BriefCam Release Notes

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Date
Software Version
Category
Description
Release Topic

February 2024
Version: 2024 M1 HF1
Installation, Configuration, and Scalability
You can now convert an existing environment into a Site and the Site’s alerts and BI data will be sent to the Hub. The conversion is done by running the update_siteid_for_research.bat script.
BriefCam Nexus
Version: 2024 M1 HF1
Installation, Configuration, and Scalability
The maximum default duration of closeup clips was changed from 20 to 60 seconds. This value can be changed using the OX6.CloseupClipMaxDurationSec environment setting.
Next Generation Engine
December 2023
Version: 2024 M1
Infrastructure
The Fetching mechanism was enhanced to address issues with aging Fetching tasks.
Performance
Version: 2024 M1
Integration
The BriefCam plugins and documentation now reflect the company name of Verint to Intellicence. Note that the company name was originally changed from Verint to Cognyte.
VMS Integration
Version: 2024 M1
Integration
To optimize the BriefCam license usage, the Milestone embedded client will now attempt to login into BriefCam only when the user selects the BriefCam tab (called the “Rapid REVIEW” tab in some versions) in the Milestone XProtect Smart Client and not when the Milestone XProtect Smart Client is launched.
VMS Integration
Version: 2024 M1
Integration
A new L2A integration was released with March Networks Recorder (CRS) 6.70. The integration was tested and certified for use with the Windows-based (OX5) engine and Linux-based Next-Gen (OX6) engine.
VMS Integration
Version: 2024 M1
Integration
Dallmeier SeMSy 5 was tested and certified for use with the Linux-based Next-Gen (OX6) engine.
VMS Integration
Version: 2024 M1
Installation, Configuration, and Scalability
For use in multi-site environments, you can set time zones for cameras for use in the RESPOND module.
BriefCam Nexus
Version: 2024 M1
Installation, Configuration, and Scalability
To save resources on the machine where the Rendering service is running, the temp path where case reports are downloaded to (Windows temp folder) can be changed. This is done in the Cache.CacheRoot environment setting in the Rendering Service type.
Performance
Version: 2024 M1
Installation, Configuration, and Scalability
The ability to lock out users after server unsuccessful login attempts is also now supported for administrator users.
Administrative
Version: 2024 M1
Analytics
The new UploadFileFormatsConvertMp4 environment setting was added to help solve cases where the uploading of files fails.
REVIEW
Version: 2024 M1
Integration
The Sync to VMS functionality has been improved. The cameras are now identified by their names and not the external ID, Therefore, if you change a camera’s name, you need to redefine and reactivate the camera.
VMS Integration
Version: 2024 M1
Installation, Configuration, and Scalability
A BriefCam version where Face Recognition is only available in the REVIEW module based on the specific license is available.
Compliance
Version: 2024 M1
Installation, Configuration, and Scalability
A BriefCam version where Face Recognition is deactivated and excluded from the user interface is available.
Compliance
Version: 2024 M1
Analytics
It is now possible to know when an object enters and exits an area and not just when the object enters and exits a camera. This functionality is available using the Avg. Duration in Custom Dimensions measure.
RESEARCH
Version: 2024 M1
Installation, Configuration, and Scalability
Aggregated dashboards can now be built using average dwell time and speed.
RESEARCH
Version: 2024 M1
Installation, Configuration, and Scalability
Additional dimensions related to sites were added to the Hub dashboards (such as Site’s name, city, state, country, and type).
BriefCam Nexus
Version: 2024 M1
Installation, Configuration, and Scalability
The Aggregated dashboards are now the default view for new customers. When upgrading to 2024 M1, the default view is still the Detailed dashboards.
RESEARCH
Version: 2024 M1
Installation, Configuration, and Scalability
BriefCam is now running Qlik Sense (May 2022) with Patch 16, which addresses a number of Qlik security vulnerabilities.
RESEARCH
Version: 2024 M1
Installation, Configuration, and Scalability
The main Qlik QVD file, which contains data about the extracted objects, is no longer one single file, but rather one new QVD file is created each day. This significantly improves the performance of the RESEARCH module.
RESEARCH
Version: 2024 M1
Installation, Configuration, and Scalability
You can now use a preset defined in the REVIEW module when creating a RESEARCH custom dimension.
RESEARCH
Version: 2024 M1
Installation, Configuration, and Scalability
Users defined as data managers, can now export or delete objects from the database directly from a case, in addition to this functionality from within the Data Manager tab. When the data manager selects objects in a case, there are two additional icons for exporting and deleting.
