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Orchid Fusion VMS 25.9.0
Orchid AI with AI Search, and Orchid Offline Player
Orchid Recorder 25.9.0
Orchid AI with AI Search, and Orchid Offline Player
You'll need
Orchid Fusion VMS
Orchid Fusion VMS integrates multiple Orchid Recorder locations into a unified system, providing a cohesive view across all sites. This integration streamlines operational workflows, enhances scalability, and maximizes security effectiveness throughout your organization.
And you'll need
Orchid Recorder
Orchid Recorder centralizes live and recorded video from all cameras into one hub, facilitating efficient monitoring and detailed incident reviews. It serves as a critical tool for managing surveillance effectively and responding promptly to security challenges.
Release 25.9
Architecture
Windows 64-bit
Ubuntu (modern)for LTS versions 24.04 through 16.04
Ubuntu (legacy)for version 14.04 LTS
Red Hat Enterprise Linuxalso CentOS and Fedora
Debian ARM 64-bitfor aarch64 architecture devices
Debian ARM 32-bitfor armhf architecture devices
2025-09-30Orchid Fusion VMS
Version 25.9.0
Orchid Fusion VMS
Orchid AI with AI Search, and Orchid Offline Player
Released on 2025-09-30
- Orchid Fusion now supports AI Search
- Administrators can enable AI on cameras to have the Recorder analyze video streams in real-time.
- For enabled cameras, users can perform fast, region-based searches of various object types such as people, cars, trucks, and bikes directly from the Stage.
- AI Search requires a new license type. Recorders that are using a Trial License or a valid license with 6 or more cameras include one AI Trial License that allows AI Search on a camera with 24 hours of AI event retention.
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- Cameras with an AI license will store AI events for the entire video retention period.
- Orchid Fusion now supports multi-camera, long duration exports using a new Orchid Offline Player.
- The Orchid Offline Player is a standalone executable that can run on Linux, Windows, and Mac workstations. It allows users to review large amounts of video footage offline with the same synchronized Stage, Player, and Timeline as Orchid Fusion.
- Users with Export permissions can now export an Offline Player Bundle which can contain an unlimited time range and unlimited number of cameras.
- Orchid Fusion now provides native support for aarch64 Linux systems.
- The Orchid Fusion Library now provides better timezone awareness by displaying timezone information on Library Items and on the Add Library Item dialog.
- Improve the Smart Search overlay message to no longer darken the entire video frame for drawing controls.
- Improve the IFrame player by allowing 3rd party developers to configure the playback time, configure the playback rate, perform PTZ actions, and change the Thumbnail Panel visibility through posted Window Messages.
- Improve the Motion Alerter by making several attempts to fetch exported footage from the Recorder before sending an email with no clip attached.
- Improve cleanup logic when Orchid Fusion fails to update camera previews.
- Administrators can now configure the maximum user session length.
- Improve the camera report endpoint by adding several additional fields.
- Orchid Fusion now synchronizes Recorder names with the Recorder to allow for more contextual filenames for Offline Player bundles.
- Fix issue where iFrame Player did not gracefully handle connecting to offline Recorders.
- Fix issue where the Events Viewer details pane could display an incorrect event type.
- Fix issue where Smart Search would not initialize correctly in certain configurations.
- Fix memory leak in the RTSP proxy service.
- Fix issue where the user interface would appear out-of-date just after updating Orchid Fusion due to browser caching.
- Fix issue where custom Certificate Authorities would not function correctly in Orchid Fusion when no system version of Java was installed.
- Fix issue where the Library was failing to upload files to Microsoft OneDrive.
- Additional fields supported in the camera report:
cameraId,streamId,streamState,orchidId,orchidNameGET /orchids/camera-report
- Get reserved server tags
GET /orchids/tags/reserved
- Return Recorder Session ID and URI in response headers when creating new Recorder Sessions
GET /orchids/{id}/session/load
- A new camera analytics field indicates whether a camera has AI enabled.
