Flussonic 18.07

[Flussonic]

Flussonic version 18.07 uploaded to repository

Changelog:

* #4404 (fixed) [Watcher] Now it is possible to add a camera with a streamer that is offline.
* #4410 (fixed) [Flussonic] Playback of files stored on Swift did not work sometimes.
* #4472 (new) [Flussonic] Log records about disconnected stream sources now contain info about the number of clients of a lost source.
* #4547 (fixed) [Flussonic] The issue of missing pieces in archives of RTSP IP cameras was resolved.
* #4590 (fixed) [Flussonic] The size of the buffer for pre-pushing of MPEG-TS video from archives can now be configured.
* #4603 now it is possible to get JPEG from remote m4f source if they are recorded on remote server
* #4852 (fixed) [Flussonic] Export to MP4 for MP2V content now works correctly.
* #4882 (fixed) [Watcher] The player in embed.html no longer stops responding when opening an archive for a camera that sent too many events about detected motion (hundreds of them in an hour).
* #4884 (new) [Watcher] Users can specify camera names when importing cameras by using ONVIF Discovery in the UI.
* #4943 (new) [Flussonic] MPEG-TS elementary streams from Flussonic now have new metadata (maximum bit rate) that is useful for integration with external systems such as Broadpeak.
* #4971 (new) [Watcher] The list of streamers shows an Agent for each camera.
* #4977 (new) [Watcher] Users can remotely change the direction and zoom of their PTZ-enabled cameras by using buttons in the Watcher's web interface.
* #5192 (new) [Watcher] The API v2 now has methods for working with PTZ-enabled cameras.
* #5219 (fixed) [Watcher] In Watcher working in the cluster mode newly added cameras are no longer disabled by default.
* #5234 (fixed) [Watcher] Dashboard and cameras are now displayed correctly if no map center coordinates were specified in Watcher configuration.
* #5521 (fixed) [Flussonic] It was impossible to playback a stream via embed.html?dvr=true if the stream's settings contained the backup setting.
* #5533 (new) [Mobile Watcher] Flussonic can send push notifications about camera events to Watcher mobile app.
* #5594 (new) [Mobile Watcher] Users of the Watcher app can receive push notifications from cameras about motion detection events.
* #5616 (fixed) [Flussonic] The add_audio_only setting no longer fails to work for VOD content.
* #5623 (new) [Agent] Flussonic Agent now supports OwlerPro i230 cameras.
* #5628 (fixed) [Flussonic] Playback of very long files transferred by HLS no longer stops in the middle.
* #5639 (fixed) [Watcher] Russian localization of the Watcher UI was improved.
* #5642 (fixed) [Watcher] Import of cameras by using API v2 now works with any Content-Type.
* #5644 (fixed) [Watcher] The issue with wider user rights in the new Watcher UI was resolved.
* #5645 (fixed) [Watcher] The login of a newly added user no longer auto-filled with the login of the current user.
* #5672 (new) [Mobile Watcher] A screen for viewing camera events is added to the Watcher mobile app.
* #5674 (fixed) [Flussonic] The MSE player no longer stops responding after switching the source from WebRTC to file.
* #5773 (fixed) [Watcher] Cameras are now added correctly via the new Watcher UI that works with a cluster of streamers.
* #5776 (fixed) [Flussonic] The issue with Flussonic not ingesting video from a certain model of NVR was resolved.
* #5796 (new) [Watcher] Watcher can receive events from cameras about detected motion and can send push notifications to subscriber's mobile devices.
* #5799 Fixed internal DVR cache failure with stream without local storage but with remote m4f dvr
* #5811 (fixed) [Watcher] Cameras are now successfully added to a mosaic in Mosaics.
* #5821 (new) [Flussonic] Flussonic's authorization via backend by using Lua scripts allows checking and limiting the number of clients of a stream.
* #5824 (fixed) [Watcher] The look of the list of users was improved (some labels removed).
* #5830 (new) [Agent] Flussonic Agent now supports ActiveCam AC-D7101IR1 cameras.
* #5831 (new) [Agent] Flussonic Agent now supports ActiveCam AC-D2111IR3W cameras.
* #5832 (new) [Agent] Flussonic Agent now supports ActiveCam AC-D8111IR2W cameras.
* #5840 (fixed) [Watcher] Check boxes in the UI did not work.
