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May Mid Month Updates

So already halfway through this month we have some cool updates and features to show of what's coming in the next release (We'll target beta a week before month end and then release once it's valid...

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A note about plugins

This is mainly targeted at developers, but I know some of you have been waiting for plugins and I'm working on delivering on some past promises that have been held up.  Here's the status:
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Question for iphone users about HEIC (Feedback request)

We have a possible path that we've found as we took another shot at HEIC (An apple format that has given us difficulty up till now).  We have a way of possibly doing a conversion on upload of ...

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May Release is here!

The May release is ready!  

Getting Started:
Please start here, it is a full document on how to download, install, and operate the system.
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Major documentation update!

The following link will be used for documentation for the future:
https://tinyurl.com/Dynaframedoc

The documentati...

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April update Demo!

Here's a quick video focused on some of the features and things added for the April update around Overlays.  We also have some more performance improvements, stability fixes, and bug fixes thi...

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Dev update for April

I haven't really posted much here, but the teams been busy toiling away, so thought I'd give a quick update.

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Movie Poster Sync (kodi/plex) Feature Inquiry

Hello Patreons!  I'm happy to say that develpment in April is progressing much smoother than we've had in the past.  We're focusing on bug fixes this month, and what we call 'quality of l...

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April Release! New Patreons please start here

  • Welcome, this is the April release mail.  For those here from March, this is a re-release from March with the blocking bugs we found fixed and some networking re-work.  We fixed the...

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Mid March Dev Update!

Quick Mid march update:

The team is heads down debugging issues with the March Beta, taking feedback, and working through things. The video hang issue we feel is resolved, and I want to thank...

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Need help (Updated- got it thankyou!)

Update:  Thankyou for the quick replies! We were able to track this one down and get it resolved.  We have one more issue with the adhoc networking which we're working through now and the...

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Important: March release is demoted to beta. Re-relase of December

Seems like the team bit off more than we could chew with the amount of change in the March release.  We've had numerous reports of issues with networking and a bad hang when playing videos tha...

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Video showing March Release

The major change for March was the 'first run' page and being able to setup the frame wirelessly.  We also brought back Frame Sync, and Overlays (which will be patched shortly...we had some re...

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March Release is here! (UPDATED PLEASE READ NOW BETA))

UPDATE / Important!
 This release is now BETA. IT has the following known issues:

- Wifi ssids with spaces in the name do not work

- playlists which have video...

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Notes about picture frame designs

Some tips and such for those designing frames:

1) Please make sure that at least one USB port and the SD card port are accessible.  The recovery of a Dynaframe can require that you have...

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Beta release via discord, and we're on track for final this month

So great news, we have hit Beta for the next release, and will be releasing a full image and 'release' quality image this month.  We have two bugs currently int he Beta we're working on fixing...

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Frame Sync is coming back!

Ashamedly, frame sync has been broken for far too long.  It's time to bring it back, and make it better than ever!  

Frame sync had a few issues when I first implemented it that we...

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Dev update - February Mid Month

Quick Dev update on what's next...

Pushing towards Release

Right now almost our entire focus is on getting bugs squashed and pushing towards a full release this month. ...

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New Alpha released!

Note: If you're new to Dynaframe, we release three types of updates...alphas, betas, and official.  Alphas and betas are updates which require enrolling in the Alpha program via Discord (this ...

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Welcome February Patreons! Current update

If you're new to the patreon, welcome!  If you saw the project on Youtube you'll be pleasantly surprised at how many features have been added since then, and a bunch more are coming soon. &nbs...

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Updates, Fixes and Features for the next Alpha

We're working through some last issues before the next alpha release, which will be a 'code' release to the store.  The plan for February is bugfixing, implementing feedback, and getting it to...

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Quick note about feedback, bugs, etc.

I got some feedback recently that inspired this update, which is a bit about how the team works.

The main thing I want to say is that if you have a bug that is destroying your use of Dynafram...

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Coming soon: Playlist Sorting!

As we get closer to the end of the month, and the team goes heads down to finishing up what we have in the hopper, I want to start to do some discussions of the progress we have and some features t...

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Progress Update - First run, offline mode, and Automations

I have some exciting progress to report!   Three areas, though offline and first run tie together well. And then a bit about the upcoming Automations UI that will be introduced, as well a...

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January alpha release is ready! Welcome to Overlays

Happy New Years eve!  

We have an alpha quality release introducing the newest feature for Dynaframe...Overlays!  You can find the code in the discord in the Alpha-open channel. &n...

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Spec Preview for Major neworking changes to Dynaframe

TLDR; Dynaframes networking is taking a major change which will require devices to have a keyboard hooked up when first setting them up (unless they're plugged into a network jack). If this is horr...

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December Progress - Overlay Demo!

The above pictures are previews of the upcoming Overlay Support.  There is a lot a picture can't tell you, but I'll work to explain that over the next few days now that we're moving into a 'fi...

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December Mid Month update!

Quick progress for the mid month of December!

Right now I'm deep in overlay engine work.  The holidays and family in town has slowed things down a bit, but the end of the month is a ...

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Feature proposal - Temporary offline mode

Hey there! So as we get more and more feedback on how the system works, I'd like to propose some features to get initial feedback before we run off and code them to try to dial in how to best deliv...

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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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