StarWitness FreezeFrame Release Notes

Patch 2.0.702

Bug fixes & improvements

• Fixed: Crash when panning to edges while zoomed

Patch 2.0.700

Bug fixes & improvements

• Don't string-sort the annotations list box - now maintains by order added.
• Refresh outline and label overlay immediately when switching to Annotations tab.
• Only de-select current blot on child node deletion if it was the last deleted child.
• Changed color sequence in overlay image to show colors properly.
• Fixed: Annotation position wrong if distance between nodes is enough to cause overflow
• Improved drawing performance of annotations

Patch 2.0.698

Bug fixes & improvements

• Fixed: above-hd resolution video exports to wmv zoomed in instead of letterboxed
• Fixed: Video result case item deletion leaves evidence report behind in capture folder

Patch 2.0.691

Bug fixes & improvements

• Fixed: Move case operation not working
• Fixed: Can't export result items until FF closed and reopened
• Fixed: Blots not exported

Patch 2.0.682

Bug fixes & improvements

• Fixed: Can't open case items created prior to 2.0

Release 2.0.x

New Features

• Imported videos are now stored in original format, saving time and storage capacity.
• Video processing is now optimized for use with third-party LAV Filters component for support of most video formats and resolutions, including HD/UHD/4K.
• Batch import allows multiple videos to be added to a case in one operation.
• Motion detection helps to identify periods of interest in long surveillance video.
• Bookmarks may be used to tag and document general periods of interest in a video.
• New option allows export to VP8/Vorbis encoded Webm file.

Release 1.11.x

New Features

• Improved support for importing MP4 and H.264 encoded files
• Improved poster frame support on import screen
• Rotate video on import
• Rotate video in processing screen

Bug Fixes

• Fixed: Video file is overwritten by evidence report when exporting result
• Import progress bar reflects marked region length instead of whole video
• Allow video-only import when audio can't be decoded
• Minor bug fixes and enhancements

Release 1.10.x

New Features

• Save image and video results in case
• Attach documents to a case
• Results tab in CASE screen
  • View, export, rename, and delete results
  • View and print evidence report of a result
• Attachments tab in CASE screen
  • View, export, rename, and delete attachments

Bug Fixes

• Don't allow duplicate case item names in a case
• Don't allow case item names with invalid file name characters
• Suppress AutoPlay when inserting media or USB drive while FreezeFrame is foreground application
• Maintain mark in/out settings when switching between Process, Trim, and Annotation screens
• Hide superfluous mark in/out controls on Import screen
• When leaving the Processing/Trim/Annotation screens, only make a log entry if anything is actually changed

Release 1.9.x

New Features

• Key-frame based blot annotations
• Allow multiple blot annotations

Bug Fixes

• Improved screen recorder 'Lock Screen' option to work on systems with multiple overlay surfaces
• Import screen fixed to not even display a video that can't be imported
• Removed optical tracking blot because it wasn't very useful.

Release 1.8.x

New Features

• FreezeFrame is now a resizeable windows application.
• Tracking blot implemented
• Additional columns added to case list which show the size of a case and number of items in a case

Bug fixes

• Removed warning when poster frames can't be created on import screen for certain video formats

Release 1.7.x

New Features

• Windows 7/Vista support
  • Allows running FreezeFrame without requiring administrative priveleges on the system
• Audio support
  • Capture audio with video
  • Import video clips that contain audio
  • Screen capture video clips with audio
  • Play clips that contain audio
  • Export clips that contain audio
• Enhancements to video export
  • Support for sped-up video
  • Native resolution export to WMV
  • Uncompressed export to WMV
• PAL (PAL-B) Video System support
• Improved support for importing palettized and variable frame rate video
• Mark point times displayed in trim screen
• Text buttons have hover state to indicate they are clickable when mouse "hovers" over them
• Cancel after analog video recording, import and screen recording now prompts user for confirmation to avoid accidental loss of video
• Added hot-key info to many transport button (play, step fwd, etc) tooltips
• Screen region select fields are now editable and have spin controls on Screen Recorder window

