Breakthrough/DVR-Scan v1.8-release

DVR-Scan v1.8

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Release Notes

DVR-Scan 1.8 includes several UI additions and enhancements, and fixes a long-standing issue with Python packaging dependencies.

Changelog

• [general] The Python distribution now correctly requires opencv-python #204
  • There is a separate dvr-scan-headless package available for servers which requires opencv-python-headless and only includes CLI functionality
• [bugfix] Fix bounding box overlay stuck on when using the OpenCV output mode #218
• [feature] UI additions and enhancements:
  • add option for enabling output concatenation #223
  • output folder now opens on completion by default #226
  • input videos can now be sorted by each column
  • add menu button to open DVR-Scan log folder
• [feature] Add max-area, max-width, and max-height options to help suppress improbable motion events, such as those caused by rain or fog #224 (thanks @elvis-epx)
• [bugfix] Log files no longer append to the same file, and now have randomized suffixes to support multiple instances #227
  • Config option changes: logs are no longer appended to the same file, so max-log-size is no longer required, and max-log-files has been raised from 4 to 15
• [bugfix] Use pathlib.Path everywhere for path handling to mitigate issues with ffmpeg output mode on Windows #220
• [bugfix] Fix inaccurate progress bar when using -st/--start-time #191
• [bugfix] Fix missing log message when processing next video #213
• [improvement] Update default ffmpeg stream mapping to more gracefully handle audio/subtitles #219
• [dist] Update ffmpeg from 7.1 -> 8.0 in binary distributions

New Contributors

• @elvis-epx made their first contribution in #224
• @google-labs-jules[bot] made their first contribution in #233

Full Changelog: v1.7.0.1-release...v1.8-release