Release Notes
BrightAuthor Classic

5.0

15min
the multilingual version of brightauthor classic supports the following languages chinese (simplified), french, german, italian, japanese, portuguese, russian, spanish, and turkish 5 0 2 0 (may 23, 2024) download win ( exe) https //brightsignbiz s3 amazonaws com/brightauthor/5 0/5 0 2 0/brightauthorsetup 5 0 2 0 exe bug fixes bcn 16127 (xc5 only) fixed a regression from version 5 0 1 5, to ensure that multi screen plugins can again be successfully applied 5 0 1 9 multi lingual (jan 24, 2024) download win ( msi) https //brightsignbiz s3 amazonaws com/brightauthor/5 0/5 0 1 9 loc/brightauthorsetup loc 5 0 1 9 msi , win ( exe) https //brightsignbiz s3 amazonaws com/brightauthor/5 0/5 0 1 9 loc/brightauthorsetup loc 5 0 1 9 exe localization this version contains translations for the 10 languages supported in brightauthor english spanish italian french german chinese (simplified) japanese portuguese russian turkish bug fixes bcn 14418 (hd5, xd5) fixed an issue with adding a second video zone on hd5 and xd5 players bcn 14945 a second zone can now be selected by clicking, rather than just the drop down, when using "portrait bottom on right" bcn 15210 fixed an issue with brightauthor not starting in windows 11 because of the 9/23 security update 5 0 1 6 (sep 14, 2023) download win ( msi) https //brightsignbiz s3 amazonaws com/brightauthor/5 0/5 0 1 6/brightauthorsetup 5 0 1 6 msi , win ( exe) https //brightsignbiz s3 amazonaws com/brightauthor/5 0/5 0 1 6/brightauthorsetup 5 0 1 6 exe improvements bcn 13936 fixed the graphics plane dimensions when the selected video mode is 4k or 8k bug fixes bcn 14883 ensured that the correct video modes are displayed for series 5 players 5 0 1 5 (jul 18, 2023) download win ( msi) https //brightsignbiz s3 amazonaws com/brightauthor/5 0/5 0 1 5/brightauthorsetup 5 0 1 5 msi , win ( exe) https //brightsignbiz s3 amazonaws com/brightauthor/5 0/5 0 1 5/brightauthorsetup 5 0 1 5 exe bug fixes bcn 14842, bcn 14786 fixed an issue on xd5 and ls5 players in which portrait presentations would display incorrectly note that portrait presentations are not yet supported on the xc5 line 5 0 1 4 (may 23, 2023) download win ( msi) https //brightsignbiz s3 amazonaws com/brightauthor/5 0/5 0 1 4/brightauthorsetup 5 0 1 4 msi , win ( exe) https //brightsignbiz s3 amazonaws com/brightauthor/5 0/5 0 1 4/brightauthorsetup 5 0 1 4 exe new features bcn 12985 added support for the xt245, xt1145, and xt2145 improvements bcn 12214 created a wifi “reliability mode” which allows players to automatically reconnect wifi if it is in a bad state if the registry key “disable wifi auto recovery” is set to “true”, this feature will be disabled on the player bug fixes bcn 13991 fixed a crash that occurs when sending a udp command in a presentation that uses interactive events with dynamic playlist or media list widgets bcn 14596, 14571, 14461, 14247 fixed a crash that occurs when users create sync presentations on series 5 players 5 0 1 2 (mar 31, 2023) download win ( msi) https //brightsignbiz s3 amazonaws com/brightauthor/5 0/5 0 1 2/brightauthorsetup 5 0 1 2 msi , win ( exe) https //brightsignbiz s3 amazonaws com/brightauthor/5 0/5 0 1 2/brightauthorsetup 5 0 1 2 exe bug fixes bcn 14273, bcn 14270 fixed a crash/reboot cycle which occurred on series 4 and earlier players after installing brightauthor version 5 0 1 1 5 0 1 1 (mar 20, 2023) download win ( msi) https //brightsignbiz s3 amazonaws com/brightauthor/5 0/5 0 1 1/brightauthorsetup 5 0 1 1 msi , win ( exe) https //brightsignbiz s3 amazonaws com/brightauthor/5 0/5 0 1 1/brightauthorsetup 5 0 1 1 exe improvements bcn 14185 (xd5) ensured that xd5 players now opt in to “full resolution graphics”, which mimics the behavior of xd4 and older player models bug fixes bcn 14179 (xd5, xt5, hd5) ensured that gpio appears as an option in presentation authoring bcn 14034 (xc5) ensured that the video mode plugin supports multiscreen devices 5 0 1 0 (feb 22, 2023) download win ( msi) https //brightsignbiz s3 amazonaws com/brightauthor/5 0/5 0 1 0/brightauthorsetup 5 0 1 0 msi , win ( exe) https //brightsignbiz s3 amazonaws com/brightauthor/5 0/5 0 1 0/brightauthorsetup 5 0 1 0 exe new features bcn 12192 added support for xdx35, hdx25, and ls4x5 players bcn 13935 added support for portrait presentations to ls5, hs5, hd5 and xd5 players bug fixes bcn 13313 (xc5) fixed an instance of series 4 player graphic resolution limit being incorrectly applied to xc5 players bcn 13750 fixed the “program and features” entry to use the correct version of brightauthor bcn 13913 (xc5) added support for four audio decoders (rather than three) bcn 13290 (hd5, xt5) updated the list of supported video modes 5 0 0 4 (jan 04, 2023) download win ( msi) https //brightsignbiz s3 amazonaws com/brightauthor/5 0/5 0 0 4/brightauthorsetup 5 0 0 4 msi , win ( exe) https //brightsignbiz s3 amazonaws com/brightauthor/5 0/5 0 0 4/brightauthorsetup 5 0 0 4 exe known issues when in portrait mode, resolutions above 4k are not predictable and not supported bug fixes bcn 13532 (xc5) added support for portrait presentations 5 0 0 3 content encrypted networks are not supported on series 5 players on the currently available os this will be resolved in a future os release presentations published to xc5 players on os 9 0 15 must be authored with 'full resolution graphics' enabled new features added support for the xc5 new feature support for xc5 is up to 8k video modes multi output is not supported using brightauthor bcn 12189 added brightwall support for series 5 models bug fixes bcn 12367 fixed brightauthor crash when cancelling "standalone unit with setup" publish to the “local storage” option