Flussonic Watcher v.24.04

A versão 24.04 do Flussonic Watcher traz uma série de avanços, incluindo o lançamento da API v3 para uma estrutura de dados aprimorada, suporte para análise H.265, funcionalidade abrangente de câmera com Iris e restreaming ponto a ponto no Watcher Cluster. E isso não é tudo!

• #28563 (new) Watcher Client API v3 and Watcher Admin API v3 are now available to gradually replace the APIv2 in your projects. The new API provides a more logical and comprehensive data structure and will be improved even further in the future.
• #30006 (new) (Vision) Added the support for analytics on H.265 (HEVC) streams.
• #32960 (new) (Iris) Finalized the implementation of HAL module for cameras with SigmaStar (YCX) 335/337/338 chipset to support all available camera functionality with Iris.
• #37573 (new) (UI) Added the ability to copy the embed URL in the admin's Cameras page right with the <iframe> tag to facilitate the use on a webpage.
• #37743 (new) Now can offer flussonic-watcher-chart for Helm k8s installation
• #37825 (new) introduced peer-to-peer restreaming for RTSP/MSE requests in Watcher Cluster
• #38012 (new) (Iris) Added the support for edge recording on camera and the ability to play the recorded archive over HLS.
• #38014 (new) (Iris) Implemented the archive segment recording in Iris DVR. This is a part of a new tool for edge recording we are currently developing to allow recording an archive on camera with the ability to download it as necessary.
• #38051 (new) (k8s) Created github.com/flussonic/watcher-operator for launching Watcher in Kubernetes.
• #38164 (new) Added the ability to use Watcher NVR with Watcher Cluster.
• #38215 (new) The NVR menu item is now displayed only for users who added an NVR to their Organization.
• #38219 (new) (Iris) Added the support for H.265 (HEVC) in Iris for cameras with SigmaStar (YCX) 335/337/338 chipset.
• #38330 (new) (Iris) Added the network interface and port settings in Iris for cameras with SigmaStar (YCX) 335/337/338 chipset.
• #38391 (new) (Iris) Created the iris-dvr package for installation of Iris DVR edge recording tool to any device running on Ubuntu, for example an NVR or a drone.
• #38456 (new) (Iris) Supported user authorization for RTSP server on cameras with SigmaStar (YCX) 335/337/338 chipset.
• #38724 (new) (UI) The list view is now enabled by default on all episodes tab in Watcher Client UI. With auto update and other improvements on this page, this facilitates real-time monitoring of new events.
• #38728 (new) (UI) Added the ability to generate attendance reports in Watcher Client UI.
• #38767 (new) (UI) Added the ability to edit person from the episodes list.
• #38801 (new) (UI) Added the filters for known/unknown faces and license plates to the episodes page at Watcher Client UI.
• #38842 (new) (UI) Added the ability to group episodes by faces and license plates in the episodes list at Watcher Client UI.
• #38843 (new) (UI) Added the total number of episodes with the given person or license plate to be displayed in the episode's tile.
• #38844 (new) (UI) Added the ability to sort the episodes by number of episodes with the given object (face or license plate).
• #38943 (new) (UI) The episode duration is now displayed in the episodes list at Watcher Client UI.
• #38990 (new) (UI) The new episodes are now added to the list with "fade-in" effect. This will help the user notice that a new episode has appeared.
• #27726 (fixed) Fixed the issue with too long response to the episode list request resulting in increasing waiting time when opening the Events page in the UI. Note that Watcher Client UI displays the events faster than the old Watcher UI.
• #29645 (improved) Updated the field of view of public cameras shared at VSAAS.IO for demonstration of Watcher capabilities.
• #35464 (fixed) (Vision) Fixed the issue with closed_at field not populated in Central when analytics closed the episode. The episodes were displayed very long in Watcher Client UI because of this.
• #35713 (fixed) Fixed the issue with recognized person ID displayed instead of name in the detected faces list.
• #35909 (improved) (UI) Added the splash screen in Watcher Client UI (PWA) for iOS.
• #36612 (fixed) Improved the generation of names for unknown persons. Instead of unfriendly long number, the "Unknown ABC" is now used, where ABC can be any letters. This may help you visually locate the episodes with the same unknown face.
• #36697 (improved) (UI) Implemented the list view for episodes at Human and Car tabs in Watcher Client UI.
• #36836 (improved) (UI) Fixed the issue with CPU consumption remaining quite high after switching from Player to any other page.
• #37407 (improved) (API) Improved the design of similar parameters in the API schema by supporting the use of $ref. This feature makes the use of schema easier for developers.
• #37731 (improved) (UI) Added the disk usage info in streamer profile at Watcher Admin UI.
• #37794 (fixed) The waiting time for re-login attempts has been reduced to a minute because it was too long before. Note that you can change this time in the config using WATCHER_BRUTE_FORCE_TIMEOUT parameter.
• #37797 (improved) (UI) Improved the display of event markers on the player timeline in Watcher Client UI (PWA); in the episode list, more useful info of the event is shown.
