26.6.0
- New Device management
Players can keep a resolution and rotation for each display
A player can apply a resolution and rotation to 1 particular display, and keep it when that display moves to a different port.
- Improvement Device management
Switching the audio output takes effect without a reboot
Changing a screen's audio output between HDMI and the 3.5mm jack in the dashboard now applies right away, without restarting the player.
- Fix Device management
The 3.5mm jack on Screenly Player Max plays sound
Selecting the 3.5mm jack as the audio output on a Screenly Player Max now sends sound to it, instead of to HDMI.
- Fix Device management
The setup screen shows wired as connected only when the cable is
The setup screen showed a player's wired connection as connected whenever it had any network at all, including over Wi-Fi with no cable plugged in.
- Improvement Device management
Screens keep playing even when a settings screen is left open
A settings, help, or diagnostics screen left open on a player now closes by itself after 3 minutes, so the screen is back on its content without anyone walking over to it.
- Fix Content management
Editing content on a live screen no longer crashes the player
A change to a playlist or a schedule could crash the player, or hold back the latest change for a whole item, depending on what the player was doing when the update arrived.
- Fix Device management
Players pick only resolutions they can run
A player could pick a resolution the display offered but the player's own graphics chip couldn't run, and the display settings it asked for didn't take effect.
- Fixes and improvements
Network changes no longer leave old connections behind, and other improvements
Changing network settings cleans up the old connection, and the latest disk image has a download address that stays the same from release to release.
26.5.1
- New Apps Developers
Edge Apps can read their encrypted settings from injected JavaScript
An Edge App that points at a remote page can read its own encrypted settings from its injected JavaScript as screenly_settings.
- New Content management Security
Players can show web pages that require a client certificate
With "Allow sending client certificate" turned on, a player presents its own device certificate to the site, so a page behind mutual TLS can be shown on a screen.
- Fixes and improvements
Players report which hardware they run on
Players report their hardware model and revision, so the dashboard can show which player a screen is, plus updated dependencies and system libraries.
26.2.0
- New Security Device management
Players can join 802.1X enterprise networks, wired or Wi-Fi
A player can authenticate to an enterprise network with 802.1X PEAP over ethernet or Wi-Fi, and take a static IP address on a wired one.
- New Content management Security
Players can join your Tailscale network
Players join your Tailscale network, so a screen can show a web page or an API that only exists inside your network.
- Improvement Device management Breaking change
Raspberry Pi 4 players run at 1080p on a 4K display
A Raspberry Pi 4 connected to a 4K display now runs at 1080p, so video plays smoothly instead of stuttering.
- Fixes and improvements
Improvements to how players connect to Screenly
Work on how players connect to Screenly, and updated dependencies and system libraries.