (AES)
      • TKIP
  • Change security cipher label in the WLAN tab of the WebUI
    • WPA-PSK to WPA-Personal (PSK)
    • WPA2-PSK to WPA2-Personal (PSK)
  • Change: after having not interacted with the WebUI for a duration, a message Resource not found (Error 404) is displayed and the failover URL is http://<device-ip-addr>/.resources/error-<date>T<time>Z.html
  • Change: some specific error screens pages are now displayed in the WebUI when facing error connection with the device Web server
  • Change: in the WebUI, display now both the UTC Date & Time and the local Date & Time
  • Change: the audio volume is immediately changing when the volume control value is modified in the menu output of the WebUI
  • Change: remove the time percentage panel displayed when rebooting a device
  • Change: it is now possible to create task occurring every day or only from date1 to date2
  • Change: in the mode Local deposit of the App menu of the WebUI, the archive is disappearing now automatically when taken into account by the device as soon as the App is loaded.
  • Change: remove *.br and *.gz files from file system to decrease the firmware size
  • Change: when the configuration server URL was wrong, a memory leak could be noticed
  • Fix: the device was not exiting fail soft mode after having loaded an App through the Local deposit App menu of the WebUI
  • Fix: video loopback was not working properly sometimes inside HTML widget
  • Fix: device reboot could be noticed when playing some MS-PowerPoint
  • Fix: sometimes some MS-PowerPoint transitions could be unexpectedly jerky when CEC was activated
  • Fix: in some cases, the device could not stop rebooting in fail soft mode state
  • Fix: the opt-out was not working properly when the variable was containing non ASCII characters (mode Pull WebDAV - xpf compatibility)
  • Fix: was not able to play a media inside a container conditioned by a date variable (mode Pull WebDAV - xpf compatibility)
  • Fix: in some rare case, an artefact could be displayed for a while at device start-up

2019-11-04 V4.12.11 download

BUG FIX, NEW FEATURES, MINOR UPDATES
  • Fix: the keys combinations with the ALT key was not working with AZERTY keyboards (for example @)
  • Fix: using manifest remote file with smb:// scheme URL could make reboot the device each time the downloader timer expires

