Installing Screenly OSE with balenaCloud

Anthias
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Hi,
I tried to install Screenly with balena using the latest repo (master branch). It built just fine.
Here in balena, I used “production” as the device variant type (OS variant). I can access the Screenly dashboard using public device url. But if I add some assets and activate them, it does not appear in the screen.

I notice that I’m getting error such as

DENIED Redis is running in protected mode because protected mode is enabled, no bind address was specified, …

I tried all the solutions mentioned in the below link, but no use.
How to turn off ‘protected-mode’ in Redis?%20Just%20disable%20protected%20mode,to%20make%20this%20change%20permanent.)

Can you guys suggest me some tips to get rid of this issue?

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This sounds like something that has been fixed recently. Pull down the latest changes to the master branch and redeploy to Balena.

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I have exactly the same problem. I did the build recently and used the screenly-ose-master zip downloaded from gitHub on 3/12/2020. How can I check if there has been an update?

I will repeat the process when I get time but in the meantime if anyone has fixed this issue I’d like to know

Thanks

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I downloaded and deployed the “master” version yesterday evening and it’s now working fine. I have also noticed that Screenly does not display when connected via an HDMI - VGA convertor but it works fine when plugged directly into my TV. I assume this is because my cheap HDMI to VGA convertor can’t cope with the resolution set by Screenly

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Yeah this is most likely due to the HDMI handshake not working. You might be able to work around that by setting hdmi_force_hotplug=1. You might also need to some of the other settings.

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