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CHANGES FOR 1.6.1a 11/4/2024
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Version 1.6 has major changes to the internals of Pi Presents to make it compatible with Wayland and RPi5 GPIO. Other changes have been made to remove unsupported software. I have also tidied up some of the profile fields that have grown like topsy over the 10 years of Pi Presents.
. Tkinter and PIL replaced by GTK4
. RPI.GPIO replaced by GPIOZero
. Chrome web browser replaced by webkit browser engine
. mplayer based audio player replaced by extending MPV video player to play audio.
CONFIGURATION /pp_config
modified - pp_display.cfg, display position not required and will be ignored.
modified - pp_display.cfg, in develop window x,y is not used but must be present.
modified - audio.cfg, added pi5 section and updated A/V sink for other sections as it is now different between RPi models
deleted - overlap testing for displays
I/O PLUGINS
GPIOZero I/O plugin replaces RPI.GPIO. Required for RPi 5, GPIOZero also works with all models of RPi
enhanced - GPIOZero allows blinking of outputs via animate commands
enhanced - GPIOZero allows repeating events to be produced if a button is held.
modified - gpiozero.cfg the fields differ from gpio.cfg fields
Keyboard I/O plugin rewritten for GTK4
modified - keys.cfg and keys_plus.cfg, <> is optional, CTRL-F4 now F4
modified - osmcremote.cfg I/O plugins not required for remote controls, use keys.cfg
SHOWS
modified - in all shows in the track defaults tab, player windows and aspect mode modified as in Tracks
deleted - in mediashow removed input-persist
ALL TRACKS
modified - removed the HDMI value in the Display field
modified - for html text fields - links to resources must be full path not relative???
modified - the background image is fill'ed to fit the show canvas
modified - player windows, removed x1 y1 x2 y2 format leaving fullscreen or x+y+w*h or w*h
modified - font format changed to bold italic 20pt helvetica from helvetica 20 bold italic
modified - colour fields cannot be blank
modified - colour field values can be transparent or 6 figure hex number providing opacity
AUDIO TRACKS
The Audio Tracks player implemented by mplayer has been removed. MPV video/audio tracks now play audio.
deleted - mplayer audio track entries in profiles
MPV VIDEO/AUDIO TRACKS
Video tracks have now been extended to play audio files and video/audio streams
enhanced - player now plays audio files
enhanced - tracks now have MPV Speaker field and 5.1 value
enhanced - tracks now have a Alternate Video Display field for video playout on a different display
enhanced - MPV can now play a stream
modified - changed hdmi to HDMI in the MPV Player Audio field
modified - aspect mode is now clip fill warp shrink, original value is deleted
deleted - showcanvas/display from MPV window. Window is now referenced to show canvas
IMAGE TRACKS
Images are now rendered by GTK4 instead of PIL and Tkinter
modified - aspect removed from image window field to a seperate aspect mode field
modified -imageplayer aspect mode can be clip fit shrink warp, original has been deleted
modified - image window is referenced to show canvas not display
deleted - removed rotation field
WEB TRACKS
Web tracks are now implemented by the Webkit browser engine instead of Chrome
enhanced - web content display is now fully integrated with other content and controls
deleted - chrome web track entries are removed when updating profiles
modified - removed window type from web window
MENU TRACKS
modified - menu window should be x+y+w*h, the w*h element is used only for bounding box.
modified - menu window is referenced to show canvas it is not centred but is controlled by x,y.
deleted - removed warning for default icon in menuplayer
DUMMY TRACKS
modified - instead of the audio track, messageplayer or imageplayer can be a dummy track
CLICK AREAS
modified - in screen.cfg image width and height are not required
modified - in screen.cfg fill and outline colour fields must have a value, transparent can be a value. 6 figure colour values can be used providing opacity control.
modified - in screen .cfg fonts must of the format bold italic 20pt arial
fixed - image paths in screen.cfg
MISC
enhanced - F1 key toggles the development display between windowed and near full screen
modified - nounclutter is removed. Cursor is removed in fullscreen mode (-f) except if -c command line option is used.
modified - removed -b command line option to control blanking. Raspberry Pi Configuration menu now controls blanking
modified - updated input_test.py and output_test.py for GPIOZero
modified - autostart method has changed. See manual
modified - Method to run Pi Presents with no monitor attached has changed.
EDITOR
fixed - text in colour fields can now be modified after colour chooser is used.
CHANGES FOR 1.5.3e 4/12/2023
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enhanced - added pp_gpiozerodriver.py I/O plugin for use on Pi5
enhanced - updated pp_audio.cfg for Pi5
CHANGES FOR 1.5.3d 28/10/2023
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fixed - crash when show timeout is used in a mediashow
fixed - crash as issue.txt is moved to /boot/firmware in bookworm
enhanced - animate timing has finer resolution
CHANGES FOR 1.5.3c 8/10/2023
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enhanced - Editor now has show>view backup menu item whichdisplays the paramters of the backup made when the profile issue was last updated.
fixed - mpv video tracks now work with video only tracks
fixed - mpv video tracks now more gapless
CHANGES FOR 1.5.3b 19/9/2023
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fixed - videoplayout example and manual modified for mpv video tracks
fixed - track plugins now work with chrome and mpv tracks.
CHANGES FOR 1.5.3a 9/9/2023
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enhanced - Readme.md updated for Bullseye
enhanced - Readme.md has instructions for updating profiles from Beep or Gapless
modified - Audio Player Volume range is now 0->100 instead of -60->0. Same as MPV video
enhanced - web_editor now sets initial options correctly if user is not pi.
enhanced - web editor has a terminal window log showing tracks deleted on update
fixed - crash on start if I2C interface is not enabled.
fixed - default menu thumbnail for mpv track
fixed - videos in liveshow now use mpv video player
EXAMPLES - DRV2605 changed mpv output to A/V not USB
CHANGES FOR 1.5.2b 2/8/2023
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deleted - support for the A/V display has been discontinued. Use a HDMI to A/V convertor
enhanced - Pi Presents can now use 3 displays on a Pi4 dsi0, hdmi0, hdmi1
modified - display configuration now works on Pi3 in addition to Pi4. NOTE: display.cfg has changed
modified - audio configuration now works on Pi3 in addition to Pi4, NOTE: audio.cfg has changed
fixed - audioplayer output volume overload and lack of volume control
modified - The monitor on/off show control command has been updated for KMS.
