Player does not update when only portions of a region/layout changed

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I’ve seen the issue in both the 1.8 and now the latest 1.7 player against Xibo 1.8 Beta (git)

When I just change a portion of a layout/region that’s currently in the playlist, it doesn’t update. This could be as simple as changing the font on a text or enabling/disabling the audio portion of a video region.

The fonts seem to be downloaded on the player (according to the Manage page, they are present) and even the layout seems to re-download (at least according to the timestamp) but the display keeps playing the ‘old’ version of the layout I changed until I restart the player (as in either kill Xibo or reboot the player).

I can insert new layouts without a problem.

Also (not sure if this is related) but the “clock” widget seems to re-download every time the player checks in. It’s now at about 10MB of “clock widget” downloads

This is on the Android player. I don’t have a Windows system to test.

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hmm what’s your collection interval and durations on your layout?

If as you say player did download new content then it should be reflected on the player next time the layout reloads, or if you have expire modified layouts checkbox ticked then it should cut the playback and display new layout version once available.

That’s rather odd, perhaps you could try ‘verify all’ on modules page, then restart your player and give it a moment to download everything.

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Collection interval is 1 minute.

I think I fixed it. I unchecked “Expire Modified Layouts?” and “Clear Cached Data” and things started working ‘correctly’.