This is a pretty massive release that brings a number of new features and improvements.

Features

24/7 recordings

The main feature developed here is the option of having 24/7 recordings.
With this comes a new component, storage which will allow you to retain data based on time (like it is today) and based one consumed space.
This allows you to use your storage to its maximum.

Storage Tiers

Another feature of the storage component are tiers.
They allow you to store recordings on multiple media.
Say you have one 256GB SSD and a 1TB HDD, you can keep the most recent recordings on the SSD for fast access while offloading the older recordings to the HDD for archiving.

Timeline

To easily view 24/7 recordings, a new Timeline view is available.
It currently shows continuous recordings, motion events, detected objects.
Face recognition and License plate recognition will be available soon as well.

Events

The Events view is a more concise view than the Timeline.
Here you can scroll through and view all the Events.
Currently it shows only recordings but more events like face recognition etc is in the works.
You cannot view 24/7 recordings here.

Breaking Changes

• Old recordings are not yet migrated over to the new format and will not be viewable in Viseron
• Recordings are now in HLS format. If you need to have the recordings saved as full MP4 files you can use the new config option create_event_clip
• Recordings folder structure has changed
• mp4 file extension is now forced and extension is removed
• segments_folder is removed in favor of tier paths
• Thumbnails are now stored in /thumbnails folder (depending on the tier config)
• filename_pattern in thumbnail is removed, stored as ID of the recording

See the #716 v3.0.0 PR for tasks left to do before final release is ready.