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KVision 3.0.0

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@optio50 optio50 released this 09 Nov 20:12
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v3.0.0
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Install (Debian, Ubuntu, Linux Mint)

git clone https://github.com/optio50/KVision.git
cd KVision
./install.sh

It asks for your password once to install packages, builds KVision (a few minutes the first time) and adds it to your applications menu. Update later with ./install.sh --update; remove with ./install.sh --uninstall. Keep the folder where it is. Do not run as root.

The source archives below also work: unpack one, cd into it and run ./install.sh. For the newest code, use git clone.

First release of this independent Linux-only fork. It starts from upstream KVision 2.7.5 (Arkanista) and is no longer tracking upstream. Earlier entries below are upstream history.

Removed

  • Windows support: the Windows build, CI workflow, BUILD_WINDOWS.md, icon resources and all _WIN32 code paths. Hikvision's own client already covers Windows.
  • Packaging recipes: debian/, packaging/arch/ and snap/. Run with ./kvision.
  • Other languages: English is the only language and the language picker is gone.

Live view and PTZ

  • Mouse-driven PTZ pad, double-digit presets, focus near/far controls with tooltips, and the preset number clears after saving.
  • Drag cameras between cells (including merged Panovision cells); cursor auto-hide in windowed mode and a startup size guard.
  • Right-click menu: add or replace a camera from a recorder picker, and open the camera web UI.
  • Per-tile fullscreen badge toggles window fullscreen in a 1x1 grid.
  • Mouse-wheel zoom inside a box-zoomed viewport (live and playback); fixed zoom selection offset and panning for scaled video.
  • Third Hikvision stream with the picture aspect ratio preserved.
  • Channel resolution badge, info badges hide when idle, grids up to 18x18, always-on-top Add camera window, merged-cell resize fix.
  • Mouse-wheel paging through saved layouts.

Playback

  • NVR smart events on the timeline with previous/next event controls, one-frame advance and 6x speed.
  • Mark a range on the timeline and download it; quick playback gets seek, event markers and frame step.
  • Snapshots can save the full image or the zoomed view. File names now use the camera/NVR time of the frame shown (decoder frame timestamp in playback, the recorder's clock in live view), not the PC clock.
  • Standalone SD-card playback falls back to the SDK search; improved fullscreen playback.

Recorder and camera management

  • Generate Grid button on recorder cards, capped tile width in the recorder cameras window.
  • Thumbnails wait for a keyframe and reject corrupt or flat frames.
  • Per-recorder RTSP transport, custom HTTP/RTSP ports and local camera names.

Build

  • One-command install for Debian, Ubuntu and Linux Mint: ./install.sh installs the packages, builds KVision and adds it to the applications menu. ./install.sh --update and --uninstall are included.
  • Builds on Debian 10 (GCC 9, Qt 5.11); root ./kvision launcher configures, builds and starts the app.
  • FFmpeg 4.4: the RTSP timeout option is no longer passed because it enables listen mode.
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