Scene order number will be displayed in the timeline
Timeline function to move a scene to a specified position
Log current schedule when content is saved in Composer
Log current schedule when content is sent in Bridge
Bridge will now communicate with the DISE Server get statistics information so that Replay can record statistics when playing that content later on
Improvements
Bridge now asks for confirmation when deleting a destination
Register/Update function to add a destination to the DISE Server (Will show as Layout)
DISE Server login dialog contains more information
Template support has been improved
Video playback has been improved
Less time is now used to start the video
Better handling when just playing one single video file
Image object has improved support for checking for image updates and reload
Web page rendering will now use Internet Explorer 11
Font options to prevent cut characters on certain font files
Interactivity now supports moving objects and click event
Resolved issues
Bridge would in some cases not send out template files for images or videos added to a channel
Scene name was not correctly updated when moving it in the timeline
Objects that were used inside a list object would now show pixel exact
Screenshot in Replay did not always have correct aspect ratio
Additional files list in Bridge could be duplicated over time
Time lock of object stop time did not always work
QR-Code and Data Matrix add dialog was a bit hard to read
Exporting a DISE Movie/scene into video did not support multiple screen configuration
If a template contained multiple scenes, the Composer would upload only the first scene
Probe could have a problem to decode the filename of downloaded file in some special case
Sound did not sync properly with video when using Teracue streaming
Playback restart was required when changing video volume in the content
List object did not handle repeat properly on some playlists
Table object could not use font with name containing unicode characters
On Screen Display in Replay will not show automatically after playback restart
If a DISE Movie has a large number of scenes, then the thumbnails would not be saved properly
DISE 8 Update #8 - 6 May 2015
Features
Authentication support in Web Object
Support for Farsi calendar in macros
Support for transitions in the List Object
Option to show or hide scrollbars of webpages in Web Object
HTTPS support for file download
Improvements
Updates on shared projects through SVN
Several updates when creating movies from template or NoBorders screen definition
It was not possible to select the audio output device when doing capture
Encoding of filenames in Bridge did not work correctly for Hindi or Arabic language filenames
Bridge did not support several destinations with the same FTP settings and directory (different username/password)
It was not possible to remove a data connected position or angle
The video object would not keep the last frame of the video if it ended before the end of the scene.
Web pages in the Web Object did not load correctly if the URL was redirected
Resolved issues
Teracue streaming did not play sound on some systems
Some changes that could prevent the Composer to start due to an faulty layout file
Probe could sometimes have an issue downloading content stored with paths longer than 260 characters
Probe only did the checksum comparison first download attempt.
A resource leak in DISE Composer could cause it to close after having it running minimized for a couple of days
Updates on Ambience to prevent crash when doing preview playback
Table would never show next page if there only was one scene playing.
Playing only one scene with transition could cause black screen
On systems configured to 12 hour clock (AM/PM) it was not possible to configure schedule start/end time.
When playing video on an synchronized system it could freeze on the first video frame or show black scenes after an update was applied.
Displaying video in the list object with repeat could show black frame
DISE 8 Update #7 - 30 October 2014
Features
Several improvements in DISE Composer has been made around uploads of DISE movies and templates to DISE Server.
The full path (not just the filename) to the object will now be shown in the "Object info" window in DISE Composer.
It is now possible to move objects horizontally or vertically in DISE Composer by pressing and holding in the SHIFT key.
It is now possible to hide/unhide individual or all objects in the edit area from the timeline in DISE Composer.
If objects are located in several layers on top of each other in the DISE Composer edit area, you can now hold ALT and click on them to switch between them.
It is now possible to hold in SHIFT to select a range of objects in the DISE Composer timeline.
It is now possible to change or delete projects in DISE Composer and DISE Bridge.
Adding a template DISE movie in DISE Bridge will now result in an error message, so this can no longer be done.
The option “Check for content updates on application startup” under project properties in DISE Bridge will now be default activated.
The output window in DISE Replay will now regain focus every 500 ms when running in windowed mode, in order to prevent situations where for example the Windows task bar stays on top.
Due to a number of memory issues regarding video playback when Haali Media Splitter is used, we have decided to switch from Haali to LAV splitter. LAV is now being included in the installation package instead of Haali.
Resolved issues
A lot of improvements and smaller fixes has been made in the path tool in DISE Composer.
Editing of lock times on objects with an absolute or relative %-value in DISE Composer did not work correctly.
Changing time lock setting for an object from the Ribbon did not apply correctly until you clicked in the timeline.
If opening a DISE movie from the “recent” list, DISE Composer did not detect any possible changes that had been made to the currently opened DISE movie and it therefore did not ask if you wanted to save the changes.