CHANGES FOR 1.5.2a 24/7/2023
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enhanced - mpv based videoplayer (see release notes)
deleted - vlc based videoplayer
enhanced - Added driver for DRV2605 Haptic Controller
fixed - PP hangs if Stop command is received during freeze-at-start
CHANGES FOR 1.5.1b 25/2/2022
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fixed - ERROR click area lookup failed because PP was using the section name not the name= name in screen.cfg
CHANGES FOR 1.5.1a 10/8/2022
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modified - The deprecated omxplayer based video track and uzbl based web track have been removed.
modified - This version currently requires fkms.In config.txt change from kms to fkms
modified - now works with any User, but see Release Notes for required changes to configuration files.
modified - removed the path to the default menu bullets from newly created profiles and all examples
PP automatically picks up the default bullet if necessary.
fixed - crash on nounclutter when pp_displaymanager.py is run.
fixed - bug in remi/remigui line 41
fixed - syntax warning in remi/remigui
fixed - changed command for inhibiting blanking
fixed - keyboard not working after resize of a window. In kbdriver.py and kbdriver_plus.py bind to top level window not canvas
fixed - pp_example_plugin.cfg in media missing an @
fixed - pp_menushow_1p5 example, correct background for bullets
fixed - pp_camera_1p5 example tidied up and track plugin comments improved. Must use legacy camera
fixed - crash when menus have no bullet specified. Uses default bullet in this situation
CHANGES FOR 1.4.6d 29/6/2022
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enhanced - live tracks can now be sorted in reverse order by name using 'reverse'
enhanced - serial I/O plugin output now processes escape characters e.g.\n \r
fixed - display of click areas
CHANGES FOR 1.4.6c 8/1/2022
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fixed - hangup when stop command is sent immeadiately after starting a VLC video
enhanced - pn532driver.py now reports the tag UID if -d option is used in Pi Presents
fixed - bug in pp_hyperlinkshow.py when using track timeout
fixed - pp_hyperlinkshow_1p4 example show timeout and track timeout values incorrect.
manual - improved hyperlinkshow text
manual - describes how to obtain the UID codes from nfc-poll
readme - updated to use Raspberry Pi OS (Legacy) and for choice of chromium browser
CHANGES FOR 1.4.6b 9/11/2021
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fixed - hangup when stop command is sent immeadiately after starting a VLC video
CHANGES FOR 1.4.6a 7/7/2021
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enhanced - added input event to restart Pi Presents, pp-restartpipresents
enhanced - animate show control command allowing animation at start and end of shows (and tracks but better to use animation tab)
enhanced - Duration now has resolution of 0.1 secs and minimum value of 0.1
enhanced - added validation of vlc and chrome tracks to the editor
fixed - task bar setting used correctly for vlc audio
fixed - volume wavering at start of a VLC video (suits-short.mkv), but not fixed for artshow
fixed - crash when validating artliveshow or artmediashow, raises profile version to 1.4.6a
CHANGES FOR 1.4.5f 25/6/2021
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enhanced - pigpio I/O plugin. Based on pigpio by Joan. More responsve especially when many VLC tracks are playing
fixed - crash if VLC window value is not correct
fixed - all shows shutdown if a required monitor is not connected
CHANGES FOR 1.4.5e 10/6/2021
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fixed - reduced PP's load on VLC during showing a track
CHANGES FOR 1.4.5d 6/6/2021
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fixed - chrome browser now shutdown properly
fixed - menu highlight moves after up or down commands when under heavy load
CHANGES FOR 1.4.5c 2/6/2021
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enhanced - CEC commands can now include an optional device number
enhanced - added the CEC 'as' command to make the Pi the active source
enhanced - nounclutter command line option to disable unclutter
fixed - updated comments in all I/O plugin config files in /pipresents/pp_resources/pp_templates
fixed - all I/O plugin files in example profiles have comments removed
fixed - pp_inputdevicedriver.py I/O plugin which handles linux generic input devices now responds correctly to buttons that produce more than one code
fixed - play command added to the test CLI of pp_vlcpayer,py
fixed - vlc is shutdown properly when closing Pi Presents with a video track running. check terminate in vlcpalyer
fixed - pp_livelistfetcher.py syncing liveshow now moves files from cache on startup if .loxk is set
fixed - removed extraneous debug statement in video track player
fixed - crash when radiobuttonshow is a track of a radiobuttonshow and 'Controls in Subshows' is no (a pointless configuration!)
CHANGES FOR 1.4.5b 13/3/2021
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enhanced - VLC Video Track audio device can now be selected from a profile
CHANGES FOR 1.4.5a 6/3/2021
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enhanced - added a new web track based on the chromium browser
web window parameters have changed
browser commands and functionalty redesigned to allow a limit to the number of loops
enhanced - added a new video track based on VLC
subtitle switch has been brought into the profile
display layer has been brought into the profile
VLC's Crop and Aspect Ratio can be accessed from the Profile as advanced options
Support for VLC's ability to play audio tracks and still images. The latter would allow an image to appear above a video
VLC does not support seamless loop
Audio device cannot be selected, except by use of the task bar. (Could be a bug in VLC not a limitation)
CHANGES FOR 1.4.4g 1/1/2021
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fixed - audio tracks and beeps now work with the Raspberry Pi OS release of Dec 2020 which uses pulseaudio instead of alsa. It can also be made to work with earlier releases which use a different audio system.(see release notes)
enhanced - added bluetooth and 2nd USB audio device to the set of audio devices
enhanced - Information about PP's interpretation of pp_audio.cfg and connected devices obtained by 'python3 pp_audiomanager.py'
modified - use paplay to play non .mp3 beeps instead of aplay
modified - Information about PP's interpretation of displays removed from PP and can be obtained by 'python3 pp_displaymanager.py'
CHANGES FOR 1.4.4f 27/9/2020
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enhanced - official touchscreen backlight can now be controlled by Show Control Commands
modified - touchscreen driver changed from FT506 to raspberrypi-ts to reflect its mainlining in Debian
CHANGES FOR 1.4.4e 16/6/2020
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fixed - audio track and beeps now work with the Raspbian release of May 2020, in addition to earlier releases.(see release notes)
modified - audio device names now match the physical labels on the board and (nearly) the new names on the task bar selector.
enhanced - beep show control command now has an optional device parameter.
enhanced - rtmp added to the list of acceptable streams for video track.
