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rightBooth 7.11.0 Released

25/3/2023

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RightBooth version 7.11.0 contains the following new features and fixes:

Add the 'Video frame' option in Video enhancements
This allows you to place one frame from the source video at the start of the enhanced video for the number of seconds you specify.  This feature is useful to give all videos a different thumbnail if hosted on your own websites.

Add the option to 'Watch subfolders' in a Sharing Station event
This option will cause a RightBooth sharing station event to show all sub folders that contain videos and images.  Users can then navigate into and out of the sub folders while interacting with the Media Browser.
 
Add the option to process the 'Oldest file first' in a 'Watch folder' event
In a 'Watch folder' event you can tick the 'Oldest file first' option to force RightBooth to process incoming files in the order that they arrive in the folder.

Add the 'Files to Android' event action
Adding this action to a button on the 'Show video' or 'Show photo' event screen will allow your users to select the button.  RightBooth will then prompt the user to connect an Android device (phone) to a USB cable connected to the PC.  RightBooth will then auto detect the connection and transfer the chosen file to the DCIM folder on the Android device.  This action can be used in a Recording event or Sharing station event as another option to allow users to transfer event files to their phones.

Allow the keyboard arrow keys to alter the grid selection when the user input mode is 'Multiple keys' or 'Multiple USB buttons'
Users can now use the 'Left' 'Right' 'Up' and 'Down' arrow keys on the keyboard to allow them to select an item in any RightBooth grid item, e.g.  Media browser, karaoke file selector, greenscreen image selector, etc.

Include the 'RestartRB' utility
The new RestartRB utility app is installed in Program Files (x86)\RightBooth and it allows you to quickly stop all running instances of RightBooth and restart the first instance.  This is useful if RightBooth crashes and remains in memory.

GoPro Configuration Options
RightBooth now provides 4 different configuration options for controlling a GoPro camera:
  • Option 1 - USB only
  • Option 2 - Bluetooth / Wifi
  • Option 3 - Bluetooth + SD card
  • Option 4 - Camera Controller
For details on each of these options can be found here

Include the RBCameraController mini app
This new app can be used to allow RightBooth to remotely control a GoPro that is  connected to another computer on the network. 
Full details on the RBCameraController app and how it is used can be found in the Option 4 documentation here

Add the 'GOPROWIFI' text variable
Use this new text variable on an event screen to allow you to see the current GoPro WiFi status as either  'OK' or '??'

Show all FTP files (uploaded during the event) in Tasks
All files that are FTP uploaded (or attempted upload) during the event are now added to the FTP file list in RightBooth Tasks.  This allows you to upload the files again at a later time and this can be useful if one or more files had failed to upload during the event.

Fixes:
  • Prevent copying and uploading (FTP) print layout files until the layout is completely populated with photos
  • The color selector panel now shows in the Screen Editor after a screen transition
  • The 'Hand' mouse cursor now shows over the whole area of any item that has a click action
  • Prevent spurious WhatsApp screens appearing if a 'pre WhatsApp feature' event file is started from another event via the 'Play event' action
  • Prevent crash when using DSLR greenscreen settings
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RightBooth v7.10.0 Released

6/2/2023

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This video explains the main new features added in RightBooth v7.10.0.

Full list of new features in RightBooth v7.10.0:
  • Add 'Play' and 'Play/Pause' options to Video item and Video sequence item properties
  • Add 'Video thumbnail' option to image item contents
  • Improvements to video enhancements:
    • reduce time obtaining media file durations
    • reduce time taken to trim video overlay files 
    • Fix: Music file correctly added when including photo segment effects in Fast mode
    • Fix: Photo segments now work on all Windows OS languages
  • Improvements to face props:
    • improve face tracking
    • add option to limit the number of faces to detect
    • more prop alignment options
    • reduce prop flicker and improve jitter correction
    • reduce memory usage
  • Reduce the app load time, app memory usage and app file size
  • Add Italian app language
  • Include the new RightBooth Player app
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RightBooth V7.9.14 Released

