NEW SOFTWARE RELEASE
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Products involved: AXIS Media Control Embedded

Release date:      September 7, 2006

Release type:      Production

Software version:  4.0.17.0

File name(s):      AxisMediaControlEmb.dll

Cab size:          465 848 bytes

Supported OS:      Microsoft Windows 2000(SP4), 2003 Server
                   and XP Professional (SP1/SP2)   

Preceding release: 3.32.37.1

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INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
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Please follow the instructions from the user's manual, available at
http://www.axis.com/techsup/amc/ or the file named howtoinstall_AMC.txt.

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RELEASE 4.0.17.0
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New features
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F01  MPEG-4 Recording Support
     Note:   With this version of Axis Media Control installed on the 
             client PC it is possible to do MPEG-4 recording not only 
             from Axis products with firmware 4.40, but also from Axis 
             products with firmware 4.30 specified below,

             Axis 210/211, 210A/211A, 241Q/241S, 241QA/241SA, 213, 214

             Enable the Recording button for these products in the product 
             web application. 
             Go to [Setup | System options | Advanced | Plain config], 
             select group "Layout", modify "AMC record media:" and 
             click Save.

  
F02  Reconnection functionality. The AMC will automatically reconnect 
     when media stream is unreachable or lost during playback.

F03  Areazoom. Draw an area in the Live View and zoom into it. Only 
     available if also supported by server firmware.


Modifications
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M01  AXIS MPEG-4 video decoder replaces Moonlight MPEG-4 video decoder.

M02  New JPEG encoder for snapshots integrated in AxisMediaControl.dll

M03  Play/Stop and Fullscreen/Normal view are toggle menus in the 
     AMC context menu.

M04  Reduced image flickering on Stop/Play.

M05  License agreement and other external hyperlinks are now opened in a 
     new browser window regardless of user settings.


Corrections since 3.32.37.1
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C01  Sound uses the Windows mixer, which solves problem with bad dynamics 
     in MPEG4-sound. 

C02  Default volume (30%) is replaced by the current Windows mixer value.

C03  Robustness for fast and frequent Play/Stop sequence is improved.

C04  Opening snapshot or recording folder no longer causes Explorer to
     freeze on certain systems.


Known limitations
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L01  When browsing in the control panel for a snapshot/recording folder, 
     certain invalid folders (e.g. \\{server}) may appear for selection. 
     However, as these are not valid selections, they will not appear in 
     the edit box.

L02  In MPEG-2 products, if the video resolution is set to 2CIF, 
     any snapshots taken will have half the specified height.   
  
L03  Date and time overlay text shown when playing MPEG-2 files may be
     hard to read, depending on the color scale of the video being shown.

L04  The client may stop displaying the MPEG-4 video stream after the PC 
     has been locked. 
     Workaround: Reload the Live View page.

L05  If the toolbar is not correctly updated, please reload the Live View 
     page and check your server audio connection if this does not help. 


L06  If the audio settings window displayed on top of the video window 
     (only in small resolutions) does not respond on mouse clicks or 
     moves, close and open the window to be able to use the controls again.