Hey everyone!

We’re excited to announce the release of Bluecherry Server 3.1.0-rc8, our latest version of the powerful open source video surveillance platform. This new release brings lots of improvements and enhancements to make your video surveillance experience even better.

Firstly, this version is now compatible with the latest version of Ubuntu Jammy and Linux Mint (21.1 Vera).

In addition, this version includes a range of bug fixes and performance improvements to make sure your video surveillance experience is as smooth as possible. We’re always working hard to make sure Bluecherry Server is the best it can be, and we’re confident that this version will be the best yet.

We hope you’re as excited about this release as we are. Download Bluecherry Server 3.1.0-rc8 today and get the most out of your video surveillance system. If you have any questions or feedback, feel free to drop us a line at support@bluecherrysolutions.com.

Thanks for being a part of the Bluecherry!

Full changelog:

• Migrate to systemd by @curtishall in #561
• Add support for Linux Mint Vera 21.1
• Fix socket descriptors leak. by @antonsviridenko in #570
• Prep for RC8 release by @curtishall in #575
• Jammy support by @curtishall in #576

This release focuses on several bugs discovered in beta 2:

* Resolve bug where the client won't actually close (Fixes #49 and #53)
* Add code analysis to CI build process (follows Flutter best-practices)

This release has the following features:

* Show warning if there are no downloads
* Remove unneeded libraries (saves approximately 50% of installation size)

As always you can download the latest Version 3 beta client from GitHub (https://github.com/bluecherrydvr/unity/releases)

Important!

This is a complete rewrite of the Bluecherry remote client. Literally none of the code base from Version to Version 3 was reused. This means some things may not function as expected and currently PTZ does NOT work. If you have a PTZ camera and would like to help test please let us know in the discussions area - https://github.com/bluecherrydvr/unity/discussions

What's Changed

Initial Windows Desktop release.

Full Changelog: https://github.com/bluecherrydvr/unity/commits/main

https://github.com/bluecherrydvr/unity/releases

Hey everyone!

We’re excited to share a sneak peek of one of our upcoming features for Bluecherry - Unity: Multi-screen Playback. Multi-screen playback that lets you play multiple video streams simultaneously on the same display. It’s perfect for those who want to view multiple cameras at the same time, and have all of the videos playing in a single window.

With Unity, you can easily adjust the playback speed, and switch between full-screen and windowed modes. You can also take advantage of our advanced timeline showing the difference between motion detection and constant recording!

We’re really excited to share this new feature with our users, and we hope you’ll find it just as useful as we do. If you have any questions or feedback, don’t hesitate to get in touch. We’re always happy to hear from our community!

Thanks for your support,

The Bluecherry Team

We’re excited to announce that the Bluecherry mobile app ‘Unity’ is will be available starting Jan 4, 2023 9:00 PM (GMT) to download from the Apple App Store! We’ve been working hard on this upgrade and we’re thrilled to finally be able to make it available to our customers.

If you have already purchased the Bluecherry Mobile App then the new app will cost you nothing.

We’ve worked hard to make sure the app is secure and reliable. We’ve also added new features, such as the ability to customize notifications, receive alerts, and view live video feeds.

We hope you enjoy the new Bluecherry mobile app ‘Unity’ and that it helps to make your Bluecherry experience even better. We’re always looking for ways to improve our products and services, and we welcome your feedback. Thank you for being a Bluecherry customer!

We are working on adding support to give more functionality for larger screens (aka - iPads and eventually Android tablets).  Currently we "stretch" the application which isn't ideal.

P.S. - We are also working heavily on pushing out a new desktop client based on Unity!

Starting September 15, 2022, we will be implementing new pricing for our software.

We know that this may come as a surprise, so we wanted to give you a heads up so that you can prepare.

Rest assured, we have carefully considered all of the feedback that we have received from our customers. We believe that the new pricing structure will be more equitable and allow us to continue providing the high-quality products and services that you have come to expect from us.  We have several enhancements coming in version 3 later this year that are exciting!

We continue to plan to keep Bluecherry licenses as perpetual and not charge a yearly subscribe fee for the current features you already know and love.

If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to reach out to us on Slack. We would be happy to answer any questions that you may have.

Thank you for your continued support.

The Bluecherry Team

As previously mentioned we have been working hard on a new cross platform client.  The iOS version is now ready for general testing.  

To install this TestFlight version you need to download TestFlight and follow this link

Please note!  If you already have the Bluecherry iOS client installed this will overwrite any server settings that you have.  This means you will need to add the server(s).

Some new features:

- Pinch to zoom
- Ability to add cameras from multiple servers in the same layout
- Motion event notifications now display of the image created during the motion event
- Snooze notifications until a specific time

Eventually the client will be moved to the App store as a paid app.  If you already purchased the previous Bluecherry iOS app we thank you for your support.  This will be a free upgrade!

This release focuses on several bugs discovered in RC5.  

• FIX: Thumbnails return 404 during web UI call #551
• FIX: Thumbnails are blank (or not included) during email notifications #549
• FIX: Web UI freezes, won't allow logins #550
• FIX: ONVIF scan does not return available paths #548
• FIX: ONVIF motion detection triggering fails #547
• FIX: onvif_tool is blank on RC5 #541

Full Changelog: v3.1.0-rc5...v3.1.0-rc6

June 24, 2022

Our team has been working on designing a cross device client code named 'Unity' for several months.  As you may know last year we introduced the iOS / Android mobile client based on React Native.  While this was a good "first step" for a mobile interface we decided to have one code base for the mobile (iOS / Android) and desktop applications (Windows / Linux / OS X).

We looked at different frameworks and decided on Flutter by Google.  Flutter, which uses the Dart language, is relatively new framework that supports multi-platform applications.  While Flutter is still "new", the support from Google and the community is outstanding and development track is rapid.

We expect the new mobile apps to be on TestFlight (iOS) in the next few weeks.  Currently an Android app can be downloaded from GitHub - https://github.com/bluecherrydvr/unity/releases/download/vnext/bluecherry-android-arm64-v8a-release.apk

Android x86 packages https://github.com/bluecherrydvr/unity/releases/tag/vnext

Features in the mobile app of Unity:

- Motion events now show the image causing the event

- Smaller application size (less bloat!)

- Feature parity going forward with the desktop client.

- Motion events can be snoozed for 15/30/1 hour increments.

- Theme settings can be selected for Light/Dark/Systems

- Additional data formats are now available

Select cameras from different servers on the same live view.  This is a big change from Version 1 where only streams from one server could be displayed at anytime.

Notes

If you have already purchased the iOS Bluecherry app this will be a free upgrade.  You will have to add yours servers once you upgrade to Version 2 of the mobile app as this data won't be shared between Version 1 and Version 2.

Screenshots!