Xibo 4.4.0-alpha2 release notes

Our second alpha release of 4.4! This release is a development preview and should not be used in production. This release should be used for testing only.

Key features and improvements for this release:

Enhanced image/video/playlist scheduling
Enhanced Schedule Page

Bugs resolved:

CAS library uses deprecated method calls
Simplified Schedule Form: Time validation wrong for Always and Custom
Can not create a schedule from Campaign page
Layout: Canvas region duration needs to default to 10s
DataSets: No associated datasets copied when duplicating
Scheduling: Deprecate the API for returning events to the calendar
Fonts: Partial search doesn’t return any result
Layout Duration: Not updating when transition applied, needs to be refreshed
Opening the Command field dropdown repositions to Display field when adding a command schedule
Remote Dataset - Authentication - Usernames and Passwords cannot exceed 250 characters https://github.com/xibosignage/xibo/issues/3726
SSP Connector: display filter should be required https://github.com/xibosignage/xibo/issues/3700
CAP Connector: Alerts without XML element are not displayed https://github.com/xibosignage/xibo/issues/3742
Display Settings Profile: unable to set the XMR WebSocket Address or provide an override on Display Edit https://github.com/xibosignage/xibo/issues/3744
PHP 8.4 deprecation warnings from Parsedown library https://github.com/xibosignage/xibo/issues/3745
Multiple copies of same font in CMS https://github.com/xibosignage/xibo/issues/3746
Playlists: Thumbnails are not generated for some after uploading them https://github.com/xibosignage/xibo/issues/3750
Pixabay: Hitting the Show More displays the same result https://github.com/xibosignage/xibo/issues/3756
IA: Checking out a Navigate to Widget Layout returns an error https://github.com/xibosignage/xibo/issues/3762
Do not format storage values in API response https://github.com/xibosignage/xibo/issues/3749
Cast default DB values to int for autoApplyTransitions and enableStat https://github.com/xibosignage/xibo/issues/3748
XMDS logs showing 1-hour timestamp offset https://github.com/xibosignage/xibo/issues/3739
Schedule: CMS does not notify displays after deleting or editing schedules to past dates https://github.com/xibosignage/xibo/issues/3752
Layout Editor: Deleting an element doesn’t change the layout duration https://github.com/xibosignage/xibo/issues/3761

Full Changelog: https://github.com/xibosignage/xibo-cms/compare/4.4.0-alpha…4.4.0-alpha2