9/1/2023

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  • Add File Load and Save buttons on the Video enhancements --> Video segments panel
  • Add 'Photo' and 'Flash photo' effects in Video segments
  • Add 'White' and 'Flash' colors in Video segments
  • Video segment durations are now more accurate when applied to very short video recordings
  • Add Action tabs on the Screen Editor Properties toolbox. This replaces the Action radio buttons
  • Add 'Start another instance' option in Settings --> Start/Stop
  • Optimise the RB GoPro routines for the Camera Tools App v1.5.0 or later
  • Reduce the video enhancement time in some situations where the overlay video duration is longer than the video recording duration
  • Fix: Prevent RB from asking to save the event file when nothing has changed
  • Fix: Ensure the 'Busy' screen is always shown immediately after the 'Record video' screen. Before this fix, any User defined screen that was placed immediately after the 'Record video' screen (in the Screen list) would be shown prior to the Busy screen, leading to an error in the event flow
  • Fix: Prevent the WhatsApp Country code from having a '+' character
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RightBooth v7.9.9 Released

23/12/2022

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  • When the User input mode is set to 'Single keyboard key', only show the event selection arrows if there are 2 or more label items on the event screen that have click actions
  • Allow the keyboard item to be removed from all event screens
  • Fix: Ensure the first event screen has the keyboard input focus immediately after starting to play the event
  • Fix: When playing the event, on the User input event screen, pulse flash any text objects that require text input prior to moving onto the next event screen
  • Fix: Allow the main RB panel to be shown after escaping out of a playing event that was automatically played when the app starts
7.9.8
  • Add 'Make animation GIF' option for video recording events
  • Add 'Convert video to GIF' option in Settings --> Miscellaneous
  • Items can now be grouped in the Screen Editor
  • New 'Highlight' property added to items in the Screen Editor
  • Button items can now have Border properties
  • Increase the number of buttons and labels that can be added onto event screens
  • Option to Save/Load items to/from library files
  • Add options to the 'Auto hide taskbar' setting
  • The app now remembers the most recently used folder for loading and saving event files
  • Increase the maximum allowed video transfer wait time from 500 to 1000
  • Increase the wait time between successive GoPro commands
  • Add DSLR live view ISO and Tv settings
  • Fix: Original webcam video recordings now saved in all scenarios
  • Fix: Video processing percentage time is now more accurate for webcam video recordings
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RightBooth v7.9.7 Released

1/12/2022

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RightBooth version 7.9.7 has been released.  New features and fixes:
  • Add option to use SendGrid for emailing files
  • Remove redundant setting: 'Process videos in background'
  • If an overlay video is included, it is now repeated for the duration of the enhanced video
  • Improvements to image load speed and image memory usage
  • Improve the clarity of buttons in the Screen Editor
  • Fix: Prevent random crash when including photo printing and animated gif creation
  • Fix: Camera items no longer block the user input to a screen click action
  • Fix: Video emails would fail to be sent if video resizing was selected in 'Media size' settings
  • Fix: Allow the 'After creating' photo copy action to work in Watch folder events
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Record videos and photos from two webcam streams

16/11/2022

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Note: This feature requires RightBooth v7.9.3 (or later).

This article explains how to use RightBooth to create videos and photos by taking the camera feeds from two webcams and combining them into one file, as shown in the following demonstration video:
Step 1 - Setup the webcams
  • Obtain two webcams.
  • Make sure RightBooth is not running, then connect both webcams to USB ports on the PC.  In the demo video I am using a Logitech C920 and a Logitech C270.  Note: The webcams can be the same or different makes/models.
  • Run RightBooth.
  • In RightBooth Settings --> Cameras --> Main camera, select Webcam for both 'Record videos' and 'Take photos':
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  • In Settings --> Cameras --> Webcam video, choose one of your webcams from the Device list to act as Webcam 1 and choose a Video size.  In my demo video I am using the C920 as Webcam 1.  To achieve the results shown in the video, choose a Video size of 1280 x 720:
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  • In Cameras --> Webcam photo, select the same Photo size (1280 x 720):
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  • Back in the Webcam video section, click 'Optional webcam 2' and choose your second webcam from the Device list, in my example this is the C270.
  • Select the same Video size:   1280 x 720
  • Tick 'Crop videos' and set the crop values W = 820,  H=720
  • Tick 'Rotate 90'.  Note that you will need to physically mount the second webcam at 90 degrees to achieve the result shown in the demo video:
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  • Also for Webcam 2, in the Webcam photo section, select the same Photo size 1280 x 720, tick 'Crop webcam photos' and apply the same crop values  W = 820,  H = 720:
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Your webcams are now set up to be used for Picture in Picture recordings.