CHANGES FOR 1.4.4d 18/4/2020
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fixed - Display setup for Composite output (A/V) now works for Pi4 in addition to Pi3 and below
CHANGES FOR 1.4.4c 2/4/2020
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FIXED - Nasty bug in pp_manager where deleting a profile, media file, or livelist file
without first selecting it deletes all files in the directory.
enhanced - Optional lock on livelist upload, for systems with dynamically updated
liveshows.
enhanced - Update Remi to latest version.
enhanced - pp_manager.py and pp_web_editor.py now use only one port hence
should be useable with LAN's that have all but common ports locked down.
enhanced - added a 'sender' field to pp_mail.cfg for ISP's where username
is not an email address (See release notes)
enhanced - emails now have date field supplied for those ISP's that do not add it.
CHANGES FOR 1.4.4b 20/3/2020
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enhanced - Display setup for Pi4 is now fully automatic including rotation and variation in position of the monitors
enhanced - On Pi3 display setup is semi-automatic. It requires the monitor to be rotated in /boot/config.txt and in pp_display.cfg
enhanced - On Pi4 both displays can be touchscreens (on Pi3 1), requires configuration in pp_display.cfg.
modified - new configuration file for displays /pipresents/pp_config/pp_display.cfg
modified - --screensize has been removed from the command line into the pp_display.cfg file
enhanced - size and position of the windowed non-fullscreen displays can be set in pp_display.cfg
enhanced - video track does not object if location is a stream (udp: tcp: rtsp:)
enhanced - additional video window types in a video track based on omxplayer types
modified - 'default' video window type replaces 'original' which is deprecated. 'default' better describes its purpose
enhanced - PP plays nicely if python 3 is not used, instead of crashing
enhanced - out of the box output_test.py has no pins selected (for gpio pin safety).
enhanced - Monitor Show Control command can be used to power off/on individual displays
enhanced - audio track 'audio player audio' can now specify hdmi0 or hdmi1 hdmi > hdmi0 if used for pi4
modified - removed --verify command line option
enhanced - track plugins can now be in /pp_home/pp_track_plugins (+), /profile/pp_track_plugins (@) in addition /pipresents/pp_track_plugins (no first char)
modified - renamed PluginsManager class to TrackPluginsManager
enhanced - added driver-ref field to I/O plugins. If specified in config file will be used to select the plugin queried by get_input()
note - cec appears broken in Raspbian/RPi with Buster. Tried on Pi 4 and Pi 1
fixed - message track's message now modified correctly by a track plugin.
fixed - crash on start up if using a Pi Zero or Pi 1
fixed - web track can now be added to a liveshow by a track plugin.
fixed - crash if two video tracks are started at the same time
Examples
modified - moved all track plugins out of /pipresents/pp_track_plugins to their profiles
CHANGES FOR 1.4.4a 10/9/2019
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enhanced - Support for 2 displays on Pi4
enhanced - limited support for 2 displays on earlier PI's
enhanced - Support for official touchscreen on all Pi's
modified - input_test.py and output_test.py now set for 40 pin Pi's by default
enhanced - the conversion to Python3 should support Unicode
regression - Subtitles on videos are currently not supported. If you want subtitles then you must use a Pi3 or earlier.
limitation - HDMI audio output is currently limited to one HDMI screen (HDMI0)
limitation - CEC and Power control of the individual screens is currently not supported.
CHANGES FOR 1.4.3a 24/7/2019
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modified - upgraded code to Python 3. SEE RELEASE NOTES FOR UPGRADE PROCEDURE
modified - web track, reduce the delay to load the image behind the browser to 1 second
enhanced - track text, message text and Show text can now show HTML in a pane
enhanced - added 'open show' record to statistics recording- param required
enhanced - the maximum volume of video sound can now be set
enhanced - inc-volume and dec-volume commands for video and audio tracks omx-+/- and mplay-0/9 are deprecated
fixed - video volume now works (changed from pseudo keyboard commands to dbus commands)
fixed - crash if video track controls text invalid
fixed - Pi Presents code can now be in any directory
fixed - allow simulated years <2018
fixed - show control, if OSC is not enabled then ignore OSC commands instead of reporting error.
fixed - crash in serialdriver I/O plugin
enhanced - pp_counter_1p4 example
enhanced - new pp_html_1p4 example
fixed - error in some examples due to absence of empty track in a liveshow
fixed and improved - pp_beep_1p4 example
CHANGES FOR 1.4.2a 27/4/2019
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enhanced - time of day scheduler, disable catch up per show
enhanced - statistice recording device driver seperated out to allow alternative recording device
enhanced - mediashow and liveshow have repeat command to repeat the current track
fixed - trailing comments delimited by ; not # in keys.cfg, also in example profiles
fixed - crash when terminating Pi Presents from the Manager
fixed - crash when exitpipresents is a Show Command in a show.
fixed - errors in and improvements to the manual
fixed - filenames in examples.sh
CHANGES FOR 1.4.1a 20/7/2018
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NEW - Version 1.4 created as pipresents-beep in a new github
repository
NEW - pipresents-beep-examples github repository
modified - 'trigger for next' now waits for a trigger between tracks
and does not trigger during a track
enhanced - beep show control command to play a short audio file
enhanced - 'show control commands on event' one or more show control commands can now be triggered by
and input event in addtion to the track control response.
enhanced - aplay I/O plugin allows short audio files to be played from animation commands
enhanced - pp_beep_1p4 example demonstrates beeps and show control on event
CHANGES FOR 1.3.5c 7/6/2018
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modified - readme.md ready for gapless to become the stable version
modified - added upgrade_1p2_1p3.txt containing instructions for upgrade from pp-next to pp-gapless.
enhanced - web editor, dropdown field values displayed in red if read value is not valid
fixed - crash if linked pins are used in gpio.cfg
fixed - crash if I/O plugin .cfg file has errors
fixed - crash if track plugin is not found.
