SecuritySpy for Mac

What's new in this version:

SecuritySpy 5.5.11
- Increased maximum number of streams for ONVIF devices
- Fixed automatic file removal problem for day-long movies


SecuritySpy 5.5.10
- Quicker storage changeover when drives go offline/online
- PTZ auto-patrol now pauses during Motion Capture recording
- Improved efficiency of hardware-accelerated video processing
- Bug fixes and performance improvements


SecuritySpy 5.5.9
- New "Copy Image" contextual menu item
- Automatic file deletion improvements
- PTZ control improvements
- Bug fixes


SecuritySpy 5.5.8
- Performance improvements
- User interface improvements
- Smoother live video display for cameras with high frame rates
- Improved automatic file deletion
- Bug fixes


SecuritySpy 5.5.7
- Significant performance improvements
- Web video streaming quality and performance improvements
- HEIF image support for lower-bandwidth live previews in iOS
- Improved audio quality in the SecuritySpy iOS app
- Bug fixes


SecuritySpy 5.5.6
- Live video display uses triple buffering for improved fluidity
- New compression quality setting for web streaming
- Fixed share-by-link problem with iOS app
- Fixed problem connecting to some ONVIF cameras
- Other minor improvements and bug fixes


SecuritySpy 5.5.5
- Higher quality thumbnail images via the web interface and iOS app
- Higher quality iOS push notification images
- New video display quality setting to control GPU load
- New Preferences function to sort the camera list alphabetically
- Groups, schedules and web accounts are now ordered alphabetically
- Image processing performance improvements
- Fixed problem with missing macOS notifications on newer systems
- Bug fixes


SecuritySpy 5.5.4
- More flexible triggering options for Motion Capture and Actions
- Improved Audio/Video timing and synchronisation
- Screen capture crop option to record only a portion of a screen
- Automatic free space threshold option for old file deletion
- User interface improvements
- Multiple stability improvements and bug fixes


SecuritySpy 5.5.3
- AI-based search (humans, vehicles, animals) via web interface
- Group filter added to Camera Info window
- Improved human, vehicle and animal detection accuracy
- Web interface performance improvements
- Other minor improvements and bug fixes


SecuritySpy 5.5.2
- More flexible automatic file deletion options
- Browser export now removes empty segments
- Proxy-compatible connection to the SecuritySpy iOS app
- Improved PTZ keyboard control in full screen mode
- Compatibility improvements with macOS 13 Ventura
- Other minor improvements and bug fixes


SecuritySpy 5.5.1
- Flexible window layouts, allowing cameras to be shown at different sizes
- New option to always maintain full screen mode (kiosk mode)
- New option to auto-close video windows after user inactivity
- New option to adjust notification image crop size
- New option to adjust video window divider line thickness
- Improved preview thumbnails for captured files
- Improvements to the URL Generator window
- More images allowed in motion-triggered email notifications
- Fixed two-way audio problems with Amcrest cameras
- Other minor improvements and bug fixes


SecuritySpy 5.5
- AI-based animal detection (cats, dogs, foxes, birds and others)
- Improved accuracy of AI-based human and vehicle detection
- Improved motion detection to reduce false-positive detections
- Improved advanced event search in the Browser
- URL Generator window to generate standard media streaming URLs
- Web server: video streaming performance improvements
- Web server: high-quality AAC audio streaming now supported
- Other minor improvements and bug fixes


SecuritySpy 5.4.3
- Improved Instant Replay feature in video windows
- New option to stretch live images to fill available space
- New option to limit full screen display to certain screens
- User interface improvements for Dark Mode
- Bug fixes


SecuritySpy 5.4.2
- Improved image quality for live views
- Optimisations for the Mac Studio
- Device auto-discovery now works across all available network interfaces
- Separate HTTP/RTSP SSL options for network device setup

Fixed:
- PTZ issues for certain IP cameras
- problems with Vivotek cameras running newer firmware
- problems with Hikvision multi-sensor IP cameras
- Other bug fixes


