The information applies to:
- LuxRiot 1.6.x up to 1.6.6
Symptoms
When LuxRiot DVR is configured to show or record video from Toshiba IK-WB15A and IK-WB21A, it might show unreasonably low frame rates, both in live view and recorded archive caused by unnecessary re-connections to a camera and involved inter-frame delays.
Resolution
An update of one of the LuxRiot modules fixes the problem.
- Download archive DVRServerNetworkCameras-1.6.9.7680.zip
- Stop all LuxRiot applications
- Open LuxRiot installation directory, typically C:\Program Files\LuxRiot Digital Video Recorder
- Optional, but recommended: Backup file DVRServerNetworkCameras.dll by renaming to e.g. DVRServerNetworkCameras.01.dll
- Extract new DVRServerNetworkCameras.dll from downloaded archive in place of the renamed file
- Start LuxRiot applications
The update will be included into the next release of LuxRiot.
The information applies to:
- LuxRiot 1.2.x and more recent
Summary
LuxRiot DVR Server keeps video capture hardware settings, camera and other settings in configuration database which can be transfered to another computer when necessary or can be used to make a backup of and restore in case of crash, hardware failure etc.
Description
LuxRiot DVR Server configuration database file “Digital Video Recorder.mdb” is located in LuxRiot installation directory, typically “C:\Program Files\LuxRiot Digital Video Recorder“.
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The information applies to:
- LuxRiot 1.6.x up to 1.6.6
Symptoms
LuxRiot DVR running on a system with Comart XeCap series video capture board might freeze or otherwise perform in an unstable fashion.
Description
The problem more often comes up on a system with 16 and more capture channels running and especially on a system with one or more channels periodically becoming unavailable (due to, for instance, power outage on camera or signal loss).
LuxRiot DVR Server Watchdog in most cases handles the problem in server, however the operating system might lock in board driver and stop DVR operation.
The fix works around the problem and improves stability of the server part of LuxRiot DVR.
Resolution
An update of one of the LuxRiot modules fixes the problem.
- Download self-extracting archive DVRServerXeCap-1.6.9.7276.zip
- Stop all LuxRiot applications
- Open LuxRiot installation directory, typically C:\Program Files\LuxRiot Digital Video Recorder
- Optional, but recommended: Backup file DVRServerXeCap.dll by renaming to e.g. DVRServerXeCap.01.dll
- Start downloaded file to extract new DVRServerXeCap.dll in place of the renamed file
- Start LuxRiot applications
The information applies to:
- LuxRiot 1.6.x up to 1.6.6
Symptoms
Arecont network cameras, especially 8xxx series models, might unexpectedly loose some of their settings on server restart, inlcuding maintenance restart or restart driven by watchdog.
Resolution
An update of one of the LuxRiot modules fixes the problem.
- Download archive Luxriot-1.6.9.7301-Arecont.zip
- Stop all LuxRiot applications
- Open LuxRiot installation directory, typically C:\Program Files\LuxRiot Digital Video Recorder
- Optional, but recommended: Backup file DVRServerNetworkCamerasArecont.dll by renaming to e.g. DVRServerNetworkCamerasArecont.01.dll
- Extract new DVRServerNetworkCamerasArecont.dll from downloaded archive in place of the renamed file
- Start LuxRiot applications