UI Enhancements
Version: 2024 M1
Installation, Configuration, and Scalability
Clicking anywhere on a row selects the row, compared to having to select the row’s checkbox like in previous versions.
UI Enhancements
Version: 2024 M1
Installation, Configuration, and Scalability
You can now right-click on text in tables and an action menu will open. This includes the ability to copy text.
UI Enhancements
Version: 2024 M1
Installation, Configuration, and Scalability
You can copy the text from many areas in the UI, such as the source name or time range by hovering over the name and clicking the copy icon.
UI Enhancements
Version: 2024 M1
Installation, Configuration, and Scalability
The migration of the user interface from the Classic View to the Enhanced View has been completed. The entire user interface is now solely available in the Enhanced View.
UI Enhancements
Version: 2024 M1
Installation, Configuration, and Scalability
To optimize the VIDEO SYNOPSIS length, the duration of the closeup clips is set to a maximum of 20 seconds.
Next Generation Engine
Version: 2024 M1
Analytics
The false alarm rate was reduced for static objects, such as pipes and fabric, being detected as a person.
Next Generation Engine
Version: 2024 M1
Analytics
The false alarm rate was reduced for static objects, such as stairs, chairs, tables, doors, and windows, being detected as vehicles.
Next Generation Engine
Version: 2024 M1
Analytics
The alert thumbnails are now more representative of the object.
Next Generation Engine
Version: 2024 M1
Installation, Configuration, and Scalability
The installation of the Next-Gen has been enhanced including an enhanced prerequisites tool.
Next Generation Engine
Version: 2024 M1
Analytics
The Make & Model filter identifies vehicles’ brands and models.
Next Generation Engine
Version: 2024 M1
Infrastructure
BriefCam Nexus includes time zone support, enabling Hub users to intuitively make sense of alerts from multiple time zones.
BriefCam Nexus
Version: 2024 M1
Infrastructure
Multi-site customers can analyze aggregated business intelligence (BI) data gathered from all sites using central RESEARCH dashboards.
BriefCam Nexus
Version: 2024 M1
Infrastructure
Multi-site customers can centrally view RESPOND alerts generated at remote sites.
BriefCam Nexus
May 2023
Version: 2023 M1 SP1
Infrastructure
Non-predictable storage location – All file names in BriefCam’s storage are now hashed using an MD5 algorithm that includes a unique BriefCam encrypted key.
Security Improvements
Version: 2023 M1 SP1
Infrastructure
API rate limiting – BriefCam has enhanced the reliability and stability of our API service by enforcing usage limits on API calls.
Security Improvements
Version: 2023 M1 SP1
Infrastructure
Storage Gateway service – This new service is responsible for securely accessing BriefCam’s storage where accessing any storage visual artifact requires a valid authenticated session.
Security Improvements
Version: 2023 M1 SP1
Infrastructure
You can now have more than one administrator for your BriefCam system.
Administrative
Version: 2023 M1 SP1
Infrastructure
Additional event types were added to the Audit Log to cover the majority of events that occur in the system.
Administrative
Version: 2023 M1 SP1
Infrastructure
In the Enhanced view, when selecting Show Objects for Plates or Faces, the Show Plates or Show Plates option is now enabled by default.
UI Enhancements
Version: 2023 M1 SP1
Infrastructure
The Next-Gen engine now also supports integrations with Qognify’s NiceVision 3.2 UP2.
Administrative
Version: 2023 M1 SP1
Installation, Configuration, and Scalability
Installing the Next-Gen engine has been simplified and includes a new prerequisites tool that generates a report of missing prerequisites components and configurations. The tool also supports installing the prerequisites components, such as third-party components and drivers.
Installers
Version: 2023 M1 SP1
Analytics
Existing rules and settings from the OX5 Windows-based engine can now be migrated to use the OX6 Linux-based engine
Next Generation Engine
Version: 2023 M1 SP1
Analytics
The new OX6.Visual Assets Service is responsible for storing video clips and masks from the Next-Gen engine. This service enhances the performance of the engine by using the HTTP protocol, which is more robust for these tasks, as opposed to the GRPC protocol used by the OX6.Engine Gateway service.
Next Generation Engine
Version: 2023 M1 SP1
Installation, Configuration, and Scalability
Log4Net dll package version was upgraded to 2.0.15.
Installers
Version: 2023 M1 SP1
Infrastructure
The LogMaxSizeRollBackups, LogMaxFileSizeBytes, and LogRetentionInDays settings were moved from all the individual log config files (LogConfig.xml) to the BriefCam Administrator Console’s Environment Settings screen.
Administrative
Version: 2023 M1 SP1
Infrastructure
To reduce the storage of log files, only one new set of log files is now created daily.
