VisualSoft What's New File -------------------------- This file provides a summary of all software changes in all VisualSoft Suite and VisualReview versions from 11.0.0 onwards. For more details of any of these entries, or for a more user-friendly explanation, please contact visualsoft.support@f-e-t.com Versions marked as "*** RESTRICTED RELEASE ***" are typically released to one client only for offshore validation, ahead of a full release via our website. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11.0.14 22/04/2024 ------------------ VisualDVR Legacy Edition: Bug Fix: When used via the API, if DVR's Black-Box mode was enabled, incorrect file names were sent in channel status messages (used by some 3rd party applications) Improvement: User Manual updated for clarity on dip switch settings if using Analog to SDI, or SDI to Analog converters. VisualDVR 2023 Edition: Bug Fix: When used via the API, if DVR's Black-Box mode was enabled, incorrect file names were sent in channel status messages (used by some 3rd party applications) Improvement: User Manual updated for clarity on dip switch settings if using Analog to SDI, or SDI to Analog converters. VisualDVR 2023 File Service: Bug Fix: File copying by the File Service could fail if all channels completed copying by VisualArchive before an already scheduled auto-copy started. Bug Fix: File copying by the File Service could result in an unplayable file if a copy failed at the first attempt and was then automatically repeated. VisualEdit & VisualReview: Bug Fix: Video channels could become out of sync during playback if different channels had different framerates. VisualReview: Bug Fix: An exception was thrown if VisualReview was started without an existing VisualReview.ini file. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11.0.13 12/12/2023 ------------------ VisualDVR 2023 Edition: Improvement: Small changes to the management of logging disk space with DVR 2023 to maximise file retention, and avoid unnecessary warning messages. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11.0.12 16/11/2023 ------------------ VisualDVR 2023 Edition: Bug Fix: In version 11.0.11 DVR 2023 if using DVR's Auto-Copy, it was copying Black-Box recordings as well as Normal recordings. Bug Fix: After loading a backup of the DVR 2023 Settings, the Channel Status panel sometimes showed incorrect On/Off labels for channel sync. Improvement: Added buttons for Import and Export of Survey Position Data column names in DVR 2023. VisualEdit & VisualReview: Improvement: Video playback speed has been improved. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11.0.11 28/09/2023 ----------------- VisualDVR 2023 Edition: Bug Fix: Changes to Restricted Comms in the DVR Config Wizard were not saved. Bug Fix: Closing DVR 2023 when recording in Black-Box mode did not correctly close the Black-Box video files. Bug Fix: Starting DVR 2023 with incorrectly closed Black-Box video files did not automatically repair those files. Bug Fix: Some entries in the DVR Diagnostics log were missing channel number info. Bug Fix: When importing Project names from disk, Sub-Project names with full stop (period) characters in them were not imported. Bug Fix: With more than one available time sync source DVR would flip between them and then freeze up. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11.0.10 25/08/2023 ----------------- VisualDVR 2023 Edition: Bug Fix: Survey Data was not being decoded if the received string had a trailing space after the line terminator. This affected some FET ROVs. Bug Fix: UNC path support via the API was not enabled in DVR 2023 and the associated File Service. Bug Fix: If setting file names via the API, allow the 3rd party application to specify just a DVR hostname without also specifying a channel number. Bug Fix: Automated sequential file numbers were not correct at duration-triggered file changes in DVR when working with recordings started via the API. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11.0.9 20/06/2023 ----------------- VisualEdit: Bug Fix: Offline Overlay was not being included on grabbed still images. User Manuals: Improvement: We have reduced the file size of some PDF User Manuals. This reduces the installer download size. The content is the same, just better compressed. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11.0.8 01/06/2023 ----------------- VisualDVR 2023 Edition and VisualData Logger: Bug Fix: VisualDataLogger was not always changing file when receiving a session file change command from DVR 2023 VisualArchive: Bug Fix: VisualArchive was in some circumstances throwing an exception when selecting the offline drive VisualEdit: Bug Fix: Creating a VisualWorks Report was not copying Offline Overlay config files if they were saved at the Dataset level VisualReview: Bug Fix: If installed using the VisualReview standalone installer, an exception was happening when enabling Offline Overlay in a VisualWorks Report ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11.0.7 25/05/2023 ----------------- VisualDVR 2023 Edition: Bug Fix: The list of resolutions allowed with an “SD Only licence” included NTSC Resolution 640 x 480 but not 720 x 486. