• Fix: Nasty storage deletion routine bug where old videos may not be deleted, resulting in 100% disk usage and failure to components (#433)
• Feature: Implement new announcement / changelog system (#445)

This release focuses on tracking orphan video / image files that are left over on the server taking up unnecessary space.  When running 2.8.9 you may see the following in the bluecherry logs:

bc-server[21782]: I(): Initial media cleanup finished: removed(2122), archived(0), errors(23), others(0)

 If you see an error in the log file it is safe to ignore this.

Note:  This will be the last 2.8.9 server release.  We will be releasing 3.1.0 release candidates starting May 24, 2021.  

Customers that have an existing version 2 license can contact Bluecherry for a coupon code to upgrade to version 3 for 50% off.

• FIX: Lack of string etiquette in the trigger server, resolve buffer overrun (#434)
• FIX: Nasty storage deletion routine bug where old videos may not be deleted, resulting in 100% disk usage and failure to components (#433)
• FIX: Web: Layout problem when cameras are disabled (#227)
• FEATURE: Auto-expand IP Cameras in Devices page (#430)

Attention!

Due to a issue with Ubuntu 18.04 installing mysql-server-5.7 at the same time as the bluecherry 3.0.6 update the first upgrade will fail.

The preferred method is to run these commands:

sudo apt-get update ; sudo apt-get install mysql-server-5.7 ; sudo apt-get install bluecherry

• FIX: Web playback - AJAX error caused by the wrong time format (#388)
• FIX: Fixed segment violation bug in recording schedule (#425)
• FIX: Change VAAPI to ‘None’ by default (#421)
• FIX: Web backup / restore - Fixed problem where backup and restore would always fail (#414 / #409)
• FIX: Fix mailer.php (attachments were broken) (#405)
• FIX: TLS / SASL improvements (#366)
• FEATURE: Support systemd (allowing for newer Ubuntu distributions) (#406)
• FEATURE: Adds temporal-based motion detection algorithm - Added by Kyle Mallory kylemallory@yahoo.com
• FEATURE: Minor improvements to Experimental motion detection algorithm, specifically support for “max motion area”. - Added by Kyle Mallory kylemallory@yahoo.com

 Restart subscription to ONVIF events if connection is lost

• Discover IP cameras using ONVIF WSDD
• Autoconfigure RTSP paths using ONVIF
• Recording triggered by ONVIF events (in trigger mode)
• Webhooks
• Updated playback screen layout

• Fix - ONVIF PTZ not functioning (#383)
• Fix - IP camera detection no longer works (#382)

• IP camera substreams can be used as a live view stream source
• VAAPI hardware accelerated decoding for motion detection
• VAAPI hardware accelerated reencoding for MJPEG streams in web UI live view
• New feature - force password change on next user login
• Livestream reencoding to lower bitrate using VAAPI acceleration