Why should you test this preview?
This version provides a flavour of the major features we're looking at for our next major release:
A preview of our new enhanced video codec.
Try out an early release of our next-generation video codec, which aims to double quality for half the bandwidth! The final release will use roughly double the CPU of the existing standard codec, but be aware this version provided today is currently unoptimized for performance, and we recommend performing tests on Auto at 300-500kbits - try this side-by-side with the existing codec, we think you'll be impressed!
How do I enable the new Enhanced video codec?
We've already got a version in the labs with half the CPU requirement - ultimately our final release will handle everything the current codec does, with much higher quality at lower bitrates!First steps into next-generation analytics (including container support!)
As part of our long-term goal of making it easy to bring third-party analytics (including your own!) into EdgeVis, we've integrated a variety of new analytics we've created ourselves or downloaded from open source repositories.
To make it easier to test, we've also added support for analytics to containers! Just use the v9.3 client and configure your analytics as normal - you should find several new analytics to try.
While the final choice of analytics for v9.3 is still to be decided (and we'd love your feedback on this!), we will definitely be shipping the capability to use our standard analytics in containers in v9.3!
Image thumbnails are now available for EdgeVis alarm rules
If you use the analytics in this container, you will find that the encoder will send an image snapshot along with the alert.
Want to see all this in action..
What do I need to test this app?
Access to EdgeVis Server v9.3 Tech Preview
This container won't work on your production v9.2 server. You'll have to either:
Self-host your own V9.3 Tech Preview server
Do not upgrade an existing v9.1/v9.2 server - this server should be disposed of after the tech preview ends!
We can provide you with access to a cloud-hosted EdgeVis Server v9.3
For self-hosting... licences
We recommend testing with One-In-One-Out v9 licences to allow use of different output streams (for testing different video codecs or analytics).
If you've got spare One-In-One-Out v9 licences, you can use those. Once you've finished testing, you can free those up as you would normally.
Alternatively, a limited number of trial licences can be made available for a short period. You'll need to connect your server to our CLS account.
If you're using our cloud hosted EdgeVis Server, we'll take care of your licences.
How to download
Tech Preview warning!
This version has not been tested to the level of a beta or full product release. It has bugs and will crash!
Do not use this in a production environment.
It will cease to operate on the 1st February 2027
It is marked as version v9.3.90 - you will have to uninstall it to go back to v9.2, and you won't be able to upgrade this version to the final v9.3 release either!
We have provided this trial for four specific platforms - please review and select the version that matches your test platform:
For standard Intel processors. | |
For users who have an Intel processor AND a separate NVIDIA GPU. | |
For users who have a platform using the NVIDIA Jetson. | |
For users who have a platform with ARM64 processors (e.g. Raspberry PI 5)
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Providing feedback
A link will become available here on November 1st to allow you to complete the feedback survey that is required to take part in this trial.
Also, any other bug reports and feedback are appreciated and can be reported via support@edgevis.com.