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SPX Release Notes

Most recent updates are at the top.


WORK IN PROGRESS (list updated Mar 22 2022)

⚠ PLEASE UNDERSTAND: Below features and changes may not fully work as the source code is constantly under development. For a stable and more tested version, please use published binary releases.

  • Added API endpoint getprojects that returns all project names in SPX
  • Added API edpoint getrundowns?project=MyProject that returns all rundowns of given project
  • Added width and height url params to renderer (/renderer?width=1000&height=500&preview=true)
  • Fixed a major path detection bug that appeared after re-importing a template and prevented importing more templates before server restart.
  • New promo option is still WIP
  • gcinput margin-top fixed back to 5px from zero
  • Changed template import error handler to prevent SPX crash when errors in templates JS-code.


Published releases:

1.1.0 (Feb 23 2022)

  • Changed default port to 5656 to avoid clash with Apple Airplay receiver process. (Thanks Chris 'Lower' Fenwick, for in-depth troubleshooting 😉)

  • Added preview functionality and required UI changes. Preview functionality is very much WIP and Take-next-on-play -preview mode is disabled due to bugs.

  • Added "renderer options" area below the renderer to move local renderer to a popup window. Renderer options area also has buttons to copy Program and Preview URLs.

  • Added 4K support to app config and renderer(s). Please note, most templates are done for fixed HD resolution and may appear in 1/4th size in the output.

  • Added filtering to Projects view (visible when there are 5 projects or more)

  • Added /api/v1/controlRundownItemByID -API endpoint (see http://localhost:5656/api/v1)

  • Added /api/v1/panic -API endpoint (see http://localhost:5656/api/v1)

  • Added "disable" toggle to CasparCG servers to temporarily prevent playout commands sending.

  • Added recent files to the main dropdown menu (saved to config.json)

  • Improved /api/v1/invokeTemplateFunction -API endpoint with url encoded strings.

  • Improved startup sequence on macOS

  • Improvements in various file reading / writing functions. Overall stability and cleanup.

  • Improved locale files (english, finnish, portuguese, dutch)

  • Improved "links to other stuff" globalExtra from config/createConfig to a plugin in ASSETS/plugins/spxLinks/

  • Improved file browsers to skip dot-files (".file.ext", mostly on mac)

  • Bug fix: a cross platform issue in the template browser navigation mechanism refactored.

  • Binary packages v1.1.0: Windows, Linux, Mac


1.0.15 (Oct 24 2021)

  • Renamed the app from "SPX-GC" to "SPX". Website: http://spx.graphics
  • Added General Settings > Static Background Image to Project Settings (feature suggested by Rotem Kish)
  • Added rundown item rename functionality to the ID-button
  • Added "import CSV file" option to rundown > add template dialog
  • Added help section to Knowledge Base and linked help() -function to those
  • Added relative path (using template's root folder) filelist option, see README.
  • Added "imported timestamp" to profile items for future version comparisions on the rundowns.
  • Improved performance by prioritizing memory usage over disk I/O (multiple code changes)
  • Improved initialization and startup folder detection
  • Improved project file management by removing absolute path reference
  • Fixed re-import bug (absolute file path was invalid)
  • Binary packages v1.0.15: Windows, Linux, Mac

1.0.14 (Oct 01 2021)

  • Added functionality required by "SPX-GC CasparCG MediaPlayer -extension" (CCG commands)
  • Added tooltips to template fields in the editor view of the rundown
  • Added /feedproxy helper API-endpoint for CORS data sources with "SPX-GC SocialPlayout -extension".
  • Changed the rundown autoScroll parameters (to block: nearest, behavior: auto)
  • Fixed template re-import functionality (in project settings)
  • Fixed the "invisible rundown item -bug" when a template without DataFields was added
  • Added scalable webrender pop-up window command to controller menu
  • Added export CSV-file option to template editor (import function will be added in 1.0.15)
  • Disabled Chrome autostart by default in config.json ("launchchrome": false)
  • Binary packages v1.0.14: Windows, Linux, Mac

1.0.13 (Apr 27 2021)

  • Fixed a complex rundown issue when items duplicated + sorted. (Bug found right after v.1.0.12 release)
  • Binary packages v1.0.13: Windows, Linux, Mac

1.0.12 (Apr 25 2021)

