OBServer Release v5.3.5✨
Latest Release Highlights – Broadcast Automation
Experience greater stability, flexibility, and user control with the newest update to OpenBroadcaster’s broadcast automation system. This release brings major new features, significant enhancements, and important bug fixes—making your radio or TV broadcasting operations even more robust and efficient.
Major New Features
🔹Voice Track Support in Playlists: Seamlessly add, manage, and record voice tracks directly within playlists using the integrated media recorder.
🔹CLI Cron Monitor: Enjoy a continuously running command-line cron monitor, plus support for individual CLI cron tasks.
🔹CLI Based Module Management: Easily install or uninstall modules using our new command-line tools.
🔹Custom Metadata Types: Add new metadata for coordinates and license, complete with API-level privacy settings.
🔹Support for PDF Media: Upload and manage PDF documents as a supported media type.
🔹Thumbnail Rotation: Effortlessly rotate media thumbnails for better visual management.
🔹Enhanced Preview Player: Preview media with on-demand HLS streaming directly from the enhanced player.
Additional Enhancements
- Non-interactive CLI password changes for improved security and automation.
- Dedicated API endpoints for media versions, thumbnails, and previews.
- Smarter automatic thumbnail generation and more reliable caching.
- Upgraded to FontAwesome 6 for a modern icon set and improved UI experience.
Fixes & Improvements
- Resolved user interface and compatibility issues (preview positioning, Apache, MySQL file updates).
- Enhanced permissions and automatic menu closing.
- Fixed various JavaScript errors and PHP warnings.
- General performance optimizations.
- Ongoing code refactoring and comprehensive bug fixes throughout the platform.
Why Upgrade?
With these new features and improvements, OpenBroadcaster offers you even more control, efficiency, and reliability for your broadcast automation needs—whether you’re managing a single station or a full network.