ISL Groop 3.0.0 for Windows, Mac and Linux (2013-12-13)
General Information
On 13th of December the following was released:
- ISL Groop 3.0.0 for Windows (release_date=2013-12-12, revision=31574, platform=win32, os_version=0x5010000-0x7fffffff)
- ISL Groop 3.0.0 for Linux 32bit (release_date=2013-12-12, revision=31574, platform=linux)
- ISL Groop 3.0.0 for Linux 64bit (release_date=2013-12-12, revision=31574, platform=linux64)
- ISL Groop 3.0.0 for Macintosh (release_date=2013-12-12, revision=31574, platform=mac, os_version=0xa0600-0xaffff)
All updates have release date set to 2013-12-12. Your ESS will need to be same or higher to be able to update your server. This release is available to all countries except Japan.
Upgrading to new version
Hosted service users please check Upgrading Hosted Service.
Server license users please check Upgrading Server License.
Improvements
- Complete graphical user interface redesign
- OpenGL/Direct3D rendering of slides
- Improved audio performance
New features
ISL Groop uses new common library. This will simplify cross platform development.
ISL Groop graphical user interface has been completely redesigned.
Support for opening webpage after leaving meeting has been added to the ISL Groop application.
New audio debug pages were added to the debug panel of ISL Groop application..
Support for audio transfer through UDP transport has been added to the application. UDP transport is still experimental. To enable this option both client and server need to have this transport supported and enabled.
Images larger then 1920x1080 are scaled down to 1920x1080 prior to importing them to ISL Groop session. The aspect ratio stays the same.
ISL Groop application is now using default VOIP AudioUnit on MacOSX 10.7 and later.
ISL Groop minimum required version for Windows operating systems was raised to Windows XP (5.1).
Defect fixes
Users who entered session code without dash separators in the ISL Groop connect dialog experienced crash of the application. The connect dialog functionality has been redesigned and also checks for missing separators. Users should not experience crash anymore.
The defect was fixed.
Users may have experienced bad quality of slides. Scaling of screen share slides has been redesigned so it now uses OpenGL and Direct3D rendering. This increases the performance when viewing the slides and also improves the slide image quality.
The defect was fixed.
Users may have experienced crash of ISL Groop application if they have removed the default playback or capture device and that device was the last device that was connected to the computer. Application now catches the device removal and checks if it was the last attached device. Application does not crash anymore.
The defect was fixed.