Step 2 - Design your event
  • Create a video recording and photo capture event.
  • In Event Designer --> Event structure --> Miscellaneous, tick 'Picture in picture', then use the arrows to select the webcam layout option shown in this shot:
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Choosing this option will cause RightBooth to overlay the camera feed from webcam 2 directly on one half of the camera feed from webcam 1.  The two feeds will then be treated as one combined feed for the purposes of recording videos and taking photos in RightBooth.

  • Go into the Screen Designer and arrange your screens and webcam item as required, making sure that your webcams are both pointing at your intended subject (or subjects):
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  • Save the event.

​You are now ready to Play the event and record videos and photos from two combined webcams.

Note:
  • When recording videos, if you are recording audio, the audio feed will be taken from the audio device specified in Settings --> Cameras --> Webcam audio.
  • There a lots of other Picture in Picture layouts to experiment with, involving up to three additional webcams.
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RightBooth 7.9.1 Released

14/11/2022

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  • Add 'Send to WhatsApp' feature
  • Add latest integrated Chrome web browser
  • Add Crop properties to web browser items
  • Add the option to make RightBooth use a newer SDK for all its webcam functionality
  • Web browser items now respond to drag/drop operations
  • Add the 'Live view Bulb' option to DSLR camera settings. This sets the camera live view into Tv-Bulb mode to allow live view visibility in low light conditions
  • Add the event specific option to not copy files from the DSLR/GoPro to the PC, for situations where you are requiring files to be only saved on the camera
  • Add the option to use the photoscissors.com web service in the photo event workflow.  This provides automatic AI photo background replacement without the need for a greenscreen background
  • The 'Key press' action now allows up to 4 keys to be defined for each action. This allows for generating keypress combinations such as Ctrl-Alt-F4
  • Add the 'random name' option in Settings --> Folders/Files to allow saving event files with random alphanumeric filenames
  • Add Romanian and Portuguese app language options in Settings
  • Add French, German, Spanish, Romanian and Portuguese user manuals
  • Remove support for SWF files, due to the Adobe Flash Player being discontinued
  • Suppress all 'Leave page' warnings in web browser items
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Augmented Reality Photos and Videos

4/10/2022

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Demonstration video showing augmented reality photo capture in RightBooth:

How to create your own greenscreen videos for use in RightBooth:

How to take augmented reality photos in RightBooth using greenscreen videos:

How to record augmented reality videos in RightBooth using greenscreen videos:
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RightBooth Version 7.8.0 Released

22/9/2022

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RightBooth now includes support for wireless Canon cameras, including wireless live view.  Details here

See the Release notes page to read the complete list of new features and fixes in this release.
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Reduce GoPro Video Transfer Times and Video Processing Times

29/8/2022

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Here are some suggestions to help reduce your GoPro video transfer time and also reduce the video processing and enhancement time in RightBooth.

1 - Reduce the GoPro Video File Transfer Time

1.1 - Record GoPro videos in HEVC format
Newer GoPro models provide the following choice of video recording formats:
  • H.264+HEVC
  • HEVC
You will find these options on the GoPro menu: Preferences > General > Video Compression.
Choose HEVC (High Efficiency Video Coding).  This is the H.265 format and it produces smaller file sizes than the older H.264 format.  By choosing HEVC you will benefit from faster file transfer times between the GoPro and the PC.  Note: RightBooth can process HEVC files.
Here is a comparison of the file sizes and transfer times of a 10 second video that was recorded at 1920x1080x120fps using each of the formats:
Recording Format
File size
Transfer time
H.264+HEVC
70 Mb
20 sec
HEVC
52 Mb
15 sec

1.2 - Record videos at 60fps or less
Most GoPro models let you record videos at 120fps and some allow recording at 240fps.  Recording at a higher frame rate will produce larger files which will take longer to transfer and longer for RightBooth to process. 
Try dropping the recording rate on the GoPro to 60fps (or even 30fps).  Transfer times and processing times will be quicker and most people will be unable to see much difference in the finished results.

1.3 - Use the GoPro 5Ghz WiFi Band
If your GoPro offers both the 2.4GHz and 5GHz WiFi band options, try using its 5GHz WiFi band.  In our tests we have seen that this can significantly reduce the file transfer times.  Typical saving:  11 second transfer time on the 2.4GHz band equates to an 8 second transfer time on the 5Ghz band.
Note: If you find that the GoPro 5GHz band is not working with your PC WiFi adapter you will have to use the GoPro 2.4GHz WiFi band.

