December Release is here!

I'll put the 'whats new' at the bottom so that the data most of you need is at the top.

Upgrade Code (for those on prior releases), you can use the store to upgrade in place:

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Full Images (If you're unsure, please use the windows zip version)

Latest (December)Release - Windows Zip version- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Kb5oCWaTGUo-oMIiY4An7Y98mLO8UUaQ/view?usp=share_link

Latest (December) Release - 7zip version (smaller download, requires 7zip) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1a27iyRJGmnO_eSA916ig02CtNfLAWYYv/view?usp=share_link

Note: 7z files require 7zip: https://www.7-zip.org/ to open, I highly recommend this as it adds better zip management, and handles way more file types, including the img.gz that pUsing the 7z link to get your image will make the image zip which is 2.9 GB download, into a smaller 7z that is a 2.4 GB downloadi foundation uses regularly.  

Instructions/quickstart (Important info like the password are in this):

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qwQxV47mJHz7DZQ9IeVmd6n_vVxxrJTZ/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=102220822686216322441&rtpof=true&sd=true

Discord link
(https://discord.gg/FVAn6DyjG8)

Discord is where we discuss bugs, issues, feature requests, show off our frames, discuss ideas, share art sources, and in general discuss things and you can chat with the team.  We're a friendly bunch and love any discussions about Dynaframe. We also help with projects as well.

This is also where the 'codes' go for the store to get to beta and alpha builds which have more features that we haven't fully released yet.

Midjourney Plugin:
This post is a great one if you're looking to integrate some art from the web...a community member wrote a plugin to integrate the Midjourney AI gallery into Dynaframe.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/midjourney-72550007

Dynaframe Pro Public github for issues

https://github.com/Geektoolkit/DynaframeProIssues

This is where you can directly file issues you hit, suggestions, feature requests and such and then track the progress on them.

Ok...so...what's new? So much!

The biggest things you'll notice are a massive increase in performance and lower memory usage.  The other one is the 'playlist editor' which is the start of a feature that many have been asking for for months (The ability to denote the order files play in, and save that off as a named playlist).  

For now, the playlist editor achieves 3 main requests

- The ability to play a certain file 'right now'

- the ability to delete a file from a playlist. Please note this deletes the actual file...we're working on a 'disable' toggle as well in the future

- You can now visually see thumbnails of the images that the engine is working through.  Adding EXIF data editing and such can now be built right on top of this UI in a very consistent fashion, as well as 'add image to playlist' type functionality.

Settings were overhauled, and now instead of a different code path per setting, we have one very clever one that Lou devised which should make functionality much more consistent.  

Another major change that is now a platform we can build on is the 'clock'.  A clock element can now be added and placed wherever you want...upper left corner? no problem.  You can still edit the font, size, colors and such.  This means you can have a clock AND have the exif data at the bottom for instance.  This is also a major change for us in the backend which will allow for us to have users place things wherever they'd like, and as many as they like.  Want the time at the top and date at the bottom? Or maybe the author in the upper left?  That's the direction we're heading there.

There were a bunch of infrastructure improvements to help us build on the next feature set, but we also spent alot of time the past few months learning and researching how to properly and reliably do things like provide a way to set the password, or to improve the ability to set up wifi.  That work will come into play in the next few months to help improve the setup experience.  We also see the requests to make the frames 'portable' so that they can easily change between two locations, one of which may not have wifi..or have a different wifi, and we'll get that figured out.

As always, thankyou a ton for your support.  We're working hard to listen, to grow, to improve.  We're really excited for this release, and for what it will allow us to do in the next few months!

Here are the changes for December.      

• custom playlist system progressive implementation phase 1      
• pixabay plugin
• improvements to photo upload system
• added ability to delete user media from ui
• playlist processing efficiency improvements
• new clock module and it's ui can be found in settings/clock on the navbar
• improvements to youtube Downloader Playback
• improvements to the update process
• improvements to responsiveness on inputs, switches, and lists
• more work done towards making metadata in media useful
• improvements to ui playlist editor
• located and removed a memory leak, and other performance improvements
• database efficiency, and migration, and "future proofing" implemented
• visual improvements to store page, and playlist page
• when update is detected from code, it runs automatically when finished unpacking
• improved api calls for more automation integration
• thumbnail efficiency improved and aspect ratios respected

Known issues:

- Video thumbnails not yet implemented

- SciFi theme not yet updated

- UI elements still need tweaks for playlist editor