2019-08-04 V4.12.10 download

BUG FIX, NEW FEATURES, MINOR UPDATES
  • Add support for new WLAN chipset
  • Add support for RTP MPEG Stream
  • Add support for MS-PowerPoint transitions
    • Subtles type:
      • Fade, Push, Wipe, Split, Reveal, Cut, Uncover, Cover, Flash
    • Exciting type:
      • Dissolve, Clock, Flip, Cube, Box, Zoom
    • Dynamic content type:
      • Pan, Ferris Wheel, Rotate, Orbit
    • View the supported transitions in your language FR EN DE ES
  • Add support for RTSP with authentication
  • Add support for remote bootstrap App
  • Add support for smb:// URL scheme allowing to download resources file available on shared directories of network disks
    • Supported protocol: SMB/CIFS 2.0 and SMB/CIFS 1.0
    • Remote file example in the manifest: smb://<computer_ip_addr>/<computer_directory>/file.txt (+ login + password)
  • Add support for a new information message when using App loading through the local deposit of the WebUI
    • Waiting - Extracting files, temporary displayed, the time for the device to install the new App
      • the content of the App is then played immediately
    • Error - Unable to load the App. Please check the consistency of the package temporary displayed when the App is not consistent. Then the information message Information - No content is displayed
  • Add support for Power Manager panel in the Task menu of the Configuration tab of the WebUI allowing to create power management tasks with the Energy consumption profile levels:
    • Very highly optimized
    • Highly optimized
    • Moderately optimized
    • Nominal Mode
    • Associated user preference for energy manager task: innes.power-manager.calendar (JSON value)
  • Add support for the test card activation/inactivation when pressing key combination
    • If your monitor has a remote control and supports properly the CEC(¹)(²)
      • ensure there is no menu or banner displayed on the monitor then
      • press the key combination: [left arrow, right arrow, left arrow, right arrow] in less than 10 seconds to display the test card, and the same combination again to inactivate it
        • some monitor may require to unselect then select the HDMI input on which the player is connected to force a CEC_Set_Input_Source before applying the key combination
      • (¹) for SAMSUNG monitors, the CEC activation is often made through the Anynet menu
      • (²) for LG monitors, the CEC activation is often made by using the Simplink key of the remote control
    • Else connect a USB keyboard
      • press the key combination: [left arrow, right arrow, left arrow, right arrow] in less than 10 seconds to display the test card, and the same combination again to inactivate it
    • The user preference innes.player.mire.key-event.*.authorized needs to be set to true (default value)
  • Add support for AV Command over CEC
    • power-mode
      • 0 (for POWER_MODE_OFF)
      • 1 (for POWER_MODE_ON)
      • 2 (for POWER_MODE_SUSPEND)
      • 3 (for POWER_MODE_STANDBY)
      • 4 (for POWER_MODE_OFF_POWER_BUTTON)
    • video-input
      • 109 (VIDEO_INPUT_HDMI_CEC_ACTIVE_SOURCE)
    • for further information, visit the github Link to github SDK-G4 API
  • Change: the brandname moves from Innes to Qeedji
  • Change: the WebUI logo Qeedji is supporting a button to return to the Web page http://<device_ip_addr>/.playout/
  • Change the WebUI look for the WebDAV directories http://<device_ip_addr>/<directory>/
    • with <directory> = .admin, .extension, .log, .playlog, .playout, .resources, .software, .status, .upnp
  • Change the Web browser tab title when connecting to the device WebUI:
    • Title: <MODEL> (<Hostname>)
    • Pictogram: black gecko
  • Change: the CEC is supported by default
  • Change: the monitor monitoring refresh period is now 50 seconds (instead of 10 seconds)
  • Change: the MS-PowerPoint default background is not transparent by default anymore
  • Change: some fonts was not rendered properly leading to unexpected line break (MS-PowerPoint, PDF, ...)
  • Fix: after having installed a certificate with a configuration script, sometimes it was not possible anymore to connect to the device in https or to add a new certificate.
    • if the previous case occurs in this version, the certificate list is cleared once then the issue should not occur anymore. Think to add back the missing certificate after the device reboot.
    • if the previous case occurs in this version while the test card is displayed, a message Cryptographic database corrupted, please reboot for repairing is displayed. The device needs to be restarted (WebUI, or electrical unplug)
  • Fix: the device could reboot infinitely when connecting a monitor with a HDMI to DVI cable
  • Fix: sometimes the background of MS-PowerPoint medias could have a wrong color (white instead black)
  • Fix: in some rare case the background color of Playzilla could be the wrong one
  • Fix: an image of a MS-PowerPoint could be not displayed when its resolution was linked to the layout resolution
  • Fix: the equations could be cropped by the bottom inside a MS-PowerPoint media
  • Fix: the USB injection was not working with some USB stick models
  • Fix: a message content temporarily unavailable was displayed when viewing a MS-PowerPoint containing an Up arrow.
  • Fix: some recent mp4 video could return a message content temporarily unavailable
  • Fix: in some case, a playout content could be not played when two scenes was starting at the same time (Pull WebDAV - xpf compatibility configuration) (rare)

