NEW SOFTWARE RELEASE ==================== Products involved: AXIS Media Control Embedded Release date: December 7, 2006 Release type: Production Software version: 4.1.4.0 File name(s): AxisMediaControlEmb.dll Supported OS: Microsoft Windows 2000(SP4), 2003 Server and XP Professional (SP1/SP2) Preceding release: 4.1.2.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS ========================= Please follow the instructions from the user's manual, available at http://www.axis.com/techsup/amc/ or the file named howtoinstall_AMC.txt. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RELEASE 4.1.4.0 ================ Modifications ============= M01 On Win2000, joystick will now properly be deactivated when parent window is no longer in focus. M02 Pressing ESC in IE7 when playing mpeg4 in fullscreen no longer stops the stream, but instead exits fullscreen. M03 New UIMode "ptz-user-setting" which means that the setting from the control panel applet will be used. M04 The readme-button on the General tab in the Control Applet has been replaced with a link to the user's manual. M05 Snapshots and Recordings are saved to the default folder if the specified folder does not exist. RELEASE 4.1.2.0 ================ New features ============ F01 MJPEG Recording Support Note: Video only Modifications ============= M01 Joystick settings are now automatically updated in up to 32 running AMC instances when pressing Apply or Ok in AMC settings dialog. M02 Added joystick button support for controlling IO-port 4. M03 Improved performance in MJPEG. Corrections since 4.0.17.0 =========================== C02 Reconnection now works correctly for transmit audio channel using simplex speaker only-mode. RELEASE 4.0.17.0 ================ New features ============ 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 ============= 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 License agreement and other external hyperlinks are now opened in a new browser window regardless of user settings. Corrections since 3.32.37.1 =========================== 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. C05 Reduced image flickering on Stop/Play. Known limitations ================= 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.