IPConfigure announces the release of Orchid Fusion VMS version 2.16.0 and Orchid Core VMS 2.16.1, both available for download now.  Orchid Fusion Cloud customers will see their cloud sites updated to version 2.16 within the next five business days.

Orchid Core VMS 2.16.1 was released on January 19, 2021.  This was a small performance-oriented hotfix to version 2.16.0 which was released on January 13, 2021 and includes several enhancements to improve Orchid Core VMS’s Cloud capabilities.

New Features

• Orchid Core VMS now reports packet loss statistics between cameras and server on the Cameras page.
• WebRTC/Cloud Improvements:
  • Better handling of mDNS WebRTC candidates. In order to better support browsers that anonymize mDNS addresses, Orchid Core VMS no longer processes mDNS WebRTC candidates by default. The previous behavior can be re-enabled with the webrtc.process_mdns property.
  • Add a new WebRTC property for specifying a server?s public IP address (webrtc.public_ip). This option can speed up WebRTC connection times when Orchid Core VMS is behind a 1:1 NAT, such as in a cloud environment.
• Orchid Core VMS now supports a direct protocol for discovering cameras that are not on the same physical network subnet.
• Add Dutch localization

Bug Fixes

• Speed up slow database migration when upgrading from version 2.14.0 or older to version 2.16.0 or newer.
• Fix issue where the camera stream events endpoint would return events outside the requested time range.
• Fix an issue that would prevent Orchid Core VMS from running on Windows 7 workstations.
• Fix issue where playing live WebRTC streams would sometimes result in an error (“error getting preroll sample off of appsink”).
• Fix issue where the ONVIF Autodiscovery configuration would not be preserved on upgrade.
• Fix issue where the ?Click to Refresh? link on the bulk register dialog didn?t actually refresh the discovered cameras.
• Fix issue where the estimated retention calculation of the server was incorrectly accounting for Proxy-Only streams.
• Fix issue where joystick PTZ would fail with multiple PTZ cameras on the stage.
• Fix issue where the drag interaction for Dewarp cameras became sluggish with multiple cameras on stage.
• Fix an issue that would cause Orchid Core VMS to crash sporadically in motion-only recording mode.
• The stage “Save Video” dialog (the dialog is formerly known as “Export”) now sorts streams alphabetically.