2 - Reduce the Video Processing and Video Enhancement Times

2.1 - Reduce the frame size of the video file
The GoPro will usually be set to record videos at a frame size of 1920x1080.  After each video file has been transferred to RightBooth, you can set RightBooth to reduce the frame size of the videos, which effectively reduces the amount of data in the video file.  This can have a significant effect on reducing the video enhancement times and most people will not be able to see any difference in the final video quality.  We recommend you reduce the videos to 1280 x 720 or (better still) 960 x 540 (quarter HD).
​You can do this in RightBooth Settings --> Miscellaneous --> Conversion settings:
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2.2 - Reduce the video quality and increase the conversion speed
In the Video Conversion Settings, experiment with reducing the Quality slider setting and increasing the Speed slider setting:
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2.3 Reduce the number of video enhancement segments
If you are using RightBooth Video Enhancements and you are including a list of video segments, try reducing the number of segments used.  Each segment you define will add extra time to the overall enhancement process.  Also, try to use 'Fast mode' if possible:
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RightBooth 7.7.34 Released

20/8/2022

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See Release Notes for more details.
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RightBooth 7.7.33 Released

14/8/2022

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This video demonstrates 2 new features in RightBooth version 7.7.33:
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RightBooth 7.7.31 Released

15/7/2022

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RightBooth Version 7.7.31 was released on July 5th 2022. It contains the following new features,  modifications and fixes:

  • Add 'Mouse hook' to User Input settings to allow the mouse to be returned to the primary monitor when secondary monitor touch input 'steals' the mouse
  • Provide a set of 'Filename include' naming options in Settings --> Folders/Files
  • Add {PCBATTERY} text variable to allow showing the laptop battery percentage on event screens
  • Allow 'Show' actions to be added to all non stock screen items
  • Allow screen items to be designed so that they are initially hidden when the screen is shown in the playing event
  • Allow screen items to be named with the Name property
  • Allow the display time to be altered on video enhancement outro images
  • Add new actions:  Show item, Hide item, Next sequence item
  • Add the 'Lip sync adjustment' option in Webcam audio settings
  • Modifications to the video item and video sequence item to improve playback
  • Add support for more USB HID relay boards
  • Fix: Sequence items now work correctly on extended monitor event screens
  • Fix: Prevent crash when video enhancement is attempted on a failed video recording
  • Fix: Prevent crash if 'start up' messages appear while a DSLR camera is attached
  • Fix: Prevent occasional video file transfer failures with Canon cameras
  • Fix: Items can sometimes be shown in the wrong position on the 'Show photo' screen
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RightBooth v7.7.27 Released

1/6/2022

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RightBooth version 7.7.27 is released today.
The full list of new features and bug fixes is available here.
Watch this video for an explanation of the main new features:
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Use Spacedesk to Show RightBooth on an iPad, Android or Windows tablet

26/5/2022

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​spacedesk is an amazing app.  It lets you use a tablet as an extended desktop to your main computer.  Then you can show and interact with RightBooth on the tablet.

Here's how:
  • On your computer, visit the spacedesk download site:  https://www.spacedesk.net/#products and install the spacedesk driver software for Windows.
  • On your tablet, visit the associated app store and install the spacedesk Viewer app.
  • Make sure your PC and your tablet are both connected to the same local network, such as your home WiFi network or your own private router network.

Then:
  • On the PC run the spacedesk Driver console app.
  • On the tablet, run the spacedesk app.  You should then see your computer listed for selection. Select it.
  • spacedesk will then connect your PC to your tablet and you will see your computer display duplicated on your tablet screen.
  • On the PC you can then use the Windows Display settings to extend the Windows desktop onto your tablet screen.
  • You can now run RightBooth and show/interact with it on the tablet.