Templates created with a NoBorders screen definition did not show correctly when creating a new Movie.
It was unable to delete an in- or out transition on a scene from the “scene preferences” dialog in DISE Composer.
The icons in the color palette in DISE Composer had the wrong design, and has now been corrected.
The ‘Bring forward’ and ‘Send backward’ buttons (up/down) in the DISE Composer timeline had been switched, this is now fixed.
When adding new rows in a table object in DISE Composer, the new rows did not inherit the formats (font, size, color, alignment etc) from the row above. It was hard-coded to Arial, 24. This has now been fixed.
Data connected text files with in-line images used in ticker objects could not have equal filenames, or include uppercase letters and there were also an issue with the alpha channel on these images.
Data connected files could in some cases not be found correctly when unchecking “File exists locally on player”.
It was possible to mark files not yet sent in the database in DISE Bridge for ‘delete’ and ‘resend’. This is not possible anymore.
DISE Bridge could in some rare cases fail to delete the lock file.
A lot of improvements has been made in DISE Bridge to make the UI faster and more responsive. This is primarily noticeable when having a lot of players and/or destinations.
To delete a non-referenced file (a file not in use according to the database) manually in a DISE Bridge destination and then sending out the destination would result in an error message. This will not happen anymore. Instead, the reference in the database will be deleted.
If you add a video directly in a DISE Bridge playlist and an external codec are needed to playback the video, there was no sound. This has now been fixed.
The license handling during startup of DISE software (especially Probe) could in some cases intervene with the database connection, which in turn made it unable to appear correctly in DISE Complete.
Updates from DISE Probe did not work sometimes, when running several instances of DISE Replay on the same machine.
The “Test” button in the DISE Setup Wizard used for checking if the PC could display an output window, did not work, it only showed a black screen.
Incorrect firewall rules was used when setting up a DISE One installation, which could result in the manager being unable to find the player.
Some minor issues in DISE Bridge and DISE Composer has been resolved.
DISE 8 Update #6 - 28 April 2014
Features
There is now a possibility of adding transparency to a QR code or Data matrix object in DISE Composer.
The installer now includes the necessary system files needed for communicating with Samsung screens.
Resolved issues
Screen definitions and guidelines was not loaded correctly when using projects in DISE Composer.
There were issues regarding drag-and-drop of images directly onto the scene view in DISE Composer.
Improvements has been made around the quality and size of PDF objects.
The “Zoom to screen” functionality in DISE Composer did not work properly.
An objects mipmap settings was not saved when the disemovie was saved in DISE Composer.
When using data connected images and the "Check for image updates" option, there was a possibility of a black frame on updates.
The LimitLoop functionality on channels in DISE Bridge, did not work correctly.
Some improvements has been made regarding project handling in DISE Bridge.
There is some improvements made around the AutoSend functionality in DISE Bridge.
An error in the UI of DISE Bridge made commands written on a channel’s properties, duplicate every time you entered the dialog.
The DISE Complete connection could be loaded before the licensing was finished during startup of DISE applications. This could result in DISE Probe not being connected to the DISE Complete.
The preloading in DISE Replay could in some occasions have a higher than normal CPU usage during playback in DISE Replay.
When using event mode in DISE Replay and loading a lot of content during startup, there was a possibility that you could get out of memory errors before memory actually ran out.
If a NoBorders setup was changed on-the-fly during playback, the change was not made until you restarted DISE Replay.
An error could occur when using content pools, making the output window black after a content update.
Elecard multicast stream playback did not work correctly.
NoBorders content was not shown correctly after applying rotation in the DISE Replay output settings.
If transitions between scenes were set longer than the scene length, there was a possibility of a black screen.
Information about title, artist, album, filename and duration in DISE Ambience playlists was not shown.
If a song was unable to be loaded during playback of a DISE Ambience playlist due to wrong filename or that it does not exist, the playback was stopped and DISE Replay did not jump to the next song automatically.
If only a part of a DISE Ambience playlist was downloaded and started, there was a risk of the current song being played in repeat until you restarted the playback.
Some minor issues in DISE Composer, DISE Bridge and DISE Ambience has been resolved.
DISE 8 Update #5 - 15 January 2014
Features
A possibility to move groups or players up and down in order is added, when you edit a destination in DISE Bridge.
It is now possible to make a data connection for the position and size of objects in DISE Composer under object properties.
The functionality in DISE Broadcaster is expanded to include the ability to enable/disable NIT and SDT.
It is now possible to choose which network adapter you want to use for streaming in DISE Broadcaster.
Resolved issues
Save of DISE movies with video objects in DISE Composer resulted in a problem previewing the video when reopening the same movie.
