swiftwatcher Initial Release (v1.0.0)

Overview

Release v1.0.0 is the fourth and final iteration of releases (barring any future patches) made throughout August/September (prior to the end of the summer work term).

Changelog

• Tweak in implementation of matching stage used to track swifts between frames. Angle feature was determined incorrectly, causing some instances of swifts being matched backwards. Small percentage of matches should improve, which was shown to improve results in testing.
• Bugfix for Windows builds where PyInstaller excluded ffmpeg .dll files when building. Application should now consistently read video files regardless of their codec.

swiftwatcher Pre-Release (v0.2.1)

Overview

Release v0.2.1 is the third iteration of prereleases made throughout August (prior to the end of the summer work term). Each prerelease will work towards an ultimate goal of a first release by August 30th. As this is a prerelease, please report any bugs you may find when testing this application.

Changelog

• Patch for bug in classification stage. High prevalence of false positive events (e.g. seagull perched on chimney edge) would cause the histogram of "swift flight angles" to be calculated incorrectly.
• Modified command-line output formatting to be a little neater.

swiftwatcher Pre-Release (v0.2.0)

Overview

Release v0.2.0 is the second iteration of prereleases made throughout August (prior to the end of the summer work term). Each prerelease will work towards an ultimate goal of a first release by August 30th. As this is a prerelease, please report any bugs you may find when testing this application.

Changelog

• Modifying how video files are selected (file-by-file basis rather than requiring a single directory).
• Allowing for chimney definition to be re-used if chimney position does not change between videos.
• Changes to the command-line interface to make it a bit more intuitive/clear.
• Hiding unnecessary .JSON output that was produced when defining the in-frame chimney.

swiftwatcher Initial Pre-Release (v0.1.0)

Overview

Release v0.1.0 is the first iteration of prereleases made throughout August (prior to the end of the summer work term). Each prerelease will work towards an ultimate goal of a first release by August 30th. As this is a prerelease, please report any bugs you may find when testing this application.

Changelog

• Standalone command-line executables targeting both Linux and Windows operating systems.
• Full-video processing using new swift-counting algorithm.
• GUI for folder selection and chimney Region-of-Interest selection.
• .csv results output in multiple timestamp formatting options.