General Notes
The Just Play Lite v.2026.x application supports macOS Sequoia (15.7.x) and macOS Tahoe (26.x and higher) on Apple silicon-based Mac minis, Mac Studios and Mac Pros.
If you are using AJA video devices, please update your drivers to version 17.1.3 (or 18.x in case you are using v.2026.1). Customers using video devices from Blackmagic Design should use the latest driver version 16.x.
Version 2026.1 Changes - Just Play Lite
Bug fixes and speed improvements: This new version includes several bug fixes and speed improvements. Please refer to the Release Notes document inside the Just Playout folder for more information.
Support for the new AJA firmware/driver: Updated the AJA drivers to version 18. If you are using an AJA device, please update your system to this version before installing or using this release.
Support for fill+key output in UHD: Enabled RGBA output for UHD formats for Fill+Key output on supported devices/streams.
Version 2026.0 Changes - Just Play Lite:
New Jump to … Functionality: The live preview viewer in Just Play’s scheduling tab now has 3 action buttons. In addition to the existing “jump to next” button, the new buttons allow you to starting playing any selected item in the current playlist immediately. One button moves the selected item in the playlist to make it the next item, and then plays it immediately. The other button deletes all items in the playlist between the currently playing item and the selected item, making the selected item the next item in the playlist, and then plays it immediately.
Improved Visibility Options: Video and SimpleFX layers have a clickable “visibility” button in the timeline as was previously already the case for FX layers. Clicking on the button toggles the visibility on and off, or, in addition there is a new “Toggle Visible Layers” menu in the “View” menu with menu items for the individual layers. Finally, these menu items have keyboard shortcuts allowing quick toggling of layer visibility using the keyboard.
Instant Emergency Broadcast switch to Live: If the engine is configured for live input, hiding the video layer automatically shows the live input. This can be used as an “emergency broadcast” or “breaking news” feature, allowing instant switching from the current schedule to live input and back.
Improved NDI Support: The update to NDI 6.3, delivers improved performance and stability for NDI-based playout environments.
Additional Improvements: In addition, this new release includes a wide range of reliability enhancements, bug fixes, and performance improvements across format changes, diagnostics, memory handling, and overall channel stability.