2019-02-27 V4.11.10 download

BUG FIX, NEW FEATURES, MINOR UPDATES
  • Add support for HTML5 WebUI
  • Add support for a new directory .playlog/ in the WebUI
  • Add support for new monitor display configurations
    • 128x96 60Hz
    • 112x96 60Hz
    • 96x96 60Hz
  • Add support for the user preference innes.video.decoding-group.enabled:
    • true: in case a second video media is trying to start while a first one is already running, the second video does not start. A message content temporarily unavailable is displayed for the second video media
    • false (default value): in case a second video media is trying to start while a first one is already running, the first video is stopped and the second video media is starting. A message content temporarily unavailable is displayed for last stopped video media
  • Add a message No partition was detected when the SD Card is removed from the device
  • Add support for the display of a key pictogram showing the MAC address value needed for the license
  • Add support for CEC Web IDL
    • The CEC feature is inactivated by default
    • To activate the CEC feature set the user preference system.connector.*.*.cec.cec_1.enabled to the value true
  • Add support for Power management Web IDL
  • Change: add an error message when the WebUI is launched with the MS-Internet Explorer 11 Web browser
  • Change: the max. number of Web socket opened at the same time is limited to 550
  • Change: embeds a new time zone database (version: 2018g, source: https://www.iana.org/time-zones)
  • Change: when the sound card is inactivated in the device WebUI, the audio is not decoded anymore
  • Change: replace Linux armv7l by Linux in the device user agent
  • Fix: it was not possible anymore to connect to the device WebUI after having changed first the device WebUI login, then the device WebUI password
  • Fix: in some case, it was not possible to save the hostname value in the WebUI
  • Fix: a DVB-T video over UDP could be jerky after having unplugged the Ethernet cable for a while
  • Fix: some unexpected device reboots could occur after a couple of minutes or after a couple of hours when playing some specific medias
  • Fix: sometimes some unexpected video freeze could be noticed after a while when playing a live DVB-T through UDP
  • Fix: sometimes the audio could be slightly in late after a while when playing a DVB-T live through UDP
  • Fix: some unexpected device reboots could occur when playing a DVB-T live through UDP, especially when facing stream discontinuities
  • Fix: some PDF media could not be rendered properly except after having been edited by your edition software
  • Fix: in some case, when two scrolling texts overlay was launched at the same time, any of both wasn't displayed
    • Now when a 2nd scrolling text overlay is starting, a message content temporarily unavailable is displayed for this 2nd scrolling text overlay.
    • To run two scrolling texts at a time, inactivate the option if possible, use an overlay for one of them
  • Fix for MS-PowerPoint medias:
    • Table object was not supported
    • Some bullets was not rendered properly
      • Ensure to embed the appropriate fonts in your content
    • Alternate content, allowing to support for example shape background images, was not supported:
      • 3D models
      • equations
    • Sometimes arrows shapes could be not rendered properly
    • Sometimes some pages numbers could not have the right value
    • Some font letters could be not be aligned vertically when the text had an orientation different from 0° (modulo 90°)
  • Fix: inside a HTML page, some font could have a wrong size
  • Fix: inside a HTML page, the check box default color could be not the right one
  • Fix: some scrollbar could be displayed along the edge of a system scene when the rotation was 90°
  • Fix: some skip frames could be noticed when playing some video media when a new content was pushed on the WebDAV directory at the same time

2018-10-31 V4.10.16 download

BUG FIX, NEW FEATURES, MINOR UPDATES
  • Fix: in some custom network configurations, a message content temporarily unavailable could be displayed when playing some multicast streams

2018-10-03 V4.10.15 download

BUG FIX, NEW FEATURES, MINOR UPDATES
  • Add support for DASH MSE (Media Source Extensions)
    • The DASH MSE is activated by default (meaning the preference media.mediasource.enable is set to true)
    • This feature allows to play some Web TV channels compliant with the DASH MSE in some conditions:
      • The DASH MSE video content has to be displayed in full screen inside the HTML page:
        • This is the typical YouTube MSE content URL in full screen:
          • https://www.youtube.com/embed/<YouTube_video_uuid>?autoplay=1
        • The Web TV channels available in full screen are available for download in the content models and uri models packs delivered the 3rd of October 2018
    • To know whether other Web TV channels may be well supported in full screen on the device, check first that the URL is properly displayed inside your Web browser
  • Add support for new WLAN chip supporting 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands
  • Add support for LDAP Web IDL
  • Add support for Web SQL
  • Fix: the video control overlay (play, pause) was not displayed on touch screen device
  • Fix: the email address consistency was not tested before sending an email
  • Fix: the device could crash when playing DASH Live stream
  • Fix: attachments could be not properly attached in the email when containing some non-ASCII characters
  • Fix: a message content temporarily unavailable could be displayed at the loop back of a RTSP stream
  • Fix: the device could reboot when playing RTSP stream with the TERADEK Cube 105 encoder/streamer
  • Fix: sometimes, a message content temporarily unavailable was displayed when playing a RTSP Live stream in outband mode with VLC
  • Fix: in some case, the video could be frozen with audio running when playing RTSP live stream from the VLC software
  • Fix: some interlaced video could be rendered in a wrong orientation when the rotation was 90°
  • Fix: playing the inconsistent URI HDMI-input could make reboot the device systematically
  • Fix: the player could reboot when playing a wrong RTP/SDP Audio Video Profile
  • Fix: UDP stream could not be played in case using the DME204 streamer whose the WebUI parameter Output > Ethernet > Audio was unselected

