Version 6.55
- Option to render web pages on players rather than the server.
- Previously web page content was rendered to a static JPEG on the server.
- Now dynamic web content can be displayed directly on devices.
- New options to display a plain text RSS feed at the bottom of a channel.
- Option to send update packages to supported players.
Version 6.04
- Installation zones can now display web pages.
- Android Player 16+ required.
- Web pages must be suitable and control page reloading.
Version 6.03
Targeting start and end dates can now include a time.
- Time zone moved from active period and used by start and end dates.
Version 6.02
- Installation + button asks for provisioned shortcut.
- Link provisioned device hyperlink removed (use + button)
- Installation option to change channel replaced with set channel and set sequence
- Information button (i) replaced with a cloud to help differentiate from the eye button
- Tab contents automatically refresh during navigation to new tabs
- Search criteria reset when moving between tabs
- Signing out when session expired does not throw an error
- Masquerading correctly maintained after full browser refresh
- Masquerading status shown in footer.
- Interface loading status shown in footer.
Version 6.01
- Updated branding to match new web site
Version 5.09
- New option to auto approve cross account Targeting.
- Market groups can be selected on overview tab.
Version 5.08
- Tables now use GWT CellWidgets for improved presentation, sorting and performance.
- Group admins can now modify group admins in the same group.
Version 5.07
- Accounts and Installations now have additional address fields.
- Reverse geocoding to populate address fields automatically from map.
Version 5.06
- Accounts, Content, Sequences, Channels Targeting and Installations can have a location specified.
- A new view style allows items with locations to be shown on a map.
- New search filters allow searching by location within a configurable radius.
Version 5.05
- Default visibility options have changed for administrators. Use eye button to control.
- Accounts linked to a parent channel receive an automatically generated child channel.
Version 5.04
- Imported content from Media RSS sequences is hidden by default.
- Accounts can hide linked account items to see only their own.
- Accounts can be set to force new channels to inherit targeting from a parent channel.
Version 5.03
- New visibility options added (eye button).
- Linked account visibility can be enabled / disabled.
- View styles available for table and tiled data views.
- Aspect ratio selection moved to visibility options.
- Default aspect ratio configurable in account options.
- Improved visual feedback for overview tab when populating channels.
- Channel targeting can be replaced by dragging on top of items.
Version 5.02
- Channel inheritance.
- A child channel can reference a parent channel.
- A child channel inherits targeting from its parent.
- Inherited targeting can be overridden with child specific targeting.
- Parent targeting can specify if child channels can override targeting.
- Version 5.02 limitations.
- Child channel items can not be reordered (parent order used).
- Additional items can not be added to child channel.
- Targeting in child must match duration of parent targeting.
Version 5.01
- Navigation improvements for editing items.
- Edit dialogs now appear on top of lists.
- Active tasks moved to top right "System" button.
- System button changes to busy animation when tasks queued or running.
- Click the system button to see number of queued, running tasks.
- Click menu item to see list of tasks.
- Continue using the interface without interruptions while tasks are active.
Version 4.10
- Configurable Installation Zones.
- Position and size of zones can now be configured.
- Overlap zones to display one channel on top of another.
- Span a single channel over multiple display devices.
- This functionality is in BETA and for advanced users only.
Version 4.09
- Group administrators can add two types of News and Information for customers.
- Before sign in.
- After sign in.
Version 4.08
- Date range searches can now be performed.
- Sequence overlays are now displayed when sequence is part of a channel.
- Android player 11.28+ required.
- Java VLC Player 1.06+ required.
Version 4.07
Group administrators can control content asset options for groups and accounts.
Limit the maximum image quality available.
Limit the maximum video quality available or disable video support.
Version 4.06
- New Registration link functionality added for group administrators.News and information on sign in page can be shown / hidden.
- Administrators can create new accounts without specifying an email address and password.
- Using the new Registration link option, administrators can send a link to new users.
- The link allows new users to associate their chosen credentials to the new account.
- This new functionality is best used with anonymous registration disabled.
- Players on sign in page can be shown / hidden.
Version 4.05
- New Java VLC player available.
- Compatible with Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux operating systems.
- The Java VLC player replaces QtPlayer. Please transition for video support.
- Installation options includes Java Web Start option.
- Requires Java and VLC to be installed.
Version 4.04
Size of preview images for content and sequences adjustable. (Click grid button top right)
New languages added. (work in progress)
Chinese
Romanian
German
Polish
English
Version 4.03
- New display modes for sequences in channels.
- Display all content in the inner sequence each channel cycle. Or
- Display a subset of content in the inner sequence each channel cycle.