Bug fixes

• Removed (undocumented) 200 case item limit
• Top/bottom field deinterlacing setting now preserved in exported video

Release 1.6.x.1

New Features

• Added Import screen to preview and trim digital videos before importing into FreezeFrame
• Added camera merging to Filmstrip screen
• Added compressed video export (as Windows Media Video) to Processing screen
• Added keyboard scrubbing to Demux, Filmstrip, Resort, Trim and Processing screens
• Added support for IEEE 1394 (FireWire) external hard drives to be recognized as external storage devices by FreezeFrame

Bug Fixes

• Fixed scenario where FreezeFrame could hang on Filmstrip screen when stepping backward by camera
• Screen-captured video no longer has visual artifacts when video width is not a multiple of 4
• Import no longer allows an unsupported video to be added to a case. Previously, certain video types could be imported into a case, but could not be opened for processing.
• Backup/archive date is now recorded in FreezeFrame exactly as stored on media. On restore, media is now properly tested for whether it is the most recent backup of the case.
• Exported JPEGs are now actually JPEGs not BMPs with a .jpg extension
• Fixed issues with running FreezeFrame when its application folder is open in Windows Explorer
• Fixed issues related to the spanning of large video files across multiple backup discs
• A more descriptive error message is displayed if a video can't be exported because a file of the same name is already open
• Sufficient disk space is now confirmed before starting a backup or archive to file
• Inserting a writable disc in an external CD/DVD burner no longer results in prompt to use the drive as external storage
• Tooltips are now displayed even after a button or menu item has been clicked Other
• On the Trim screen, if a user attempts move one mark point to the same frame as the other mark point, the other mark point will now move to its starting position (example: end mark point will move to end of clip, start mark point will move to start of clip). If the other mark point is already at its starting position, the first mark point will be placed a frame or two off from where the user wants it, creating a gap between the two mark points.
• FreezeFrame can now back up to erased DVD+RW media
• FreezeFrame now checks that the same media type is used for an entire backup/archive set
• FreezeFrame now verifies the byte count on each disc during backup/archive
• "Record a new video" menu item no longer flashes when FreezeFrame starts
• Adobe Reader 9 is now distributed
• Case list files are now backed up more effectively
• User's Guide has been updated to reflect new features

Release 1.5.1437.0

New Features

• Use of multiple capture device
• Record Disabled if no Capture Device Selected
• Device Selection combobox added to Record Screen
• Automatic Device connection and disconnection detection
• Remembers the last device connected
• Initial state "No Device Selected"
• Sliders in the Record screen are now disabled if the capture device does not support the property
• External Storage Device support
• Cases can be stored on either local or external drives
  • Cases are initially created on local drive but can then be moved to an external drive
  • Menu option to Remove external drive from FreezeFrame before actually removing it from the system to prevent data corruption.
  • Automatic detection of the connection, disconnection, and type of external drive
  • Backup, Archive, Record, Import, and Screen Capture disabled for cases stored externally
  • Gracefull handling of external disconnection while in an externally stored case
  • Allows user to make a FreezeFrame storage system out of a non FreezeFrame storage system
  • Status bar updated to automatically detect and report the space on the external drive
  • Move Case and Remove External Storage menu options only enabled if there is an external drive connected
  • Case View menu items Record, Import, and Screen Capture are disabled in external cases
  • Case View and Case Log now display if the case is local or external
  • Case List displays cases on the external drive when it is connected
  • Case List now has a location column which displays an icon depending on where the case is stored
  • Logs when a case is moved
• Archive and Backup to file
  • When a user opts to backup or archive a case, an initial dialog comes up asking if they wish to backup\archive to CD\DVD or file
  • If the user chooses to backup\archive to file, a file dialog appears for them to choose where to store it. The only opptions are .fcc files
  • .ffc files have their own FreezeFrame icon
  • Operation is logged
• Restore from file
  • When a user opts to restore a case, an initial dialog comes up asking if they wish to restore from CD\DVD or file
  • If the user chooses to restore file, a file dialog appears for them to choose where to restore from. The only opptions are .ffc files
  • Operation is logged

