The information applies to:
- LuxRiot 1.6.x up to 1.6.12
Summary
An updated version of LuxRiot DVR Removable Media Archive Viewer introduces the following features:
- an option to export video archive into Advanced Systems Format/Windows Media Video .WMV files
- an option to save current video frame into JPEG or BMP file using built-in media file viewer (supports both AVI and ASF/WMV files)
- an option to manually specify/add data directories using GUI to pick archive backups made to disk drives, external disk drives, flash drives etc.
Description
An updated version of LuxRiot DVR Removable Media Archive Viewer adds new features mentioned above. Update instructions are provided below in the bottom of the post.
Archive export wizard introduces a new export type: export into ASF (Advanced Systems Format) File and creates a Windows Media File .WMV using Windows Media Encoder subsystem:
The advantage of WMV files is that video is encoded using Windows Media video codec which is widely available on systems without LuxRiot DVR or special codec software installed.
When a media file is opened using built-in media file viewer, an updated version of software offers menu choices Copy Current Frame to Clipboard and Save Current Frame As to extract current video frame from the video file and transfer picture into another applciation through file or clipboard.
The mentioned above features will also be available in regular LuxRiot DVR Client with next release of LuxRiot DVR.
Additionally, the updated versions allows manual configuration of data directories as opposed to fixed default list of directories in previous versions of software. Using Menu File it is possible to add a directory with a backup files of LuxRiot DVR and/or copy of the live video archive directory.
Note that it is impossible to add live recording directory, in case of attempt to the application would show an error message. In order to access live archive data using LuxRiot DVR Removable Media Archive Viewer application it is required to stop LuxRiot DVR Server and rename the directory of interest *:\LuxRiot\Archive Files (note that the user has to have respective Windows privileges to perform this action), after which it will be addable to the diectory list of LuxRiot DVR Removable Media Archive Viewer.
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The information applies to:
- LuxRiot 1.2.20 and more recent, LuxRiot Light 1.2.20 and more recent
Summary
A layout sequence may be set as a startup layout sequence in which case it is activated automatically on opening LuxRiot DVR Client document (.lxd file). That is, in most cases, layout sequence is activated once you start LuxRiot DVR Client application.
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The information applies to:
- LuxRiot 1.2.20 and more recent, LuxRiot Light 1.2.20 and more recent
Summary
LuxRiot can be configured to store archive data on a network drive, for instance, on a Network-attached storage (NAS). By default LuxRiot uses local hard drives for archive storage, which are listed under recording properties. An UNC (Universal Naming Convention) path to external storage is to be added manually:
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The information applies to:
- LuxRiot 1.2.x up to 1.2.17
Symptoms
After a video frame was copied into clipboard, some applications (especially the ones that support multiple clipboard formats, e.g. Microsoft Word) may be unable to paste copied image.
Resolution
An update of one of the LuxRiot modules fixes the problem.
It is strongly recommended to upgrade to LuxRiot 1.2.17 before applying the fix if an older version of LuxRiot is installed.
- Download the archive DVRClientTools-1.2.17.2686.zip
- Stop all LuxRiot applications
- Open LuxRiot instllation directory, typically C:\Program Files\LuxRiot Digital Video Recorder
- Backup file DVRClientTools.dll by renaming to e.g. DVRClientTools.01.dll
- Extract new DVRClientTools.dll from downloaded archive in place of the renamed file
- Start LuxRiot applications
The fix will also be included into next release of LuxRiot.
The information applies to:
- LuxRiot 1.2.16 and more recent, LuxRiot Light 1.2.16 and more recent
Summary
LuxRiot watchdog is capable of monitoring amount of pool nonpaged memory in use by operating system (Memory\Pool Nonpaged Bytes performance counter). The feature protects from overuse of memory which may bring entire system into unstable state.
Some versions of Microsoft Windows operating systems (presumably non-server operating systems) appear to have memory leak problems caused by long and intensive network activity. Monitoring of pool nonpaged memory usage offers an option to automatically restart LuxRiot applications and/or reboot operating system to recover from these problems.
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The information applies to:
- LuxRiot 1.2.16 and more recent, LuxRiot Light 1.2.16 and more recent
Summary
LuxRiot DVR Client received an enhanced digital PTZ feature with better control using mouse pointer.
Digital PTZ feature allows to manipulate with zoomed video streams, post-processed on the client side of the application.
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The information applies to:
- LuxRiot 1.2.16 and more recent, LuxRiot Light 1.2.16 and more recent
Summary
LuxRiot DVR Client application may be put into locked state so that no user interface activity is allowed until exclusivity mode password is provided to remove the lock.
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The information applies to:
- LuxRiot 1.2.Ñ… up to LuxRiot 1.2.15
Symptoms
With GDI mode selected for rendering video and digital PTZ feature enabled, actual video may appear as if it is zoomed in and it is unable to zoom out to full frame.
Resolution
The fix for the problem will be included into next LuxRiot update, LuxRiot 1.2.16.
The information applies to:
- LuxRiot 1.2.x up to 1.2.14
Symptoms
When image flip or rotation option is enabled to post-process image received from typically network camera, the resulting image may get distorted, especially having a split shifting image by several pixels.
Resolution
An update of one of the LuxRiot modules fixes the problem.
It is strongly recommended to upgrade to LuxRiot 1.2.14 before applying the fix if an older version of LuxRiot is installed.
- Download the archive DVRCodecs-1.2.14.2629.zip
- Stop all LuxRiot applications
- Open Windows system32 directory, typically C:\Windows\system32
- Backup file DVRCodecs.dll by renaming to e.g. DVRCodecs.01.dll
- Extract new DVRCodecs.dll from downloaded archive in place of the renamed file
- Start LuxRiot applications
The fix will also be included into next release of LuxRiot.
