Salient Systems CompleteView v4.1.1 Release Notes Release Date: 05/31/2013 Version Number: v4.1.2.0 Products Affected: CompleteView ONE CompleteView Pro CompleteView Enterprise CompleteView Trial Previous Version: 4.1.1.9 --------------------------------------- Improvements in 4.1.2.0 since 4.1.1.9 --------------------------------------- - Analog cameras connected to Gen II capture boards now provide more detailed configuration options for MPEG4 & H.264 recording. Administrators can set video streams to Variable Bitrate (VBR), Constant Bitrate (CBR) or Constant Quality. - Added support for Cannon VB-M600VE camera. - Added support for Vitek VTC-IR402 camera. - Added support for Verint S5020FD-DN camera. - Added support for Samsung SNB1001N camera. - Added support for Bosch VG5-836-ECEV 800 camera. - Added PTZ driver for American Dynamics analog cameras based on Pelco P protocol. --------------------------------------- Improvements in 4.1.1.9 since 4.1.1.1 --------------------------------------- - CompleteView Trial version is made available in this release; trial version comes with 4 IP camera licenses with all available Enterprise features valid for 30 days. - CompleteView API has been enhanced with new functionalities, also the API installer comes with new sample applications and rewritten documentation. - Video Client's default live view frame rate has been increased to 30 from 4. This allows the live view to be streamed at the same rate as camera up to 30 FPS which will result in smoother video. - Quick review timestamp is now displayed with millisecond precision in Video Client. - Improved user experience in System Configuration when creating users/groups and setting up email notifications for events. - Video Proxy was enhanced to allow user to define remote server timeout value, also increased the default timeout when trying to connect to and communicate with CompleteView servers. - TouchView Mobile supports fast forward and rewind of video clips. - Added support to propagate changes in user configurations to clients without having to restart the servers or clients. This will allow the administrators to change access privileges of users who are connected through all clients in real time. - Added support to Startdot SDH1000BN camera. - Added support for Genesis CCTV IPID-2MPIR camera. - Added support for Avigilon 1.0-H3-D1 camera. - Added support for Pelco Spectra S5118-FW1. - Fixed an issue while exporting video through web client. - Fixed a bug with CV API where currently displayed frame was not repainted if video is paused while in playback mode. - Fixed a bug with CV API where the audio couldn't be enabled. API clients can now listen to audio if the camera is enabled for audio in CompleteView. - Fixed a problem with CompleteView server where it was hanging while connected to certain GeoVision cameras. - Fixed an issue with virtual license key verification. - Fixed a bug with virtual license key where manufacturer ID is set to other than 0, this was causing Gen II analog cards to fail. - Fixed an issue where CompleteView server would crash when invalid video frames were received from certain cameras. - Fixed audio and video synchronization issue with Gen II analog cards while playing back video. --------------------------------------- Improvements in 4.1.1.1 since 4.1.0.93 --------------------------------------- - CompleteView now supports for Generation II capture cards - Added Arecont RTSP/UDP mulit channel driver - Added support to handle binning feature in Arecont cameras - Added additional options to set constant and various bitrates for Arecont cameras - Added option to set resolution factor for Arecont cameras - Added PTZ support for Panasonic GXE-500 multi-channel encoder - Added support to display playback time in millisecond precision in Video Client, Alarm Client and Video Player - Added support for Bosch NDN498 cameras - Added support for Sony SNC-VM600, SNC-VM630, SNC-VB600, SNC-VB630 and SNC-ZR550 cameras - Added support for Vivotek FD8134, IP8362, IP8372 and MD8562 - Added support for DRS WatchMaster-Elite camera - Added support for Iteris EdgeConnect camera - Fixed an issue with gaps in video recordings for reasons other than sync lose - Fixed a problem with Axis PTZ cameras losing auto-focus after PTZ activity - Fixed a bug while exporting video clip through Web Client in FireFox --------------------------------------- Improvements in 4.1.0.93 since 4.0.0.96 --------------------------------------- - TouchView Mobile is now available for iOS clients (iPhone / iPad). The application can be downloaded from the Apple Apps store. - PSIA support for fixed cameras has been added. - QuickTrack recording capability has been added to CompleteView's Video Client, allowing users to create a recording of active investigations. - Integraiton with SureView Immex has been added. - Scallop Imaging D7-180 camera support has been added. - Axis One Click Connection Component v2 is now supported. - The Video Client can now playback recordings at up to 16x of the originally recorded speed. - Taking Snapshots is can now be permissioned so users can be restricted from taking snapshots. - Email notification limits can now be configured