Administrative
Version: 2023 M1 SP1
Integration
IndigoVision Control Center 19.1 was tested and certified.
VMS Integration
Version: 2023 M1 SP1
Integration
Milestone XProtect Corporate 2023 R1 was tested and certified.
VMS Integration
April 2023
Version: 6.4 HF 4
Integration
It is now possible to archive the exported file from VXCore. The archive is needed because the export consists of multiple files that need to be handled together by the decoder. If they are uploaded separately, the decoder does not know that these files are part of the same export.
VMS Integration
Version: 6.4 HF 4
Infrastructure
Users can now log into BriefCam using Azure Active Directory.
Administrative
March 2023
Version: 2023 M1
Infrastructure
BriefCam 2023 M1 includes a completely redesigned user interface with many new features and easier navigation for faster investigations and an even better user experience that will still be familiar to our existing users.
UI Enhancements
Version: 2023 M1
Infrastructure
In the Enhanced view, when you click on a thumbnail, the Viewer tab will be split into two panes, with the thumbnail remaining visible in the left-hand pane, and the close-up clip being played back automatically in the right-hand pane. On the right-hand pane, you can also switch to the Original Video tab.
UI Enhancements
Version: 2023 M1
Infrastructure
When you click on a close-up clip from a VIDEO SYNOPSIS®, you will see object thumbnails in the stopped scene under the clip.
UI Enhancements
Version: 2023 M1
Infrastructure
In the Enhanced view, you can resize the thumbnails on the grid.
UI Enhancements
Version: 2023 M1
Infrastructure
In the Enhanced view, you can collapse the SYNOPSIS list and filters for a larger view of the detected objects.
UI Enhancements
Version: 2023 M1
Infrastructure
Upgraded Flow for Search of Faces, License Plates, and Proximity.
UI Enhancements
Version: 2023 M1
Infrastructure
You can now add any combination of Area, Path, and Line Crossing filters on the same scene. You no longer have to create each filter separately.
UI Enhancements
Version: 2023 M1
Infrastructure
In the Enhanced view, a time offset can now be added for a video after file upload and processing in the REVIEW module.
UI Enhancements
Version: 2023 M1
Infrastructure
In the enhanced user interface, the path of the cameras is imported from the VMS and displayed in the client when you’re processing video from a camera (Camera Grouping).
UI Enhancements
Version: 2023 M1
Infrastructure
In the enhanced user interface, the Administrator can tag the cameras into groups, such as “First Floor Cameras” or “All Cameras in the Corridor”, allowing the user to easily search for cameras by a tag (Tag Management).
UI Enhancements
Version: 2023 M1
Infrastructure
You can now export the detected license plates to a CSV file.
UI Enhancements
Version: 2023 M1
Infrastructure
Presets created in the REVIEW module can now also be used in the RESPOND module when creating rules.
UI Enhancements
Version: 2023 M1
Infrastructure
The RESPOND module now opens with a display of the last 24 hours of alerts. In previous versions, all alerts were displayed, which impacted performance when there were many alerts in the system.
UI Enhancements
Version: 2023 M1
Infrastructure
Bookmarks can now be color-coded.
UI Enhancements
Version: 2023 M1
Infrastructure
In the Enhanced view, you now have a more automatic process for searching for an object on surrounding cameras (this is currently available with Genetec and Milestone integrations where the camera geolocations have been defined).
UI Enhancements
Version: 2023 M1
Analytics
When you open the RESEARCH module, you’ll now see the RESEARCH Overview screen which displays all of the dashboards available out-of-the-box with the RESEARCH solution for quick and easy onboarding, a summary of the detected objects in the environment and the active camera sources, and the last time the dashboards were refreshed allowing you to see the last time the RESEARCH task ran successfully.
RESEARCH
Version: 2023 M1
Analytics
A new aggregated dashboard is available called “Customizable Table”. This dashboard can be changed on-the-fly (does not need to be duplicated) and lets you select common dimensions and measures with just one click.
RESEARCH
Version: 2023 M1
Analytics
Six additional detailed dashboards are now available as aggregated dashboards.
RESEARCH
Version: 2023 M1
Analytics
BriefCam is now running the latest version of Qlik (May 2022).
RESEARCH
Version: 2023 M1
Analytics
Qlik (May 2022) enables Hidden sheets, where you can now show or hide dashboards based on conditions, which enables you to target different users with the same dashboard by tailoring the experience.
RESEARCH
Version: 2023 M1
Analytics
Qlik (May 2022) enables Grid Chart custom object, which is a highly effective way to visualize measures across two dimensions.