Bug Fixes

• Single broken license does not break other Starwitness products' licensing
• User will now know if a licensing is giving an error because it is expired
• Screen Savers no longer cause frame and camera veiwers to blank out
• Case Description can now remember newlines
• Progress bars, buttons and labels are now painted correctly even when the Application window has been moved
• Application will no longer crash if user selects a blank line in the archive screen and then switches to the Active Screen
• Special characters in names are now replaced with "_" when exporting data to prevent problems with file saving
• Archive List now adds a case when it is archived instead of waiting 'till the Archive List screen is viewed
• Multiple disk vidoes archive and restore correctly
• User can now Backup\Archive cases that were created but never opened
• Backup dates are now accurately stored on both the disk and the system
• Backup date compare is now accurate
• Trim: End frame always shows an actual frame
• Screen Recorder: Does not record below minimum bytes free
• Made freespace checking in Restore more robust
• Caselist is now enabled to handle lists larger than 100
• Restore no longer reports that small case restores are incomplete when they real are completed
• Resort no longer allows user to select non-existant cameras
• Filmstrip: Prev Camera no longer messes up the frame sequence with an empty camera
• Filmstrip: warning message box shown when user attempts to create a video from a blank camera with a reference
• Loop on Markpoints: updates the scrub bar's position during play.
• Removed a loophole that enabled Export to Avi during play
• Removed a loophole that set a trimmed video's spotlight to be the same as the original's
• Increased the maximum number of screen captures per case to 999. This was not tested because the maximum number of captures per case is 200
• Removed the pink pixel from the scrub bar handle
• Corrected the resolution of the image on the Processing screen
• Resort screen will no longer loose data when the screen is locked
• Backup and Archive screens no longer say "Please confirm" when the screen does not require input
• Made sure that users always has the option to save a capture when leaving the app through the record screen
• Capture, Trim, Rename, New Camera and Camera from Video no longer allow blank entries

Updated Features

• New cases are now created with a NULL backup date
• Removed Backup from the Case View menu
• Current scrub position persists when switching between Demux screens
• Case List menu items Delete and Open are now context Sensitive
• Case View menu items Rename, Delete, and Copy are now context Sensitive
• Case View menu item Copy is now disabled when a multiplexed clip is selected
• Case List date panels rearranged
• Record: Hue and Saturation disabled when recording in Black and White
• Resort and Filmstrip: Cameras no longer deselected when scrolling through cameras
• Case Log now logs times as well as dates
• Resort slightly rearranged to prevent overlapping items
• Reskinned Avi and Image Export Progress Dialogs
• Restore: user can now choose which drive to restore from
• Installer: now includes a tool that can license FreezeFrame even without an internet connection
• Backup\Archive: user can now choose which drive to write to
• Record: Buttons show state even when disabled
• Logging: Logs case name, number, note, and description changes
• Logging: Logs case name at case create
• Logging: Logs trims and changes to video made in the Filmstrip and Process screens
• Video import: Progress update is now more smooth
• Logging now updates case date modified
• Search popup Search button now says "Search" instead of "Continue"
• Backup to media is now logged at the begining of the backup so that the entry is in both the local and stored caselogs
• Archive to media is now logged
• There is now no difference in the name or location of the .exe between Demo and Full version. The only difference is that Demo has a time limitted license and Full has the CODEC's
• Processing: play button tooltip now says "Play\Stop"
• Added a Cancel Button to the "Leave without Resort?" screen
• Removed "Rename" option from Resort Screen.
• Added a naming step to "Add Camera" in the Resort Screen.
• Made Create Screen Capture and Create Capture dialogs start with a name already suggested
• Screen Capture, Capture, Video from Camera, New Camera and Trim: Made the names suggested be unique
• Made new name and renaming prompt dialogs give original focus to the text box.
• Made the names unique for copied and imported videos