in the Admin Console and Server Configuration applications. - CompleteView Video Proxy now supports users and groups imported form Active Directory. - ACTi multi-channel devices are now supported. - AMAG Symmetry 7.0.1 is now supported - Lenel OnGuard 6.5.624 is now supported. - Removed dependency on Windows Desktop Experience for CompleteView Clients. CompleteView server still needs WDE to run virtual cameras and QuickTrack cameras - Playback times in TouchView Mobile apps are displayed using millisecond precision - Added indicator in Admin Console to determine whether the CompleteView server is 32 bit or 64 bit - Added Probe AIN H1310TIR to supported cameras - Added support for ATV IPC2MT cameras - Added multi-channel support for Axis M3006 and M3007 cameras - Added support for VivoTek IP8335H and IP8361 cameras - Added support for Panasonic WJ-GX - Fixed an issue causing Axis PTZs to lose auto-focus after PTZ activity. - Certain Bosch cameras (Dinion NBN-921-P IVA) would hang the video connection leading to server being unresponsive. - Panasonic PTZ WV-NS202A PTZ Auto Home and preset setting now works properly - Fixed a problem causing the Generic RTSP/HTTP driver to ignore characters following any special characters in the 'image path'. - Pelco IM10 model cameras streaming H.264 now consume much less CPU. - Fixed a problem causing CV server to not start when Bosch cameras had user IDs and passwords set. - Fixed several crashes reported through Google Play for TouchView Mobile (Android) - Fixed a problem with Zones / Sites in the Client Config. When removing a bottom tier zone all zones up to zone/site tree root would also be removed. - Video Proxy now has a scroll bar for long camera lists. - Sony PTZ cameras can now have their presets set and retrieved using CompleteView. - Fixed a problem relating to ACTi 3911 where CompleteView Will not connect to the camera, or shows connected but has no video or black screens. - Fixed problems causing sync loss to certain Axis cameras. - ACTi 3911is now supported using 6 stream mode. - 32 bit clients can now pull updates from a 64 bit CompleteView server - Timestamps from MJPEG stream through REST interface now correspond to actual time --------------------------------------- Improvements in 4.0.0.96 since 4.0.0.92 --------------------------------------- - Fixed issues related to Daylight Time Savings, these issues include incorrect and overlapped video search results - Fixed connections issues with certain Axis cameras when only the basic authentication is supported by the camera. - Added support fo Axis M3006, M3007, P1204, P1354, Q7411. Extended supported stream IDs from 4 to 8 for Axis 241Q - Added support for Bosch NDC265P - Added support for Panasonic WV-NS202A - Added support for Samsung SNB 5001N, SNB 7001N, SND 5011N, SND 7011N, SND 5061N, SND 7061N, SNP 6200N, SNV 5080N - Added support for Scallop D7-180 - Added support for Sony SNC-ZM550 - Added support for Toshiba IKWB80A --------------------------------------- Improvements in 4.0.0.92 since 4.0.0.91 --------------------------------------- - Fixed a bug in Video Proxy relating to login credentials - Fixed a bug in Video Client where multi-playback would not load in certain configurations - Fixed a preventing zoom from stoping when Sony SNT-EX104 Encoder is connected through Pelco Coaxitron --------------------------------------- Improvements in 4.0.0.91 since 3.8.2.72 --------------------------------------- - The Video Proxy has been added. The Video proxy is a windows server service installed with a Web Server (Like IIS or Apache) that acts as a single point for Web Client or TouchView Mobile Android client connections to cameras recording to any number of CompleteView recording servers 'behind' the Video Proxy. - CompleteView now has faster I/O operations. The AVI Writer has been modified to buffer multiple images before writing them to disk to reduce the number of write operations. - CompleteView now has the ability to have its configuration saved without restarting the recording service. When the CompleteView administrator saves changes to cameras, users, schedules or volumes the changes will take effect without restarting the recording service and interrupting user connections. - Text overlays showing the camera name and/or date & time stamp are now more visible on high resolution cameras. The overlay text will scale relative to the resolution of the camera. - A date & time stamp has been added to the quick review screen in the Video Client. - In Server Configuration camera driver selection is modified so the camera manufacture and model are separate selections. - In Video Client the user now has the ability to export the contents of the Video Queue to disk. - The Video Client multi playback screen will now save camera selections and other settings when switching away from multi playback. - The CompleteView Administrator can now customize the appearance of the video client. Views, Structured Views, Maps and Servers can be optionally displayed. - CompleteView Video Client will save the last folder location when video clips were exported to. - The Admin Console will save the server 'friendly name' so in the event the server