v2.4.0 RC 1

Changes since Beta 1:

Important

There is a known bug in the version of media-scanner included in this release.
It is recommended to replace it with v1.3.2 or newer from https://github.com/CasparCG/media-scanner/releases

Core

Improvements

• Config parameter can be an absolute system path, not just relative to the working directory
• Linux: Rework build to always use system boost
• Linux: Rework build process to better support being build as a system package
• Audio: 16 channel audio

Fixes

• Crash upon exiting if HTML producer was running
• AMCP: LOAD command would show a frame or two of black while new producer was loading

Producers

Fixes

• FFmpeg: Unable to play files with extra dots in filenames
• FFmpeg: Don't lowercase filter parameters
• HTML: Debugger connection closes
• HTML: Expose angle backend config field, the best backend varies depending on the templates and machine
• HTML: Crash when multiple iframes were loaded within a renderer
• Image: Improve file loading algorithm to match the case insensitive and absolute path support already used by ffmpeg