6.9.2 (01/1/2013)

Features

• Dual-stream support for IP cameras and analog cameras
• Built-in Dynamic DNS
• Support for up to 60 video channels per server
• Added the option to re-encode the main stream
• Display two streams from a single camera in different cells
• Display the name of the active stream on the camera image
• Added tooltips that display the values of sliders

Changes

• Redesigned settings dialog
• Improved archiving algorithm
• Stream number added to the camera image if there is only one active stream
• Improved g726 audio decompression quality for IP cameras
• Reduced memory consumption caused by low hard disk performance

Bug Fixes

• Gray image with H.264 decoding with IP cameras
• Incorrect Reaction sound notification
• Settings not working correctly
• Fatal error when exporting video using the DevLine Codec
• Audio volume being set to zero when Kernel starts
• Quality slider not working correct with analog cameras when using H.264 compression
• Memory leak causing critical errors when using the prerecord function
• Motion detection being triggered behind privacy masks
• Inverted PTZ preset colors on the web client
• Incorrect layout in multi-monitor mode
• Buttons not appearing in multi-monitor mode
• Monitor mode being automatically reset
• Capture cards not working in Windows 8
• Loop recording on network drives
• Password being saved when connecting to a group and do not save password is selected
• Microphone not displaying correctly in camera settings
• Falsely detecting video in the Archive
• Full-screen settings sometimes being ignored
• Fatal error when viewing Archive folders
• Some PTZ Reactions not working correctly
• Save Frame Reaction text ignoring selected settings
• Camera image settings being set to 0 after closing
• Alarm monitor not working correctly
• Dual-stream Playback not working correctly with the Quick Playback feature in Observer

6.8.0 (25/07/2013)

Features

·       Line - displays the version number in the title bar

·       Line - added the ability to create privacy masks

·       Line - more stable Kernel operations for IP cameras

·       Line - displays camera connection status and diagnostics when connecting to IP cameras

·       Line - detailed logging of IP camera warnings and errors

·       Line - added support for additional IP cameras including ONVIF 2.0 compliant cameras

·       Web-client - added the option to save aspect ratio

·       Web-client - added the option to change frame rate

·       Web-client - shows a list of cameras in the side panel

·       Web-client - added the option to search for cameras by name

Bug Fixes

·       Transport protocol (TCP/UDP) ignored in the preparation of audio stream for IP cameras

·       Files only written to C: during installation

·       ACTi, Zavio, and Vivotek PTZ cameras not working correctly

·       Incorrect permissions when adding a newly created folder to the archive

·       High memory consumption in Event Log

·       Camera image freezing in Observer

·       High CPU usage when opening the Motion Detection tab in Observer

·       Incorrect Event Log filtering

·       Problems connecting cameras with non-standard ONVIF implementations after updating from version 6.7.6

·       Artifacts when exporting video with some IP cameras

·       Critical error during the gathering of system information

·       Incorrect hide/display panel on the secondary monitor

·       Picture freezing on secondary monitor when minimized

·       Clicking sound when playing back archived video

·       Reaction sending the wrong information in emails

·       Lost signal and microphone threshold exceeded Reaction Condition only working for the first camera

·       Timeout (30000 milliseconds) while waiting for a response from the Kernel services

·       Digital zoom icon overlay not being displayed on the camera

·       VIDCodec files not playing videos with MPEG4

·       VIDCodec not registered on 64-bit versions of Windows

·       Maximum number of monitors in Observer limited to 4

·       Current view not changing when Observer sets the default view automatically

·       Archive entries stopped if one or more of the network folders are unavailable

·       Camera resolution not consistent with that selected by the user

·       Drivers not being installed correctly on first installation

·       Critical error when using email, SMS, and FTP

·       Critical error in Event Log

·       Critical error with large Archives

·       Various IP camera bugs

·       H.264 and MPEG4 encoding errors

·       Critical error and slow operation in Kernel with many network connections

·       Cannot use audio with IP cameras when a large number of analogue cameras are connected

·       Reaction alarm audio stopping unexpectedly

·       Issues removing and uninstalling software

·       Incorrect audio from the computer's sound card

·       Reaction sending emails with black images

·       Fatal error in Kernel when accessing Archives

·       Fatal error when resuming playback after pausing for a long time

·       Incorrect aspect ratio in web-client

·       User Log being flooded by Reaction messages

6.7.6 (09/10/2012)

Bug Fixes

·       Fatal error when running Kernel on a system without video devices connected

6.7.5 (08/10/2012)

Bug Fixes

·       High CPU usage on servers

·       Unable to connect to different RTSP streams from one IP camera

·       Various IP camera issues

6.7.4 (24/09/2012)

Features

·       Added the option to choose between TCP and UDP for IP cameras

Bug Fixes

·       Navigation not working with files which have no audio

·       Users can export video from cameras not assigned to them

·       Newly added channels only visible to the admin user

·       Observer auto start function running prematurely on some systems

·       Various IP camera issues 

6.7.3 (05/09/2012)

Bug Fixes

·       Unable to create folders on network drives

·       Observer trying to find 127.0.0.1 indefinitely

·       Issues when switching to NTSC on Windows XP machines

·       VIDCodec not working correctly if installing over a previous version of Line

·       Video artifacts

·       Critical error when saving local settings

·       Various IP camera issues

6.7.2 (27/08/2012)

Features

·       NTSC device support for Line 4x25 and 8x25 Hybrid IP capture cards

·       PTZ support for IP cameras over RS-485

·       Support for additional IP cameras

Changes

·       Improved critical error processing mechanism

·       Improved settings restoration mechanism

·       Finalized sysinfo tool

·       Finalized information output on image from cameras with web-server commands

Bug Fixes

·       IP address filter is now also applied to the web-server

·       Microphone dropping

·       Error during video export

·       Error in frame decompression function

·       Various IP camera errors

·       Video still recording after switching off while postrecord is enabled

·       Issue with VIDCodec not working correctly