AVChat Software Product Blog

A new build of AVChat flash video chat is now available for download, here’s what’s new:

Only a few new small features:

• You can now double click a room name ion the rooms list to join it! We’ve seen this type of behaviour when doing usability tests.
• showJLButton setting in avc_settings.xxx, configures the status (enabled, disabled, hidden) of the [Show Join/Leave messages] button in the text chat area
• you now get more detailed errors when having issues with token based authentication

But many bug fixes:

• solved concurrency issues with Red5 and multiple app  instances (bug intruduced in the last build)
• solved issue with the # of users for each room going wild on us (bug intruduced in the last build)
• fixed issue with transcripts on Red5 not displaying properly the ip of the author of the message
• fixed issue with not being able to change the licenseKey on FMIS from admin.swf
• fixed various issues involving banning users
• fixed issue with free video time going over the [Rooms] button
• fixed issue with [Clean Text Chat] button sometimes not resetting the scroll bar!
• fixed some issues with the Social Engine 4 integration kit .

Security updates:

• added data sanitization when calling functions on Red5

How to get the new AVChat 3 build:

• download the software again from your client/trial area.

How to update your installation:

• in the usual way: overwrite ALL the old files (including the en.xml language file and the media server files) and restart the media server!
• if the above fails make a clean  install!

If you have bug reports or feedback just send them to contact@avchat.net .

New features:

• New look for the audio only stream windows:
  

  Audio Only Stream

• Admins can now view how many mic/ web cams a user has installed on his system:
  

  Nr. of mics and cams shown in the admin area

• As a website owner you can specify URL’s to where users should be redirected after they are baned/kicked
• Added a new settings in avc_settings.xxx to turn on/off the shadows casted by windows inside the chat, to turn on/off the display of time stamps in the text chat and to turn on/off the bandwidth usage graph in the top bar
• Audio/video streams can now be private by default (new setting in avc_settings.xxx)
• You can now disable inline images from the settings file
• The AVChat 3 Joomla Components are now released under the GPL license
• The 4 side menus (users, users list, my web cam, other web cams) can now be transparent
• When auto start my camera is ON, mics can now be started as MUTED
• Security: you can now disable connections from AVChat 3 installations placed on localhost from the settings.asc/avchat3.properties settings files
• Security: admins are not able to kick other admins anymore and admins can not be blocked by other users any more
• Security: access to the admin Settings window can be controlled via the new adminCanAccessSettings variable

Bug fixes:

• When receiving a new PM, you were automatically switched to the new PM window. Now the new PM windows open in the background.
• The users list will now behave better with large number of users in a single room without slowing the chat down
• When mic was OFF and you also turned OFF the cam, the mic would switch to ON
• Fixed issue with “My viewers” users list not being updated properly
• Fixed issue with the limited video time counting down after the broadcaster had left the chat
• Fixed an issue where Rooms with max X users would only allow X-1 users to log in
• When you first joined a room, private streams from people in that rooms were shown as being public
• The sendFileToUserEnabled setting files influenced the visibility of the Send PM button in the users side menu
• the [Rooms] button in the top bar was not initiated with the label from the translation file

How to get the new AVChat 3 release

You can obtain the latest AVChat 3 build by downloading the software again ( using the download link from the delivery/trial email) and:

• doing a clean install
  OR
• overwrite all the old files including the FMIS/Red5 server side files and the translation files

We have put a new build of AVChat 3 up today, this build (340) includes a lot of new small features and some important bug fixes.

New features:

• You can now drag and resize the text chat area, other people’s web cams and the banned users window. A new red arrow is present in the lower right side corner of these windows:
  
• A new users list type which shows the avatar in a small format:
  
• Avatars (when available) are also shown in the side menu for each user:
  
• Added Sort by gender option:
  
• The banned users windows also shows the IP and user name of the person that added the ban
• When you buzz someone a confirmation message shows up: You buzzed ABC
• Better positioning for other people’s webcams
• Added new config option (adminCanViewPrivateStreamsWithoutPermission) for the admin to be able to view private streams without needing permission
• Added new config option (adminCanViewPrivateMessages) for the admin to see private messages or not
• Added new config option (fontsize) to control the size of the text in the text chat area
• Default  font size for the text chat has been increased to 12px
• Added new config options (kbmessages, jlmessages) to control if the joined/left and banned/kicked messages are shown in the chat
• The Joomla Component now also contains proper integration with the JomSocial Component, but more on that in a new blog post!

Bug fixes:

• Translation missing: Private chat with ABC
• The Loading Settings message can now be translated using the lstext Flahvar
• Zooming using the mouse wheel while in fullscreen caused the UI to go bonkers
• Fixed issue with empty spaces at the right of the users in the users list
• Fixed issue with empty spaces between the users in the users list
• The writeUsersList setting in avchat3.properties in the Red5 server side files did not work
• On Red5 the kick message was not being sent properly to the chat rooms
• On Red5 sometimes the text chat history shared objects were not being cleared out resulting in large history shared object files
• Some Drupal 5/6 fixes

How to get the new AVChat 3 release

You can obtain the latest AVChat 3 files by downloading the software again using the download link from the delivery/trial email. You will automatically download the latest build which includes all the bug fixes and feature enhancements mentioned in this post .

After downloading them:

• do a clean install or
• overwrite all the old files including the FMS/Red5 server side files