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CamUniversal Manual
Part 8: Development History

CamUniversal

v4.2 Date: 30.10.2011
- new much more stable FTP client
- internal improvements
v4.1 Date: 12.02.2011
- 12h display instead of 24h, if selected AM/PM
- Video network internal bugfix
- New system informations dialog
- Video window with minimized box
- BugFix: emailed files could be moved or delected (not both)
- mjpeg streaming supports preauthentication (needed for some Netcams)
- Break times wait-before/wait-after motion detection now in 1/10 sec.
- BugFix: motion detector brings video window in foreground (also if minimized)
- new setup/install/uninstall
- internal improvements
v4.0 Date: 18.04.2010
- AVI creator: saving of working directory, finished messagebox
- no leading '_' character for adding number and date to filenames
- added hungarian language
- picture capture overlay bitmap handling improved
- corrected CPU usage calculation for multicore CPUs
- new about dialog
- improved OS version string
- statusbar improved
- "no picture received" display, if the camera picture couldn't be received
- restart the MJPEG streaming if x times a picture couldn't be received
- new email client, supports Gmail and others
- Mobotix MJPEG stream (boundary fixed)
- BugFix: video network array bounds (server/client)
- BugFix: key_file generation
v3.8 Date: 04.09.2009
- preview window improvements and bugfixes
- new systray icon
v3.7 Date: 28.06.2009
- internal improvements
- position of collection window check
- prevent problems at recording while capturing
- key filename check
- update check
v3.6 Date: 12.01.2009
- improved program startup/close
- DNS for webserver
- mjpeg timeout
- check IP address
- support of Vivotek, DigiLAN mpeg-4 stream
- internal improvements
v3.5 Date: 29.07.2008
- performance increased
- improved loss and reconnection of webcams
- bugfix: dialer connections under Windows Vista
- bugfix: motion detector (different sizes of the compared images)
- internal improvements
v3.4 Date: 29.03.2008
- the motion detector "start all" option starts only the cameras with a motion detector job
- the scheduler "start all" option starts only the cameras with a scheduler job
- internal improvements ( device infos dialog, etc. )
- settings.dat, cameras.cam with country encoding!
- support of Netcams sending unsafed headers ( Panasonic BL-C30A, ... )
- bugfix: email time in Thunderbird
- bugfix: inline email images in Thunderbird
- bugfix: 64bit OS support
v3.3 Date: 10.12.2007
- the media viewer saves the last used path
- several camera sets possible, through loadable *.cam files
- the webserver password protects also the camera viewing
- AXIS network camera mpeg4 streaming supported
- improved program menu
- bugfix: rounding error (0.03 unequal 0.0299)
- bugfix: the usertext which is printed into the captured picture could be empty
(useful for the % difference printing from the motion detector)
- bugfix: the scheduler job "ftp upload" counts correct the number of activations
- bugfix: the scheduler job "move" saves correct the destination directory
- bugfix: correct reference picture for the motion detector running with start delay
v3.2 Date: 05.08.2007
- video network improved
- bugfix: black text background in video timestamp
- internal improvements
v3.1 Date: 17.06.2007
- video network improved
- internal improvements
v3.0 Date: 03.04.2007
- dialogs are scrollable for smaller desktop resolutions
- testing under Windows Vista
- using .NET Framework 2.0
- mpeg4 stream with authentication
- webcams are saved for later use if they are temporary disconnected
v2.7 Date: 24.10.2006
- icons improvements
- email attached images could be displayed inline the email text (if inline is selected, the email is sended in html format instead of text format)
- internal improvements
v2.6 Date: 13.06.2006
- motion detector difference as decimal value
- AVI creator ( creates AVIs from single images )
- improved date/time format for filenames
- bugfix: start the motion detector at startup with camera not running in default resolution
- bugfix: email sending password
- internal improvements
v2.5 Date: 18.02.2006
- Netcam MPEG4 streaming improved
- hide video window option in the context menu
- unplug and replug of most Webcams recognized
- place video window + overview window into the ActiveDesktop!
- bugfix: moving video window over multimonitor desktop
- bugfix: save motion detector and scheduler settings also for unplugged cams
- bugfix: scheduler running several jobs at scheduler start + at scheduler end
- bugfix: motion detector action video window in foreground or fullscreen with overview window active
- internal improvements
v2.4 Date: 28.09.2005
- optical improvements (new icons etc.)
- shortcuts for the main functions
- internal improvements
- chinese language
v2.3 Date: 27.08.2005
- support of Netcams streaming their video in the MPEG4 format
- it is possible to hide the camera video window while the camera is still active
- now it is possible to insert your own IP address for the video network server and the webserver
- bugfix: the picture capturing while video recording sometimes didn't work for Netcams
- the video recording at motion detection (long as motions are detected plus additional seconds) is triggered with each new detection, so that the additional time is always new started!
v2.2 Date: 09.07.2005
- support of Netcams streaming their video in the motion-JPEG (MJPEG) format
- bugfix: self connection of Remotecams ( internal video network ) at startup
v2.1 Date: 11.06.2005
- informations dialog
- media viewer improvements
- webserver remote control is able to turn off and password support
- bugfix: motion detector starts at startup even when preview is inactive
- bugfix: no error if ftp should upload files which are not existing
- polish + danish language
- additional scheduler time settings
- webserver could start external programs
- DirectShow improvements (now more combinations of video devices and codecs possible)
- time stamp into the video
- picture capture + video recording settings are the same in all modes or not
- motion detector check function accelerated
v2.0 Date: 01.03.2005
- the format of the date is now YYYY-MM-DD for better filename sorting
- bugfix: more than 2 of the same webcam models are possible
- integrated Media Viewer !!!
- integrated Webserver !!!
- the pixel difference value for the motion detector is selectable in 4 intensity steps
- the video network client can poll for a new connection after lost of connection
- the audio source is selectable
- turkish language
- the overview window remembers it's size and location
- internal improvements
v1.7 Date: 07.12.2004
- new camera startup settings dialog
- faster load of camera settings on slow harddrives (recognizable if using a lot of cameras)
- now all dialogs fit 800x600 (for the customers running a low desktop resolution)
- a new scheduler function for deleting or moving files, with dynamic directory creation
- prevention of attaching the same file twice to an email (or upload by FTP)
- internal improvements
v1.6 Date: 03.10.2004
- the text output in the captured picture has a background color
- the conext menu of the overview window is expanded
- the conext menu of the main dialog camera listview is expanded
- the filename settings for the picture- and videofilenames enables to select the arrangement of the date and the time
- redesign of the scheduler settings dialog to make it more intuitively
- redesign of the motion detector settings dialog to make it more intuitively
- the RemoteCam could send its video picture too, so casacading of PCs is possible
- ZOOM into the video window is possible
- the motion detector modes normal and fast are now available
- main menu with icons
v1.5 Date: 13.07.2004
- all sended/uploaded files are moveable in a separate directory after email sending or FTP upload
- the capture dialog tests after codec changing if recording is possible
- bugfix: stopping of a not running sound (from motion-detector actions)
v1.4 Date: 21.06.2004
- bugfix: remove video codecs which don't own a valid namestring
v1.3 Date: 07.06.2004
- several WebCams with the same name are possible
- internal DirectShow improvements
- bugfix: ftp, email dialog possible errors
v1.2 Date: 20.05.2004
- network cameras which needs an authentication are supported
- bugfix: the wait for start value (motion-detector) was resetted sometimes
v1.1 Date: 16.05.2004
- XP Style for all visual components (only on Windows XP)
v1.0 Date: 01.05.2004
- first release