• #37960 (improved) Added the Person, Car, and Motion tabs on the Events page in Watcher Client UI to facilitate events search and allow specific filters for each event type (for example, filter by license plate is applicable for cars only).
• #38006 (fixed) (Vision) Fixed incorrect recognition of license plates caused by non-compliance with the requirements for installing cameras. Now the analytics module filters only those numbers that it can recognize to avoid false positive errors.
• #38102 (improved) Fixed the inability to restore a previously deleted preset to add it to an Organization.
• #38208 (improved) (API) Added the appearance parameters in Watcher Admin API for branding the UI.
• #38226 (improved) Added the "To" filter by date in the list of episodes at Watcher Client UI.
• #38232 (fixed) (Iris) Fixed the issue with wrong SPS data received from the RTSP server being part of Iris firmware for cameras on the SigmaStar (YCX) 335/337/338 chipset.
• #38242 (fixed) (UI) Improved the preview of vehicles on the Car tab in Watcher Client UI. For convenience, two previews are now shown: a whole frame and a recognized license plate.
• #38302 (improved) (API) Added the GET /cluster/stats method for fetching the cluster status.
• #38392 (improved) (UI) The "Upload debug info" button removed from Watcher UI as it was not usable. We will reimplement it later to improve the user experience.
• #38434 (improved) (UI) Improved the settings for streamers with identification and inference roles: removed the disk statuses, private and public payload URLs the DVR tab, as those are not applicable to video analytics.
• #38458 (fixed) (UI) Fixed the issue with camera search by name in Watcher Client UI returning cameras with names not containing the search string.
• #38469 (improved) (Iris) Improved the tool for edge recording to continue serve the archive requests even if live video source is unavailable.
• #38473 (fixed) Fixed the issue with first installation of Watcher on a clear system finishing with an error.
• #38521 (fixed) Fixed the issue with watcher-episodes service freezes due to inability to send a push message which resulted in new episodes not showing in Watcher.
• #38523 (fixed) (UI) Fixed the display of the camera list on widescreen monitors to make useful use of all screen space.
• #38554 (improved) (UI) Added a notification to the Health status page in Watcher Client UI stating that information about disks can be viewed in the profile of a specific streamer.
• #38555 (improved) (UI) The version of Flussonic on streamers is displayed on the Streamers page in Watcher Client UI.
• #38594 (improved) (Vision) The analytics module no longer creates episodes for blurry, dark or unclear faces. This contributes to more accurate identification of persons.
• #38723 (improved) (UI) Added the Auto update checkbox on the Episodes page in Watcher Client UI so you don't have to refresh the page to watch new episodes.
• #38748 (fixed) Fixed the issue with attendance report generating too slowly and filter by organization not applied.
• #38758 (fixed) (Vision) Fixed the issue with Inference node providing stats and stream config if external_config without vision configuration was provisioned from the Central.
• #38814 (improved) (API) Added the filter by person_id in the [GET /episodes) request.
• #38818 (improved) (UI) Added the ability to generate reports by license plates in Watcher Client UI.
• #38822 (improved) (UI) Improved the episodes page to show today's episodes by default.
• #38874 (improved) removed useless nullable fields from watcher-client schema
• #38877 (fixed) (UI) Fixed the issue with "play" icon hiding faces on the face recognition episode preview.
• #38885 (fixed) Fixed the issue with to long execution of person saving request in old Watcher UI.
• #38939 (improved) (UI) The Auto update checkbox is now added to query string as auto_update parameter just like other sorting parameters so that to remember them on page refresh.
• #38947 (improved) (UI) Improved the visibility of episode type in the episodes list at Watcher Client UI.
• #38955 (improved) (UI) Fixed the scrolling on the camera's page.
• #39016 (fixed) (UI) Fixed HTTP 400 when changing the sorting conditions on the Episodes page.

Watcher documentation (24.04) 2024-05-08

• #38121 (new) The article about sharing camera to a website was updated to list the relevant URL copy options including those with <iframe> tag for using in the HTML code.
• #35117 (improved) Added the instructions on viewing Watcher cameras on subscriber devices like SMART TV, STB, and mobile applications of IPTVPORTAL.
• #37820 (improved) Improved the article about embedding cameras to external website: two methods of embedding are now in one page, the new method of URL sharing via admin's camera list is shown.
• #37878 (improved) Fixed the instruction of Watcher update to remove the unnecessary restart commands as the installation script is restarting all the required services automatically.
• #37886 (improved) Improved the Watcher cluster installation page for consistency.
• #38107 (improved) Improved the text of tooltips on the Streamers page to explain all the URLs you should specify there.
• #38359 Fixed the name of the Embedding cameras on your website page for clarity.