ViewPoint Release Notes: 4.5.3 Features: - Remote deployment option "LicServer" added - Disabling recently introduced behaviour "Aggregating SPS/PPS NAL units into STAP-A packets" because it causes choppy/invalid playback or livestream issues in some rare situations - Video port changed from 8090 to 8100 Fixes: - Not possible to exit the Options menu if the application was locked by password - Tray icon is showing for a short time even if Hidden mode was enabled 4.5.2 Features: - GOP range was extended to 1..240 4.5.1 Features: - More detailed error messages in case of unexpected app shutdown 4.5.0 Features: - Improving of Picture in Picture media sources. Now it additionally supports RTSP, HTTP and Screen Area video sources - Allow direct editing of X/Y position and size for Screen Area sources Fixes: - On some environments the Application doesn't start with the error: Unable to load DLL 'GstRtspServer': The specified procedure could not be found - Webcams with Resolutions higher than Full HD might not work correctly 4.4.4 Fixes: - Periodic crashes if Windows language is set to some of East Asian languages 4.4.3 Features: - Color picker for overlay text and timestamp - Screen Area selection tool allows to select areas with resolutions starting from 320x200 - Many improvements in text/timestamp overlay Fixes: - "Sequence contains no elements" error message on "Preview" and "Test RTSP" functionality for medias with resolution smaller than 640*480 - Incorrect dimensions and coordinates in "Screen Area" medias for Portrait oriented screens - "Screen Area" medias become attached to the incorrect display after the application restart - Broken video output if Rotation is used in "Medium Performance" streams - Low fps in External http sources 4.4.2 Features: - High Performance live controller is supporting Audio now (Audio source could be attached to high performance hardware accelerated streams) - "Preview" profile button added - Remote deployment option "SetHiddenMode" added - 3th party media dependencies were updated - Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable packeges get upated to the latest Fixes: - Black picture is streamed when resolution was changed while HW live controller is in use - Other minor bug fixes 4.4.1 Fixes: - Add missed plugins 4.4.0 Features: - Remote deployment is now possible with command line arguments: CreateReq, ImportAct, ImportLic, SetAppPassword, SetCameraUsername, SetCameraPassword - Improvements in working with webcams - increased FPS, resolution, etc - Major Live streaming improvements. Resolving quality issue on High resolution/High FPS streaming - Popup alerts with errors messages would not appear if Hidden mode is enabled - "Validate Connection" and "Test RTSP" commands now work with H264 medias - Maximum supported resolution is increased to 4K (4096*2160). Requires enabling in config file - Refactoring in RTSP server code Fixes: - Correct handling of possible errors during "Copy to Clipboard" command 4.3.0 - Support for 2k and 4k resolutions can be enabled in the config file - Webcam urls are now static and do not include webcam device name Fixes: - Better processing of SPS/PPS data in h264 streams 4.2.2 Fixes: - Audio noise in low fps streaming - Code refactoring 4.2.0 Features: - Support of Picture in Picture media sources - Maintain streaming when RDP session get disconnected / connected - Icons indication of High performance, Medium performance and Low performance streams - Ctrl + Alt + D combination could be disabled in Options menu - Automatic restart of streaming sessions when Display settings get changed 4.1.0 Features: - Hidden mode Fixes: - Hardware acceleration not able to start sometimes 4.0.4 Fixes: - A black picture instead desktop video stream on some GPU models - Incorrect Log messages while monitoring incoming live connections - Fallback to MF software encoder is disabled by default if HW acceleration is not possible - Improved logs 4.0.3 Fixes: - Camera username/password reverts to defaults after the application restart - Incorrect behavior of App Password functionality after "Factory Reset" - Options menu still accessible when the App is locked by password but the camera is not started - Camera name is not correct in some cases 4.0.2 Fixes: - Incorrect indication of Connected clients 4.0.1 - Realtime indication of Connected Clients Fixes: - Icon for HW accelerated streams - Updated error message for Windows Server - Some width/height combinations of Screen area sources broke streaming - MF software encoder is now not used on environments with no HW encoders available 4.0.0 Features: - Full HW capture and encoding on Intel, NVIDIA and AMD platforms. Significant performance boost - Manual configuration for Video and Audio settings directly in the App User interface - 60 FPS stream support for High Performance HW capture (h264) - Restream external RTSP streams(H264 and JPEG) - experimental - Restream external HTTP streams(H264 and JPEG) - experimental - Video Overlay (timestamp, mouse, custom text) - AAC audio support - Audio only streams (no video) - Option to prevent Windows getting into Idle/Sleep mode while the App is launched - Low Bandwidth issue indication on the User interface - Runtime info about the launched streams (RTSP urls, encoding parameters, etc) Fixes: - Incorrect streaming coordinates for Screen area sources when Windows DPI is not default 3.3.4 Fixes: - Issues with streaming webcams that have special characters in device name - Decrease bitrate in Auto Mode - Optimization for h264 encoder parameters 3.3.3 Fixes: - Fps drop on high resolutions - UI elements display fixes on increased scale setting in Windows 3.3.2 Fixes: - "Access denied" error if running the application with non admin user on Win7 3.3.1 Features: - Open the App Window by keyboard shortcut Ctr+Alt+d Fixes: - Improved error handling on App startup - Fix for the error with password Lock/Unlock functionality 3.3.0 Features: - "Local License server" activation method 3.2.0 Features: - Capture screen area - Test live video screen displays max possible FPS of a media source - Screen sources includes additional MJPEG profiles - User can choose FPS control option - By NVR or Setup FPS value manually Fixes: - Media sources configuration sometimes not saved on Exit 3.1.0 Features: - Offline Activation: performs via https://www.activationservice.net/. 2.2.3 Fixes: - Now Installer will allow to continue the installation in case of a Windows error " 1001 'There are no more endpoints available from the endpoint mapper'" - Correct handling for SSL certificate error on PCs with outdated root SSL certificates 2.2.2 Fixes: - In some cases encoder configuration didn't get saved after PC restart. 2.2.1 Fixes: - WebCam video is now encoded with H264 Baseline profile instead of H264 High 4:2:2 - Fix for a regression bug "Can't modify" error while switching encoder from H264 to Jpeg 2.2.0 Features: - Enable/Disable FullHD for H264 could be done via User Interface - Unistall process is now completely removes application data files Fixes: - "Multiple headers with name 'Action'" error for Turkish region setting