iPi Recorder Release Notes
From iPi Docs
Here you can find history of recent versions of iPi Recorder.
iPi Recorder has built-in auto update functionality. Auto update feature is configured so that checks for update are made once per day. It helps to reduce the start time of the application. If you want to update ASAP — you can use the Check for Update button on home screen.
Note that both of these features require Internet connection. Alternatively (in case of troubles with auto update), you can download and run the updated installation program from direct link.
Contents
ver. 4.0.1.61
N E W F E A T U R E S:
- Support for the new depth sensors:
- Intel RealSense D415 / D435
- Orbbec Astra / Astra PRO
- ASUS Xtion2
- Tool for precise calibration of cameras (this allows to determine camera internal parameters, including distortion)
- Powerful video builder, which allows to combine/edit video from different sources, (re)evaluate background, set/patch inter-cameras synchronization, etc.
- Support for workflow with action cameras like GoPro and Sjcam
- Real-time Tracking for Live Preview: live data streaming to iPi Mocap Studio
B U G F I X E S:
- Poor quality of Sony PS3 Eye video if Upside Down option set.
- Backround was not discarded in case of certain changes of the recording settings
ver. 3.3.2.57
B U G F I X E S:
- Сritical bug fix in depth sensors reinitialization after resetting of devices or returning from playback.
ver. 3.3.1.56
N E W F E A T U R E S:
- Workflow improvements for background evaluation in distributed recording:
- It is allowed to enter slave mode or connect to slaves without previously evaluating background.
- Running background evaluation on a master PC triggers evaluation on slave PCs as well. Thus there is no need to run background evaluation on slave PCs manually.
- Current percentage of background area is displayed in a status of a slave PC (minimum value among all cameras on this slave PC).
- Export of depth data from iPiVideo to series of PNG files. 16-bit grayscale colors represent depth values in millimeters.
- Note: For Kinect 2, a conversion table from depth space to camera space is exported into a TAB-separated text file along with depth data.
- Simple frame center marker introduced for alignment purposes has been replaced by a more useful alignment grid.
B U G F I X E S:
- Ensure PLAY tab is activated first when opening a record.
ver. 3.3.0.55
N E W F E A T U R E S:
- Improved performance with Logitech C922 cameras.
- Workflow for opening a record for playback from Recording Results dialog is improved. Instead of HOME button, there is a BACK button to return to recording without losing previous recording state (like evaluated background).
- Option to mark centers of camera frames on SETUP screen. This may help with positioning of cameras.
- Statistics overlay control is hidden the same way as other controls when collapsed to not cover the bottom area of a frame.
- Asking confirmation on closing the application when recording is in process.
- New event recording-started in Automation addon.
- Hover toolbar in Recent Records list. It was available as context menu (on right click) previously.
B U G F I X E S:
- Pressing PROPERTIES or CALIBRATE button in overlay controls now exits full screen mode automatically.
- Compatibility of supported compression modes is now considered when determining whether selected cameras are compatible.
- Fixed app crash when an error occurs on disconnecting web camera.
- Reset Devices command on RECORD screen now does not reset evaluated background.
U N D E R T H E H O O D:
- Using GPU (supporting DirectX 11) for rendering camera streams. This improves overall performance during recording.
- Improved performance of the Trace window.
ver. 3.2.11.53
B U G F I X E S:
- Calibration procedure did not finish with some PS Moves because they do not provide magnetic data. Now magnetic calibration can be skipped.
ver. 3.2.9.51
B U G F I X E S:
- Fixed app crash after background evaluation with Xtion/Carmine depth sensors.
ver. 3.2.8.50
N E W F E A T U R E S:
- Added support for 1280x720@90fps and 1920x1080@90fps modes of Logitech BRIO webcam.
- For depth sensors (Kinect, Kinect v2, Xtion, PrimeSense): checking floor detection quality during background evaluation, warning user about bad floor visibility.
- Making photo from web camera or depth sensor (copying of current image from video source to clipboard).
- Automation Add-on updated to manage Distributed Recording:
- Added discover-slaves command
- Added connect-to-slaves command
- Added disconnect-from-slaves command
- Added enter-slave-mode command
- Added exit-slave-mode command
- recording-stopped event has got a new argument slaveResults which holds some details about the results of distributed recording on slave PCs.
- Automation Add-on: ensure correspondence of devices/screens order in UI and items order in the result of get-devices-state command.
B U G F I X E S:
- Automation Add-on: argument selectedDevices of open-recorder command was ignored. Now it works and items order in selectedDevices defines devices/screens order in UI.
- Automation Add-on could hang in rare cases during events sending.
ver. 3.2.7.49
N E W F E A T U R E S:
- Added support for 1280x720@60fps mode of Logitech C922 Pro Stream webcam.
- Filtering out webcam device for Kinect v2 sensor which appeared after recent Windows updates. This prevents confusion when recording with a "Kinect" camera produces a video without depth data.
B U G F I X E S:
- Fixed incorrect handling of skeletal data while saving edited videos.
- Fixed storing of incorrect device parameters in record after hot-swapping Kinect v2 sensors while Recorder is running.
- Fixed some visual glitches of the ribbon in collapsed state.
