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
Version: 6.4 HF 3
Infrastructure
If there are several unsuccessful attempts made to log into BriefCam, the administrator can now configure BriefCam to lock out the user. This is done using the EnableUserLockout environment setting, which by default is set to false. The number of permitted login attempts is set to 5 and can be changed using the LoginAttemptsBeforeUserLockout environment setting.
Functionality Improvements
December 2022
Version: 6.4 HF 2
Analytics
Taxis and other private cars were classified as busses.
Accuracy
September 2022
Version: 6.4
Installation, Configuration, and Scalability
HASP driver was upgraded to support the latest Windows versions.
Installers
Version: 6.4
Installation, Configuration, and Scalability
Improvements for XPRR AIO installer.
Installers
August 2022
Version: 6.4
Installation, Configuration, and Scalability
All-in-one deployments can now be installed with a unified wizard. The new wizard lets you run the Check Prerequisites tool and install all of the following components from one place: PostgreSQL, RabbitMQ, Server, Web Services, and the most commonly used VMS plugins.
Installers
Version: 6.4
Installation, Configuration, and Scalability
BriefCam was tested and certified to work on Windows 11.
Installers
Version: 6.4
Analytics
Defaults for the dashboards are now defined in environment settings only and are no longer defined in a separate ResearchConfig.csv file.
RESEARCH
Version: 6.4
Analytics
The Handheld Bag person attribute was added to the RESEARCH module and can be used in the dashboards.
RESEARCH
Version: 6.4
Infrastructure
Administrators can now filter for enabled groups.
Administrative
Version: 6.4
Infrastructure
Administrators can now filter for SAML users.
Administrative
Version: 6.4
Infrastructure
By default, the Respond.SendAlertsWithThumbnailTime administrator setting is now set to false.
Administrative
Version: 6.4
Installation, Configuration, and Scalability
The Research certificate path was moved from the Web Services installer to the Research installer.
Installers
Version: 6.4
Installation, Configuration, and Scalability
You no longer are asked to provide Redis details in the Web Services installer.
Installers
Version: 6.4
Installation, Configuration, and Scalability
In the Milestone plugin, you now can verify the URLs.
Installers
Version: 6.4
Installation, Configuration, and Scalability
In the Milestone Embedded plugin, you can now verify the Open API URL.
Installers
Version: 6.4
Integration
When using the Outbound API, the alert time is now sent and not the thumbnail time.
API
Version: 6.4
Integration
The video clip that is sent via the outbound API is now rendered as a normal clip and is no longer divided into four tiles. Note that as of BriefCam v6.4, the video clip will be in M3U8 format.
API
Version: 6.4
Installation, Configuration, and Scalability
Large blob artifacts (thumbnails, video clips) are now stored in a two-layer distribution with up to 10,000 subfolders. The folder depth is controlled by the new LargeBlobTreeDepth administrator setting.
Large Scale Deployments
May 2022
Version: 6.3
Integration
BriefCam v6.3 was tested and certified to work with Milestone 2022R1.
VMS Integration
March 2022
Version: 6.3
Infrastructure
The Task Management service is now responsible for updating case and request task statuses for the REVIEW dashboard.
Performance
Version: 6.3
Infrastructure
The Task Management service is now responsible for sending processing tasks to the processing servers (task management) for the OX6 engine. For the OX5 engine, the VSServer is responsible for task management.
Performance
Version: 6.3
Infrastructure
All task management, both for small-scale and large-scale deployments, is carried out using RabbitMQ.
Performance
Version: 6.3
Integration
BriefCam v6.3 was tested and certified to work with American Dynamics’ VideoEdge v5.6.
VMS Integration
Version: 6.3
Integration
For BriefCam v6.3, the Milestone 2021 R2 plugin deploys SDK 2021.
VMS Integration
Version: 6.3
Integration
It is now possible to pull non-masked video from the Milestone VMS even if masking was configured in the VMS.
VMS Integration
Version: 6.3
Integration
The Video Integration API (VIA) now supports Daylight Savings time.
API
Version: 6.3
Analytics
Visual layers are now supported for aggregated RESEARCH dashboards. There is a new built-in aggregated dashboard named Visual Layers that displays these visual layers.
RESEARCH
Version: 6.3
Installation, Configuration, and Scalability
The PostgreSQL installer installs a newer version of Redis (Redis 5.0.10).
Installers
Version: 6.3
Infrastructure
A Last Modified column was added to the Camera Management screen. This column displays the last time the information was updated using the Sync to VMS button.
Administrative
Version: 6.3
Infrastructure
Additional license information was added to the Camera Management screen including the number of real-time channels.
Administrative
Version: 6.3
Infrastructure
When you filter in the Real-Time, On-Demand, and Audit Log sections, the selections are automatically applied and you no longer need to click the Apply button.
Administrative
Version: 6.3
Infrastructure
The On-Demand section was separated into two sub-sections: On-Demand Requests and On-Demand Tasks.
Administrative
Version: 6.3
Infrastructure
Administrators can now view, enable, and disable all rules created by users in their entire system. For this purpose, the Real-Time section was separated into two sub-sections: Real-Time Tasks and Real-Time Rules. The Real-Time Rules section includes a counter for the total number of RESPOND rules.
Administrative
March 2022
Version: 6.2
Analytics
When calculating the scene geometry, BriefCam now takes into account vehicles as well as people. This results in improved size and speed accuracy for scenes with vehicles.
Accuracy
Version: 6.2
Infrastructure
The BriefCam Administrator Console now includes a new Dashboards section. This includes the REVIEW dashboard, which helps easily track the usage of the REVIEW module. This dashboard provides the list of cases with their statuses and relevant metrics.
Administrative