Watch this video that demonstrates this setup:
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RightBooth Version 7.7.25 Released

4/5/2022

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RightBooth version 7.7.25 is now released, containing the following new features and bug fixes:
  • Can now save preferred colors in the Screen Editor Color Palette by right clicking the mouse on any color box to allow storing the currently selected palette color within it
  • Updated the DLLs used for creating video and image thumbnails
  • Can now add multiple questions at the same time into the Event Designer Question grid
  • Can now add all stamp items into webcam video recordings when they are used on any of the Record video/karaoke/answer screens. E.g text, image, button stamp items. Prior to this, only video stamp items could be added to webcam recordings.  See the video below.
  • Stamp items will now be applied if they are placed lower in the Z order than the camera item
  • Option to show a 'Wait' screen when switching between playing events that take a significant amount of time to open
  • Option to define the 'behind event screen' color. This color might be shown during screen animations
  • Allow multiple question rows to be selected in the event question grid, for moving or deleting the rows
  • Fix: Prevent mouse clicks or touches from being accepted until an event is fully open and playing
  • Fix: Ensure all event questions have a unique ID
  • Fix: Event packages now correctly include all question and answer event screens
  • Fix: Prevent a video enhancement segment from having the same start and stop value
  • Fix: Prevent crash when building the media view item in sharing station events where thumbnails do not exist for video files
  • Fix: Unable to register the RightBooth product code on some systems
  • Fix: Crash when installing packages that include Question events
  • Fix: Crash when the last question Branch is set to Next in a Question event
  • Fix: Crash when printing to UNC defined networked printers on some computers
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Reducing The Wait Time In A Recording Event

24/4/2022

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I was recently asked if it is possible to reduce the amount of time it takes for a recording event to process video files, which in turn allows you to have a greater throughput of users at the recording station.
This question seems particularly important when recording videos and then applying video enhancements, prior to showing them on a sharing station.

Let's consider recording videos using a wireless GoPro.  This is a typical workflow:
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One way to reduce this time is to use another instance of RightBooth on the same computer as the recording event to play an intermediary Watch folder event that does the following:
  1. performs your required video enhancements and
  2. copies the enhanced video to the Sharing Station event

​Then you can remove the video enhancements from your recording event and set it to simply copy the GoPro videos to the watch folder event.  Here is the new setup, using 2 instances of RightBooth:
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Note:  The file copying steps can be performed automatically by the 2 events:
  • the recording event can automatically copy the transferred videos to the watch folder and
  • the watch folder event can automatically copy the enhanced videos to the sharing station folder
This can be achieved by adding the appropriate RightBooth File Copy actions into both events.  File Copy actions can be found in RightBooth Event Designer --> Event files/folders
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RightBooth 7.7.22 Released

13/4/2022

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RightBooth Version 7.7.22
  • Allow the webcam 'Auto exposure' and 'Auto white' balance settings (accessed within the specific manufacturers webcam settings app) to be maintained and applied on the RightBooth webcam camera feed
  • Add the 'Show in live camera feed' option in Green screen settings
  • Add the option to use the www.remove.bg service in the photo event workflow.  This provides automatic AI photo background removal
  • Add the text variable {CANONBATTERY} to provide the option of showing the Canon battery percentage in a label item on any event screen
  • Improvements made to the GoPro file monitoring and transfer process.  Note. Please make sure you run with Camera Tools for Heros version 1.3.2 or newer.   https://toolsforgopro.com/dl/herocameratoolswin.exe
  • Add the setting 'Use GoPro WiFi periodically' to reduce the chance of the GoPro WiFi being deactivated after a period of no use
  • The app now remembers and returns to the most recently visited folders when applying various video enhancements
  • Fix: Prevent crash when converting videos to MP4 with certain post processing effect combinations
  • Fix: Prevent crash when trying to annotate on the live camera feed when the camera is not initialised
  • Fix: QR codes generated for videos and photos in recording events now also generate and reference the associated HTML download wrapper files
  • Fix: Prevent crash when trying to generate a QR code for DSLR video files that are recorded in .MOV format but are not subsequently converted to the MP4 format
  • Fix: Prevent the app from locking up on start up when a previously used webcam is no longer connected to the computer
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RightBooth 7.7.20 Released

