Announcing v1.3.0 release for TrackSpot™ Remote
TrackSpot Remote 1.3.0 is focused on live-production confidence. First-class Toggles make it easy to build controls that always reflect the real state in OBS, while the new overall Macro timer gives participants a clearer view of how a complete sequence is progressing. Hosts can now invite read-only Spectators, grant trusted participants control per layout, and give Spectators either the complete live status surface or a dedicated full-screen timer view.
This release also makes long-running remote productions more resilient. Remote can recover automatically from temporary OBS, browser, and network interruptions, reducing the chance that a brief connection problem turns into a manual reconnection during a broadcast.
What's included:
- Added first-class Toggle controls that reflect one authoritative OBS state and remain synchronized when OBS or another Macro changes it.
- Added optional Active and Inactive supplemental Macros for Toggles, with safeguards that prevent conflicting state changes.
- Added total elapsed and estimated remaining time for an entire Macro alongside the existing Current and Next Action progress.
- Added clear approximate timing when a Macro contains media or other work whose duration cannot be predicted exactly.
- Added automatic OBS reconnection with continued background retries after a temporary interruption.
- Added automatic operator recovery from temporary connection failures without requiring a new pairing code while the host session remains active.
- Improved long-session connection stability for hosts and operators.
- Added browser lifecycle recovery handling for suspended, resumed, and restored Remote pages.
- Added privacy-safe reliability diagnostics to help troubleshoot connection problems without recording private production information.
- Added a read-only Spectator role for joined participants who need to follow a production without operating it.
- Added layout-specific **Can control** access managed by the Host, including immediate promotion to Operator or return to Spectator.
- Added a Spectator **ALL / TIMER** selector for switching locally between the read-only live surface and a full-workspace Macro timer.
- Added saved controller lists to layout copies and private exports so trusted crew access can be restored on another Host browser.
- Added clear mixed-version guidance so a newer participant can ask an older Host to reload, while a newer Host can identify a participant who must reload and rejoin.