CHANGES FOR 1.3.5b 31/5/2018
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enhanced - I/O plugin for PN532 RFID tag reader
enhanced - cec show control commands to turn TV on/standby
fixed - crash if there are no anonymous tracks on a medialst.
fixed - network detection more resilient to peculiar ip route response
CHANGES FOR 1.3.5a 1/05/2018
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enhanced - use web editor instead of the schedule.json file to edit a schedule
enhanced - schedule can now execute all show commands
enhanced - schedule can contain multiple day statements
CHANGES FOR 1.3.4d 25/03/2018
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fixed - memory leak when using subshows issue #20
fixed - minor improvements to some examples
CHANGES FOR 1.3.4c 10/03/2018
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enhanced - pp_kbddriver_plus enhances pp_kbddriver by allowing strings to trigger events and to be used by track_plugins
enhanced - pp_kbddisplay_1p3 example using pp_kbddriver_plus
enhanced - krt_camera track plugin allows the Pi'c amera to be used to display real time images and capture pictures
enhanced - pp_camera_1p3 example
modified - debug_autostart.sh now has example text for debugging PP at autostart in addition to pp_manager.py
fixed - pp_serialdrive I/O plugin, individual events can now be disabled
fixed - various quality improvements
CHANGES FOR 1.3.4b 21/02/2018
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enhanced - values input by I/O plugins are now available to track plugins via get_input() method. See Release Notes.
enhanced - new serial port I/O plugin
enhanced - new serial port examples pp_serialcontrol_1p3 and pp_serialdisplay_1p3
enhanced - new I2C I/O plugin supporting ADC, DAC, Pimoroni Four Letter PHat and ScrollHD PHat.
enhanced - new examples for I2C driver pp_i2cioplugin_1p3
fixed - animation commands now work if there is more than one space between fields
fixed - pp_kbddriver now can be disabled
fixed - PP does not crash if time of day scheduler is used with no Start Shows
CHANGES FOR 1.3.4a 13/01/2018
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enhanced - pause now has a timeout, set in the profile
enhanced - added closeall, openexclusive and reboot show/OSC commands
CHANGES FOR 1.3.3c 8/12/2017
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enhanced - OSC
enhanced - added pp_osc_1p3 example
CHANGES FOR 1.3.3b 21/10/2017
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enhanced - documented I/O plugin API in manual and added pp_exampledriver.py demonstrated in pp_ioplugin_1p3 example
enhanced - animate commands can now have strings containing spaces provided they are surrounded by ""
enhanced - added empty pp_io_config directory to templates
fixed - increase timeout on unpause for show for slow to load video tracks (.avi seems much slower than .mp4)
fixed - crash if an input event happens immeadiatly after PP starts.
CHANGES FOR 1.3.3a 27/09/2017
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enhanced - io_plugins. Users can write their own I/O device driver
enhanced - input_device.py utility assists configuration of devices in /dev/input that use evdev
enhanced - new i/o plugin (pp_inputdevicedriver.py) for devices in /dev/input that use evdev
enhanced - new .cfg file which configures pp_inputdevicedriver.py specifically for OSMC official remote control.
enhanced - Pi Presents - New method of programming the shutdown pin in gpio.cfg. Allows other device drivers to do shutdown
enhanced - videoplayer, more real time controls added
enhanced - liveshow, added 'escape' track to allow use of stop command when the 'empty' track is a show.
enhanced - Pi Presents - detect there is no user and object
enhanced - players, x,y,colour, font and justify for Track Text is now in show profile track default tab
enhanced - radiobuttonshow, profile option to allow controls in subshows
enhanced - web editor, improved layout of track/show editor to reduce its height
enhanced - web editor, track has a menu entry to copy a track
enhanced - counters, new feature to define, increment, and disply counters.
enhanced - new example pp_counters_1p3
enhanced - new example pp_quiz_1p3 - shows how a hyperlinkshow and counters can be used in a multiple choice quiz,
deleted - the ability to validate a profile from Pi Presents using the -v command line option
deleted - the retired original editor pp_editor.py
fixed - manager, can now run a profile from other than /home/pi/pp_home
fixed - manager, download profile
fixed - radiobuttonshow, if first track is not specified then an anonymous track is not played
fixed - web editor, background is not grey on vga monitors
fixed - web editor, track, add directory now works
fixed - web editor, backups of profile are now stored in the correct directory in pp_profiles.bak
fixed - web editor, running the editor without a network is now possible
fixed - validate, blank track text x,y shown not as error
fixed - animate, remove crash if there was an error in animate at end command
fixed - image track and background images, if an image is corrupt objects properly instead of throwing a python exception
fixed - show control begin now happens after show control end for the previous track when changing tracks
fixed - track plugins and show control re-ordered to allow counters to work.
fixed - track plugin text is deleted at the end of a track if no redraw
modified - track plugin API simplified by removal of 'draw(). code in draw() now in show().
fixed - time of day scheduler, when using the time of day scheduler with with simulated time, log now shows simulated time of day
fixed - gain of local channel in pp_audioplayer.py increased by 40 to compensate for changes in Raspbian Stretch
fixed - import ptyprocess error fixed by alternative method of installing pexpect (see readme.md)
fixed - typo corrections profile for pp_openclose_1p3 close/closed
fixed - pp_videoplayout_1p3 example profile, added pause and mute to radiobuttonshow
fixed - removed extraneous osc.cfg from pp_showcontrol_1p3 and pp_showcontrolevent_1p3 example profile
CHANGES FOR 1.3.2a 1/4/2017
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enhanced - Manager,delete and rename media, livetracks, profile, download log and stats, reboot and shutdown Pi
enhanced - web editor updated for latest version of remi; gives a more modern look and feel
enhanced - web editor, profile update now updates automatically between minor versions e.g. 1.3.1>1.3.2 in both editors (--forceupdate not required)
enhanced - web editor makes a backup in pp_profiles.bak before doing an update
enhanced - web editor, copy profile, delete button, selecting a show automatically selects its medialist
enhanced - web editor has command line options for remote, local, and native display
enhanced - web editor, shows, medialists and tracks are displayed alphabetically
enhanced - web editor, adding a menu show now adds a menu track
enhanced - GPIO linked output,an output pin can now be directly linked to an input pin (gpio.cfg) ??? in Manual?????
