Email notification settings were added in this release, but emails will not actually be sent yet; we’ll follow up with beta9.7.1 to fully implement email notifications soon.

Note:  beta9.7.1 will be a “feature freeze”: we won’t be adding any other features until after the 2.0 release. Please report bugs as soon as possible, so we can solve them before the release candidate stage.

It is important that you upgrade to this release as soon as possible, as beta9.6 will expire May 3rd.  Beta 9.7 will expire on May 24th.

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The following bugs are fixed in this release:

There is also a feature added that will start to be expanded on in future versions and into 2.0.  From now on a JPEG snapshot is saved to disk from each event and stored next to the MKV file in the recordings directly.  Eventually this snapshot will be used for email notifications and client thumbnails for events.

If you encounter any issues with this release, please post a comment on the forums immediately.

Note:  It is important that you upgrade to this release as soon as possible, as beta9.5 will expire April 12th.  Beta 9.6 will expire on May 3rd.

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The following bugs are fixed in this release:

A more detailed report of each bug can be found below.

As always you can download the client on our website, www.bluecherrydvr.com/downloads

The following bugs are fixed in this release:

All along we wanted to switch to RTP streaming for the client, but it kept being pushed back to after 2.0 was released.  However since some IP cameras can not dual stream RTSP and MJPEG, and some customers are experiencing feed duplication from the MJPEG encoders on the Bluecherry H.264|MPEG-4 cards, we opted to take the time and implement this properly prior to the 2.0 release.

This is the first release of this new RTP code, so there may still be bugs that need to be worked out.  However, the image quality on analog cards will be greatly improved, and CPU usage should drop noticeably.  Bandwidth usage will also be greatly reduced, and there is a option for low bandwidth mode that sends one frame every second.

This release now uses port 7002 to send the video to the client.  This port is also a fully functional RTSP service, which extends the API for Version 2 even further.  It is now possible to obtain a RTSP feed from any analog or IP camera connected to Bluecherry with this sub-path: /live/<deviceid>.  This allows you to watch remote video feeds from mobile devices (using apps that support RTSP), and other applications (media players).

Note:

Currently we are aware that some Arecont Vision cameras may display the video incorrectly.  This is a problem with the RTSP feed we obtain from these cameras, which affects live view and recording.  If you notice any other live view problems, please report those to the forums immediately

Note:  It is important that you upgrade to this release as soon as possible, as beta9.4 will expire March 29th.  Beta 9.5 will expire on April 12th.

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The following bugs are fixed in this release:

The following features are added in this release:

The following bugs are fixed in this release:

Elliott sent over a video that CBS Atlanta (WGCL) ran yesterday afternoon, including his surveillance footage and interview. A suspect has yet to be identified, but his video clearly shows the two men.

Curtis Hall, founder of Bluecherry, said “It has always been our goal to develop software that is easy for the end-user to operate, and also software that can help law enforcement identify suspects so that arrests can be made.  Elliott has been a great beta tester, and his experience has provided crucial feedback to help shape our software.”

Source link for the WGCL video: http://www.cbsatlanta.com/story/17161853/homeowner-hopes-surveillance-video-will-help-catch-burglars

We’re working on big improvements to live streaming, code named “Awesome”.  This will improve quality, reduce bandwidth usage by 80%, and reduce CPU usage significantly.

Currently, we stream MJPEG to the client and web interface.  Our hardware compression cards support MJPEG for live viewing and H.264 for recordings.  This worked great for the beta, but as we’ve added support for network cameras, there have been problems with cameras that can’t stream MJPEG well. Instead, we’re going to stream the same video as recordings using RTP.

MJPEG is also terrible for bandwidth and CPU usage.  For example, a 30FPS HD stream with MJPEG is around 2500KB/sec of bandwidth.  With the new code we are working on, that will be reduced by 80%.  For analog cameras especially, this will also improve image quality and help avoid some corruption problems, and more importantly finally resolve the input switching that occurs during live view.

Note:  It is important that you upgrade to this release as soon as possible, as beta9.3 will expire shortly.  Beta 9.4 will expire on March 29th.

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The following bugs are fixed in this release:

In order to use the key, you need to add the key to the apt key ring.  You can do this with this command:

wget -q http://ubuntu.bluecherrydvr.com/key/bluecherry.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -

We have reports from customers using the 2.4.1 of the driver driver with live view issues with feed duplication or other badness.  We are looking into these reports, and this release is not expected to resolve those problems.

Beta 9.3 changes the default pre-record time to 3 seconds.  We also force ACTi cameras into RTP over UDP mode and also force Vivotek cameras into settings their second encoder to MJPEG.  Previously customers had to manually change these settings for recording of live view to work, which was a unnecessary pain.

Also added are PTZ presets (untested) for Panasonic WV- cameras, along with Arecont Vision models in the drop down list (also untested).  If you have access to any of these cameras, please verify if Panasonic WV- PTZ models work, and if Arecont Vision functions properly.

This release also focuses on fixing several network camera related bugs, specifically an annoying on in the settings where the RTSP port was removed after being saved and replaced with {}.  This release should also stop the RTCP BYE errors that populated in bluecherry.log for certain cameras.

Also fixed is a bug preventing multiple analog PTZ cameras from being controlled.  As always the complete list of changes is below.

Note:  It is important that you upgrade to this release before February 8th, as beta9.2 will expire and no longer work on that date.  Beta 9.3 will expire on March 1st.

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The following features are added in this release:

The following bugs are fixed in this release: