Should I upgrade from 3.4.8 to 4.0?
What will be the main obvious benefits? For me to upgrade it'll be an extra $600+, so I'm not sure if its worth it to upgrade for me. I'm running about 20-25+ cameras on a Mac Pro 2015 model.
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wait a while, i've just gone back to the previous version. it's still beta quality
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While there are inevitably bugs in major new releases, I certainly don't agree with the above statement. Most users aren't having problems, and we've already fixed most of the bugs with subsequent updates.
You can read about the improvements in the new version here: Upgrading to Version 4.
The main improvements are: 64-bit support for speed and access to more memory, new enhanced user interface, hardware-accelerated video processing, separation of continuous-capture/motion-capture/actions so each can be enabled independently, two-way audio (currently for Axis cameras), and numerous other speed and efficiency improvements.
Although note that Mac Pros do not have hardware-accelerated video compression/decompression, so you won't be able to take advantage of this particular feature.
Feel free to download the new version and try it out free for 30 days, with no demo limitations. If you decide not to upgrade, simply go back to your old version. -
Version 4 is a solid release. It performs better for me than the previous version did, and I didn't really have any problems with version 3 either.
As Ben suggested, you can use version 4 as a 30 day trial and see how it performs with your setup. Just leave the version 4 app in your downloads folder and run it from there. This way you can switch between version 3 and 4 and compare. -
I tried the demo and it actually feels much slower. The interface loads slower and that makes no sense to me because I bought a $4-$5k Mac Pro. So unfortunately my demo experience wasn't good. Is there a way Ben that I can get hardware accelerated video compression/decompression?
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Hi @reventon - unfortunately the Mac Pros do not have built-in hardware-accelerated video compression/decompression. I'm not sure why Apple neglected to add this to their top-end machines, but that seems to be the current situation. As far as we can tell, all iMacs and Mac minis produced in the last few years have this feature (though Apple doesn't provide information about which models do and don't).
