Flussonic Watcher v.24.05

Introducing Flussonic Watcher version 24.05, packed with exciting new features. With dedicated servers for video analytics, you can now efficiently divide tasks, ensuring optimal resource allocation and enhancing system reliability. Additionally, streamline your management processes with VSAAS.IO integration, empowering you to oversee subscribers and cameras seamlessly. Moreover, enjoy an improved Watcher Client UI and dive into the future of video streaming with Flussonic Watcher 24.05.

• #5269 (new) Added the ability to issue Lets Encrypt certificates in Watcher Admin UI.
• #35332 (new) (Vision) Added the ability to use video analytics on separate servers with specific hardware to provide failover and redundancy for streams with analytics.
• #37772 (new) (Iris) Added the support for archive recording without continuous time synchronization in Iris DVR. Internal timestamps are converted to real ones when the camera synchronizes the time with the NTP server.
• #38468 (new) (Iris) Added the support for SD card hot swap in Iris DVR.
• #38789 (new) (Iris) Added the support for Iris DVR loop cleanup to avoid storage overflow which could lead to archive inoperability.
• #39274 (new) (VSAAS.IO) The ID of a created organization is now returned as external_id in response to POST /organizations my.vsaas.io API.
• #39336 (new) (VSAAS.IO) The IDs of billing plans in Watcher are now returned as external_id in my.vsaas.io API request GET /tariff_plans.
• #39376 (new) (UI) The Events page is now fully replaced with the Episodes in Watcher Client UI. The new page provides advanced user experience and will be improved even more in the future.
• #39520 (new) (Iris) The TCP transport made default for RTSP ingest in Iris DVR to avoid interruptions for the program operation behind NAT.
• #39532 (new) The episodes database cleanup made faster to avoid situations when database grows faster then cleans.
• #15827 (fixed) (UI) Fixed the issue with some cameras not included in the filter by cameras on the Events page. Please use the new Episodes page that has no such problem.
• #34692 (fixed) (Mobile) Fixed the "Unable to save fragment" error in Watcher mobile apps that was caused by the fact that the old apps do not support HTTP/2. The video requests from the mobile apps are now executed over HTTP. Consider using Watcher Client UI PWA for safe and secure export.
• #35587 (fixed) (Vision) Fixed the issue that, on opening an episode, the player showed the archive at the point where the person’s face was no longer present.
• #37831 (fixed) (Vision) Fixed the issue with some irrelevant objects detected as square license plates.
• #38491 (improved) (UI) Added the Branding settings to customize Watcher Client UI. Find it on Settings (new) page.
• #38497 (fixed) Fixed the issue with event thumbnails not deleted properly causing Watcher database size to grow critically interfering with the service operation.
• #38528 (fixed) Fixed the issue with episodes not sent to external event notification URL. This option is widely used for integration with barriers.
• #38713 (fixed) (API) Fixed HTTP 400 error when trying to pass another file in PUT /domain_config.
• #38832 (improved) (API) Added the POST /password_recovery method for sending Watcher password recovery e-mail.
• #38846 (improved) (Vision) Fixed the issue with license plates detection outside the detection areas set by user.
• #38980 (improved) (Vision) Fixed the issue with interference between face processing and stream capture on inference nodes.
• #38985 (improved) (Vision) The episode identification process speeded up.
• #38987 (fixed) Fixed the issue with person photos provisioned by Watcher not saved in Central because of incorrect encoding.
• #38991 (fixed) Fixed the issue with person duplicates created by Watcher.
• #39007 (improved) (Vision) Fixed the issue with blurry license plate previews.
• #39118 (improved) (Vision) Improved the recognition quality by excluding faces with too low confidence in key points.
• #39162 (fixed) (Vision) Fixed the license plates recognition quality degradation.
• #39176 (fixed) (VSAAS.IO) Fixed the issue that the user created via the my.vsaas.io API was not associated with the organization that was passed in the request.
• #39191 (improved) (API) The prev cursor in the GET /episodes request is reset if there are fewer elements on the first page than in the request. This improvement allows for proper listing of newly registered episodes when reaching back the first page.
• #39205 (fixed) The precise thumbnail cleanup process was refactored and optimized.
• #39211 (improved) (UI) The administrator's menu items are grouped into the Admin drop-down section for your convenience.
• #39215 (fixed) (VSAAS.IO) Fixed the issue that PUT /organizations my.vsaas.io API request did not update the list of billing plans but produced copies of the Default billing plan.
• #39216 (fixed) (VSAAS.IO) Fixed the issue with POST /organizations method of my.vsaas.io API ignoring the custom default billing plan.
• #39247 (fixed) (VSAAS.IO) Fixed the delay in delivery of e-mails from VSAAS.IO.
• #39271 (improved) (UI) Improved the process of SSL certificate issuing for managing server from Watcher Client UI. The page is reloaded after issuing to instantly use the https:// URL.
• #39307 (fixed) (VSAAS.IO) Fixed the issue that changes in the organization's list of presets did not apply.
• #39359 (fixed) (Vision) Fixed the issue with excessive memory consumption by the Inference module.
• #39366 (fixed) Fixed the issue with Watcher NVR Agents not assigned to streamers when Agent status is not received.
• #39403 (improved) (UI) Added the streamer uptime display on the Health status page.
• #39410 (improved) (UI) Added the display of incoming and outgoing channel bandwidth on the Health status page.
• #39412 (fixed) Fixed the issue with video buffering for too long before playing an episode. Now the playback start is closer to the moment when the detected object appears.
• #39421 (improved) (UI) The old Health page is completely replaced with Health status in Watcher Client UI.
• #39523 (improved) (UI) The from filter in the episodes list no longer has a default value. Previously, episodes were filtered only for the current day by default, so it may have seemed as if there were no episodes at all while there were no episodes just for today.
• #39535 (improved) (Vision) Increased track timeout for vehicles from 10 to 30 seconds to more correctly combine episodes with a recognized license plate when part of the license plate is blocked by an obstacle.
• #39575 (improved) (UI) The language tags and keys of the old and new interface localizations made compatible to facilitate transition from the old to new UI.
• #39642 (fixed) Fixed the issue with recognition events not cleared if the archive wass turned off on the camera.
• #39660 (improved) Duplication of the events database has been eliminated. Now only the episode database is used to save disk space.
• #39724 (fixed) Fixed the issue with events not displayed in the Watcher mobile app.
• #39752 (improved) Fixed the vulnerability that may have compromised your cluster. We strongly recommend you to update Watcher and run /opt/flussonic/contrib/watcher update_central_api_key to change all sensitive credentials in the Watcher config.
• #39772 (improved) (API) Added the locale parameter to get or set the user's language.
• #39838 (fixed) (VSAAS.IO) Fixed HTTP 403 when creating an organization via my.vsaas.io API.
• #39842 (fixed) Fixed HTTP 403 when accessing /vsaas/embed URL via HTTPS.

Watcher documentation (24.05) 2024-05-08

• #38510 (improved) Watcher Quick Start Guide updated to explain how to get Operator ID for logging into Watcher mobile apps.
• #38657 (improved) Updated the camera embedding manual with explanation of four types of embed links, tokens deactivation and limitations of this new method of embedding.
• #39075 (improved) Added the information about API v3 authorization.