enhanced - players, additional track commands pause-on, pause-off, mute, unmute
enhanced - video track can now be 'frozen at start', either before or after the first frame. Additional command, 'go', unfreezes the track
enhanced - pp_magicpicture_1p3 example rewritten to use freeze at start
enhanced - new example pp_videoplayout_1p3 to show video playout possibilities using the new 'freeze-at-start' parameter' and Go command
enhanced - the background colour behind show canvases can now be set from the editor in Start Show
enhanced - shows now have 'show control at beginning' and 'show control at end'
enhanced - new show control command 'event symbolic-name' allows one show to send an event to other shows
enhanced - new show control command monitor on/off controls monitor power using vcgencmd
enhanced - new pp_showcontrolevent_1p3 example demonstrating show control events and the pause-on/pause-off commands.
enhanced - PP reports an error if Pi Presents is not run from a desktop
enhanced - Window definitions can now be x1+y1+w*h in addition to x1 y1 x2 y2
enhanced - Media can now reside inside a profile, by convention in the directory 'media'. Accessed using @ e.g. @/media/my_track
enhanced - calibrated the output level for audio tracks so that it is the same as video. Resuting lower volume also reduces distortion on audio tracks
enhanced - menu now returns with the just played entry highlighted, not the first entry
enhanced - text can now be centred on the show canvas and justified.
enhanced - for liveshow, when the list is empty the list empty track is played, or exits if single run
enhanced - liveshow can execute show control commands on transition empty>not-empty and not=empty>empty
enhanced - new example pp_liveshowempty_1p3 demonstrating list empty functions
enhanced - for liveshow shuffle is now a proper 'card shuffle' not random.(mediashow still random)
fixed - web editor moves i/o config files to pp_io_config when moving from 1,2 to 1.3.x
fixed - missing error report when opening osc.cfg in Pi Presents
fixed - crash when medishow or liveshow is using shuffle with a single track
fixed - web editor, removed leading and trailing spaces from edited items so that they validate OK
fixed - again! radiobuttonshow now allows a radiobutton to be pressed during a subshow at the expense of the subshow not having any controls.
To change back edit pp_radiobuttonshow.py in def handle_input_event()
fixed - liveshow now skips dot tracks (.sync etc) instead of exiting the show
fixed - web editor validation now tests if first/home track is blank before trying the medialist
fixed - crash in image track when interpolation method is specified
fixed - removed initial blip of sound from a video track during artmediashow
fixed - PP now exits immeadiately on Terminate or SIGTERM even if in a track which opens a show at its end
fixed - menu bounding box and extent are displayed in the correct colours
fixed - crash if menu geometry paramters are erroneous
fixed - regression, liveshow can now include web tracks
fixed - crash if liveshow has a child track
fixed - playing of liveshow when there is a non-anonymous track
fixed - artliveshow now does not return an error when a track is deleted from the livelist
fixed - removed sudo from pp_control.sh
fixed - shutdown the Pi, changes for Jessie compatibility
Version 1.3.1i 11/12/2016
enhanced - The Manager now automatically detects the IP address of the Pi which can then be sent by email to the remote user.
enhanced - email alerts from Manager and Pi Presents
enhanced - extend Manager for managing livetracks, deleting media, downloading logs
enhanced - improved logging to debug time of day scheduler
enhanced - Manager and Pi Presents (optionally and if ToD scheduler is to be used) now wait until the network is available
enhanced - log now reports version of Raspbian and omxplayer, and GPU memory
enhanced - added alsa to video track audio output
enhanced - warning about shows in start show made dependent on ToD scheduler
enhanced - In the Manager there is now a link to open a browser tab when running the editor.
enhanced - In the Manager there is menu option to reboot the Raspberry Pi, primarily for if Pi Presents hangs and cannot be exited.
enhanced - In the Manager profiles are sorted alphabetically.
fixed - omxplayer, improve stability again
fixed - removed deletion of dbus daemon at start
fixed - editor, do not abort validation if there are media files in the profile, warn instead.
fixed - several corner case bugs in Manager
Version 1.3.1h 5/11/2016
Enhanced - When using GPIO it is now not necessary (or possible) to use sudo.
Enhanced - an event for statistics reporting can now be generated for every track. Out of the box this is commented out in pp_gapshow.py in the function 'start_load_show_loop'
Enhanced - It is now possible to debug pp_manager.py when it is run at boot by executing the script debug_autostart.sh in LXDE-pi/autostart
Fixed - video tracks playing is more reliable. To achieve this GPU_MEM needs to be increased to 128MB if playing videos.
Modified - browser update interval for pp_manager.py changed from 0.1 secs to 0.2 secs to reduce processor loading on older models of RPi
Fixed - added blank option to Videoplayer Field of shows to match manual
Fixed - undefined error code in pp_manager. But if Pi Presents fails because a Python error is detected this will still produce an undefined error.
Version 1.3.1g 12/6/2016
Fixed - omxplayer interface now uses dbus instead of pexpect - see release notes. Hopefully this will reduce video track hangs with Jessie.
Fixed - audioplayer other options now work correctly
Fixed - audioplayer other options in a track are now not ignored
Fixed - radiobuttonshow, events are now passed to subshows
Fixed - Start of Web based manager delayed until CWD is a available. Required for Jessie autostart - see manual
Fixed - Start of Pi Presents delayed until CWD is a available. Required for Jessie autostart - see manual
Version 1.3.1f 26/2/2016
Enhanced - Web Based manager pp_manager.py
Enhanced - Web based Editor pp_web_editor.py
Version 1.3.1e 6/2/2016
Enhanced - Adding logging option suitable for gathering statistics. See Release Notes for details.
Enhanced - Added --manager command line option and other preparations for a web based manager and editor.
Fixed - In image track. if the track was stopped when paused the pause text was not deleted
Fixed - PP would not exit correctly if shutdown was initiated while in a show which opened another show at its end.
Version 1.3.1d 5/7/2105
Enhanced - linux kill command will now exit pipresents cleanly (SIGTERM) pp_control.sh demonstrates
Enhanced - colour of Pi Presents background can now be set (line 50 of pipresents.py pending inclusion in profile
Fixed - In radiobuttonshow can now select an alternative track when in a subshow. This is at the expense of allowing a subshow to be controlled in a radiobuttonshow.
