Features

• Product Category Separation Improvements
  • When using product categories to separate campaigns, the player will try to prioritise non-programmatic content over programmatic content to separate two conflicting pieces of content, as programmatic content is not guaranteed to play
  • When programmatic content is supposed to play, but none are available and a non-guaranteed bonus booking can play, the player will try to respect product category separation when picking a non-guaranteed bonus (where possible)
• Vistar Integration
  • Vistar can now be enabled for users, contact our team at [email protected] to get started
  • Once enabled, users will have to update existing device settings to include Vistar-required information, this will be found under the Programmatic tab
  • Network ID
  • Venue ID
  • When registering future devices, users can include the above-required information
• Operating Hours
  • Devices will now only play scheduled content during their defined operating hours
  • To enable device operating hours, contact us at [email protected]
• Transparent Frame Backgrounds
  • Users can now set the background colour of frames to be transparent/semi-transparent
  • This will allow users to have a frame that overlays another, but is invisible when no content is playing

UI Updates

• The bookings list wouldn’t be shown when browser windows were certain sizes
• Improved scrolling behaviour when content does not fit on the page
• Product category separation will have a checkbox when viewing a loop policy

Bug Fixes

• Users could make changes to disabled toggles via keyboard inputs
• Loop Preview Report would error when users tried to generate a report in a timezone ahead of their own
• The reporting tab in the “bookings” menu was briefly labelled “Seedooh” incorrectly
• Improved HTML package setup to prevent package load failures

Loop Preview Reports

Users are now able to generate Loop Preview Reports that detail which bookings will be played on a specific frame during a specified time.

To generate these reports, head to the “Devices” tab and select the device.

These reports will require the following information:

• Frame Name
• Date of Report
• Time of Day
• Timezone
• Number of Loops

For more information regarding Loop preview reports, head to our knowledge base article.

Other

• Bug fixes & player improvements

Product Category Separation

Users can now use Product Categories to separate campaigns, in doing so, the Doohly Player will attempt to ensure they do not play in adjacent slots.

To make use of Product Category Separation, ensure that campaigns have product categories assigned.

When the Doohly Player decides what order to play content in, it will prioritise keeping campaigns with the same or related product categories separated from each other.

For example, the Doohly Player will avoid playing campaigns with the product category Automotive Brand next to other campaigns with the product category Automotive Brand.

Product category separation also applies to sub-categories. For example, the Doohly Player will avoid playing a campaign with the category Retail, next to Electrical Retailers campaigns or Alcohol Retailers campaigns, but those Alcohol Retailers campaigns and Electrical Retailers campaigns will not be separated from each other.

More information (including graphs) about product category separation can be found in our knowledge base.

Other

• Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed an error where creatives wouldn’t download correctly when there was poor internet connectivity, but the Doohly Player would attempt to display them anyway, sometimes resulting in a black screen
  • UI no longer shows some devices as offline even though they’re online
• Doohly Support:
  • New way to access Doohly Support - email [email protected]

Product Categories

Users are now able to assign product categories to campaigns. Currently, this feature allows for further organisation of a user's assets, but will also be used for separation in future updates.

• Users can now create, remove and edit their own Product Categories to assign to campaigns
• Users can select an industry-standard Product Categories list 
  • Interactive Advertising Bureau (AU)
  • Standard Media Index (AU)
  • Standard Media Index (NZ)

Additional user-generated Product Categories can be added to the standard lists.

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Note: Only one of the above lists can be changed/imported, and once chosen, cannot be removed or swapped.

For a detailed guide and overview of setting up Product Categories, head to our knowledge base.

HTML Package Updates

• New Variables Available:
  • Users who operate dynamic HTML content are able to utilise additional data from Doohly when creating packages:
    • Device/Player Tags
    • Campaign Tags
    • Booking Tags
    • Location

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Note: The latitude and longitude are a reflection of what is set in the web app & do not change if the device is mobile, ie. on a train, taxi, etc

• For more information refer to the knowledge base

Player Optimisation

• Player Improvements
  • Doohly Player now automatically logs certain process errors that cause crashing on Windows devices
  • Doohly Player now automatically restarts when crashes are detected

UI Updates

• Default Seedooh Settings:
  • When creating a new campaign, users are now prompted with the option “Report plays of this Campaign” when Seedooh is enabled
  • When creating a new campaign, users are now prompted with the field “Contract ID” when Seedooh is enabled

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Note: Contract ID becomes locked on Campaign when Seedooh reporting is enabled & is not in Draft status

• When creating a new booking, users are now prompted with the option to select the start and end dates of the booking
• When creating a new booking, users are now prompted with the option “Report plays to Seedooh” when Seedooh is enabled

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Note: When creating a booking from a campaign, these options will default to reflect those of the campaign

• Transitions UI Fix:
  • Transition settings will be disabled on devices that have a player version that does not support transitions (Device must be on player version 4.2.1 or higher)

Doohly Player Version 4.2.1

The following updates will require all Doohy Player versions to be updated to 4.2.1.

Windows Download

Android Download

Transitions

Transitions are now available, enabling users to specify if they would like to have a crossfade transition between creatives. Transitions are set and managed at a Frames level, similar to Loop Policies.

• Transitions can be enabled and disabled
• Transitions can have custom durations
• Currently only crossfade transitions are supported. To request additional transitions please contact [email protected]

Hardware Acceleration

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Note: Not all devices will support Hardware Acceleration

Hardware Acceleration is now available, enabling users to get better performance from their devices that struggle with high-resolution/bitrate videos. 

Hardware Acceleration is available on Windows & Linux media players and is enabled in device settings.

• Hardware Acceleration can be enabled and disabled
• Your device must have supported hardware
• Doohly must be restarted for changes to take effect

UI Updates

• Improved Searching:
  • When assigning creatives and devices to bookings, users can now filter using **or** keywords.
    • Example: If a user wants to search for creatives with cat or dog in their title, they can now search for **cat or dog** and creatives with either cat or dog in the title will appear
    • Example using multiple search terms: **cat or dog or bird** will search for creatives/devices with either cat, dog or bird in the title.
  • When assigning creatives and devices to bookings, users can now filter for an exact phrase containing multiple words.
    • Example: If a user wants to search for creatives with big cat in their title, they can now search for **"Big Cat"** and only creatives with big cat as the title will appear
  • Users can now search for devices by their address, city, state, postcode and/or country
• Custom Canva Dimensions:
  • Clicking the “Design with Canva” button now allows users to input a custom size (in pixels)

Seedooh Integration Enhancement

• Contracted Plays Reporting:
  • Doohly will now recalculate the contracted plays and update Seedooh when a user removes a creative or frame from an already started booking.

UI Updates

• Creative Picker:

  • When selecting creatives for bookings, creatives are now listed in descending order, starting with the most recently added creative.

• Filenames:

  • Users can now hover over long filenames to view the entire name.

Thumbnail Loading:

• Creative thumbnails now only load when scrolled into view. This will improve the creative library load time, especially when opening folders, and reduce lag whilst scrolling.