v0.5.0-beta

New version with significant reviewed documentation, and the last one including contributions from the PIP team [1], featuring:

• New creative example 6 showing programmatic offsets in a large number of devices
• More complete wiki documentation pages
• Reviewed README.md documentation

What's Changed

• Add set_frame and relative_set_position command parse logic by @KaneBetter in #52
• Add OMXPlayer version ref by @KaneBetter in #58
• Add creative example 6 by @omarcostahamido in #59
• Fix creative example 3 by @KaneBetter in #60
• change to GNU GPLv3 by @omarcostahamido in #64
• Update help info by @KaneBetter in #65
• Add count by @rustberry in #66
• Reset file name on stop by @rustberry in #67
• Revert COUNT and loadbang by @rustberry in #69
• Update readme by @KaneBetter in #62

Full Changelog: v0.4.0-beta...v0.5.0-beta

v0.4.0-beta

New version with several parts rewritten by the UCI MSWE team: @KaneBetter @rustberry @SSSSam141 @xrk-git 🎉

• now using omxplayer
• creative examples included
• allow 2 displays per RPI device

What's Changed

• Add requirements txt by @KaneBetter in #14
• Update readme.md with OS installation. by @SSSSam141 in #17
• Replace VLC with OMXPlayer by @KaneBetter in #19
• Lib folder by @omarcostahamido in #23
• Creative examples by @omarcostahamido in #24
• Add deploy_code_to_rpi.sh script by @KaneBetter in #26
• Update README with a wiki entry - fixes #6 by @rustberry in #27
• Add logging system and fix logic in media play by @KaneBetter in #29
• Add the integration test script by @rustberry in #37
• Add NTP section in README by @KaneBetter in #44
• Fix log file path by @KaneBetter in #41
• Increase the accuracy of the output time by @KaneBetter in #36
• Add VS Code wiki entry in README by @KaneBetter in #34
• set frame rate feature by @xrk-git in #48
• Add timestamps to pvm_send abstraction and pvm.py by @KaneBetter in #38
• Use HOME directory to avoid hard-coded path by @rustberry in #46
• Two Ports Solution by @KaneBetter in #50

New Contributors

• @KaneBetter made their first contribution in #14
• @SSSSam141 made their first contribution in #17
• @rustberry made their first contribution in #27
• @xrk-git made their first contribution in #48

Full Changelog: v0.3.1-alpha...v0.4.0-beta

v0.3.1-alpha

-add autostart script and instructions!

v0.3.0-alpha

-connect start and stop buttons back to toggle
-add file name control message!
-a filename is now also mandatory in max-init.txt
-add feedback to console on which command and values are being received, and the port that was set

v0.2.2-alpha

-including initial experimental work on pvm_alt.py
-add pvm_init abstraction that makes use of the max-init.txt file for quickly setting all IP addresses without editing the max patch
-updates to pvm_send abstraction
-add resync control in pvm max patch
-add pvm_warmup abstraction to address the tricks @gggfffsss was using to guarantee syncing

v0.2.1-alpha

• new max abstractions: pvm_control and pvm_send
• changed main patch to include abstractions and all the rpi's IP numbers for xMPL Zoetrope installation

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• as of v0.2.1 videos only repeat 65535 times (see here helper tool)
  • this is no longer the case with the current (?) experimental version pvm_alt.py

v0.2.0-alpha

• bring back osc
• implement max patch as main machine remote control

v0.1.0-alpha

• first alpha release
• run pvm.py on raspberry pi
• run host.py on host computer and control pbm with key shortcuts