Version 1.3.1c 31/5/2105
Enhanced - Artmediahow will now use the Controls in a track, merging them with the Controls from the Show
Enhanced - Speeded up videoplayer by removing running of omxplayer just to obtain the duration of the track - requires a later version of omxplayer. (see release notes)
Enhanced - halved the timeout for killing omxplayer
Fixed - mediashow controls could have been those set in the show not those merged with a track. This happens only at the very beginning of showing a track.
Fixed - calculation of time to freeze for video tracks.
Enhanced - pp_radiobuttonshow_1p3 example updated so that a running track cannot be restarted.
Version 1.3.1b 24/5/2015
Enhanced - Improved validation
Modified - in the Editor Browser Window is now called Web Window
Enhanced - Improved sync between master and slave when using OSC by moving when show control commands are executed
Fixed - bug in menushow where using cursor during a track caused a python error
Fixed - Increased omxplayer track load timeout to avoid crash when 100% loaded e.g. during pp_multiwindow_1p3 on Model B
Fixed - race condition where PP was not ready to action OSC commands if sent just after it had started.
Modified - in radiobuttonshow you can now re-start a track while it is playing.
Very useful when using radiobuttonshow as a slave track player.(The recommended way of using OSC)
To stop re-starting a track while it is playibg bind the symbolic name to null in track Controls
Fixed - videoplayer and radiobuttonshow so radiobuttonshow does not leave processes alive when
track is stopped to play another track.
Fixed - mediashow, liveshow, and menu produced an error if an event was received with a symbolic name that was not bound in Controls
Enhanced - Warn rather than generate an error if a liveshow directory is not found when PP starts.
Allows a liveshow to be started and then USB stick to be plugged in after.
Fixed - videoplayer sometimes left omxplayer process running after Ctrl-Break or use of Close icon
Version 1.3.1a 3/5/2015
GAPLESS TRANSITIONS
New - all shows now have gapless transitions. In the case of video tracks by freezing the video just before the end of the track while the next track loads.
New - artmediashow and artliveshow providing gapless transitions without freezing at end of track.
TIME OF DAY SCHEDULER
New - time of day scheduler that can control any type of show. Schedule can be different for days of the week, days of the month, and special days. When starting Pi Presents in the middle of a day it catches up by skipping through the schedule.
MULTI-WINDOW
New - it is now possible for concurrent shows to all display content on the screen. There is a show canvas field in show profiles to help with laying out multiple shows on the screen.
New - The Live Tracks Directories for Liveshows can now be specified in the show profile. This allows two concurrent liveshows to have different content.
Modified - show and track background images are warped to fit the screen or Show Canvas. If warping is undesirable then edit the image to match the dimensions of the screen or canvas.
REMOTE CONTROL
New - A Pi Presents unit can now be controlled from another Pi Presents unit or any computer, including Smartphones and Tablets that support Open Show Control.
New - Editor can create, edit and delete OSC configuration files.
PIPRESENTS
New - the --screensize command line option changes the effective screen size to assist development of profiles running on a target display with different pixel dimensions.
Enhanced - --home (-o) command line option is not required when using sudo. Pi Presents detects sudo and compensates.
Enhanced - The -d command line option now logs the minor version number of Pi Presents and the reported screen size.
Enhanced - The -d command line option has an optional parameter allowing finer control of logging.
Modified - The -g command line option has been removed. GPIO is enabled by the presence of gpio.cfg in the profile.
SHOWS
Enhanced - All shows now have their own controls instead of inheriting from their parent. This allows, for example, mediashows which are subshows of hyperlinkshows to have controls. controls.cfg is redundant and has been removed.
Enhanced - show background images are now not reloaded for every track, increasing speed of transition.
Enhanced - Eggtimer now available for all shows. Its text and position are fully configurable in the profile.
Modified - removed reference to Internal operations and Links. There are now Commands and Controls for all shows with the available Commands for each type of show being different. A Control is the binding of a Symbolic Name to a Command which is stated in the Controls field of a Show or Track.
Fixed - in mediashow and liveshow input events that affect triggers are now passed down to subshows
Fixed - Stop now stops the show when the show is in the appropriate (quiescent) state. Before the effect of stop was non-intuitive.
Enhancement - Exit command introduced for all shows to always exit the show whatever its state.
Enhanced - Egg Timer text position and format is now programmable in the profile for a show
Enhanced - menu, radiobuttonshow and hyperlinkshow now have show timeout and track timeout.
Enhanced - all administrative message text has been moved from resources.cfg allowing each show to have a different message.
SYMBOLIC NAMES
Modified - pp-exit pre-defined symbolic name is now pp-exitpipresents to avoid clashes of terminology.
Modified - in keys.cfg pp-exit is now pp-terminate to avoid clashes of terminology
MEDIASHOWS/LIVESHOWS
New - liveshows now have the same more extensive functionality as mediashows except for the source of the tracks(they share the majority of their code)
New - trigger end of show from an input
New - count limit field allowing the show to be n tracks long
Enhanced - now shuffles the first track of a show (thanks drewkeller)
New - input-persist trigger designed to implement 'magic pictures'
Enhanced - The Live Tracks Directories for Liveshows can now be specified in the show profile. This allows concurrent liveshows shows to have different content.
Modified - repeat and triggers simplified (single shot and interval are now special cases of repeat)
Modified - waiting for start trigger. It cannot now be triggered by Play or Down commands. If trigger by a key is required then bind start trigger parameter to a key.
Modified - input-quiet has been removed as the trigger text can now be edited.
Enhanced - child tracks are allowed in addition to child shows. The Has-Child field has been replaced by the Child field which can contain a user defined track reference (which can be a show track) in the medialist of the show . The Child-Show track type has been removed.
Modified - removed manual mode from mediashows. Can be simulated by making duration of tracks 0 and placing a blank track after a video track or freezing it.
Enhanced - liveshow now ignores hidden files (leaf name has . as first character)
Fixed - liveshow with media from usb stick but profile on SD card now waits for the stick to be mounted
MENUSHOW
Modified - the layout of the menu is now specified in a special Menu Track instead of in the show. The menu track is refered to in the show. The editor converts the profile to this format including moving all the data from the show to a new track in the medialist.
