New AVChat 3 Build Availabale

We’ve put a new build of AVChat 3 up today, this build (284 ) includes mostly bug fixes for the Red5 version of AVChat 3 and several small enhancements.

Enhancements:

• new protection against spam messages (if a user sends the same message over and over again, he will be the only one seeing them, other users will only see the message once :D)
• the Red5 server side files are now compiled to be compatible with Java 1.5
• when autostartCameras is ON, you will not start to view your webcam automatically anymore (when you publish it)
• the positioning algorithm for other people’s webcams has been updated
• the “who is typing” messages shown in the text chat can now be disabled from the config file
• several security enhancements
• implemented workaround for Flash Player bug that prevented uploading files from working in the Joomla/Drupal and osDate plugins.

Bug fixes

• some license keys were not properly recognized
• sometimes the users list was not sorting properly by username
• when the users list is sorted by username , the sorting is case insensitive
• closing the chat software while you were typing would result in “X is typing” message being stuck in the text chat
• the text messages over the video streams where not properly repositioned when resizing the video area (thanks Jannis)
• missing mp3 sounds from the sounds folder caused the chat not to start
• recordAudioVideoStreams was always true in the Settings panel when running AVChat 3 on Red5
• The admin can not delete anymore rooms that are not empty
• The external users list and number of users was not always properly updated

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!

What’s next?

We are still working on adding support for Wowza, and the next build will include several new small features! We are also preparing a paper explaining all the security features implemented in AVChat 3!