8.1

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8.1.84 (Aug 12, 2020)

New Features

OS-10883: Presentations with multiple compressed bitstreams can be muted by setting the volume to zero.
OS-11092: Improved reporting of textTracks in HTTP Live Streaming (HLS).
OS-11230: Ensured that stale metadata is not used when remounting filesystem after format.
OS-11168: Improved reporting of open files when unmounting filesystems.
OS-11174: Added updating of the physical address in the HDMI input EDID, which improves issues with CEC passthrough.
OS-11120: Stream probe now times out after three seconds.
OS-10881: Stream probe now ignores audio description tracks.
BCN-7658: Added ability to access alternate storage paths in the DWS.
OS-11316, OS-9330: ext4 formatted devices can now accept writes as intended.
OS-11360: roControlPort now logs names of GPIO ports that are missing.
OS-7475: Reduced packet size of the DWS ping tool to 56 bytes for more accurate results.

Improvements

OS-10705: AC-3 and E-AC-3 passthrough settings now work as expected.
OS-11240: Fixed graphics upscaling on 4Kx42 players in the following video modes: 1792x1344x60p, 1920x1920x60p, 2048x1152x50p, 2048x1152x60p, 2376x288x60p, 2560x1080x60p, 2560x1440x30p, 2560x1440x60p, 2560x1600x60p, 2560x960x60p, 2880x720x60p, 3440x1440x30p, 3440x1440x50p, 3440x1440x60p, 3840x1080x25p, 3840x1080x30p, 3840x1080x50p, 3840x1080x60p, 3840x1200x60p, 3840x600x60p.
OS-11263: Fixed @brightsign/keystore.removeCaPackage for the JavaScript API.
OS-11180: Fixed media analysis in DWS crash with certain file types.
OS-11226: Fixed time zone data for MSK (Moscow time).
OS-11175: Fixed unexpected reboot caused by Chromium when loading HTML.
OS-11164: Fixed TsAesCbcCbt stream decryption with two IVs on XTx43, XDx33, HD, HS, LS, HO, and 4K players.
OS-11162: Fixed BrightScript CopyFile() issue with a preexisting destination file.
OS-11081: Fixed crash when updating closed caption data for HTML5 video.
OS-11222: Fixed HTML5 FileSystem API file creation issues.
OS-11177: Fixed unexpected reboot when a web page in a presentation finished loading.

8.1.69 (May 28, 2020)

New Features

Upgrade to Chromium 69.
OS-10567: BrightScript can now be encrypted.
OS-10714: HTML clients are now informed when closed caption data changes.
OS-10960: Added support for transparent proxy configuration and captive portals.
Added source network specification to transparent proxies through roNetworkConfiguration.

Improvements

Support for the 1280x768x60p 69 MHz resolution on Series 4 players.
Support for the 3840x1200x30p resolution on Series 4 players.
Support for the 2560x800x60p resolution on Series 4 players.
Support for the 2048x1152x50p resolution on 4K-capable players
Support for the 1728x1296x60p resolution on all players
Support for the 3840x1200x60p resolution on 4K-capable players
Support for the 1048576 baud rate for serial over USB.
OS-10362: Key presses are now reported more accurately.
OS-9560: XDx23 and XTx43 players now use the RTL8821C Bluetooth driver.
OS-8793: RTSP streaming now only creates streams for audio and video, and no longer creates metadata streams.
OS-10225: Calling require() with an invalid class name no longer causes a crash.
Improved latency during video playback.
OS-10287: Pressing Control-C during player startup no longer causes to player to reboot.
OS-9578: Playing a video with an empty src will no longer crash the device.
OS-10418: Players should no longer stall when playing a stream that switches codex.
OS-10451: Players now continuously probe for closed captions.
OS-9156: Players should no longer crash when audio decoders initialize while closed captions are enabled.
OS-10544: Improved crash analysis performance.
BCN-6337: Key presses are no longer buffered during install.
BCN-6418: Fixed durations when time zone is not set to UTC.
OS-10375, OS-10577, OS-10352, OS-10397, OS-10579: Improved Javascript object implementation.
OS-10524: New method added to roHtmlWidget named GetStreamStatistics().
OS-9713: Improved transport stream decryption security.
BCN-6414: Fixed issue that would cause the local DWS to fail on startup.
BCN-6148: SD cards are now cleared when players reboot for reprovisioning.
BCN-6221: RDWS no longer points to the wrong manifest.
BCN-6328: Taking a snapshot in the RDWS no longer causes an error.
BCN-6253: RDWS now supports larger file downloads of up to 100Mb.
BCN-6690: Content type responses for legacy HTML should now be correct.
OS-10722: Added support for decryption with a key in SecureStore.
OS-10532: roHtmlWidget now supports proxy authentication with SetProxy.
OS-10723: Graphics output is now stashed on playback start.
OS-10759: Added the ability to set ownership and permissions to /storage/flash
OS-10831: roNodeJS now sends an event upon successful execution of a script.
OS-10865: roNodeJS can now pass arguments to scripts.
OS-10755: roNodeJS now supports messageport to communicate between BrightScript and JavaScript.
OS-10647: Fixed issue causing 75p video to not work.
OS-9998: Removed duplicate newline in log messages.
OS-10898: Fixed work-around for packet capture kernel bug.
OS-10902: Fixed crash when accessing the registry from the rescue image.
OS-10936: GetTimeServer is no longer forced to return a URL.
OS-10939: Fixed issue preventing multiple video playback on 4K1142.
OS-10786: Fixed issue causing unexpected audio halting.
OS-10961: Removed CONFIG_IP_FORWARDING from roNetworkConfiguration.
OS-9964: Removed filesysteminfile support from BrightScript.
OS-10970: Disabled OffscreenCanvas.
OS-10602: Fixed shader bug that would cause green boxes to appear in presentations on Series 2 and Series 3 players.
OS-1094: Muted frames caused by DVB content flipping should no longer appear.
OS-9593: Improved error reporting when playing unsupported HTML video content.
OS-11006: Fixed error that would cause audio to not play after a few playlist loops.
OS-11093: Fixed roAudioOutput volume control for analog and HDMI.
OS-11082: TimeOperation no longer returns in scientific notation.
OS-10910: Added support for a new feature enable that locks out USB networking.
OS-11085: Downscale images to 1080p on 4k242 players.
OS-11069: Fixed errors that would be caused by routing 4k video incorrectly.
OS-11081: Fixed issues caused by Text Tracks being terminated too early.
OS-11088: Added ability to add a hidden SSID.

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