Theatrixx xPressCue Firmware v1.6 Now Available!
Posted on: 4th March 2025
The xPressCue Firmware v1.6 is now available for download!
xPressCue Video Media Player HD/4K60P 1TB SSD 1U
More reliable than a laptop, cheaper than a media server. The xPressCue bridges the gap between laptops and media servers, offering reliable video media playback from a dedicated hardware device, ideal for both live events and fixed installations.
Download the latest firmware updates in the link below and be sure to update your hire inventory. Note that all fireware updates are sequential, so v1.3, v1.4 and v1.5 need to be installed before v1.6.
https://api.xpresscue.theatrixx.com/api/v1/updates/1.6.0/notes
v1.6 New Features
Media Management
- Selection order: items dragged into the live queue now follow the order in which they were selected.
- Thumbnails are now visible in List View.
- Thumbnails can now be resized in Grid View.
- Grid View can now display additional information (up to two properties).
- Rating option for media: 1 to 5 stars (shortcut: ctrl + number). Media can be ordered by their rating.
- Media can now be ordered according to their type.
- Media ordering has been extended to Grid View.
- Current media is now highlighted with a red border.
Live Queue
- Bulk edition: Trigger, End Transition, Loop, Fade-In, Fade-Out and Wait parameters can now be modified for multiple queue items at once.
- Visual changes make the live queue controls more compact.
- Red, yellow, and green overlays now indicate whether items are playing, paused, or next in the queue.
- The next queue item can be selected via the GoTo option.
- Shuffle: new button to shuffle/unshuffle the queue.
- Centre on current: the queue will automatically scroll to the current media when this option is selected.
- The current playlist name is now displayed in the header.
- Individual track volumes can now be edited for each queue item.
- Time input for Fade-In, Fade-Out and Wait has been simplified.
- Queue item playback parameters can now be reset individually.
- Live queue was removed from snapshots. It must now be saved to a playlist for export.
Conversion centre
- Total progress display added.
- Conversions can now be cancelled all at once.
- HDR/SDR option available when reencoding an HDR file
Automation
- The new Automation panel allows you to create routines and tasks triggered by events or scheduled times.
- Make the automation panel visible in the navigation bar (hidden in v1.4).
- Added routine creation wizard, routine list, and routine configuration pages.
- Calendar view for scheduled routines.
- Option to delete all routines at once.
- Routines can disable other routines.
Event Logging
A new Event Logging tab in settings allows you to browse through playback and system events.
- Option to filter by event type, date, and media file
- Logs can be downloaded to an Excel file
DMX
- DMX input is now disabled by default. You must turn it on in the settings to send DMX data to the xPressCue.
- Each DMX channel listener can now be turned off in the settings.
- Added visual hints for frontier values in Play Mode, Play State and Take Next channels.
- Added option to reset output settings (modifiable by DMX input) to default values.
OLED Display
- New icons to help distinguish media types and navigation options.
- Screen saver settings: countdown time customisable, can now be turned off completely.
Other changes
- The row size has been reduced for a more compact display.
- The master volume settings are now also present in the main control bar.
- USB file transfers can now be cancelled.
- Multi-Device Control Panel: information about follower devices has been added.
- Default trigger when adding a media to a playlist (in default settings).
- Hardware: Main buttons, such as Previous, Play/Pause, Take, Next and Copy, are now non-assignable and cannot be changed.
- "Hardware Remotes" was changed to "Peripherals".
Bug fixes
- Changed the way colour saturation is handled on the hardware for proper saturation settings.
- Fixed drag-and-drop issues when a menu or dialogue box is open in the app.
- OLED Display: Selecting a template from a folder will now disable the select button if the folder is empty.
- Changed time and time zone.
- Live queue is saved when switching to a different play mode.
- Changing the parameters of the current and next item in the Live Queue will now update correctly.
- Live Queue: "show in navigator" will now select media in media management.
- Fixed error where volume wasn't correctly set on reboot.
- Fixed OLED screen occasional lag on boot.
- Added scrollbar styling for chromium navigators.
- Increased maximum server load to prevent large changes to the live queue from being dropped.
- Fixed an issue where the playlist item count wasn't updated.
