ITVDesk Change Logs

1. Significant memory and performance improvements.
2. Major memory and performance improvements for long-running sessions. ITVDesk now uses memory more efficiently and stays stable over time, especially while streaming.
3. Fixed memory growth in live stream overlays and internal log handling, resulting in smoother operation and better long-term reliability.
4. Improved startup behavior with smarter lazy loading for AI, recording, and P2P components to reduce unnecessary resource usage.
5. Better overall RTSP and ONVIF stability, including stream handling improvements and cleaner start/stop behavior.
6. Improved P2P reliability with safer background handling and more stable connection lifecycle management.
7. Recorder pipeline improvements for more consistent frame output and smoother playback.
8. POS enhancements, including motion detection support and improved on-screen behavior.
9. Media stream Windows improvements for audio handling and text name rendering quality.
10. Improved system log initialization and safer startup sequence for license services.
11. Shared configuration behavior improved for multi-user Windows environments.
12. Added a Network Cleanup Utility option in the UI to release occupied ports faster.
13. Improved Hardware ID consistency for more reliable device identification and licensing.
14. Combined Channel stability improvements: fixed memory release on close, improved external camera cleanup, and added stronger start/stop crash protection.
15. Combined stream performance tuning: reduced per-frame copy overhead, improved frame lifecycle handling, and lower CPU usage in idle/unstable input conditions.
16. Combined image quality improvements: refined scaling pipeline for better readability of text and UI details with balanced visual quality and CPU usage.
17. General bug fixes and stability improvements across the application.

Additional Improvements

Improved UTF-8 text handling across configuration files, licensing, and internal data storage.
Improved support for special and non-ASCII characters across different system locales.

Additional Features

Added Headless Mode (--headless) to run ITVDesk core services without opening the main UI window, reducing runtime memory usage to approximately 30 MB for suitable 24/7 operation.
Improved the single-instance control channel so the UI can be safely opened or focused on demand from a running headless or normal instance.
Improved startup reliability for double-click launches and command-line UI activation (--ui and --show-ui).

New Features

1. POS – Print to Screen API
Displays POS events and transaction details directly on the video stream in real time, providing immediate on-site visibility for operators and security staff.
2. POS – Recording Control and Timeline Search
Enables start/stop recording triggered by POS events and fast timeline search to quickly locate relevant transactions and incidents.
3. New Media Source: ONVIF IP Camera Client
Allows direct connection to external ONVIF IP cameras via RTSP, including support for POS text overlays on third-party IP cameras, unifying desktop and camera workflows.
4. Shared ITVDesk Configuration (System-Wide Settings)
Introduces system-wide configuration, allowing a single set of ITVDesk settings to be applied to all Windows users on the same PC, simplifying deployment in enterprise, lab, and training environments.
5. Centralized Offline License Management (Local License Server)
Adds support for centralized, fully offline license management via a local License Server,
designed for system administrators to easily manage licenses across multiple machines.
Enables license assignment, activation, unbinding, and reassignment without internet access,
making it ideal for secure, controlled, and air-gapped enterprise environments.
6. Combined Stream Scaling Options
Adds multiple scaling modes for combined (multi-monitor) streams, including Fill (stretch), Fit (letterbox, preserve aspect ratio), Center (no upscale),
Crop to fill, and No scale (sharp, cropped), with optional crop alignment for precise layout control.
7. Advanced Combined Stream Scaling Controls
Adds independent X/Y scaling for fine aspect-ratio adjustments, with Tile Scale acting as a uniform scaling control for accurate multi-monitor alignment.