does not connect to the Admin Console the server can be more easily identified. - The Video Client multi playback can now playback up to 16 cameras simultaneously. - The Video Client user can switch to multi playback and automatically populate all the multi playback windows with cameras from a View Layout by right clicking on the View Layout. - The Client Config now supports dragging and dropping views to change the view order. - PTZ capability is now supported on HikVIsion cameras. - Pelco Spectra IV presets are now supported. - CompleteView can now be installed as a 32 bit or 64 bit application. - The Intel IPP libraries used for CompleteView codecs has been updated. - The Video Player now supports playback of audio. - CompleteView now has a UDP based driver for Arecont cameras. - The RS2 integration now has support for control of PTZ cameras. - Fixed a problem where Sony PTZ control to Pelco Coaxitron camera creates slow pan - Fixed Immervision viewing control within Video Client - On TouchView Mobile for the Android, When looking at a list of cameras to add to a view if you rotate your screen the client would switch back to the view. This has been fixed. - Using the Web Client the UTC date may not always be converted to local time properly. This has been fixed. - Active Directory support has been added to the Web Client - Problems relating to saving the server configuration have been fixed - CompleteView will now ignore key type in configuration file so users with hardware keys can now use software keys. - Problems with Digital PTZ have been fixed. Sometimes panning would not work after zooming - In the Video Client the Title Bar button would disappear after toggling the left pane. This has been fixed. - The Video Player playback was improved. Playback will not be smoother. - A problem preventing Administrators from selecting audio inputs for analog cameras in System Config has ben fixed. - Added Audio support for Vivotek cameras - CompleteView will now set the recorded frame rate to the highest scheduled frame rate settings. For example, if alarm recording is set to 30 FPS, Motion recording is set to 15 fps and scheduled is set to 1 fps, but ont he camera's recording schedule only scheduled and motion recording times are defined, then the camera will record at 15 fps. - Problems playing back clips in the Video Player are now fixed. - The Video Player now plays H.264 clips back at the correct speed. Previously it may play them too slowly. --------------------------------------- Improvements in 3.8.2.72 since 3.8.1.30 --------------------------------------- - Support for recording IP audio from Sony and Axis Communications cameras. Audio streaming and recording is available with MPEG4 and H.264 video streams. - Added support for Axis Communications Corridor View, 9x16 aspect ratio. - Added support for additional American Dynamics Illustra 600 Series, and VideoEdge IP Mini Dome cameras. - Added support for Vivotek FD 7000 series and FD 8000 series cameras. - Added support for HikVision cameras. - CV SpotLight has been enhanced with an Edit Server feature. This allows users to edit already configured servers. - CV SpotLight has been enhanced with a password protection feature. - Fixed a problem causing Pelco PTZ cameras to hang. - Fixed an issue causing Panasonic PTZ cameras to move slowly. - Added support for additional preset positions when using Sony PTZ cameras. - Added support for two digit PTZ camera ID numbers - Optimized playback and clip retrieval speed when the CompleteView recordings database is large. - Fixed an issue which could cause CompleteView to stop recording new video when deleting old recordings. - Fixed an issue which could cause blurry video when first login into CompleteView Video Client. - Fixed issued relating to recording server stability. - Fixed issues related to video freezing in the Video Client. - Fixed fast playback issues with Arecont cameras. - Revamped frame backlog logic while connected to Arecont cameras, camera won't be stopped if frames backlog is detected. - Added option to set bitrate for Arecont cameras, this will help control the amount data sent by the camera. - Digital PTZ should work in Windows XP. - User is informed about UAC limitation when running server or client configuration tools. - Video renderer background has been changed from white to black. Also, video will be displayed in letterbox mode unless it's live view on VideoClient. - Packet loss with RTSP/UDP driver should be virtually none now. - Certificate file for Axis-One-Click will be read from one-click server location in addition to current path. - CompleteView now supports 9x9 and 10x10 autocreated views. - Contents in storage volume can be configured to be deleted after certain number of days. - Playback issues with ACTi KCM 7211 was fixed. - RS2 integration has been redone, and is now compatible with 64 bit operating systems. - Auto View in client configuration should create as many views based on selected grid size for all cameras in the server. - TouchView Mobile: VCR controls were added for playback. - Fixed issues related to moving multiple clips from search results from the video queue. - Web Client playback search