Specifications

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• For time zone correction in a text overlay, add the special sequence {+n} to the
beginning of the string, where n is a number 1-23, and the sign is either + or -. For
example, a text overlay of {+3}%c will display the time 3 hours ahead of local time.
• The camera Record (See 7.4) page contains a new option for Continuous recording. You
may also specify an alternate recording frame rate if you wish to record at a lower frame
rate. IMPORTANT NOTE: you should revisit the Record for each camera to insure proper
settings using the new options.
• When you record video without audio at a frame rate of less than 2fps, the playback
frame rate is now forced to 2fps. The effect is a "time lapse" where video will playback
faster than real time.
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• Windows Media webcasting has been modified to flush the write buffer after all users
disconnect, making reconnection smoother and more reliable
• Advanced users can specify a full or absolute path for a camera's record filename in
order to record a specific camera's clips to a specific folder.
• Two new DDE commands added, "record" and "snapshot" to allow control of these
features from external applications.
• Bug fix: if recording failed to start due to a path or disc error, it was possible to cause
the application to hang.
• Changes have been made to prevent network timeouts for IP cameras and to allow the
system to better recover from these timeouts when they do occur. The minimum auto-
reset time has been increased to 20 seconds.
• The Clip Viewer (See 10.) attempts always to retain keyboard focus while viewing
clips. This allows you to use the up/down arrows and Enter to move between
clips. Previously, some recording formats prevented this behavior.
• By default, the Spacebar may be used to pause/play video in the viewer, and the
left/right arrow keys may be used to step forward and backward. If you are updating,
and had previously set keyboard shortcuts, it may be necessary to manually add these
new commands to the keyboard shortcut page
(See 11.).
• You may now specify multiple recipients for the email alert--separate each recipient
address with a semicolon (;).
• For analog cameras and USB webcams, it is now possible to maintain separate Video
Proc-Amp settings (the qualities of an incoming video signal, such as brightness,
contrast, hue, saturation, gamma, and sharpness) for each of the motion profiles 1-
7. Using the camera's Timer page
, this allows you to change these settings based on the
time of day--at night you may wish to turn off color processing and increase contrast, for
example. On the camera's
Video page (See 7.1), use the new Save button to make a
snapshot of the current Proc-Amp settings for the selected profile. Proc-Amp settings
may be accessed via the Driver/Source button.