The timeline view in DISE Composer could in some cases be cut off.
The ‘Scroll page’ and ‘Render with fixed size’ options on the web page object in DISE Composer did not always work correctly.
The list when choosing font in text objects in DISE Composer was very small. The number of font items in the list is now raised from 8 to 24 making the scrollbar bigger.
The height of the preview window was raised every time you started a new preview in DISE Composer.
Changes in the Twitter API regarding timestamps made the Twitter object unusable in DISE.
The preview area in the data connection dialog was not updated until you reopened the window.
It was not possible to change project in DISE Bridge.
The calendar views in DISE Bridge was not visible for groups and players.
Dependency files were shown in the file browser and the content library in DISE Bridge.
Several issues regarding channel effects in DISE Bridge, is now solved.
There was a risk of getting FTP timeouts in DISE Probe during DISE Replay playback, if the CPU was busy enough. The handling of downloading in DISE Probe is changed so that this issue cannot happen anymore. The file list speed will be a little bit slower due to this fix.
Performance of DISE Probe has been improved.
Using the option for ‘Use File List for information of what files to download’ together with FTP as the communication method, resulted in DISE Probe getting a deadlock.
General performance issues during playback in DISE Replay when using a NoBorders setup, are now solved.
DISE Replay could in some rare cases show a black screen during playback when using transitions in list objects.
When using the interactivity commands for going backwards in scenes, an issue could happen where the screen turns black instead.
Using a data connected list object could result in a black frame in transitions between images.
Buttons and windows throughout dialogs in the DISE software could in some cases disappear or be broken.
The sound could randomly stop during playback in DISE Ambience.
Some minor issues in DISE Composer, DISE Bridge, DISE Probe and DISE Replay has been resolved.
DISE 8 Update #4 - 19 September 2013
Features
DISE software translated to Chinese (simplified).
The company name in the copyright information is changed from Klocktornet to DISE International throughout our software.
Support for a new media splitter for video has been introduced in DISE, in addition to Haali Splitter. It is called LAV splitter.
We have introduced the possibility of choosing a default media format for playback of content in DISE. For example, if you want DISE to always use Haali + FFDShow on MP2 files and LAV + FFDShow on MP4 files, this is now possible. Contact DISE Support for more details on how to set this up.
A ‘read only’ option is added on the advanced tab on channels in DISE Bridge. This option adds the possibility that inherited channels to this channel becomes ‘read only’, meaning that it will be impossible to add/delete/enable/disable anything in that channel.
An interactivity function for executing commands on click events is added in DISE 8. Contact DISE Support for more details about syntax and possibilities.
The possibility to log in to a Twitter or Facebook account in DISE Composer to show the amount of followers and likes on the social media objects, has been removed since it wasn’t necessary.
During installation of DISE there were no checks on whether the different DISE executables were running or not, which could result in unwanted behavior. A check for this has now been introduced, right before the actual installation starts.
We have added the possibility to delete and rename content directly from DISE Composer and DISE Bridge in a SVN repository, if you are running shared content.
Resolved issues
The speedup/slowdown settings for a path interval, was not saved correctly.
Even if you configure a DISE Complete status interval of anything else than 60 in DISE Probe, it will still tell the server that it sends status every 60 seconds. This could cause red "error" messages in DISE Complete SMS application, as it expects a message every 60 seconds.
Running DISE Bridge with the command line parameters –A –C (autosend and autoclose) also forces DISE Bridge to check for updates. This is unnecessary and is now removed.
In some cases, not all files in the dependency list were sent from DISE Composer through DISE Discover to DISE Replay when publishing.
An issue regarding templates and relative search paths, could result in content not showing correctly during playback.
Using only DISE Bridge for content creation and scheduling, could result in a black screen during playback in DISE Replay.
In some rare cases, playback in DISE Replay could result in a black screen after a schedule change.
In some rare cases, you could see a small hiccup when changing scenes during playback.
Starting and stopping channels using interactive click events sometimes failed.
DISE movies could in some cases not be loaded when the playback started without a displayscheme, which later becomes available.
On very rare occasions, the thumbnail for videos in the DISE Composer edit area, could not be loaded.
Some minor issues in DISE Composer, DISE Bridge and DISE Replay has been resolved.
Access to SVN through DISE Bridge was slow, this has been hugely improved.
The sound object in DISE Composer, as well as sound in DISE Ambience, did not work correctly anymore. This is now fixed.
The length of a DISE movie could not be displayed in ‘Show playback information’ in DISE Bridge, if it was longer than 3 minutes and 34 seconds.