SecuritySpy 5.4.1
- Option to crop live images to avoid black bars in video windows
- Improved digital zoom in video windows, using all available space
- Bug fixes


SecuritySpy 5.4.0
- Faster, more accurate human and vehicle detection
- Downtime detection feature with email notifications
- Per-camera age setting for automatic file deletion
- Web account settings now available via the web interface
- Preferences window user interface improvements
- Multiple minor bug fixes and improvements


SecuritySpy 5.3.4
- New Action to display a macOS notification upon trigger
- New Preferences window function to duplicate cameras
- One-click NTP server installation to maintain correct camera times
- Fixed streaming problems with some IP cameras
- Minor bug fixes and improvements


SecuritySpy 5.3.3
- New option to set timeout value when waiting for disks to mount
- New motion detection option to ignore whole-frame motion
- Fixed two-way audio issues with Axis cameras
- Minor bug fixes and improvements


SecuritySpy 5.3.2
- PTZ Auto-Patrol
- Increased number of PTZ presets to 10
- Added video decoder pressure metric to the Dashboard
- Added horizontal scrolling support to remote screen control
- Added “Jump To Time” option in the Browser
- Improved Browser export functionality
- Improved Browser error reporting
- Multiple minor bug fixes and improvements


SecuritySpy 5.3.1
- Screen capture from any connected display
- Image adjustments: brightness, contrast, saturation, sharpness
- Performance improvements
- User interface improvements
- Minor bug fixes


SecuritySpy 5.3
- Compatible with macOS 11 Big Sur
- Universal build that runs natively on both Intel and Apple Silicon Macs
- HomeKit integration: connect Triggers/Actions to HomeKit accessories
- New instant video replay function in live video windows
- New function to save a movie file of recent activity at any time
- Drag and drop images from video windows to the Finder and other apps
- Support for external GPU devices for accelerated video encoding
- New Video Decoder Pressure display in the Camera Info Window
- Fixes a problem causing higher capture frame rates than set
- Fixes problems with transformations in local devices
- Fixes problems receiving video from Blackmagic devices
- Other minor bug fixes and improvements


SecuritySpy 5.2.6
- Support for external GPU devices for accelerated video processing
- Fixes problem sending emails
- Fixes problem causing live video corruption
- Other minor bug fixes


SecuritySpy 5.2.5
- AI-powered event search of recorded footage via the Browser feature
- Improved IP camera AAC audio support
- Bug fixes and stability improvements


SecuritySpy 5.2.4
- Camera Info column showing hardware-accelerated video decoding
- Option to draw red box around moving objects in video windows
- In full screen mode, double-click for full screen display of any camera
- Fixes problems with setting and recalling PTZ preset positions
- Other minor bug fixes and improvements


SecuritySpy 5.2.3
- New options to export/import preferences files
- Automatic daily preferences backups
- Volume control for audio from IP cameras
- Support for Hikvision PCM audio format
- PTZ (Pan Tilt Zoom) improvements
- Improved logging of web server connections
- Improved remote screen control, including mouse scroll support
- Support for Backblaze B2 and other S3 cloud storage solutions
- Motion detection improvements
- Fixed SFTP upload issues with recent macOS versions
- Fixed erroneous free space warning messages for NAS drives
- Fixed motion detection mask problems with flipped/rotated video
- Other minor bug fixes and improvements


SecuritySpy 5.2.2
- New option to exclude tagged files from automatic deletion
- New option to generate warnings about low disk space
- New per-camera volume control for Action sounds
- More options for ProRes video compression
- More Preferences options available via the web interface
- Enlargeable video previews in the Preferences window
- AppleScript commands to add/remove cameras to groups
- Improved latency for local video devices
- Fixed H.265 video decode problems with Dahua/Amcrest cameras
- Fixed H.264/H.265 video decode problems with ACTi cameras
- Bug fixes