Modified - menu background is now specified in the menu profile not as a menu background track in the medialist. menu background track has been removed.
HYPERLINKSHOW
Fixed - display of click areas is now correctly controlled by symbolic names in controls. Allows soft buttons.
Modified - subshows return to the calling track instead of obeying links in the hyperlinkshow.
Enhanced - It is now possible to pause tracks and use run-time controls.
Enhanced - It is now possible to turn on the path debugging display from the profile. No code modification required.
RADIOBUTTONSHOW
Enhanced - there can be Controls in tracks overriding Controls in the show. Allows selective movement to other tracks.
Enhancement - now has exit and return commands
Enhancement - It is now possible to pause tracks and use run-time controls.
Fixed - Links are checked against radiobuttonshow Commands not hyperlinkshow Commands
CLICK AEAS AND SOFT BUTTONS
Enhanced - All shows (not just hyperlinkshows), other than artshows, can have click areas and soft buttons.
Enhanced - All tracks have controls the content of which are merged with and override show controls.
Enhanced - Click areas can now have associated images which can be used as buttons.
Enhanced - Points for rectangles can now be written as x+y+width*height in screen.cfg
VIDEO TRACKS
Enhanced - video tracks now have optional 'freeze at end' to cover gaps between tracks etc.
Enhanced - video track now supports omxplayer loop option (--loop)
Enhanced - 'video player options' now inherits from a show.
Enhanced - 'both' -o option supported.
Enhanced - more track types are allowed in liveshow and when 'adding from directory'
AUDIO TRACKS
Fixed - duration of an audio track in a liveshow is blank instead of inheriting from a show.
Enhanced - track does not need to be blank when duration is zero as there will be no attempt to play it.
Modified - clear screen removed
Fixed - mplayer volume is now reset at start of track so is reset after being changed by run-time commands.
IMAGE TRACKS
Enhanced - images can be rotated.
TRACK PLUGINS
Enhanced - It is now possible to draw any number of Tkinter canvas objects using the API.
Modified - API has been modified because of gapless transitions and multi-window
SHOW CONTROL
Modified - change names from start/stop/exit to open/close/exitpipresents to avoid clashes of terminology.
Modified - show control commands have their fields reversed e.g 'open show' not 'show open'
ANIMATION
Modified - the order of fields in the animate command has been altered and additional I/O types facilitated by the introduction of a type parameter. The delay paramter is now mandatory.
Fixed - two events required at the same time are now executed in order they were created.
GPIO
Enhanced- gpio.cfg now contains pin definitions for B+ and 2B models.
Modified - GPIO is enabled by the presence of gpio.cfg in the profile. The -g command line option has been removed.
CONFIGURATION DATA and /pipresents/pp_home
Modified - configuration files screen.cfg, gpio.cfg, and keys.cfg are now limited to the /pp_io_config sub directory of profiles and cannot be placed in data home or /pipresents/pp_home. The presence of .cfg files will in future be the method of enabling user written I/O plugins. (There is an exception for keys.cfg, see manual)
Modified - pp_home has been removed and its content reorganised:
- pp_config contains configuration data that it is useful to stay in /pipresents including a fallback keys.cfg.
- pp_resources contains a minimal set of icons used as fallback by Pi Presents.
- pp_resource/pp_templates contains examples of configuration files with instructions and show templates for use by the editor.
- pp_track_plugins contains the python code for track plugins.
- logs are now in pp_logs
- pp_io_plugins will contain the code for user written device drivers.
Modified - pp_resources.cfg has been removed. All its content is now in show profiles allowing messages to be tailored to shows.
EDITOR
Enhanced - now has offset in it options dialogue allowing pp_profiles to have sub-directories.
Enhanced - can now copy a medialist
Enhanced - can create, edit and delete OSC configuration files.
Enhanced - a readme.txt file is allowed in a profile so the profile can be documented.
Fixed - --debug now works correctly
Version 1.2.3e 11/8/2014
Fixed bug in videoplayer where animation commands at the end of the track were those specified for the beginning of the track
Version 1.2.3d 22/6/2014
Removed output of Warnings when debug is disabled (no -d), modify pipresents.py line 75 ish if you wish to see warnings
Now reports minor version e.g. 1.2.3d in debug output.
hyperlinkshow - Improvements and bug fixes
Use updated example for demonstration
- new repeat command to allow video and audio tracks to repeat
- fixed goto so that it forgets the path
- improved debugging trace. Now enabled from pp_hyperlinkshow.py
Radiobuttonshow - bug fixes
- removed code that merged links from the first track, all links should be in the show.
omxdriver.py - replace kill with SIGINT so so it has a chance to tidy up daemons and omxplayer.bin
Improvements to manual
Version 1.2.3c 4/1/2104
hopefully fixed unreliable video playing
additional checks in pp_omxdriver.py and pp_videoplayer.py for the incorrect termination of omxplayer
at the end of a track. One in a thousand times or so it does not send 'have a nice day' or terminate itself.
The code now detects these, ends the track, and kills omxplayer; some orphan dbus-daemons are left.
Occurences are reported to the terminal and in pp_log.log event though the -d option is not set.
Version 1.2.3b 28/11/2013
bug correction release:
fixed - liveshow now works with -l option
fixed - pp_menu_1p2 example profile updated
fixed - manual updated to change warped to warp in the various Window fields
1.2.3 16/11/2013
new - browser player to play web tracks stored locally or on the internet
new - menushow has many new menu layouts with icons and bullets
new - much improved scaling of images in ImagePlayer
new - plugins (user provided python modules) allow dynamic content to modify images or to be written to the display
enhancement - video window, image window and web window now use the same terminology
enhancement - menus can now have a background colour
enhancement - hint positioning in mediashow and liveshow now more flexible
enhancement - hint positioning in menu now more flexible
enhancement - liveshow can now include web tracks
enhancement - all track types now have the same set of ancillaries:
message player has track text
message player has show text
enhancement - ability to inhibit display of show text and show background in individual tracks
all players have display show text
all players have display show background
enhancement - changed titles from mplayer to Audio Player Options, Audio Player Audio, Audio Player Speaker, Audio Player Volume,
to allow audio players other than mplayer on other platforms
enhancement - changed titles from OMXPlayer to Video Player Options Video Player Audio, Video Window, Video Player Volume,
to allow video players other than OMXplayer on other platforms
enhancement - includes desktop files for examples.sh and pp_editor.py
fixed - duration of Message Track set to '' in new_tracks
fixed - track text now has font chooser
1.2.2b 17/09/2013
enhancement - non-fullscreen mode works much better, see manual for size adjustment.
