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-=====Pixilab player release notes=====
+=====PIXILAB Player release notes=====
-In general there are no benefits to upgrade Pixilab Player in an existing installation already running without issues.
+In general, there's no reason to upgrade PIXILAB Player in an existing installation if it's running well, unless you know that a newer version provides some functionality that you need.
+===Version 6.3===
+Updated pixilab daemon, now handles the spot ID (mac adress) more reliable for certain use setups, i.e. wired network with wifi also configured as fallback or wifi-controller present on device in combination with persistence on some devices.
+===Version 6.2.1===
+Updates Chrome to version 115, fixing a problem causing artifacts during transitions of videos when not using hardware accelerated decoding (issue limited to players with Chrome 108).
-V 5.2
+===Version 6.2===
+Based on [[https://porteus-kiosk.org/changelog-releases.html#5.5.0|Porteus Kiosk 5.5]] plus rolling releases as per [[https://porteus-kiosk.org/changelog-automatic-updates.html#230930|230930]]. Linux kernel 6.1.46, Chrome 108.0.5359.124
+This version support 12th, 13th Generation Intel® Core™ iX Processors with Intel® Iris® and Intel® UHD graphics, N100 with Intel® UHD
-Based on [[https://porteus-kiosk.org/changelog-releases.html#5.4.0|Porteus Kiosk 5.4]]
+Tested on Intel NUC13ANKi5(Core® i5), ASUS PN42 (Intel N100), ASUS PN63 (AMD Ryzen®7),
-Linux kernel 5.15.28
+Intel NUC11ATKC2 (Intel® Celeron® N4505) (Will also work on most elderly generations of processor series)
-Google Chrome 98.0.4758.102
-Updated Pixilab background daemon with additional capabilities and bugfixes.
-Policies for local video capture and similar features over http is now automatically set inherited from the homepage URL.
+The player web configurator has been updated to select the modesetting driver. For manual configuration please add the "gpu_driver=modesetting" to the kiosk configuration file.
-V 5.1
+===Version 6.1.3 ===
+Removed unwanted composting module from 6.1.2.
-Based on [[https://porteus-kiosk.org/changelog-releases.html#5.3.0|Porteus Kiosk 5.3]]
+===Version 6.1.2 ===
-Linux kernel Linux kernel 5.10.73
+Fixes a bug that caused additional storage to be unusable for block caching (persistence).
-Google Chrome 93.0.4577.82
-Porteus has introduced an [[https://porteus-kiosk.org/parameters.html#hardware_video_decode|experimental flag]] that enables hardware accelerated video decoding that works well on Intel graphics chipsets.
+===Version 6.1.1 ===
+Fixes a problem thay caused multichannel audio to fail if no audio was played as the browser is loaded.
+Fixes an error that could cause problems during netork (pxe) booting in version 6.1.
+===Version 6.1 ===
+Based on [[https://porteus-kiosk.org/changelog-releases.html#5.5.0|Porteus Kiosk 5.5]] with Linux kernel 6.1.20 and Chrome 108.0.5359.124
+===Version 6.0 ===
+Released alongside Blocks version 6.0 on 2022-12-14, with the following new features:
+  * **Block Caching** minimizes data traffic over wifi or the internet – it even lets players work offline for stand-alone playback.
+  * **Watchdog** to automatically reload the player should the browser become unresponsive or crash.
-V 5.0
+Based on [[https://porteus-kiosk.org/changelog-releases.html#5.4.0|Porteus Kiosk 5.4]] with Linux kernel 5.15.28
+and Google Chrome 98.0.4758.102.
-Based on [[https://porteus-kiosk.org/changelog-releases.html|Porteus Kiosk 5.2]]
+===Version 5.2 ===
-Linux kernel 5.10.25
+Based on [[https://porteus-kiosk.org/changelog-releases.html#5.4.0|Porteus Kiosk 5.4]] with Linux kernel 5.15.28
-Google Chrome 87.0.4280.141
+and Google Chrome 98.0.4758.102. Policies for allowing local video input (USB capture devices) and similar features over http without user intervention is now set automatically based Blocks server URL.
-Ser2Net has been implemented to support future features in Pixilab player.
+===Version 5.1===
+Based on [[https://porteus-kiosk.org/changelog-releases.html#5.3.0|Porteus Kiosk 5.3]] with Linux kernel 5.10.73
+and Google Chrome 93.0.4577.82. There's now an [[https://porteus-kiosk.org/parameters.html#hardware_video_decode|experimental flag]] to enable hardware accelerated video decoding, which works well on Intel graphics chipsets.
+===Version 5.0===
+Based on [[https://porteus-kiosk.org/changelog-releases.html|Porteus Kiosk 5.2]]
+with Linux kernel 5.10.25
+and Google Chrome 87.0.4280.141.