Release 1.4.1059.0

New Features

• Integrated screen recorder. The DVR Pro screen recorder has now been integrated into FreezeFrame and allows screen recording directly into a case.
• Restore Defaults Button on Process Screen. The Restore Defaults button allows you to reset the processing filters to their system defaults with one click.
• FreezeFrame is no longer a full-screen application. The FreezeFrame window can now be moved around and minimized like other Windows applications.
• Case video reports. When a case item is exported out of FreezeFrame, a report of the current processing settings is saved alongside the exported item. Also, if a video frame is printed, a report of the current processing settings is printed.
• Enhanced case log - The case log will now logs when a video is exported or printed and logs the current processing settings at the time of the export. Also, more operations are logged in the case log.
• 3rd party CODEcs. The third-party CODECs which ship with DVR Pro now ship with FreezeFrame (full version only).

Bug Fixes

• Thumbnails - White space will not be any thumbnails created from now on
• AVI Export - Now in sync with progress bar
• Dropped Frames counter in Capture screen now has a more readily apparent implementation
• Frame Averaging is now correctly output in Export
• Case Log can now print to more than one page
• Changed the tool tip for the Play button
• Resort - A message box now pops up if the video from camera could not be made
• Trim - Play now always stops when the trim button is pressed. This removes an earlier bug where pressing the trim button confused the play button
• Record - Made mux video capture even more robust
• Unimplemented or poorly implemented options disabled on the menus of the Archiving and Search screens
  1. New, Open, Delete, Backup, Archive and Search Cases disabled in Archiving
  2. New, Delete, Archive, and Restore disabled is Search
• Filmstrip\Resort - Video Created popup now displays the correct name when empty string is given
• Resort - Disabled scrolling through cameras during resort, this use to cause a crash
• Case Log - Selecting log item no longer effects which case you return to when you leave the case log screen
• Alt+F4 now invokes the close dialog
• Case Log - Correct video name used in log when a camera is made from video
• Case Log - Correct video name used in log when a video is made from trim
• Processing - Enabled Deinterlace to handle videos with odd number of rows
• Processing - Made Zoom updates more smoothly than it did in the 1.3 patch
• Processing - Sped up load time
• Processing - Sped up slider response times
• Restore - No longer attempts to restore below the minimum number of bytes that are required to be free
• Trim - Made the image displayed in the Start point window point to the correct image
• Processing\Trim - Stopped the screens from stepping or playing past the end of the video. This also has the effect of making the End point window to always display valid frames
• Processing - Now warns the user if video or image save will not work because another application has the file open
• Processing\Trim - Removed random frame skipping during scrubbing
• Record - Never reports a negative dropped frame count
• Caselist - Case creation confirmation dialog now has the correct case name listed when a case name was not entered
• Demo Install - No longer installs over the Case List
• Product Version now shown on all screens
• Case Screen - Import file types have been broken into
  1. Video files (.avi,.wmv)
  2. QuickTime (.mov,.m4v)
  3. RealPlayer (*.rm)
  4. Mobile Video (*.3gp)
  5. All Files (.)
• Case Screen - .rtv has been removed from the listed Import file types
• Processing - Zoom - Pan no longer pans too far to the right or top
• Processing - Zoom - Pann can now always pan all the way to the left of bottom
• Case Screen - Can no longer rename a video with a blank name
• Processing - Spotlight - Displays the correct outline when selecting region during play

Updated Features

• Processing Export and Print now disabled during play
• Processing Export and Print now dump processing state data to file and log
• Loading the Processing screen is now faster
• Added the heading "Camera References" over the Camera References column in Filmstrip
• Made Case Notes printable
• Disabled buttons now appear disabled in Capture Screen
• Case Log has entries (from export and print) that shrink and expand
• Resort now produces a case log entry
• Export AVI is now disabled when the Playback Speed is greater than 100%