2018-08-09 V4.10.13 download

BUG FIX, NEW FEATURES, MINOR UPDATES
  • Add support for scrolling text in overlay
    • Note when using the model Scrolling text from file: has to be displayed in a zone whose height is maximum up to 20% of grid height
  • Fix: the download of a playout containing a media whose size is above 2GB was taking too much time (ex: 3 hours instead of 10 minutes for a media whose size is 7GB)
  • Fix: in some case, the device could reboot after a while after having played several PDF medias
  • Fix: an unexpected message "video can't be played because the file is corrupt" could appear when playing some Web page
  • Fix: the gradient background of MS-PowerPoint medias could be not rendered properly
  • Fix: a unexpected message content temporarily unavailable could be displayed when playing some video medias with PCM audio (Mp4 container)

2018-06-06 V4.10.12 download

BUG FIX, NEW FEATURES, MINOR UPDATES
  • Add support for MS-PowerPoint media
    • 2007/2010/2013/2016
    • *.pptx, *.ppsx
      • note: in case you have some medias MS-PowerPoint *.ppt (or *.pps), save them into respectively PowerPoint presentation *.pptx, (or PowerPoint presentation *.ppsx)
    • Ensure to embed the appropriate font in your content Change: embeds Mozilla Gecko 47
  • Add support for DASH MPEG (live & VOD) adaptive streaming (.mdp)
    • Dynamic quality value switching is not yet supported. The constant quality value can be set in Mbps with the user preference innes.video.has.max-bitrate (set to 5 for example 5 Mbps max.)
    • The server DASH Live and the SMA300 device need to be on time and synchronized with a NTP server
    • For video with high rate, in case the video is stopping after a while, it could be needed to increase the media.cache_size from 16364 KB (default size) to 65536 KB
  • Add support for subtitles SRT, VTT
  • Add support for RTP
  • Add support for RTSP V1.0 (live & VOD)
  • Add support for monitor-monitoring
  • Add support for touch screen devices over USB
    • The user preference innes.hid.keyboard-event.*.authorized needs to be true (default value)
    • The user preference innes.hid.pointer-event.*.authorized needs to be true (default value)
  • Add support for user preference system.display-output_1.sync.force-hv-positive
    • system.display-output_1.sync.force-hv-positive = false (default): the device is taking account of the vertical and horizontal synchronization values set in the chosen resolution/frequency/mode screen configuration
    • system.display-output_1.sync.force-hv-positive = true (default): the device is forcing the vertical and horizontal synchronization values to positive
  • Add support for PTP/IEEE1588
    • supported mode: PTP L2
    • default user preferences
      • system.clock-sync.enable = false (PTP/IEEE1588 not activated)
      • system.clock-sync.ptp.timeout.lock-on-master = 30 (30 seconds)
      • system.clock-sync.ptp-domain = 0 (domain_id = 0)
      • system.clock-sync.source = ntp (ntp, ptp-l2, ...)
  • Add support for AVCommand activation and configuration (WebUI)
    • Connectors
      • LAN
        • port (used by the monitor),
        • protocol name (supported by the monitor)
      • DDC/CI through video connectors
        • HDMI
        • DVI
        • VGA
    • Commands
      • Standby
      • Power mode
      • Brightness
      • Backlight
      • Video input
        • to know the list of possibles values for DDC/CI, please refer to AVCmd Web IDL (Gekkota OS GitHub Repo)
      • Mute
      • Volume
      • Custom commands (not supported for DDC/CI)
    • Protocols
      • eiki_xb42
      • nec_np3150
      • philips_m2
      • extron_m1
      • nec_x461s
      • samsung_m1
      • hitachi_m1
      • nudam_m2
      • sanyo_m1
      • optoma_m1
      • sharp_m1
      • lge_m1
      • panasonic_m1
      • sony_m1
      • mitsubishi_xl6x00
      • panasonic_m2
      • toshiba_m1
      • nec_m1
      • philips_m1
      • toshiba_tdpt420
      • custom_protocol
        • Add,
        • Edit,
        • Copy (an existing protocol by adding the suffix _custom)
        • Delete
  • Change: display all the available network interfaces in menu Information > Network (WebUI)
  • Change green LED behaviour depending on these different states
    • 1 flash every 4 seconds: Nominal behaviour
    • 2 flashs + 4 seconds OFF: Fail soft mode level1
    • 3 flashs + 4 seconds OFF: Fail soft mode level2
    • 4 flashs + 4 seconds OFF: System data partition check disk
    • 5 flashs + 4 seconds OFF: Error noticed on system data partition: partition format is required
    • 6 flashs + 4 seconds OFF: Firmware upgrading (or patch installation)
    • 7 flashs + 4 seconds OFF: Not possible to write on SSD anymore. If persistent, contact support@qeedji.tech