date pickers now have defaults values. - Web Client shows disabled cameras now, it used to show enabled cameras only. - User can select playback rate in Web Client. - Playback speed in the web client is now adjustable. - Implemented proper permissions checks for all aspects of Web Client. - Fixed issue with adding cameras to the Web Client layouts when Permissions Denied error occurred. - Enhanced accuracy of playback progress bar in the Android TouchView Mobile app. - The TouchView Mobile App will now display camera names when viewing live video. - The TouchView Mobile App has enhanced reconnection methods for connecting to servers and cameras. - Fixed recorded video issue where clip would restart after sliding out keyboard in the Android TouchView Mobile app. - Fixed recorded video play resuming when going Home and then coming back in the Android TouchView Mobile app. - Fixed crash when putting the display to sleep when viewing help in the Android TouchView Mobile app. - Added miscellaneous fixes which enhance stability of the Android TouchView Mobile app. ------------------------------------- Improvements in 3.8.1.30 since 3.8.1.29 ------------------------------------- - Added a fix for daylight savings time. Recordings that occurred before DST, will not be marked with the correct time. ------------------------------------- Improvements in 3.8.1.29 since 3.8.0.7 ------------------------------------- - Added support for TouchView Android application. TouchView can be used for accessing live video, PTZ control and recordings from any v3.8.0.1 CompleteView server. - Enhanced Archiving functionality to include the ability to backup recordings. Archiving in CompleteView allows files to be moved from their original location to a new storage volume, on a schedule. Backup allows files to be copied form their original location to a new storage volume. - CompleteView's Web Client now supports Internet Explorer, Firefox and Chrome browsers. - CompleteView's Web Client playback screen provides the ability to specify the time to search for recordings between. Previous versions allowed for a 24 hour search only. - CompleteView’s Web Client playback screen now provides a 'scrub bar' allowing users to scroll to a specific location in the recordings which were searched for. - CompleteView’s Web Client now provides Quick Review capability allowing users to instantly replay video between 30 seconds and up to 10 minutes on any camera. - Panasonic camera support has been enhanced. Motion MPEG4/H.264 support for many Panasonic model cameras have been added and the list of supported cameras in CompleteView's Server Config setup screen has been updated to reflect the new camera support. - Integration with Lenel OnGuard v.6.4.500 is available. - CompleteView's Video Client will now launch on a 64 bit operating system. - Fixed problems relating to adding multiple custom view layouts in the Video Client. - Eliminated the dependency of CVVideoControl2.dll on CVVideoControl.dll SDK. - Added functionality to the REST interface used by the Web Client, iPhone app and TouchView Android app. - Multi Server configuration and the ability to move/copy camera licenses between CompleteView servers is now available in CompleteView Pro (previously available to users of CompleteView Enterprise only) - Fixed problems related to the playback of some H.264 recordings made from Axis Communications cameras. - The icon indicating Audio functionality is available on a camera will now properly display in Video Client's playback screen. - Fixed a problem with multi camera playback in Video Client which cause the time related to the video clips play to display in reverse. - Fixed a problem that would cause 'ghosting' artifacts to display when viewing video on some cameras. - Fixed a problem that could cause video to display incorrectly when playing back recordings frame-by-frame. - A new RTSP/HTTP Generic camera driver has been added. - CompleteView can now be installed using a MSI installer. The MSI installation capability is in addition to .BIN file updates for use with Admin Console, as well as update .EXE installers. ------------------------------------- Improvements in 3.8.0.7 since 3.7.0.9 ------------------------------------- - Added support for Software House CCURE 9000 v2.01 - Added Structured Views feature to CompleteView Enterprise. This feature allows view layouts and maps to be placed into 'Zones' to provide the ability to create a hierarchical structure to organize views and maps in the Video Client. - Added Digital PTZ capability for fixed cameras. Now fixed cameras can be digitally Pan, Tilt and Zoomed in the Video Client and the Alarm Client. Additionally when reviewing recordings, Digital PTZ can be used. - The Video Player has been enhanced to allow for up to 16 video clips to be played back simultaneously. - CompleteView ONE now supports up to 32 cameras on a server. This was increased from the 25 camera limit in previous versions. - Fixed for backwards compatibility that would prevent users running older clients to playback video from a newer version of the CompleteView recording server. - Support for Agent VI, VI System v2. - Exported video clips are now marked