Improvements

1. On-Screen Display (OSD) Improvements
Fixes drawing issues, reduces visual artifacts, and improves overall overlay stability.
2. License Handling Improvements
Improves license validation, activation reliability, and reassignment flows, especially for offline and isolated enterprise environments.
3. Installer Improvements
Enhances automatic detection and handling of required C++ dependencies for a cleaner and more reliable installation experience.
4. Automatic Port Handling
Automatically selects a free ONVIF/HTTPS port after application restart if the configured port is already in use, reducing configuration conflicts.
5. Enhanced Offline License Isolation
Strengthens isolation of offline licenses to better protect customer environments and improve overall security.
6. ONVIF Stability Fixes
Improves SOAP response handling and ensures safer cleanup of PullMessages during rapid start/stop operations.
7. Multi-User Session Improvements
Each Windows user now runs an isolated ITVDesk instance with its own settings and ONVIF camera on a separate port,
allowing VMS/NVR systems to discover each session independently.
8. Combined Streams – Webcam Handling Improvements
Improves webcam handling on Windows (Media Foundation stride and pixel format) and adds safer frame validation to
prevent invalid-frame errors.
9. Improved Scaling Quality
Sets the combined scaling filter to Bicubic interpolation for sharper and higher-quality downscaled video.
10. Overall Stability and Performance Improvements
General internal optimizations to improve application stability, performance, and long-term reliability.

Improvements

1. Improved license saving, configuration files, AI data, and logs on systems using localized or non-ASCII Windows usernames.
All application data is now stored reliably regardless of regional or language settings.
2. Secure and Atomic File Saving
Improved internal file saving mechanisms to prevent data corruption during unexpected shutdowns or crashes.
3. License System Reliability Improvements
Improved license validation, fallback loading, and recovery mechanisms.
4. AI Counter Data Stability
Improved long-running stability and ensured counters persist correctly across restarts.
5. Watcher and Heartbeat Stability
Improved Watcher heartbeat file handling for more reliable application health monitoring.
Fixed cases where the watcher could fail to detect a running or stopped application.
6. Improved the logging system.
7. Added a "Trial expired" notice to video streams.
8. ONVIF Recording Pipeline Improvements
Improved ONVIF recording reliability and MP4 segment integrity.
Enhanced frame timing, encoder flushing, and segment finalization for stable playback and standards-compliant ONVIF replay.

Fixes

1. Various bug fixes improving overall software stability and performance.

New Features

1. SecureChannel Communication Layer
Implemented a new encrypted communication channel between ITVDesk and the licensing server.
2. P2P Remote and Local Control via ITVDesk VMS
Added P2P connectivity between ITVDesk IPCam and ITVDesk VMS, enabling remote device control, configuration, and live monitoring over secure peer-to-peer transport.
3. Desktop Streaming: Mouse Cursor Visibility Control
Added an option to show or hide the mouse cursor in Desktop Capture streams for surveillance, tutorial, and streaming use cases.
4. Extended AI People Counting Model
Updated the internal AI model to improve detection stability and added class_all support for dynamic class filtering. This allows multiple classes to be handled simultaneously with higher accuracy.

Fixes and Improvements

1. Improved AI overlay rendering stability.
2. Fixed video flickering and frame flipping during AI overlay drawing on Desktop Capture sources.
3. Updated OpenSSL to version 3.3.1 for improved TLS performance, modern cipher support, and security hardening.
4. Fixed a crash affecting Desktop streams with AI Detection enabled.