- The inner sequence will automatically rotate each channel cycle.
Version 4.02
- Account sessions automatically expire. (6 hours).
Version 4.01
- Content data sources are now pre-processed by the server.
- The new Remote data sources type consolidates all previous remote import options.
- A refresh period must be configured for the content to update automatically.
- To use hdmi:// and rtsp:// data sources please re-add the content and update player to 11.03.
- Some existing dynamic content, such as remote image sources may need to be reprocessed.
- Support for Media RSS.
- Media RSS allows sequences to be retrieved from 3rd parties. E.g. screenfeed.com
- Sequences connected to Media RSS feeds are automatically refreshed.
- Content Building API updated to allow additional sequence types to be created.
- Cosmetic changes made to content and sequence names to reduce wasted space.
Version 3.26
- Separated news and release notes.
- Group administrators can customise news and information in group settings.
Version 3.25
- New option in targeting to record impressions as interactions for advanced reporting.
Version 3.24
- Scaling options now also applied to video encoding.
- Improved player status information dialogs.
Version 3.23
- CPU Time used by media processing now available in content list view. (new items only)
- Web Capture renders web content 2x resolution to improve quality of fonts.
- Dynamic content with errors is automatically retried with exponential backoff.
Version 3.22
- Configurable scaling for image content. (Available in content asset options)
- Add borders (default) - Preserves aspect ratio by adding borders.
- Stretch - Fills available space by distorting aspect ratio.
- Crop - Fills available space while preserving aspect ratio by trimming edges.
- Configurable repeat delay for Targeting.
- Prevents content displaying too frequently on a channel.
- Content will display only once within the specified period.
- Configurable max age for Targeting.
- Useful for automatically removing stale content.
- Designed for time dependent, dynamic content that fails to update regularly.
Version 3.21
Overview drag and drop improved.
Version 3.20
- Full HD (1080p) video support added. (Android Player 10.30+ and dual core required)
- To enable 720p/1080p video or 2160p image asset preparation:
- Add new content
- Expand Asset options
- Select JPEG@2160p, H264@720p, H264@1080p as required.
- Ensure HD options are also enabled in player.
Version 3.19
- Targeting active period is configurable down to 10 minute time blocks (previously 1 hour).
- Active periods now linked to time zone to support automatic daylight savings time changes.
- Comms and failure data counts for installations can be reset. (Android Player 1.30+)
- Experimental Java VLC Player support added.
- Horizontally scaled TargetR Server deployments no longer require sticky sessions.
Version 3.18
- Graphical visualisation of zone layouts.
- New layout with header and footer. Beta.
- New formatted information in installation status. (Android Player 10.25+)
- Data can be protected against removal by adding protected=true into advanced options.
- Default advanced options for new items can be set in group settings.
Version 3.17
- Support for iDisplay Connect Box added.
- Connect Box button presses can change sequence or channel and appear as interactions.
- Android player 10.14+ with Connect Box required.
Version 3.16
- Content size and additional assets size now listed in content list view.
- Android player 10.06+ includes DayDream support on JellyBean devices.
Version 3.15
- Send images and videos directly from any Android device.
- Sharing functionality available in Android OS when Player 10.01+ installed.
Version 3.14
- All assets made by Media Processor listed in preview dialogs.
- Administrators can now reprocess child account content.
Version 3.12
- Content can refer to external video data sources.
- Android player version 9.21+ required.
- Example data sources: http:// https:// ftp:// rtsp:// hdmi://
- Duration must be manually configured.
- Data will not be cached on the player.
- Network connection must be suitable for streaming.
Version 3.11
- 2160p image support enabled. (Also known as 4K or UHD)
- Generated when source image height is 1200 pixels or more.
- 720p video encoding enabled.
- Generated when source video height is 600 pixels or more.
- Right click and choose Reproccess to upgrade existing content.
- Android player version 9.10+ required for new HD support.
- Enable in settings.
- MPEG 1 support deprecated.
Version 3.10
- Search functionality added to overview tab.
- Pie charts for group administrators show group limits.
Version 3.09
- Pie charts for account and account group data usage.
- Face counts now listed as interactions.
- Android Player 9.01+ required with face counting enabled.
- Face counting occurs once every 5 seconds.
- Installations provide face count data once a minute.
Version 3.08
- Organise tab renamed to Overview.
- Add content, sequences, channels and installations in overview tab.
- Right click options available for items in overview tab.
Version 3.07
- Email images and videos directly to an account.
- New option in account settings to accept / deny emailed content.
Version 3.06
- Performance improvements for UDP communications with players.