  • Added new direct API commands, such as invokeTemplateFunction to enable custom template function triggering from StreamDeck
  • Added a welcomeOverlay -plugin for onboarding (localStorage flag 'SPXGC_WelcomeScreenDisplayed').
  • Added an ID button to item editor for copying itemID's (to be used with API parameters)
  • Added openchrome flag to config.general
  • Added Dutch language file
  • Removed OVERLAY CasparCG server from the generated default config. See README for instructions in adding CasparCG servers.
  • Improved performance by skipping unnecessary CasparCG functions when no CCG servers configured
  • Improved clearOutputs functionality
  • Fixed issue #3 incorrect start-up folder detection (on binary macOS version).
  • Fixed issue #18 complex rundown issue when items deleted + sorted.
  • Fixed issue #32 (renderer parameter ?layers=[1,5,19]) was not working correctly.
  • Fixed "looping templates issue" when auto-out was used and several templates played at same time.
  • Several minor tweaks and stability and performance improvements.
  • Binary packages v1.0.12: Windows, Linux, Mac

1.0.11 (Mar 25 2021)

  • Added a "button" ftype to template definition
  • Added ASSETS/plugins functionality for custom plugins. See README > plugins for info.
  • Help feature points globally to Knowledge Base. Content sections ignored for now.
  • Added a "re-import template" functionality to templates in the project settings
  • A bunch of stability imporovements and minor bug fixes
  • Binary packages v1.0.11: Windows, Linux, Mac

1.0.10 (Jan 23 2021)

  • Added a "checkbox" ftype to template definition

1.0.9 (Jan 08 2021)

  • Fixes a bug in timed Stop animations (in v1.0.4 - 1.0.8)
  • Fixes get-file-list bug (Excel file list) in binary package versions
  • Build process reconfigured. Some build zip files were corruputed in 1.0.8.
  • Fixes a playout issue with other CasparCG servers than "localhost"
  • Added a configuration option general.templatesource to configure CasparCG template playout to use either file or http protocol:
    • spxgc-ip-address is the default and uses SPX-GC http server to host templates for both CasparCG and web playout
    • casparcg-template-path uses CasparCG config's template-path and file:// -protocol
  • Tiny other fixes and code cleanup
  • Binary packages v1.0.9: Windows, Linux, Mac

1.0.8 (Dec 30 2020)

  • Added /api/v1 endpoint for external commands (for Elgato Stream Deck and other similar use cases)
  • Binary packages v1.0.8: Windows, Linux, Mac

1.0.7 (Dec 20 2020)

  • Templates loaded to CasparCG via http:// protocol (and not file://)
  • Bugfixes in project / rundown file management functions (empty selections ignored)
  • Added Excel reading API capability for templates via ajax call (such as news ticker). Also added a demo template SPX1_TICKER_EXCEL.html
  • Added a "number" ftype to template definition
  • selected layers rendering (for external renderers, such os OBS) with layers parameter /renderer/?layers=[2,4,20]
  • improved collapsed rundown data preview
  • NOTE: Issue found. Special-characters-fix (in 1.0.4) may break existing templates with multiline text areas and html sequences renders as text. Effected templates must be fixed with DOMParser() -logic which will interpret escaped characters (such as &lt;BR&gt;) back to valid HTML tags (<BR>) for correct rendering. (See this article for an example: https://www.codegrepper.com/code-examples/whatever/how+to+convert++text+to++html+document+javascript+DOMParser)

1.0.6 (Dec 18 2020)

  • Improved filelist field type functionality
  • Added instruction field type
  • Binary packages v1.0.6: Windows, Linux, Mac

1.0.5 (Oct 19 2020)

  • Added support for INVOKE handler for custom template commands.

1.0.4 (Oct 19 2020)

  • Rundown items changed from index based to ID-based. This is a major internal change and improves app stability, enable further development and cleanup spaghetti code.
  • Added playlist item duplication.
  • Continue button only active if template definition "steps" > 1
  • Update button removed from main UI and is now only in the item editor
  • Minor UI tweaks and some orphan code purged
  • Allow special characters in template fields (",'/&#<>)

1.0.3 (Oct 17 2020)

  • added support for "filelist" dropdown selector for choosing a file of specific type (such as 'png') from a specific Asset -folder (such as '/media/image/logo/')
  • added messages.dbggreet logic to view-home.handlebars for msg debugging.
  • improved "continue" button logic in UI and added "steps" parameter to template definition
  • moved templates/empty.html from a file to internal route
  • implemented duplicate and rename rundown -buttons in the rundown list view

1.0.2 (Sept 21 2020)

  • added support for multiline "textarea" fields
  • Binary packages v1.0.2: Windows, Linux, Mac

1.0.1 (Sept 5 2020)

  • fixes #4 (wrong output url)
  • show template folder at startup info
  • Binary packages v1.0.0.1: Windows, Linux, Mac

1.0.0 (Sept 05 2020)

  • Initial release. Known issues listed in README.md
  • Binary packages v1.0.0: Windows, Linux, Mac