enhancements to editor - tabs, font chooser, colour chooser, location browser
enhancements to editor - copy show, new show creates a medialist.
enhancement - validation has caught up
fixed - cancelling out of creating a new profile does not create profile 'None'
tested with latest image 2013-09-10
1.2.2 18/8/2013
PLEASE READ RELEASE NOTES
new - hyperlinkshow for touchscreen type shows in museums
new - radiobuttonshow for kiosks with buttons
new - input subsystem has been completely redesigned to facilitate the addition of new input device drivers.
new - control track has been removed. Show Control is now available in all track types
new - Audio tracks can now have zero duration to allow them to be used solely for animation and show control.
enhancement - omxplayer now plays videos in a window
enhancement - imageplayer images can be scaled to fit in a window
enhancement - messageplayer, position of text can now be specified
enhancement - all track types now have background colour, background images, show text, track text, and animation control
enhancement - track and show text can now be multi-line
enhancement - liveshows now have windows for images and videos, background images, and show text which can be applied to dynamic content.
enhancement - shutdown the Pi or exit Pi Presents using Show Control
enhancement - run-time controls such as volume control for OMXPlayer and MPlayer
enhancement - configuraton files xxx.cfg can now be in a profile or pp_home.
enhancement - GPIO inputs can trigger events on both edges and repeatedly when in a state, fields of gpio.cfg have been modified as a consequence.
enhancement - CTRL-BREAK can be reconfigured to another key.
enhancement - more/different messages in resources.cfg
fixed - shutdown from gpio button now works again :-(
fixed - in menus the timeout is cancelled by Up, Down etc.
1.2.1d 14/5/2013
PLEASE READ RELEASE NOTES
new - facilities to control one concurrent show from another
control track
run-once repeat option in mediashow
fixed - editor does not crash if a track is created when a medilist is not selected
fixed - menu background is now always black
1.2.1c 27/4/2013
PLEASE READ RELEASE NOTES
new - messageplayer now has a justify field to justify the text.
new - in the editor use tools>update all to update all profiles in pp_home
new - new editor command line option --forceupdate to force updating a profile if editor and profile versions are the same (useful for beta testers).
enhancement - increase number of lines and font size in the editor's text field
enhancement - add .wma to audio types
fixed - shutdown using a button now works again
fixed - playing an audio track does not reset backgound colour to black
Version 1.2.1 beta 1 8/4/2013
Major improvements:
AUDIO PLAYER
New audioplayer which will play audio tracks without affecting the display, uses MPlayer
Audio tracks can be sent to left or right speakers or stereo.
Audio tracks can have associate images and text.
Volume of a track can be set.
ANIMATION and GPIO
New animation subsystem, turn GPIO on or off synchronised with tracks
GPIO is now fully configurable, assign pins to buttons, trigger inputs or animation outputs
TIME OF DAY TRIGGERS
Time of day triggers for liveshow and mediashow, start a show at a time of day, end a show after a period of time or at a time of day.
When waiting for time of day can display the time of the next show.
CONCURRENCY
Can now play two or more shows simultaneously
Control keys and buttons can be disabled for chosen shows.
MESSAGES
Messages can now have background images or text.
FULL SCREEN
Simplified setup and use of fullscreen - thanks tjaehnel
SHUFFLE
Tracks in mediashow and liveshow can now be shuffled
VIDEOPLAYER
Provision in the editor for seamless looping (waiting for omxplayer to be upgraded)
Provision in editor for windowed videos (waiting for omxplayer to be upgraded)
Added .m4v to video types
Volume of a track can now be set
MEDIASHOW
Enhanced triggering - moving to the next track can now be triggered by GPIO
BUG FIXES
As version 1.1.2b
Improved implementation of possible fix for playing of videos crashing once in every few hours
version 1.1.2b - 7/4/2013
Fixed messages not being vertically centered in messageplayer
Fixed duration of displayed messages increasing, as well as increasing CPU occupancy with time
Possible fix for playing of videos crashing once in every few hours
version 1.1.2a - 19/2/2013
Fixed sorting of files in liveshow
version 1.1.2 - 12/2/2013
Liveshow can now take its tracks from two directories
Switched 'up' and 'down' cursor keys in mediashow to match other programs.
Corrected response to buttons especially in complex shows
in show error handling now exits cleanly.
Examples always use hdmi for audio
version 1.1.1b - 31/1/2013
Workaround for editor not reliably saving medialists when used on a Windows PC
version 1.1.1a - 28/1/2013
Fixed bug in Track> Add Dir
!!!! Editor does not reliably save medialists when used on a Windows PC !!!!!
Version 1.1.1 - 28/1/2013
Added a LiveShow capability, tracks can be dynamically uploaded using ftp while a show is running.
Editor now works on a PC.
Added resources.cfg that allows the administrative text that was displayed to customers to be modified.
Removed the -c command line argument as Pi Presents automatically detects where its code is.
Removed mouse pointer in fullscreen mode, requires unclutter to be installed (Thanks Azizar)
Added .wav and .ogg to audio files as they can be played by omxplayer.
Version 1.1.0 - 20/1/2013
Added validation of profiles - all fields except for fonts and colours are validated.
Added a system to check compatibiity between profiles, editor and Pi Presents. Uses first 2 digits of Version:
First digit - complete re-write.
Second digit - Incremented when profile definition has changed
Third digit - modifications that do not change the profile interface.
Images can now display a text overlay - show-text and track-text
Images can be paused using 'space', 'p' or spacebar
Reversed the polarity of PIR input as burglar alarm PIR's have nc connections.
New image and message tracks now have blank durations so they inherit from show by default.
Fixed bug in editor where add show and add track produced linked tracks.
Other minor improvements
Version 1.0 - 8/1/2013
First Issue