- WTM updated to version 2.0 with built in fast file cache.
- GWT updated to version 2.5.
- Improved server status reporting and monitoring.
Version 3.05
- Custom Favicon and CSS for groups.
- Updated visualisations for account data and account linkage in groups.
- Janrain Federate Single Sign-on support.
Version 3.04
- All changes to groups, accounts, content, sequences, channels and installations audited.
- Audit trail tab added for viewing all changes.
Version 3.03
- Improved account and group management for administrators.
- Admin API extended to support account modification.
- Advanced options for text RSS rendering.
Version 3.02
- New Organise tab allows drag and drop organisation.
- Add, remove and reorder content in sequences.
- Add, remove and reorder content and sequences in channels (targeting).
- Change the sequences and channels displayed on installations.
- Data import and export includes sequences.
- Group settings for group administrators moved to top right info button.
Version 3.01
- Sequences of content can now be defined and played directly using shortcuts.
- Like regular content, multiple sequences can be added to a channel by targeting.
- All players must be updated to fully support sequences.
- Android player updated to version 6.
- Sequence support added.
- Synchronisation and timing logic rewritten.
- Improved reliability on intermittent (and offline) network connections.
- Cache priming improved for long videos and large sequences.
- Data transfer statistics are now sent to the server.
- Client settings can now be updated from the server.
- Android and Web Players now support moving forward (ahead of time) in channel.
- Searching greatly improved with fuzzy, case insensitive searches.
- QtPlayer updated to version 3.
Version 2.25
- User interface enhancements. Note: sign out moved to top right button.
Version 2.24
- Abstracted file system to enable horizontal scaling via Amazon S3.
- Improved Amazon S3 utilisation for multi-server deployments.
Version 2.23
- Account data import and export supports cross account and cross server transfer.
- Remote content directory synchroniser tool added.
Version 2.22
- Player API simplifications and optimisations. (Player update recommended).
- Account data usage counting and content building API improved.
Version 2.21
- Improved image file format support.
- JPEGs using CMYK colour format.
- SVG and other formats supported by ImageMagick.
Version 2.20
- Automatic installation creation when launching custom players.
- Improved method of linking new players to an account, no player input required.
- New URL structure to move group name and locale into path.
Version 2.19
- New concurrency model for Android player 5.01 - up to 9 channels.
- Restructured server configuration and optimised bulk counting.
Version 2.18
- Lightweight UDP communications for Android player.
- RSA signed server responses and client verification on supported players.
- Android Player updated to 4.01 to use UDP by default.
Version 2.17
- Content building API added.
- Social media builders in development.
Version 2.16
- Multiple file selection for content uploading.
- New tag option for selections of multiple items.
Version 2.15
- Counter enhancements, including face counts.
- Improved account masquerading for administrators.
- Android Player updated to 3.01.
Version 2.14
- CSV and JSON export options.
- Support for 2160p (Quad HD) - disabled for now.
Version 2.13
- Configurable overlay image for channels.
- Facility to upload channel and group branding images.
Version 2.12
- Beginner mode for new registrations.
Version 2.11
- Face counting. Requires Android Player. Off by default.
- Android Player 2.20+ contains face counting option.
Version 2.10
- Video previews on mouse over (new videos only).
- Group and branding for custom domains.
- TargetR client API made available.
Version 2.09
- Account groups and group administrators.
- Group configuration and branding.
- Predefined tags to aid searching (customisable by group administrator).
- List sorting using column headings.
Version 2.08
- Support for displaying regions of web pages as content. (BETA)
- Remote content import option moved inside add content page.
Version 2.07
- OpenID support implemented for 3rd party sign in.
- Account data import and export.
Version 2.06
- TargetR Server now hosts and updates player apps.
- Updated Android player to version 2.12. (Includes JScreenFix and auto-update).
- Improved JavaScript player startup time and fixed HTML5 validation errors.
Version 2.03
- Cosmetic improvements to User Interface including new preview component.
- GLYPHICONS added to UI.
Version 2.02
- Additional layouts for 4:3 and 9:16 aspect ratios.
- Logging of player interactions with API.
- Updated Android player to version 2.09.
- JavaScript player now supports IE 6.
Version 2.01
- Installations can now display multiple channels simultaneously.
- Channels positioned into zones using layouts.
- Support for multiple aspect ratios including 9:16 portrait mode.
- Content, channels and targeting grouped by aspect ratio.
- Android player and QtPlayer must be updated to support this release!
Version 1.80
- Emergency Alert System.
- Configurable account limits.
Version 1.79
- Branding support for partners and resellers.