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Version 11.1.2: What's New? 

Release Date: 27 June 2025

(For details of more major changes between 11.0 and 11.1, see further down this page.)


If updating a DVR PC from 11.0.x to 11.1.x please see the attached guide for information on drivers and pre-requisites.


VisualDVR 2023 Edition

Improvements: 

  • Added a tool to check for appropriate hardware drivers and warn if changes are needed.
  • Added NTSC D1 720x480 SD 4:3 recording resolution for compatibility with the Axis M7104 Composite to IP video converter.
  • Added SD D1 resolutions with 16:9 aspect ratio for compatibility with the Teledyne Bowtech Surveyor SD II camera via Composite to SDI and Decklink SDI


Bug Fixes:

  • Rolled back to DELTACAST driver 6.15  to improve the handling of brief signal losses or source switching. See below for more details and see attached PDF for instructions.
  • SDI output was freezing if the channel source was switched from SDI to IP or vice versa.
  • Duplicate projects were sometimes appearing if importing a project list from csv.


VisualEdit

Improvements: 

  • We have added an option in the Video File Index export to report the Dataset folder name of each video file.


VisualArchive, VisualEdit & VisualReview

Bug Fixes:

  • A Project or Sub-Project with >1500 Datasets at one level was displaying those Datasets as if they were sub-project folders.


VisualDVR Network Player

Bug Fixes:

  • We have fixed a problem of lagging displays.


VSControl Installer (for 3rd Party API connections)

Improvements: 

  • We have updated the installer to install the latest version with extra activity logging.



DELTACAST Driver Roll Back: 


In version 11.1.0 and 11.1.1 we were using DELTACAST driver version 6.22.  This was found to have compatibility issues with some 3rd party components resulting in a failure to reconnect after a switch or other brief loss of the source signal. For version 11.1.2 we have decided to revert to DELTACAST driver version 6.15 to remove this problem.  

 

For most users this will not cause any issues, but the small number of users who mix integer framerate video sources (25, 30, 50 or 60 fps) with non-integer sources (29.97 or 59.94 fps) may find that SDI video outputs are unreliable or unavailable.  Streamed, IP video outputs will be unaffected.

 

We aim to return to a newer driver as soon as compatibility issues are resolved and are working with all relevant parties to achieve that.


 

What Was New in Version 11.1.0: 

Release Date: 7 April 2025


VisualDVR 2023 Edition

Along with VisualSoft Suite 11.0 we introduced new VisualDVR hardware and a new VisualDVR “2023 Edition”. With the release of software version 11.1 we have now added significant new functionality to VisualDVR 2023 Edition:


IP Video Inputs

VisualDVR 2023 Edition now supports SDI video inputs and/or IP streaming video inputs. You can use a mix of both types or use just one or the other. We have tested with IP cameras from C-Technics, i2S/Orphie, Imenco, Otaq, and STR, as well as with various other streaming sources.

The use of IP inputs requires an extra high speed 4-port network card, which will be fitted as standard in new VisualDVR hardware and which we can readily supply to retrofit in existing systems that are capable of running VisualDVR 2023 Edition (most easily identified as those DVRs with blue doors on the hardware).  Please note that we have tested robustly with specific hardware and drivers, and we do not advise the use of other network cards. 

If you plan to use IP video inputs and have a VisualDVR with blue doors that does not yet have the 4-port network card installed, please contact our sales team using visualsoft.sales@f-e-t.com. 


Switchable Source Mode

For structure inspections with a single channel video deliverable rather than the multiple views used for pipeline inspections you can now connect multiple cameras and record any one at a time, switching between them even while recording.

You can mix sources with different resolutions and framerates, choosing one as “Primary” with the other cameras being scaled up or down as necessary to match and create a recording with a constant resolution and framerate.


Colour, Contrast and Brightness Corrections

New controls give you full control of colour, contrast and brightness settings with immediate preview. Settings can be applied differently to each video channel or can be applied to all.


Still Image Grab: Instant Preview and Retake

There is now an option to get an immediate preview when you grab still images, whether that’s from one video channel or from all four at once. For each image, either separately or all at once, you have options to Retake, Accept, or Discard the image.


Quick Overlay

Video overlay can now be edited and switched even while recording. A new Quick Overlay Panel slides out from the right side of the screen giving you options to change any of the following:

  • Change the colour and background text items
  • Apply the colour or background of one item to all others
  • “Live” editing of text labels
  • Turn individual items on or off
  • Turn whole layers on or off
  • Quick shortcut to the full layer editor


VisualDVR

Bug Fixes: 

  • The overlay editor's preview for NTSC video sources was the wrong size.
  • There were occasional problems closing video files after recording which prevented transfers to VisualArchive.
  • When building or editing an overlay layer using data from Integrity Elementz, saving the layer while that data was not being sent by IE was causing an error. 
  • The column names for Survey Position data sometimes reverted to defaults.
  • It was possible to use characters in video channel "Friendly Names" which were not supported when using those names as part of the video file name.
  • It was possible to have duplicate column names in Survey Position data.
  • Receiving Survey Position data at a baud rate not matching the VisualDVR settings could cause a freeze.
  • Receiving Survey Position data at very high data rate (records per second) could freeze the overlay editor.


VisualArchive

Improvements:

  • We have prevented accidental changing of the selected offline storage drive when using a mouse wheel.


VisualEdit & VisualReview

Bug Fixes:

  • Video was occasionally jumping slightly when stopping playback.
  • Video was occasionally jumping to the end of a dataset when it finished loading.


VisualDVR Network Player

New:

  • The network player now has a standalone installer, in addition to still being part of the full VisualSoft Suite installer.
  • The network player now supports audio sent with video from VisualDVR 2023 Edition.



VisualDVR Legacy Edition on Windows 10 

For details of hardware restrictions when using VisualDVR Legacy Edition on Windows 10, please see this article.


System Requirements 

Please note that VisualSoft Suite version 11 is only supported on Windows 10.  
It cannot be installed on Windows 7 or older and is not yet officially supported on Windows 11.  
Support for Windows 11 is expected in Q2 2025.


Downloads

Please click HERE to download the full VisualSoft Suite which includes Visual3D-Inspector, VisualArchive, VisualDataLogger, VisualDVR, VisualEdit, VisualEvent Logger, VisualOverlay, VisualReview, and other associated tools.


Please see the link at the bottom of the page to download the complete What's New file, with a full history of all changes in this and older versions.


Installation

Before running the installer, please make sure that all VisualSoft applications are fully closed. Check the notification area at the bottom right of your screen, including clicking on the arrow to check for any application icons which might be hidden.


If updating a DVR PC from 11.0.x to 11.1.x please see the attached guide for information on drivers and pre-requisites.