It was not possible to change project in DISE Composer.
The DISE Bridge destination option to automatically delete files that are no longer used after a certain amount of days, was not working if you chose 0 days.
Several problems regarding the Social media modifier (Twitter and Facebook) in DISE Parser, has been resolved.
A memory leak in the table object has been resolved.
If the number of scenes in a DISE movie equals the number of pre-cached scenes set up in DISE Replay, the playback goes black after the first run. This has been fixed.
Templates in a NoBorders setup were not synced, this is now fixed.
The option for allowing resume of files on the advanced FTP settings in DISE Bridge was not working.
The progress bar during FTP downloads in DISE Bridge did not work.
DISE 8 Update #3 - 23 May 2013
Features
The ticker and table objects in DISE Composer is now updated with the new font engine to support right-to-left languages such as Hebrew and Arabic. A new preset object for horizontal tickers is also added.
A new PDF object is introduced in DISE Composer making it possible to import PDF documents as images. The list object now also supports PDF.
Resolved issues
Relative search paths to data connected files made the data connection function in DISE Composer corrupt in some cases.
An error in the flash installer during installation of DISE software made the installation not function correctly.
MP3 files with high bitrate did not work correctly in DISE Ambience.
Video objects could in some cases fail to be loaded correctly during switches of content, resulting in DISE Replay showing a black screen.
DISE Composer often lost the edit area after a while, forcing the user to hit Refresh.
Button icons in DISE software has been updated to a more standardized form between applications.
Drag-and-drop of objects in DISE Composer was impossible if a locked object was above.
Text throughout dialogs in the DISE software has been reformulated and standardized between applications, to make it more understandable.
Scenes in a template movie always got the name "Scene 0".
The font behavior options for destinations in DISE Bridge did not work.
The background image for line animation objects was not saved with relative paths making it disappear when opened on another computer.
The 'italic' button for text in DISE Composer did not work properly.
The option 'Randomize once' for list objects did not work.
When using several channels with movies with interactivity, the channel on the top was always prioritized, making the other channel's interactivity disabled.
The screensaver mode in DISE Replay could in some cases fail to start properly.
During playback of display schemes containing a lot of unique DISE movies with a lot of content in DISE Replay, Replay could show a black screen.
Several improvements has been made to the language of the German version of the DISE Software.
Scrolling in the object area did not work, focus was moved to the edit area instead.
An interactive line animation will now stop after it has been drawn.
Several improvements has been made to the GUI in DISE Composer and DISE Bridge.
Deleted movies was shown in the 'recent list' in DISE Composer.
The split line option on line animation objects did not work correctly.
It was not possible to edit the schedule on several DISE Movies at once, in DISE Bridge.
Scene thumbnails in DISE Composer was not shown correctly in some cases.
The web object in DISE Composer used an old version of Internet Explorer. Now we use Internet Explorer 10.
The web object in DISE Composer has been improved solving some performance issues.
A couple of smaller issues during the DISE Setup Wizard is now fixed.
The event 'Return to previous scene' did not work correctly.
The status update interval for DISE Complete had a maximum value of 100 seconds in the GUI.
The order of content played in list objects inside other list objects, could in some cases be wrong.
Template scenes mixed with regular DISE Movies will no longer decide the resolution when sent from DISE Bridge.
Speed performance in DISE Probe when downloading files has been massively improved.
Several smaller issues with DISE Composer, DISE Bridge and DISE Replay has been fixed.
DISE 8 Update #2 - 17 April 2013
Features
DISE software translated to German.
DISE Broadcaster is now available as an add-on in DISE 8.
Functionality for checksum control is added in DISE Probe when downloading files.
Resolved issues
Fixed performance problems in DISE Complete.
Movies in Channels could disappear and be replaced when restarting DISE Bridge. This could happen if you had copied and pasted a channel from earlier on. The new channel got the same ID as the first one.
An error message saying ‘List index out of bounds’ in DISE Bridge could appear when clicking on the ‘Send’ button.
Default text rendering method on horizontal and vertical tickers and typewriter objects is changed from ‘Microsoft Drawtext’ to ‘Legacy’.
The object ‘Twitter Followers’ did not work correctly anymore due to a change Twitter made on authentication routines.
The identity is now filled automatically under ‘Prefix data’ on the multicast settings in DISE Keyboard Control.
The restart control in DISE Probe did not work properly. Restarting of computers via these settings could fail.
It is now possible to clear the multipage setting on table objects.
Files could become corrupt during FTP download in DISE Probe. An option to activate the resume-function is added to help with this problem.
File names containing the ‘$’-character could in some cases be renamed without the ‘$’-character during download of DISE Probe.
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