SecuritySpy 5.2.1
- Schedule Setter window to easily set schedules for multiple cameras
- Higher quality video previews when scaling down significantly
- Drag and drop copy of files from the Browser to the Finder
- Otions to customise the camera information shown in video windows
- User interface improvements
- Bug fixes


SecuritySpy 5.2
- Enhanced web server SSL security options
- Support for Amazon S3 uploads for offsite file backup
- Upload queue is now retained across application restarts
- New quality setting for Screen Control
- New Action to run shell command (issue HTTP request, issue IFTTT event, say words, run Bash script etc.)
- Improved reliability of iOS Push Notifications
- Additional schedule overrides (2 hours, 3 hours etc.)
- User interface improvements
- Efficiency improvements for lower CPU usage
- Fixed problems with Screen Control with Retina displays
- Fixed problems with SFTP uploads
- Other bug fixes


SecuritySpy 5.1
- Notarized for full compatibility with macOS 10.15 Catalina
- Video display using Apple’s Metal framework for improved efficiency and performance
- Mac Screen Control via the web interface
- Improved Browser export functionality
- Support for recording in ProRes 422 HQ video format
- New Action to wake screen and dismiss screensaver on motion trigger
- More information passed to AppleScripts actions
- Fixed problems with automatic file deletion
- Fixed problems with window positions not being remembered
- Fixed problems obtaining “Let’s Encrypt” SSL certificates
- Other bug fixes


SecuritySpy 5.0.1
- Enhancement of the HTTP event stream to contain AI classification data
- Fixed problems with the vehicle detector on certain systems
- Fixed bug preventing display of Dashboard data
- Other minor bug fixes


SecuritySpy 5.0
- AI-based motion detection for exceptional detection accuracy and elimination of false triggers
- H.265 HEVC video format support for high-efficiency recording
- Support for automatically obtaining "Let's Encrypt" SSL certificates for the HTTPS web server
- New Dashboard feature for visual display of performance metrics
- Browser bookmarks, for easy annotation of each day's footage
- Browser file tagging, with Finder integration
- Dark mode support, including for the web interface
- User interface improvements


SecuritySpy 4.2.11
- Fixed bug causing gaps in video playback in the Browser
- Fixed bug preventing file deletion in the Browser
- Fixed problems playing back unfinished files via the web interface
- Fixed problems with AppleScript control
- Improved MP4 file compliance for wider media player support
- Support for Hikvision "field detection" events
- Other bug fixes


SecuritySpy 4.2.10
- Improved audio/video synchronisation
- Improved ONVIF device auto-discovery
- Bug fixes


SecuritySpy 4.2.9
- Compatible with macOS 10.14 "Mojave"
- New group-based camera selection via the web interface
- User-specified date format now used in web interface
- Bug fixes


SecuritySpy 4.2.8
- Fixed problem with "Export Selection" from Browser
- Fixed problem with video input devices with 32-bit driver software
- Fixed problem causing incorrect width of multi-line text overlays
- Other minor improvements and bug fixes


SecuritySpy 4.2.7
- New option to run a script after a captured file has completed
- Fixed compatibility issues with the Hikvision DS-KB6003-WIP doorbell
- Fixed problem with JKL playback control in the Browser
- Fixed problem with 12-hour clock display in text overlays
- Other bug fixes


SecuritySpy 4.2.6
- Improved reliability of streaming from network cameras
- Manual network device setup available via the web interface
- Minor bug fixes and improvements


SecuritySpy 4.2.5
- Sunrise-To-Sunset scheduling options
- Fixed problem connecting to Doorbird IP doorbell cameras
- Fixed inaccurate timing of Browser image export
- Other bug fixes and stability improvements


SecuritySpy 4.2.4
- Zoom/Pan captured footage during playback in the Browser
- Improved viewing of captured footage via the web interface
- Improved reliability of HTTP Live Streaming via the web interface
- Improved web server performance
- Improved recovery of corrupt recordings due to power outages
- Added local copy as alternative to FTP upload after capture
- Fixed PTZ control issues with Hikvision IP cameras
- Fixed connection issues with FTPS uploads
- Numerous other minor bug fixes and improvements

