Versions
Explore the evolution of Orchid VMS
Explore the evolution of Orchid VMS
Discover the journey of our VMS software through its previous versions, showcasing the advancements and innovations that have shaped its current state.
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Orchid Fusion VMS and Orchid Recorder are free to download, install, and use in trial mode, subject to certain limitations described in the table below.
Version 24.9
Version 24.9.0
Orchid Fusion VMS
New support for camera and server tagging, fix SAML login behaviors, numerous small improvements and fixes.
Released on 2024-10-23
- Orchid Fusion VMS now supports displaying camera and server tags from compatible recorders.
- Fix issue where expanding the
PATCH /orchids
section on the API page would result in expandingPATCH /orchids/{id}
section as well. - Fix issue where aarch64 upgrades would always fail the registered recorders versions pre-install check.
- Fix issue where SAML users would fail to log in due to an invalid cache.
- Fix issue where Camera Bag thumbnails would flicker.
- Improve Advanced Properties search behavior.
- Fix issue where Audit Log exports would not observe the applied filters.
- Fix issue where the Retention Policy page would sometimes display adjacent color blocks with the same color.
- Fix issue where Smart Search regions could appear out of bounds when a player is resized.
- Fix issue when copying stream settings for cameras that do not have a Primary Stream configured.
- Fix issue where the Player statistics would report an incorrect audio encoder.
- Fix issue where the offline ambulance animation would display trailing artifacts.
- Fix issue where player controls could get into an undesired state on the Events Viewer page.
- Fix issue where Smart Search regions would appear out of position when a player was zoomed in.
- Fix issue where the talkdown activity indicator would overlap with the timezone offset indicator on a Player.
- Fix issue where motion events were not displayed on the Timeline correctly when recorders had a time offset from the client.
- Improve dewarp player configuration by adding a new 'Wall (flipped)' orientation.
- Improve Thumbnail Search image load times.
- Improve the Servers page to now include the recorder version information tab.
- Update camera endpoints to include new fields connectionUrl and verifySslCerts to support configurations for HTTPS communication with ONVIF-compatible cameras:
GET /orchids
GET /orchids/{id}
GET /orchids/{id}/cameras
GET /orchids/{id}/cameras/{cameraId}
- Update camera endpoints to include new field tags to display camera tags:
GET /orchids
GET /orchids/{id}
GET /orchids/{id}/cameras
GET /orchids/{id}/cameras/{cameraId}
- Navigation menu items have been reorganized.
- Library Export file format now defaults to MKV for better audio encoder support.
Version 24.9.0
Orchid Recorder
Add support for camera and server tagging, HTTPS support for ONVIF driver, motion detection overlays, automated updates for Red Hat, many bug fixes and improvements.
Released on 2024-10-23
- Orchid Recorder now supports adding Tags to cameras, event subscriptions, and recording servers for better organization and management.
- Orchid Recorder now supports communicating with ONVIF cameras over HTTPS.
- Orchid Recorder can now overlay motion regions on WebRTC Players for easier configuration and tuning.
- Orchid Recorder now supports automatic updates on Red Hat Linux systems, for select license types.
- Fix issue where Smart Search databases could consume large amounts of storage.
- Fix issue where Orchid Recorder would fail to register some multi-head PTZ cameras.
- Improve support for Avigilon camera events.
- Improve support for cameras using RTP at non-standard clock rates.
- Improve support for Vivotek cameras.
- Improve support for camera streams that include inline format changes.
- Fix issue where Windows installations using the non-default installation path would fail to install properly.
- Fix issue with old database backups not being removed, with some license types.
- Fix issue breaking unattended updates for 32-bit Orchid Recorder installations on 64-bit ARM Debian systems.
- Fix issue where canceling a Windows installation would leave behind a preinstall directory.
- Improve Advanced Properties search behavior.
- Improve audio talkdown support for Hanwha cameras.
- Fix issue where the Smart Search database service would create large volumes of logs.
- Fix issue where updating from older versions of Orchid Recorder on Windows would fail.
- Fix issue where Audit Log exports would not observe the applied filters.
- Fix issue where thumbnails in the Camera Bag would flicker.
- Fix issue where the Retention Policy page would sometimes display adjacent color blocks with the same color.
- Fix issue where Smart Search regions could appear out of bounds when a player is resized.
- Fix issue when copying stream settings for cameras that do not have a Primary Stream configured.
- Fix issue where the Player statistics would report an incorrect audio encoder.
- Fix issue where the offline ambulance animation would display trailing artifacts.
- Fix issue where player controls could get into an undesired state on the Events Viewer page.
- Fix issue where Smart Search regions would appear out of position when a player was zoomed in.
- Fix issue where the talkdown activity indicator would overlap with the timezone offset indicator on a Player.
- Fix issue where motion events were not displayed on the Timeline correctly when recorders had a time offset from the client.
- Improve dewarp player configuration by adding a new 'Wall (flipped)' orientation.
- Improve Thumbnail Search image load times.
- Update discoverable camera endpoint to now include all HTTP and HTTPS URLs advertised by cameras:
GET /discoverable/cameras
- Update the cameras PATCH endpoint to better handle HTTPS configuration changes:
PATCH /cameras/{cameraId}
- Allow camera URLs to be changed without requiring the credentials to be supplied.
- Add a new connectionUpdateDoRecovery query parameter to allow camera connection settings to be changed without resulting in a full Camera Recovery.
- Update the following endpoints to now support Tags:
PATCH /cameras/{cameraId}
GET /cameras/{cameraId}
POST /cameras
GET /servers/{serverId}
GET /discoverable/orchids/{orchidId}
PUT /events/metadata/subscriptions/{id}
GET /events/metadata/subscriptions/{id}
POST /events/metadata/subscriptions
- Create a new endpoint for viewing all Camera Tags:
GET /cameras/tags
- Create a new endpoint for setting Server Tag:
PATCH /servers/{serverId}
- Create a new endpoint for sending audio clips to play on a camera:
POST /cameras/{cameraId}/talkdown
- Update the Smart Search session response to match the documented response:
GET /events/camera-stream/smart-search/{sessionId}
- Update the motion-minutes endpoint to respond with an HTTP 400 when negative time values are provided:
GET /events/camera-stream/motion-minutes
- The
capture.audio
property now defaults to strict on new installations. This setting prevents audio from ever being recorded when disabled in a Camera Configuration.