4/4/2022

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RightBooth Version 7.7.20 
  • Improvements made to the GoPro control interface:
    • Optional WiFi connection at startup
    • Improved the optional watchdog to help keep the GoPro WiFi connected
    • Selectable video and photo submodes in GoPro settings
    • Improved file transfer monitoring
  • Add the Start/Stop Performance setting: 'Hardware rendering when using extended desktop'.  Turning this off will fix the problem of mp4 videos freezing when played on event screens shown on extended desktop monitors
  • The app now continues working in Evaluation mode while the timout nag screen is showing
  • The Sharing Station event now creates a copy of any video or photo that is chosen for QR code scanning. This removes the potential for RightBooth freezing due to simultaneous file accesses by multiple devices
  • Save all HTML files with UTF8 encoding (previously Unicode encoding)
  • Add warning about DSLR and GoPro photo aspect ratios
  • Stop resizing the live view image if the aspect ratio does not match the camera's photo and video aspect ratios
  • Fix: Reset the cached print layout image when switching between event files
  • Fix: Prevent file read locks on the Sharing Station
  • Fix: Stop the crash when using 'Fast mode' video enhancement in certain combinations
  • Fix: Allow the 'Stop sooner' video label item to be edited on the 'Record video' screen and to prevent it from being removed from the screen
  • Fix: PNG thumbnails now appear in the Media Library viewer panel
  • Fix: The Spacebar now works on the on-screen keyboard
  • Fix: Videos emailed from the Sharing Station are now the ones chosen by the users
  • Fix: 'Send files to phone' now works if 'Send files by email' is not included in the event
  • Fix: Reset any previous mobile service provider details prior to loading RightBooth settings
  • Fix: FTP file uploads for images and videos now include uploading the associated HTML web page for QR code file downloading
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RightBooth 7.7.18 Released

13/3/2022

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  • Add the 'Fast mode' option to Video enhancements. This reduces the enhancement processing time by up to 50%
  • Add 'Keep original files' option in Settings --> Cameras --> Webcam video and Webcam photo
  • Add 'Create thumbnails' option in Settings --> Miscellaneous --> Video post processing to create more relevant thumbnails for a Sharing Station event
  • Improve the accuracy of the video transfer and enhancement progress percentage indicator
  • Move 'Webpage for file download' options to Settings --> Social media --> Local web server
  • Re-introduce 'GoPro WiFi watchdog' option in Settings --> Cameras --> GoPro
  • Fix: Various fixes applied to the video enhancement process
  • Fix: Copy videos 'After creating' feature is now applied consistently
  • Fix: Prevent all event screen buttons with the same action from being highlighted when an associated label item is selected
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RightBooth 7.7.17 Released

6/3/2022

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  • Add 'Web page for file download customisation' feature to the Sharing Station event design
  • Add the character 'Y shift' property to Keyboard and KeyPad item design properties
  • Prevent any specified Sharing Station Watch folder from containing space characters
  • Create video thumbnails in the Sharing Station Watch folder, taken from the mid-way point in the video file in the Watch folder. Useful when the video have been enhanced with the same Intro
  • Include the new WatchCopy utility to assist with copying videos and photos from one folder to another. Example: watching and copying files from a DropBox or Google Drive Client folder into a Sharing Station Watch folder
  • Video enhancement improvements:
    • Add the 'Report' feature to the video enhancement test
    • Allow access to video conversion settings directly from the video enhancements panel
    • Better support for more audio file formats
    • Speed optimisations
    • Prevent video enhancements crashing when the included MP3 file does not contain a valid track length or it is corrupt in some way
    • The video enhancement progress percentage is now more consistent
    • Allow the Intro enhancement to be applied with all enhancement combinations
  • Fix: Video sequences now continue playing on additional monitor event screens
  • Fix: Videos are now copied to other folders if the copy action is 'After create' and the videos do not require post processing
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RightBooth v7.7.16 Released

13/2/2022

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  • New video enhancement options added:
    • In addition to using a video, you can now use an image as the Intro and Outro
    • Customisable Intro and Outro image display times
    • Intro and Outro transitions
    • Video segment effects
    • Video segment colours
    • Video segment transitions
Details
  • Allow 2 instances of RightBooth to run on the same computer. Each instance has its own independent configuration and settings, allowing multiple event files to run simultaneously, ideally on an extended desktop with multiple touchscreens. Example:  
    • 2 recording events each with a different camera  or
    • 1 recording event + 1 sharing station event
Details - see Option 4 here
  • New User input setting: 'Mouse as secondary input'. When playing events, this allows the mouse to be used as a User input method in addition to the chosen User input method
  • Video conversion settings. Frame rate: Can now select any value up to 60 fps. Or leave the frame rate set at the original recorded value
  • QR codes for videos and photos now link to a html wrapper file that includes a Download button for easier downloading of files on phones and tablets
  • QR code and clock items can now be added to print layout designs
  • Confetti overlay videos added to the Media Library

