Version 4.1.44 introduces a range of updates across the frontend, server, and backend components of Visual Radio Assist. This release focuses on enhanced media tagging, improved user experience, stability, and error handling. Below are the detailed updates.

Cloud Updates

New Features & Enhancements

• Image Slideshow Layer: Added an interactive slideshow layer, including drag-and-drop support for image ordering and responsive design.

• Improved PVW (Preview) Player Handling: Enhanced PVW episode prefetching, enabling smoother episode switching and handling of scheduling conflicts.

Enhancements

• Responsive Design Updates: Added refinements to support granular height calculation in split views, improving the display of player panels and content on varying screen sizes.

• Enhanced Navigation and Tabbing: Fixed navigation tabbing and focus states, providing a more intuitive interface with keyboard-friendly controls.

• Improved Output Editor: Updated layout consistency, padding adjustments, and model state handling to provide a smoother editing experience.

• Visual Consistency Fixes: Aligned layouts and colors across visual and station variable panels to create a more cohesive user interface.

• Dialog and Scrollbar Improvements: Resolved issues with dialog padding, scrollbar behavior, and overflow handling in media management, especially in complex configurations.

• Enhanced Query System for Outputs: New backend queries optimize output management, with added support for tag-based searches and filtered resource access.

Bug Fixes

• Timezone and Scheduling Corrections: Addressed timezone inconsistencies affecting episode start and end times, ensuring accurate scheduling.

• Error Handling for Null ID States: Fixed ID null errors in the playout state to prevent unexpected crashes and improve error resilience.

• Output State and Player Sync Fixes: Improved synchronization between episode items and player states, reducing mismatch issues in PVW and playout views.

• General Stability Improvements: Addressed several minor bugs, including dynamic value handling in conditions, removing negative margins in dialogs, and optimizing visual loading states.

• SSO Redirect Fixes: Corrected SSO redirection for more reliable user login, especially in multi-studio or cross-platform environments.

Server Updates

Bug Fixes

• Fixes for Dead Player Removal: Ensured smoother handling and cleanup of disconnected or inactive player states, optimizing server resource usage.

• Improved Error Logging: Enhanced error logs to include specific refresh process errors, aiding in troubleshooting and debugging server-side issues.

• New Thumbnails format: Thumbnails of Output Players are fixed with a new fileformat which is supported in all browsers.

• MXF File load fix: certain file params in MXF files were preventing the files from loading in the Output Player.

This update solidifies Visual Radio Assist’s media management and tagging capabilities, improves frontend responsiveness, and enhances stability across server and backend functionalities. For more detailed information, visit the Visual Radio Assist Documentation.