RESEARCH
Version: 2023 M1
Analytics
Qlik (May 2022) enables a Video player where you can embed and play videos directly in dashboards.
RESEARCH
Version: 2023 M1
Analytics
Qlik (May 2022) enables images in straight table where you can now add URL-based images to straight tables.
RESEARCH
Version: 2023 M1
Analytics
Qlik (May 2022) enables Master measures in expressions where you can now use master measures within expressions.
RESEARCH
Version: 2023 M1
Analytics
The detailed data’s retention is now set to 30 days by default instead of 730 days. The default can be changed in the RESEARCH.DetailedLoadDays environment setting.
RESEARCH
Version: 2023 M1
Analytics
The detailed data’s retention is now set to 30 days by default instead of 730 days. The default can be changed in the RESEARCH.DetailedLoadDays environment setting.
RESEARCH
Version: 2023 M1
Analytics
BriefCam 2023 M1 debuts the new OX6 next-gen engine for real-time processing when integrating with a Milestone or Genetec VMS.
Next Generation Engine
Version: 2023 M1
Analytics
The new engine, which runs on Linux, offers faster and improved smart alerts that have up to 5 second trigger time (compared to 60 seconds in the OX5 engine) using all available filters including four types of Count filters, up to 2x throughput resulting in reduced number of GPUs needed (depending on available resources on existing hardware), and better detections and counting resulting in better accuracy.
Next Generation Engine
Version: 2023 M1
Analytics
The new engine, which runs on Linux, offers improved accuracy in crowds and dense conditions, as well as in overhead cameras, better handling of static objects, and longer dwell time.
Next Generation Engine
Version: 2023 M1
Analytics
Using the next-gen engine, you can use the patent-pending Custom ClassifID innovation which lets you create your own classes and train them on your own data, such as uniformed employees, taxis, or ambulances. With this release, you can train up to three classes. The classes can be subclasses either of the person class or four-wheeled class.
Next Generation Engine
Version: 2023 M1
Analytics
Using the next-gen engine, you can now receive alerts when a group of a pre-defined size forms for a certain amount of time.
Next Generation Engine
Version: 2023 M1
Analytics
Using the next-gen engine, you can now also trigger alerts for airplane counting.
Next Generation Engine
Version: 2023 M1
Infrastructure
BriefCam offers an up to 25% improvement (depending on the GPU type) for end customers running BriefCam 2023 M1 on the classic Windows-based engine. This 25% improvement is both for on-demand and real-time throughput.
Performance
Version: 2023 M1
Infrastructure
It is now possible to delete Windows-based OX5 hosts that were stopped or unreachable.
Administrative
Version: 2023 M1
Infrastructure
Active Directory groups and users are now supported across a trusted domain.
Administrative
Version: 2023 M1
Infrastructure
From the Services screen, you can now export a log for each service for easier troubleshooting.
Administrative
Version: 2023 M1
Infrastructure
A scheduled task for an automatic back up of MongoDB was added.
Administrative
Version: 2023 M1
Integration
ISS SecurOS 11.2 was tested and certified.
VMS Integration
Version: 2023 M1
Integration
Milestone XProtect Corporate 2022 R3 was tested and certified.
VMS Integration
Version: 2023 M1
Integration
In the Genetec integration, BriefCam can now be configured to send events.
VMS Integration
Version: 2023 M1
Integration
The RTSP credentials for Genetec and Milestone integrations can now be easily and securely entered in the BriefCam Administrator Console.
VMS Integration
Version: 2023 M1
Installation, Configuration, and Scalability
There is now a silent installer for the RESEARCH component.
Installers
Version: 2023 M1
Installation, Configuration, and Scalability
The RabbitMQ installer now installs RabbitMQ version 3.11.4.
Installers
Version: 2023 M1
Installation, Configuration, and Scalability
BriefCam was tested and certified to work with Windows Server 2022. This is in addition to Windows 10 Pro, Windows 11, Windows Server 2016, and Windows 2019 support.
Installers
Version: 6.4 HF 3
Installation, Configuration, and Scalability
The available troubleshooting tools, such as the Move Storage and Log Collector tools, can now be found at {Briefcam Server installation folder}\tools.
Installers
Version: 6.4 HF 3
Installation, Configuration, and Scalability
The PostgreSQL installer now installs PostgreSQL version 10.23.
Installers
Version: 6.4 HF 3
Infrastructure
An authentication was added to the BriefCam API as well as tightened security to prevent potential SQL injections.
Functionality Improvements
Version: 6.4 HF 3
Infrastructure
The account used to run the PostgreSQL database on the server now contains only the necessary privileges.
Functionality Improvements