  • Fix: Allow the main camera to return to showing the live preview after cancelling a playing event while a video recording is underway
  • Fix: The multiple monitor feature now correctly positions event screens when the Windows Display scale is larger than 100%. e.g. as found on Surface tablets
  • Fix: Video thumbnails are now displayed at the correct aspect ratio in the Sharing Station Media Browser item
  • Fix: Unicode characters causing problems with QR code scanning and video enhancement when RightBooth is run with the French or Spanish language option
  • New colour selector in the Screen editor
  • Fix: Recording events containing video enhancements were not processing videos after recording countdown completed if the event was played after performing recording tests in settings
  • Fix: GoPro recording events were incorrectly warning about the need for a webcam on computers that did not have any webcam connected
  • Fix: Video enhancements not working consistently on non English Windows OS's (e.g. Spanish) or when the current Windows user name contains space characters
  • Fix: Entering a new product code could incorrectly warn that the code was already in use
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Use RightBooth as a Graphic Design Package

2/2/2022

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User Input Settings

31/1/2022

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RightBooth allows you to choose a User Input Setting.  This is done in RightBooth Settings --> User input.   The choice you make will be applied to all the events you play on the computer.  Here you can see the User input setting has been set to Touchscreen:
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The chosen device can then be used to progress through the event screens and to make choices on various event screens.

Single keyboard key – Selecting this option will require users to interact with events by pressing a key on the computer keyboard. By default this key is set to be the keyboard spacebar, but this can be altered to another key from the Key list.  With this input mode you will need to give users access to the physical computer keyboard during events.

Key list – This setting lets you choose one keyboard key that can be used to control your events when the User input mode is set to Single keyboard key or USB button. By default the control key is set to be Space (i.e. the spacebar on your keyboard). Other valid keys you can use are the function keys 1 – 12, the Scroll Lock key or the Pause key. 

Multiple keyboard keys – When this option is chosen, then during the event each text prompt that accompanies a choice button will also be shown with the associated key required to select the option.  The keys that are associated with the various button actions are listed in the 'Action Key' table (see below).

USB button – Users will be prompted to ‘press button’ during events.  A USB button is an optional peripheral device that connects to your computer via a USB lead and it can be configured to send one or more specific keystrokes to the computer.  By doing this, your users would simply need to press the USB button in order to control the recordings and you can then hide your computer keyboard and mouse out of sight.  When using the ‘USB Button’ input mode, your USB button should be configured to send the keyboard key to the computer that matches the key you have selected in the Key list box (see earlier), which by default is the Space (spacebar).

USB buttons – Users will be prompted to ‘press button’ on various screens during the event.  This mode allows you to control RightBooth with a number of USB buttons attached to your computer. The USB buttons must be configured to send keyboard keys to the computer that match the keys listed in the Action key table.
Compatible, low cost USB buttons can be obtained here: www.usbbutton.com  Details on how to configure a USB button for sending keyboard characters to the computer are provided in the USB button user manual.  However, in order to configure a USB button so that it works with RightBooth, we have included a USB button configuration file (rightbooth.ubn) with our software. This file can be found in the RightBooth program installation folder and can be loaded into the USB Button Configuration utility available from www.usbbutton.com.

Mouse – Selecting this option will require users to interact with events using the computer mouse.

Touchscreen – Selecting this option will require users to interact with events using a touch screen monitor.  You can then hide your computer keyboard and mouse out of sight during events.
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Logitech StreamCam

22/12/2021

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Logitech StreamCam 
RECOMMENDED FOR USB-C Connection 

​Price: around $100


We have been testing the Logitech StreamCam which offers recording frame rates at up to 60 fps.

This webcam offers fantastic video quality, audio quality and recording frame rates when connected to a USB-C port.

In our testing, we achieved the following recording results:
  • 25 frames per second (fps) at 1920x1080
  • 45 fps at 1280x720
  • 60 fps at 960x540 (and all lower sizes). ​

To achieve these recording frame rates, you must:
  • connect the camera to a USB-C port and not to a standard USB port
  • set the Data Type to MJPG in RightBooth Settings --> Webcam video​
  • set the Recording frame rate to 60 in RightBooth Settings --> Webcam video.  
  • optionally set the Video bit rate to a high value e.g. 12000 to improve the video recording quality in RightBooth Settings --> Webcam video​
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USB-C port
IMPORTANT.  If you connect this camera to a standard USB port you will not achieve recording frame rates greater than 30fps.
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