with the time and date of the recording. This makes it possible to see the time/date of the recording using CompleteView's video player. - Recording server stability improvements. - Fixed problems when exporting video clips that overwrite an existing file. - Improvements to Admin Console when viewing a server's log with many events. - Fixed problem with Sony 3rd and 4th generation cameras. - Fixed a problem preventing users from stopping PTZ tours in certain situations. - Improved logging of user events. The server will now log when a user exports video. - Fixed a security bug which occurred when the Video Client could connect with a recording server prior to opening. - Improved archiving function (less memory is used when archiving files as compared to previous versions). - Fixed an issue related to retrieving recorded video clips. - Fixed a security issue which allowed users to escalate their permissions. - Implemented support for 3rd, 4th and 5th generation Sony cameras in H.264 - Implemented basic support for Mobotix 180/360 degree cameras. - Implemented support for SightLogix cameras. - Fixed an issue with previous versions that caused the start of motion events to not record properly. - Fixed an issue that prevented ACTi cameras from properly displaying the bottom portion of video in high resolution. ------------------------------------- Improvements in 3.7.0.9 since 3.7.0.8 ------------------------------------- - Added fix for analog camera encoding of H.264, reducing artifacts. ------------------------------------- Improvements in 3.7.0.8 since 3.6.0.8 ------------------------------------- - Added support for Axis Dispatch Service which enables their One Click Connection method of installation. - Added support for RS2 access control system. - [CompleteView ONE] Added support for viewing multiple servers in the same Video Client session by configuring each server's cameras in a different view layouts. - Added a new user configuration option, Playback (Without Export), which allows users to be configured to playback video recording but not be able to export those recordings. - Updated to Intel IPP 7.02 providing improved CODECs. - Added search capability for users with AD when adding users. - Admin Service buffer size increased to allow for larger bin file updates. - Improved memory usage overall and memory management. - Handling of memory allocation and de-allocation has been significantly re-worked to - address previous issues with memory fragmentation. - Cameras won’t start if Virtual Memory available is less than 20% - Will log ‘low on VM’ errors if Virtual Memory less than 10% - Will restart service when Virtual Memory is less than 5%, or if error count reaches 20. - Added System overload logic which will shut down cameras when system overloaded (starting with cameras which consume the most resources). - The Video Client will now automatically attempt to reconnect to a video stream when a camera connection is lost. - Added Active Directory fixes including fixes for bad search results & memory leaks - Added a fix for Daylight Savings Time issue – clips recorded before DST would show +1 hour in search after DST in effect. - Added fix for iPad/iPhone/iPod app where the user cannot ‘see’ cameras beyond the first 10 cameras on the server - In the Web client CompleteView now removes empty camera listings for non-permissioned cameras on playback - Added a Web client fix for when it returns an error message after double-clicking a search result - Added fix for UNC path - Added a fix for Smart search (not returning frame) - Fix for title bar not showing when configured to show in Client Configuration - The Admin Service buffer size has been increased to allow for larger bin files (40MB -> 100MB) - Removed SQL CE and Agent Vi from current update and BIN file - Admin Console - changed to display virtual memory limit and virtual memory used - changed memory readings to MB instead of KB - changed disk space readings to MB - The Installer will now rename any presence of old metadata database file - The Installer will now add heap decommit registry setting Camera support updates in 3.7.0.8 --------------------------------- - Added support for MPEG4 and H.264 streaming for Pelco (Sarix) cameras. - Added support for 4CIF resolution when streaming H.264 from Bosch cameras - Improved memory pool management to improve handling and performance of high megapixel cameras. - Fix for high memory usage when processing H.264 i-frames from Arecont cameras. - CompleteView now sets ‘QP’ value on camera to reduce I-frame sizes - Added Pelco PTZ ASCII protocol fix - Added miscellaneous Panasonic PTZ camera fix - Added a fix for the Axis 5532 PTZ camera - Added fix for Axis PTZ Iris control - Fix for bad RTP timestamp from Axis cameras - Added ACTi KCM series to camera list - Added a new Generic driver, "Generic RTSP/UDP", for support of MPEG4 & H.264 streams. - CompleteView will now directly request frame rates of supported cameras in MPEG4/H.264 by using the highest recording frame rate configured for the camera (for all cameras supported expect Pelco). - CompleteView now includes improved camera re-connect logic - Added general h.264 improvements/fixes