DVR-Scan v1.1

Latest major release, now available on pip/PyPI as the dvr-scan package (run pip install dvr-scan).

Changelog

• [feature] Add new -roi argument to allow specifying a rectangular detection window, can select graphically or specify x/y/w/h via command line (thanks @klucsik)
• [bugfix] Fixed broken OpenCV compatibility layer causing issues with OpenCV 3.0+
• [general] Released project on pip, pinned OpenCV version requirement

Known Issues

• Quiet mode (-q/--quiet) does not work correctly
• When using the -o/--output argument, a file is still written to disk even if no motion events are discovered in the input file (#50)
• Variable framerate videos (VFR) are not fully supported, and will yield incorrect timestamps (#20)
• Using the -roi flag with high resolution videos can result in the window exceeding the size of the monitor (#59)

DVR-Scan 1.0.1

DVR-Scan 1.0.1 is a minor update which includes a bugfix where the program would not function under Python 2.7 environments.

DVR-Scan 1.0

DVR-Scan 1.0 is the first public release of DVR-Scan, which includes all major core features, and is ready enough for a stable release. This release includes the following features:

• detects motion events with configurable sensitivity and noise removal thresholds
• configurable detection windows and pre/post-event inclusion length
• output events to individual video clips, as a single-file compilation, or as timecodes for further processing
• allows input seeking, frame skipping, and output suppression mode