- Fixed cropping of camera screens on window resize occurring under certain conditions.
U N D E R T H E H O O D:
- Improved performance of calculation of background area statistics.
ver. 3.2.6.48
N E W F E A T U R E S:
- Automation Add-on: added merge-videos command.
- Warning about possible performance issues on RECORD tab.
B U G F I X E S:
- Results of some checks on recording start were ignored. For instance, recording started after user answered No when presented a warning about low FPS.
ver. 3.2.5.47
N E W F E A T U R E S:
- Pairing of Sony PS Move controllers on Windows 8/10 using standard Bluetooth drivers, without the need to use Motion in Joy third-party drivers.
- Automation Add-on: added forceStart flag to start-recording command.
B U G F I X E S:
- In case of people detection during background recording with Kinect v2 user's choice to use or discard recorded background was processed incorrectly.
- Software crashed after pressing Reset button on RECORD screen when Kinects were used for recording.
- Software crashed in some cases on start of distributed recording.
ver. 3.2.3.45
N E W F E A T U R E S:
- iPi Automation Add-on released.
This tool allows to control iPi Recorder and iPi Mocap Studio from external application by sending JSON commands via Windows dll. It can be used for:- Using iPi Recorder and iPi Mocap Studio as a part of a third-party solution;
- Automation of repeatable tasks;
- Automation of custom workflow.
ver. 3.1.4.43
N E W F E A T U R E S:
- Show statistics of background quality (background area percentage).
- Detecting substantial change of background that may deteriorate tracking quality.
- Show ‘green screen’ (Hide Background) during recording.
- Support of Intel RealSense R200 sensor.
- Please be aware that R200 depth quality is lower compared to Kinect sensors so far, so tracking accuracy may deteriorate.
U N D E R T H E H O O D:
- Performance optimizations for recording.
ver. 3.1.3.38
N E W F E A T U R E S:
- Recording Kinect 2 tracking data for further usage in iPi Mocap Studio.
- Detecting if several Kinect 2 sensors are connected to the same PC.
U N D E R T H E H O O D:
- Decreased background subtraction threshold for Kinect 2 sensors.
- Memory usage optimizations.
ver. 3.1.2.36
N E W F E A T U R E S:
- Resetting previously evaluated background when camera properties are changed on the Setup stage.
- Export of audio data with a separate button in the toolbar.
B U G F I X E S:
- Frequent ‘Camera hang detected’ errors on recording start with large number of cameras.
U N D E R T H E H O O D:
- Correct installation of older version over newer one.
- Previously uninstallation was required.
ver. 3.1.1.34
N E W F E A T U R E S:
- Automatic selection of available TCP ports for Distributed Recording if default values (31415 and 31416) are in use by other applications.
- Displaying tips with important info. Click to hide.
- Filtering out corrupted/absent files in the list of recent records.
- Improved computation of remaining time when downloading from multiple slaves.
- Improved error handling in distributed recording.
B U G F I X E S:
- Progress indication on taskbar icon is not removed when downloading records from slave(s) is cancelled.
- Partially downloaded records are not removed when downloading records from slave(s) is cancelled.
- Incorrect timing of records under rare conditions.
- Order of cameras may differ in records when using multiple slaves.
- Cancelling recording while counting down leads to app crash.
ver. 3.1.0.33
N E W F E A T U R E S:
- Distributed Recording which provides the ability to record synchronized video from multiple devices connected to several computers. Using this feature now one can use multiple MS Kinect 2 sensors for tracking.
B U G F I X E S:
- Video editing and export were not allowed for four-cameras video in Basic Edition.
ver. 3.0.1.32
B U G F I X E S:
- Application crash if at least one motion controller (PS Move or Wii Remote) is selected for recording.
- Export and video editing were erroneously disabled for free trial.
- Rare false failure of integrity check in certain environments.
ver. 3.0.0.31
The first public release of iPi Recorder 3. If you're user of iPi Recorder 2.x or iPi Recorder 1.x then please visit Migration to V3 from Older Versions article.
N E W F E A T U R E S:
- Kinect for Xbox One / Kinect 2 for Windows support.
- Redesigned user interface based on Ribbon concept.
- .iPiVideo records editing (cutting, removing cameras, etc.).
- available only for owners of iPi Mocap Studio license, including non-expired Free Trial.
- Audio and video export.
- available only for owners of iPi Mocap Studio license, including non-expired Free Trial.
- Shell Extension for iPiVideo files which provides thumbnails and preview functionality for iPiVideo files in Windows Explorer and Open/Save dialogs.
B R E A K I N G C H A N G E S:
- iPiVideo records produced by iPi Recorder 3 can't be opened in iPi Recorder 2 and iPi Mocap Studio 2.
- iPi Recorder 3 doesn't support Windows XP and Windows Vista. It requires Windows 7 or 8.
- iPi Recorder 3 doesn't support Kinect SDK 1.6, Kinect SDK 1.7 and usage of psdrv3 drivers to work with MS Kinect / MS Kinect for XBOX 360. The only option for these devices is to use Kinect SDK 1.8.
U N D E R T H E H O O D:
- Moving to Microsoft .Net 4.5.1 Platform.
- Using new installation and auto-update system instead of buggy ClickOnce technology.