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PIXILAB Player release notes

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 5.2

Based on Porteus Kiosk 5.4 with Linux kernel 5.15.28 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.

Version 5.1

Based on Porteus Kiosk 5.3 with Linux kernel 5.10.73 and Google Chrome 93.0.4577.82. There's now an experimental flag to enable hardware accelerated video decoding, which works well on Intel graphics chipsets.

Version 5.0

Based on Porteus Kiosk 5.2 with Linux kernel 5.10.25 and Google Chrome 87.0.4280.141.