SecuritySpy 4.2.3
- Fixes video display issues with certain cameras
- Fixes auto-update installer permissions issues

SecuritySpy 4.2
- Schedules can be grouped and invoked together via "Schedule Presets"
- Improved web interface with new status and scheduling controls
- Improved audio streaming support for live viewing via the web interface
- Links to captured footage in notification emails, where possible
- Improved Browser playback and scrubbing performance
- New "Audio Format" column in the Camera Info window
- Improved volume control for audio input devices and two-way audio
- More date format options for time stamps, including YYYY-MM-YY
- Added quad view support for Axis panoramic cameras
- Bug fixes

SecuritySpy 4.1.7
- Compatible with macOS 10.13 "High Sierra"
- Support for Amcrest/Dahua input ports and on-camera motion detection
- New action to show a red box around triggered cameras in video windows
- New “Auto-Detect Profile” feature to find working device profiles
- Automatic delay upon start to wait for capture destinations
- Bug fixes

SecuritySpy 4.1.6
- ONVIF auto-discovery now works for Amcrest cameras
- Fixed problems connecting to some ONVIF cameras

SecuritySpy 4.1.5
- iOS notification images are zoomed in to show actual region of motion
- Improved motion detection accuracy and noise resistance
- Continuous Capture: playback rate can be specified to allow timelapse
- New option to set a different password for changing settings vs. quitting
- The settings password now also applies to deleting files via the Browser
- Daily statistics reports that summarise activity throughout the day
- Support for Hikvision input ports and built-in Passive Infra Red sensors
- Support for Hikvision on-camera motion detection
- SecuritySpy folder moved to Home folder to avoid issues with iCloud Documents access
- Alt-click a motion-capture file in Browser to start from time of motion
- Automatic port forwarding using UPnP now works with more routers
- Increased maximum length of usernames and passwords
- Ability to request JPEG snapshots from IP cameras at less than 1fps
- Fixed problem with schedule settings being forgotten
- Fixed problem processing video streams from GW Security IP cameras
- Fixed PTZ problems with Amcrest, Dahua, Hikvision and Sunba cameras
- Fixed audio problems with older Panasonic cameras
- Other bug fixes

SecuritySpy 4.1.3
- Audio controls directly in video windows for easy access to two-way audio
- To help set up motion masks in the Preferences, areas of motion are highlighted in the video image
- Two-way audio support for Amcrest cameras
- Fixed problem causing jitter in video windows
- Fixed crashing problem when opening video windows
- Fixed problems with H.264 streaming from the web interface

SecuritySpy 4.1.2
- Performance improvements
- Improved latency of H.264 streams served via the web interface
- New option to mute incoming audio when sending audio to a camera
- The automatic updater now works from non-admin user accounts
- Fixed erroneous durations of continuous-capture recordings
- Fixed problems with UDP streaming from IP cameras
- Other bug fixes

SecuritySpy 4.1.1
- Improved reliability of network connections to IP cameras
- Fixed problem with PTZ control of Axis cameras
- Other bug fixes

SecuritySpy 4.1
- Joystick-like PTZ controls, allowing fine direction and speed control
- Email relay service - no SMTP server setup required to send emails
- UPnP support for automatic router configuration for remote access
- Higher-resolution thumbnails for captured footage via the web interface
- Supports "ca-bundle" certificate bundle files for the HTTPS web interface
- Improved network performance and other speed improvements
- Added "Packet Loss" column to the Camera Info window
- Easy automatic software updates from within the application
- Improved ONVIF auto-discovery to work with more cameras
- Retries failed FTP uploads for improved reliability
- The pop-up "Errors" window can be disabled
- Fixed problem connecting to Axis cameras via RTSP-over-HTTP
- Fixed bug preventing the setting of PTZ preset positions
- Fixed memory leaks and multiple minor bugs