- Added to the camera response in these web socket messages:
CAMERA_ADDED,CAMERA_REMOVED,CAMERA_MODIFIED - Added as part of cameras in responses from the following endpoints:
GET /orchidsPOST /orchidsGET /orchids/{id}PATCH /orchids/{id}POST /orchids/{id}POST /orchids/{id}/cacheGET /orchids/{id}/cameras/{cameraId}
- Added to the camera response in these web socket messages:
- Changes to recorder directives endpoints (BETA)
- Renamed base path, /configuration, to /recorder-directives
- A
RECORDER_DIRECTIVES_MODIFIEDweb socket message is sent when the recorder directives have been modified. - Update the recorder directives
PATCH /recorder-directives
- Get the list of camera or server tag rule attributes
GET /recorder-directives/camera-tag-rules/attributesGET /recorder-directives/server-tag-rules/attributes
- Condition attribute and operator validation for camera and server tag rules
POST /recorder-directives/camera-tag-rules/rules/validatePOST /recorder-directives/server-tag-rules/rules/validate
- Get all server or camera IDs (BETA). Filtering by tag query parameters is now optional.
/orchids/ids/orchid/cameras/ids
Version 25.9.0
Orchid Recorder
Orchid AI with AI Search, and Orchid Offline Player
Released on 2025-09-30
- Orchid Recorder AI with AI Search
- Administrators can enable Orchid Recorder AI on cameras to have the Recorder analyze video streams in real-time.
- For enabled cameras, users can perform fast, region-based searches of various object types such as people, cars, trucks, and bikes directly from the Stage.
- AI Search requires a new license type. Recorders that are using a Trial License or a valid license with 6 or more cameras include one AI Trial License that allows AI Search on a camera with 24 hours of AI event retention.
- Cameras with an AI license will store AI events for the entire video retention period.
- Linux installations with a compatible NVIDIA GPU can use hardware accelerated processing by installing an additional GPU Package for AI.
- GPU acceleration requires x86_64 and an NVIDIA Card with Compute Capability >= 7.5. See: https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-gpus.
- Orchid Recorder now supports multi-camera, long duration exports using a new Orchid Offline Player.
- The Orchid Offline Player is a standalone executable that can run on Linux, Windows, and Mac workstations. It allows users to review large amounts of video footage offline with the same synchronized Stage, Player, and Timeline as Orchid Recorder.
- Users with Export permissions can now export an Offline Player Bundle which can contain an unlimited time range and unlimited number of cameras.
- Improve the Smart Search overlay message to no longer darken the entire video frame for drawing controls.
- Improve the IFrame player by allowing 3rd party developers to set the playback time and rate through posted Window Messages.
- Administrators can now configure a property to allow export filenames to use localized timezones instead of UTC.
- Fix issue where the archive cleaning process would operate slowly and result in no free storage.
- Fix issue where errors when using the Share Stage feature did not properly display for some locales.
- Fix issue where the Events Viewer details pane could display an incorrect event type.
- Fix issue where Low Bandwidth streams would sometimes fail to play until the Orchid Recorder service was restarted.
- Fix issue where the Windows installer would incorrectly report a database check failure when Orchid Recorder services failed to stop within the specified timeout.
- Fix issue where it was possible to enable audio talkdown on cameras, even when the Orchid Recorder property was configured to disable talkdown.
- Fix issue where Orchid Recorder would fail to register some Axis cameras in HTTPS mode.
- Fix issue where dynamic camera settings modes such as Hanwha Wisestream would cause stream restarts within Orchid Recorder.
- The server's official IANA time zone name is now included with time information:
GET /time-extended
- The server endpoint now supports setting the server's name:
PATCH /servers/{serverId}
- The server's name is now reflected in endpoints providing server info:
GET /servers/{serverId}GET /serversGET /discoverable/orchids/{orchidId}GET /discoverable/orchids
- A new endpoint provides information about objects detectable via AI analytics:
GET /camera-stream/smart-search/analytics-caps
- Smart Search sessions may now be configured to search for specific detected objects on AI-enabled streams:
POST /camera-stream/smart-search
- Camera configuration now includes the option to enable AI analytics, as permitted by the license:
PATCH /cameras/{cameraId}GET /cameras/{cameraId}GET /cameras
- Camera stream responses now indicate whether the stream has searchable detected objects currently available:
GET /streams/{streamId}GET /streamsGET /cameras/{cameraId}/streams/{streamId}GET /cameras/{cameraId}/streamsGET /cameras
Orchid Offline Player 25.9
Architecture
Windows
MacOSfor Intel (x86-64) processor
MacOSfor Apple Silicon (ARM) processor
Linux
2025-09-30Orchid Offline Player
Version 25.9.0
Orchid Offline Player
First release.
Released on 2025-09-30
- Orchid Offline Player released.
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