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!

The Bluecherry Mobile iOS app is now available on the App Store.  For a limited time the price is on sale for $2.99, normal price will be $4.99

The TestFlight version will be removed in the near future, so purchase now!

This release focuses on resolving several reports issues.  

• FIX: Frame based motion randomly stops in the middle of a motion event #(500)
• FIX: Constant recordings stop after several seconds (#523)
• FIX: Add cron scripts for domain and SSL renewal
• FIX: Only send webhook trigger on motion, not constant video (#515) -- Thanks to @mcnelson for this fix
• FIX: Increase Media.size limit to fix SQL errors with 1hr+ record segments (0294eef) -- Thanks to @mcnelson for this fix
• FIX: Web UI fix: can't delete webhooks when there are multiple webhooks configured (b384096) -- Thanks to @enp6s0 for this fix

You can run the following command to upgrade to this release:

sudo apt-get update ; sudo apt-get install bluecherry

Use coupon code 'GIVEME25' for 25% off Bluecherry software licenses!

We are working on the next release of the client.  For now we have updated builds for the Windows client (x86 32/64bit) and a new OSX M1 build.

This build fixes a problem with the Windows client crashing during event playback.

Windows x86 64 bit

Windows x86 32 bit

OSX (M1 build)

• FIX: Most reported crashes in RC3 (one still remains outstanding)
• FIX: Don't overwrite subdomain SSL certificate include in nginx on upgrade (57bea75)
• FIX: Add cronscript to check for new IP address and report changes to subdomain API (#507)
• FIX: Available licensed ports show -1 (#504)
• FIX: HLS stream is unstable (#487)
• FIX: Failed to init muxer for output file $filepath invalid argument
• FIX: apt-get remove --purge remove does not truncate (remove) the user, prevents reinstallation (2b3d199)
• FEATURE: Update devices.xml to show device name (needed in mobile app) (00e2fc1)
• FEATURE: Finished monitoring threads and high performance statistic collector with backend API (#506)

This release fixes two reported crashes.  Additionally this release adds support for creating a (free!) bluecherry.app domain and will generate Let's Encrypt SSL for you.  The subdomain / Let's Encrypt process takes approximately 60 seconds to complete.

Watch our short YouTube video for information on this using this new feature.

Once you generate a Let's Encrypt SSL you can test out our Bluecherry App!  Join us on Slack for a free invite on TestFlight (iOS) or our Android app.

Note - A Bluecherry perpetual license is required to use this feature, it is not avoid in the community edition.

Changes in RC3: 

FIX: All reported crashes in RC2.
FIX: Firefox UblockOrigin blocks certain menu item clicks (#474)
FIX: Web: 504 Gateway Time-out fix (#470)
FIX: 30 day trial should allow unlimited cameras, however currently limited to 4 (#475)
FIX: Adding a user without an email address causes the web interface to become unresponsive (#484)
FIX: Warn users who are upgrading from Version 2 to Version 3 that their license keys will not work in Version 2 (#492)
FIX: Update location of nginx logs for viewing in Web UI 
FEATURE: Add webhook test functionality

• FIX: Resolve PHP problems preventing installation

This release focuses solely on a Debian 10 (Buster) installation problem discovered after 3.1.0-rc2.  This fix is for Debian 10 Buster only.

After this you can run this command to update your repository to the unstable repository and install version 3.1.0-rc1

sudo bash -c "$(curl -s https://dl.bluecherrydvr.com/scripts/install-unstable)

If you DO NOT want to upgrade and want to keep the currently installed Bluecherry version please run:

sudo apt-mark hold bluecherry

• FIX: Resolve large memory leak, causing OOM failure sometimes as soon as 1 hour (0132827)
• FIX: Resolve buffer append crash (6bc8cee)

This release focuses solely on all crashes that was reported to Bluecherry, including a nasty memory leak and a crash that occurred every hour.  

Note:  Currently the SSL / CNAME section is disabled and will be added soon.

Please post any questions / comments on our community forums or on our Slack channel.

If you are running v2 and want to try v3.1.0-rc1 it is recommended that you first backup your database:

mysqldump -u bluecherry -p bluecherry >> bluecherry-v2.dump

After this you can run this command to update your repository to the unstable repository and install version 3.1.0-rc1

sudo bash -c "$(curl -s https://dl.bluecherrydvr.com/scripts/install-unstable)

If you DO NOT want to upgrade and want to keep the currently installed Bluecherry version please run:

sudo apt-mark hold bluecherry

• FEATURE: Migrate completely to nginx instead of Apache (#436)
• FEATURE: Support HLS web streaming for live view (#437)
• FEATURE: Allow trial licenses
• FEATURE: Start initial work to support Lets Encrypt SSL (will be fully added in -RC2) -- Requires paid license.

Currently packages are available for Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 20.04 and Debian Buster.

Update 6/8/2021: Packages for Ubuntu 20.10 (groovy), Ubuntu 21.04 (hirsute) and Debian Bullseye are now available.

 Ubuntu 20.10 and Debian Bullseye are expected in the near future

Note:  Currently the SSL / CNAME section is disabled and will be added soon.

Please post any questions / comments on our community forums or on our Slack channel.

If you are running v2 and want to try v3.1.0-rc1 it is recommended that you first backup your database:

mysqldump -u bluecherry -p bluecherry >> bluecherry-v2.dump

After this you can run this command to update your repository to the unstable repository and install version 3.1.0-rc1

sudo bash -c "$(curl -s https://dl.bluecherrydvr.com/scripts/install-unstable)"