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11.0.6 19/05/2023 ----------------- VisualEdit & VisualReview: Bug Fix: Repeatedly changing between Layout files caused the loading to become slower and slower Bug Fix: The File menu for manually saving Offline Overlay settings was missing in the new v11 Overlay Editor Bug Fix: When working with Offline Overlay on video in a VisualWorks Report, the overlay was not being turned on when changing dataset, moving to a new video clip, or restarting the application. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11.0.5 15/05/2023 ----------------- VisualDVR 2023 Edition: Bug Fix: The File Service was not applying a video channel's "friendly name" when auto-copying video files. VisualEdit & VisualReview: Bug Fix: On a PC with no writable D drive there was an exception when trying to move video windows. VisualEventConfigEditor, VisualDataLogger, VisualEventLogger, & Event Tablet Editor: Bug Fix: The "About" windows were opening with exceptions. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11.0.4 18/04/2023 ----------------- VisualDVR 2023 Edition: Bug Fix: UDP ports for Streaming Output could not be changed Bug Fix: Setting Online Project if Channel Status windows were narrowed (e.g., by opening the Events List) could cause an exception VisualReview: Bug Fix: On a PC with a VisualWorksReports folder but no VisualWorks folder there was an error on start-up. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11.0.3 07/04/2023 ----------------- VisualDVR 2023 Edition: Bug Fix: Event logging files were missing the header row VisualArchive: Improvement: Minor changes to the warning that opens if the previously used offline drive is missing at start-up (e.g. NAS offline or USB disk unplugged) VisualSoft Downsampler: Improvement: Prevent the re-Downsampling of files already processed when replacing a full destination drive. Bug Fix: Correctly handle "No change" of Audio bitrate in MPEG-2 files. VisualEvent Config Editor: Bug Fix: Do not allow use of commas in column names. Bug Fix: If column type is changed from Manual to Auto data entry, remove it from logging wizard. VisualReview standalone installer: Bug Fix: The installer was missing a file and VisualReview would not run. VisualSoft System Checker & VisualReview Launcher:. Bug Fix: HTML links were pointing to old, abandoned support site. Bug Fix: One pre-requisite file name was incorrect and so reporting the install file as missing from the prerequisites folder. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11.0.2 02/03/2023 ----------------- VisualDVR Storage Manager: Bug Fix: Some Projects, Sub-Projects and recordings were not being shown in the list of recorded files. Bug Fix: Ampersands in Project names were not correctly displayed in the lists of recorded files. Bug Fix: On start-up the application was hiding behind VisualDVR and did not show a task bar icon. VisualDVR 2023 Edition: Bug Fix: Ampersands in Project names were not correctly displayed in Status bars. Bug Fix: When importing Projects from disk, spaces were not being converted to underscores. Bug Fix: If Settings were opened while Survey Data was not being received, previously configured column names were lost. VisualDVR Legacy Edition: Bug Fix: Pressing F1 was opening About Box and throwing an error. It now opens the Help file (without any error) as it does in other applications. VisualSoft Admin Panel: Bug Fix: We fixed a minor display issue with the name of VisualREview Professional in the Licence Request wizard. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11.0.1 21/02/2023 ----------------- Differences between 11.0.0 and 11.0.1 are mostly related to the completion of testing. Some items not needed by the small number of users issued with 11.0.0 were not fully tested before that release. They have since been tested for the 11.0.1 release. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *** RESTRICTED RELEASE *** 11.0.0 30/01/2023 --------------------------------------------- VisualSoft Suite: * Applications have been updated to the new FET branding style * We have added a new edition of VisualDVR using new hardware and new software, to be known as VisuaLDVR 2023 Edition (see below). * The older VisualDVR is retained for older hardware, and is rebranded as VisualDVR Legacy Edition. * We have added a few other new applications, mostly as "companion applications" for the DVRs VisualDVR 2023 Edition: * A new application using new hardware. A single video I/O card allows four digital HD/SD inputs and four digital HD/SD outputs. * Can live stream video to the new VisualDVR Network Video Player. * New overlay configuration. * Simplified and enhanced configuration tools. * (Future development will soon bring IP video inputs, and allow the use of some legacy hardware in the new look software.) VisualDVR Storage Manager: * A new application to track and manage file copying operations for VisuaLDVR 2023 Edition. VisualDVR Network Video Player: * A new application to receive and display live video streamed from VisualDVR 2023 Edition. VisualDVR Video Player: * A new application to play recorded video on the VisualDVR itself. Works with both Legacy Edition and 2023 Edition. VisualEdit: * New overlay configuration tool, the same as in VisuaLDVR 2023 Edition. VisualEdit and VisualReview: * New KP Slider bar * New option for Audio Level graph on Time Slider