Tips, news and updates about s3mer and digital signage technology
Last week some users reported an intermittent issue with their player. We have been able to identify that is produced by the latest version of the Adobe AIR Runtime. Our developers are currently working on a patch to solve the issue. In the meantime, here is a workaround procedure you can follow to get your s3mer player Up-and-Running. Simply delete the preferences folder (S3merApp) which is located in:
Mac: /Users/<USERNAME>/Library/Preferences/S3merApp
Win: C:\Documents and Settings<USERNAME>\Application Data\S3merApp
For further assistance send us an email to support@s3mer.com.
We want to thank all of you who have send us messages to report the issue.
Today we released a new template requestes by one of our pro users. If you are a Pro user and need to create a layout that we don’t offer a template for, please contact us and we will create it for you.
Send email to feedback@s3mer.com or go to http://feedback.s3mer.com to leave your comments.
Today we released version 1.011 of the s3mer player. This version includes the following updates:
- Better RSS Scrolling
- Better status while loading shows and configuration
- Updated configuration checker
- Minor bug fixes
If your player is set to auto-update you don’t have to take any action to take advantage of this update. If you want to manually update your players you can go to http://www.s3mer.com and click on the install now badge. You can alternatively download the .air file and install from that.
This update is recommended for all users of s3mer Free, s3mer Pro and s3mer Enterprise. To send in comments or suggestions please go to http://feedback.s3mer.com or send email to feedback@s3mer.com
We are proud to announce the immediate availability of s3mer player version 1.010. This version includes bug fixes and some new features.
This version includes:
- New: Ability to save window size and position by pressing the “W” key
- New: Side scrolling rss / atom feeds
- Better on-screen error reporting
- Better support for dynamic data loading swf movies
- Better RSS / Atom feeds parsing
- Better handling of RSS / Atom feed updates
We are very happy to announce that s3mer.com now implements Google Gears. This technology helps us serve our admin application much faster because we can host most of the static files on the client computer.
This enhancement will give users a richer experience and will allow for faster updates and changes to players and shows.
HOW-TO ENABLE: To enable gears you must login to your s3mer.com account and go to the settings page.
There you will find a button that reads “Enable Gears for s3mer.com”, click it and this will send you to Google’s install page. After the install just go to s3mer.com and you will be prompted to allow s3mer.com to use Gears. Click allow and the sync will begin. You can keep using the system as the sync continues.
If you already have Google Gears installed you will be asked to allow the first time you go to s3mer.com
We hope you like this new feature. Please feel free to contact us with any questions or comments: s3mer.team@s3mer.com, http://feedback.s3mer.com
We have a new template available for all users of s3mer Free and s3mer Pro. This new template has 4 media regions and a clock.
To use this new template just login to your account and create a new Free or Pro show.
If you have the need for a custom template please post your comments in http://feedback.s3mer.com or send an email to s3mer.team@s3mer.com
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We are happy to announce a new feature for all s3mer Pro users. s3mer Pro File Uploader will allow all pro users to upload files directly from their desktop without the need to log in to the site.
Any pro user can download the .air package. This application works on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.
Instructions: First login using your s3mer.com credentials. Drag and drop the files you want to upload to your s3mer library. Uploaded files will show up in the “Main” library folder. Next version will have the ability to specify a folder.
UPDATE: New version is here now. We made a lot of improvements to the current version of the uploader. Now it has better upload progress view, now you can select to which folder to upload and a bunch of optimizations and design enhancements. Please send in comments.
UPDATE April 8, 2009: Version 1.7 - This update is recomended for all users.
- New theme
- Security Fixes: using https and using POST instead of GET where we can
- Simplyfied the code for requesting pages
- Fixed CSS errors
Today we released an update to the s3mer player application with a few bug fixes and support for Italian language in the user interface and clock widget.
To update just launch the s3mer player application and it will update automatically.
We expect to release more languages as soon as they are requested by a user. If you need an specific language please send in your request to s3mer.team@s3mer.com.
Here is a simple diagram of how the s3mer system works. We hope this helps clear some of the questions many users have.
s3mer System Diagram [PDF 149KB]