* #5842 (new) [Watcher] You can import a list of users in JSON or CSV notation to Flussonic Watcher by using API v2's endpoint /vsaas/api/v2/users/import.
* #5846 (new) [Watcher] All API v2 methods in use were documented.
* #5851 (fixed) [Flussonic] Notification settings without name are no longer saved.
* #5862 (fixed) [Flussonic] Requesting of video via HLS in the range out of a recorded range no longer causes the player to stop responding.
* #5865 (fixed) [Flussonic] The DVR replication mechanism was rewritten to prevent excessive traffic in some situations.
* #5891 (fixed) [Mobile Watcher] The issue with starting the player on Android was resolved.
* #5897 (new) [Flussonic] Flussonic can now handle recorded ranges in a completely new way (ranges are pieces of video that were recorded in intervals which alternate with intervals when no recording was made). This significantly saves server resources, and archives with such intervals are played quicker and smoother.
* #5902 (fixed) [Flussonic] An issue with video playback (it stopped for a few seconds and then sped up above normal) was resolved.
* #5906 (fixed) [Flussonic] Changing the priority of a stream's source via SQL API now works correctly.
* #5911 (fixed) [Flussonic] Archive export to MP4 now works even if no recordings existed for the selected time interval.
* #5916 (new) [Flussonic] A video analytics module was added to Flussonic. It is available by request.
* #5918 (new) [Watcher] Camera events metadata is now stored in the system.
* #5928 Watcher locks from cleaning parts of archive with motion events
* #5929 (fixed) [Watcher] An issue with push notifications was resolved.
* #5953 (fixed) [Watcher] The migration script now correctly handles invalid credentials for accessing the database.
* #5954 (fixed) [Watcher] The migration script now produces shorter INFO messages.
* #5987 (new) [Agent] Flussonic Agent supports NOVICAM N22LW cameras.
* #5993 (fixed) [Watcher] The Events link is always displayed now in Cameras in the Watcher UI because Watcher can now receive events without using the camera_alarm plugin.
* #5996 (fixed) [Watcher] An issue with deleting of cameras through API v2 was resolved.
* #5998 (fixed) [Watcher] API v2 supports two types of brackets for bodies of event-related requests, {} and [{}].
* #6005 (new) [Flussonic] From version 18.07, Flussonic uses systemd for launching.
* #6006 (fixed) [Watcher] The issue with push notifications not being sent is now resolved.
* #6008 (new) [Mobile Watcher] Users can now learn their app's version in the About menu.
* #6012 (new) [Flussonic] Flussonic now has a new event about the status of a stream's source (active or not), which also sends information about the source.
* #6015 (new) [Watcher] A new web interface for Watcher is available. It has PTZ buttons for remotely changing zoom and direction of cameras, and many other improvements. You can try it now by the link in the existing UI, with the possibility to switch back to the previous version.
* #6032 (fixed) [Flussonic] Flussonic can start in Docker containers using systemd.
* #6035 (fixed) [Watcher] API v2 requests now support Cyrillic characters in the Search parameter.
* #6058 (new) [Flussonic] Flussonic's unique JPEG-less video thumbnails are now available for VOD. They save you a lot of system resources.
* #6060 (new) [Agent] Flussonic Agent now supports ActiveCam AC-D2111IR3 cameras.
* #6061 (new) [Agent] Flussonic Agent now supports ActiveCam AC-D8111IR2 cameras.
* #6062 (fixed) [Mobile Watcher] The app for Android no longer stops when certain events are sent to it.
* #6086 (new) [Agent] Flussonic Agent now supports NOVIcam PRO NC33WP cameras.
* #6090 (fixed) [Flussonic] An issue in the UDP capture mechanism was resolved, Flussonic no longer fails to start because of that issue.
* #6100 (fixed) [Statistics] Server hostnames and IP addresses no longer disappear from the list of servers in Account > Servers.
* #6128 (new) [Flussonic] Flussonic now has API commands for reporting how much disk space is used by a camera's archive.
* #6129 (new) [Flussonic] Flussonic adds info about disk space usage to events that are generated when an archive's size changes.
* #6161 (new) [Watcher] The link to the new version of Watcher UI is available in the Watcher UI. To switch back, use the similar link.