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Bugfixes

• Eliminated noise from the debug logs on TinyPilot systems that use USB-based HDMI capture.

Security

• Fixed privilege escalation through scripts.

Improvements

• Optimized timing on menus to make it harder to accidentally exit the menu too early.
• Improved guidance for enabling SSH access.
• Semantics for action buttons are now consistent across dialog windows.

New features

• STUN server configuration options are now available in H.264 video settings.

Bugfixes

• Pasting large amounts of text now works reliably.
• The streaming indicator correctly reports the streaming mode when the remote display is off.

Improvements

• H.264 mode video performance is 9% faster than 1.9.1.
• Detailed update logs now announce when the install is complete.
• Debug logs now provide information about the current and selected streaming modes.
• Update to uStreamer v5.43.

Notes

• The "Hostname" menu item has moved to System > Networking > Hostname.

New features

• Dedicated Window view allows you to view your remote screen in a dedicated browser window without any menus or status bars.

Bugfixes

• Resizing the browser window vertically no longer creates sizing jumps at certain heights.

Improvements

• Actions > Paste now opens a standard dialog instead of a confusing overlay.
• Updates install 70% faster.
• The update process requires fewer downloads of external resources.
• Dialogs consistently allow you to submit by pressing Enter in input fields.
• HTTP 502 Bad Gateway errors result in clearer guidance about how to fix the issue.
• Debug logs have better information about temperature, network interfaces CPU throttling, power, and hardware architecture.

Notes

• TinyPilot's localhost-only ports have changed from the 8000-8002 range to 48000-48002.
• It is no longer possible to make changes to TinyPilot's undocumented settings through the /home/tinypilot/settings.yml file.
  • The following settings are supported and remain configurable through settings.yml:
    • tinypilot_external_port
    • ustreamer_edid
  • The following settings are configurable through settings.yml, but we may remove configuration support for them in the future:
    • tinypilot_keyboard_interface
    • tinypilot_mouse_interface

New features

• The on-screen keyboard has been redesigned and now supports easy hiding.

Bugfixes

• Clean up temporary files if there's a failure during the update or install process.

Improvements

• The update process is 45% faster than 2.5.4 and writes 48% less to the disk.

New features

• Add a help menu.

Bugfixes

• Release modifier keys when switching windows (e.g., Alt+Tab).
• Fix a blank screen bug that affected Mac OS Ventura 13.3 systems.

Improvements

• Support a wider range of display resolutions and refresh rates from target systems.
• Add support for INTL_RO and INTL_YEN keycodes for Japanese systems.
• Provide a more helpful error message if a software update fails.
• Update to uStreamer v5.38.

New features

• Stream audio from the target computer in H.264 video mode.
  • Requires HDMI capture that includes audio support, such as a Voyager 2a or later.
  • Requires Raspberry Pi OS (Raspbian) Bullseye as the base OS.

Improvements

• Add ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 to supported SSL ciphers.

Bugfixes

• Prevent flicker when video stream loads in H.264 mode.

Notes

• TinyPilot support for Raspberry Pi OS Lite (Raspbian) Buster will soon be ending.
  • TinyPilot is working on a Buster to Bullseye migration path, but we recommend new installations use Bullseye systems.

New features

• H.264 video encoding is available to provide lower-bandwidth, low-latency streaming.

Improvements

• Changes to video settings apply 90% faster.
• Respect OS dark-mode preference for background color.
• Add command-line scripts to manage static IP addresses.
• Various improvements speed up the install/upgrade process.
• Prevent an ineffectual upgrade when the read-only filesystem is enabled.
• Prevent an install on incompatible hardware.
• Capture more OS version information in debug logs (thanks to @raphaelts3).
• Capture hardware revision in debug logs.
• Make better use of Python f-strings (thanks to @jmunoz94).

Bugfixes

• Video settings dialog spins infinitely on error.

New features

• Add an About page.

Improvements

• Install TinyPilot via Debian package instead of a git repository.
• Check for updates using the TinyPilot update web service instead of a git server.
• Allow remote screen to occupy full width of browser window.
• Enabling experimental support for H264 is now much faster as we use a pre-compiled binary.
• Skip pip upgrade unless it's necessary.

New features

• Experimental opt-in support for H264 video over WebRTC. #875

Improvements

• Disable spellcheck and auto-complete on non-prose text inputs. #972

Bugfixes

• Remove noise from debug logs. https://github.com/tiny-pilot/ansible-role-tinypilot/issues/194
• Prevent update from timing out on slow connections #949

New Contributors

• @berlin4apk made their first contribution in https://github.com/tiny-pilot/tinypilot/pull/966

Full Changelog: https://github.com/tiny-pilot/tinypilot/compare/1.7.0...1.7.1

Bugfixes

• Automatically repair Flask's secret key if it becomes corrupted.
• Prevent shutdown dialog from closing after shutdown is complete.
• Prevent TinyPilot from incorrectly sending the Ctrl key modifier in certain situations.
• Prevent uStreamer compilation failure.