New Features

1. ONVIF V24.12 Support
Added support for ONVIF Core Specification v24.12 to improve compatibility with newer camera and NVR firmware.
2. Enhanced ONVIF Security Services
Added full support for secure protocols (HTTPS, RTSPS) and ONVIF Security Profiles,
improving encryption and authentication between devices.
3. RTSPS Streaming Support
Introduced RTSP over TLS (RTSPS) for secure, encrypted video streaming on port 322.
Works in parallel with standard RTSP streams for backward compatibility.
4. Integrated HTTPS Web Server
Web interface and remote control panel now operate over HTTPS with TLS encryption, enhancing data protection and privacy.
5. ONVIF Image Service Optimization
Improved responsiveness and image control for brightness, contrast, saturation, and exposure adjustments in real time.
6. IPv6 Network Enhancements
Improved IPv6 compatibility, automatic address detection, and dual-stack (IPv4 + IPv6)
operation for future-ready deployments.
7. Opus Audio Codec Support
Added ONVIF Audio with Opus codec support via RTP-Unicast/RTSP/HTTP/TCP for efficient, high-quality audio streaming.
8. Persistent State Management
During Stop/Start operations, the system now automatically saves session data to a file and restores it,
ensuring seamless recovery and reduced initialization time.
9. Security and Trust
Our company now uses an Extended Organization Validation certificate issued by DigiCert/Verokey.
10. Watchdog Service (High Availability)
Continuously monitors ITVDesk. If the application crashes or stops responding, the service safely restarts it and restores all previously
configured streams (Desktop, Camera, and Audio), keeping transmissions online without manual intervention.

Fixes and Improvements

Various bug fixes and internal optimizations for improved stability and performance.
Reduced CPU and memory footprint during multi-stream operation.
Improved socket handling and connection recovery in network reconnection scenarios.
Improved webcam enumeration using Qt and the Windows Media Foundation API.

New Features

1. SRTP (Secure Real-Time Transport Protocol) support added for IP camera streams.
This feature provides encrypted real-time media transport for enhanced data security.
SRTP can be enabled automatically or manually by adding the ?srtp=1 flag to the end of the RTSP URL:

rtsp://[server-ip]:[port]/ipc1-stream1/screenlive?srtp=1

Improvements

1. Optimized HTTP client operations for faster and more reliable network communication.
2. Improved IPv6 support across all ONVIF network interfaces.
3. Enhanced ONVIF device discovery and probe handling on Windows systems.
4. Refined ONVIF Image Service for more accurate image parameter control (brightness, contrast, and exposure).

Improvements

1. Optimized video encoder by improving packet handling and extradata processing,
resulting in faster streaming, lower CPU load, and reduced memory usage.
2. Optimized audio RTP timestamp handling.
3. Improved IP Camera and ONVIF/RTSP service Stop/Start handling.
4. Enhanced audio backchannel performance.
5. Enhanced code security checks.
6. Optimized IP address detection for routing interfaces.
7. Optimized data push/publish functions.
8. Fixed various minor issues to improve software and ONVIF stability.

New Features

1. Added support for IPv6 across all streaming modules.

Improvements

1. Optimized audio and video capture on macOS.
2. Improved RTP multicast performance and reliability.
3. Enhanced audio backchannel playback.
4. Optimized RTSP over HTTP for better stability.

Fixes

1. Various bug fixes improving overall software stability and performance.

Fixes

1. This patch prepends SPS and PPS (from extradata) to each IDR frame in the H.264/HEVC stream to ensure the decoder has the necessary configuration for proper decoding.
2. Fixed various other minor issues to improve overall software stability and performance.

New Features

1. ONVIF Probe Packets: Multicast ONVIF Probe packets are now also bound to the specified camera IP address.
2. Error Logging: Improved error handling by logging messages when an invalid configuration is loaded.

Performance and Stability Improvements

1. RTP Data Transmission: Enhanced the efficiency and reliability of the RTP (Real-time Transport Protocol) data transmission interfaces.
2. RTSP Server Improvements: Optimized RTSP server shutdown process, including clearing the message queue.
3. NTP Synchronization: Improved NTP time synchronization for audio and video in ONVIF playback.
4. Audio Backchannel: Enhanced performance and stability of the audio backchannel functionality.
5. ONVIF Network Initialization: Improved initialization of ONVIF network interfaces for more reliable connections.
6. RTSP External Camera and HTTP Client: Enhanced the RTSP external IP camera client and HTTP client interfaces for better performance.
7. Code Optimization: Streamlined code for better readability, faster processing, and maintainability.
8. Bug Fixes: Fixed various other minor issues to improve overall software stability and performance.