Version 18.12

December 3, 2018

We’ve released Flussonic 18.12.

Flussonic Media Server

What’s New

Flussonic Media Server

#5864 (new) [Flussonic] DRM support was added to the interactive TV platform Solocoo.
#7236 (new) [Flussonic] To reduce the server load, you can specify the ‘securetoken’ setting in the configuration file instead of using securetoken.lua.

Watcher

#6526 (new) [Watcher] Camera owners with non-administrator rights can now create cameras through the Watcher UI and API.
#6795 (new) [Watcher] The initial functionality for using license plate detection was added in the UI.
#6896 (new) [Watcher] Watcher supports additional custom authorization backends.
#7005 (new) [Watcher] Newly installed Watchers will have the new UI by default. You can still switch to the old UI and change the default setting - the option ‘Use old UI by default’ is available in the Watcher settings, as well as the link to switch to the old UI right now. Previously installed Watchers also have the option and link in the settings.
#7134 (new) [Watcher] We added a simplified dialog for adding cameras, with the option to switch to the advanced dialog with the full list of fields.
#7146 (new) [Watcher] You can search for events that were detected only on a certain camera.
#7134 (new) [Watcher] We added a simplified dialog for adding cameras, with the option to switch to the advanced dialog with the full list of fields.
#7146 (new) [Watcher] You can search for events that were detected only on a certain camera.

Mobile Watcher

#6781 (new) [Mobile Watcher] Watcher supports custom builds, which allows for unique branding and appearance of the app. The first branded app was released for a video services provider.

Agent

#6802 (new) [Agent] The support for OMNY miniDome2-U was added to Flussonic Agent.
#7116 (new) [Agent] The support for MV-IP2041MA was added to Flussonic Agent.
#7120 (new) [Agent] The support for Trassir TR-D7111IR1W cameras was added to Flussonic Agent.

Issues Resolved

Flussonic Media Server

#4195 (fixed) [Flussonic] Improved notification message for a too small UDP receive buffer.
#4988 (fixed) [Flussonic] Multibitrate video is now played correctly when transmitted via a proxing Flussonic server.
#6663 (fixed) [Flussonic] DVR storages on Amazon S3 (limits, recording) now work correctly.
#6965 (fixed) [Flussonic] In rare cases, the DVR playback from a Swift storage requested an index even if no_index was specified for the stream.
#7129 (fixed) [Flussonic] The message about libtinfo (’no version information available’) no longer appears in logs during Flussonic installation.
#7170 (fixed) [Flussonic] When DVR was turned on again for a live stream, it could sometimes cause DVR not writing the archive.
#7225 (fixed) [Flussonic] The issue with DRM keys cache expiring too soon was resolved, now it does not cause some server load due to extra connections to the DRM server.
#7227 (fixed) [Flussonic] Disk monitoring now works correctly for Linux kernel 4.18 and later.

Watcher

#3025 (fixed) [Watcher] Streamer and Agent problem indicators were added to the UI. You can fix some of the problems by clicking corresponding buttons in the UI. Also, the indicators of the rproxy plugin’s state (used for interaction with Flussonic Agent) were added. You can turn on the plugin via the UI.
#7096 (fixed) [Watcher] Writing to the database no longer produces messages like “ERROR: null value in column”
#7119 (fixed) [Watcher] The new UI: a group administrator could not add a camera.
#7133 (fixed) [Watcher] The search for plate detection events by a car number now works in the Watcher UI.
#7173 (fixed) [Watcher] The new UI: The issue with newly added cameras not showing video in Watcher was resolved.

Mobile Watcher

#6104 (fixed) [Mobile Watcher] Correct switching back to a running player from a notification screen.
#7013 (fixed) [Mob

ile Watcher] A session in the mobile app no longer closes if the Flussonic server was restarted.

Player

#7121 (fixed) [Player] We’ve changed packaging of the Flussonic’s live player, which is used in the UI and in embed.html.
#7153 (fixed) [Player] Deprecated code of the DVR player was removed.