Hey all, wanted to provide an update on my findings here.
Installed the latest update without a hitch (install wise) on the 7442. Nice thing is they didn’t cap bitrate (something I always look for after an update) which is great to see.
I did however notice some changes and thought I would document those below.
First is Face Detection
On the left is the old 2019-07-09 menu vs the new 2020-03-24 on the right. Noticeable difference is the
addition of the snapshot options including Non-living feature (which warns you that it will reduce number of captures),
Overlay Target Frame & Remove Duplicates. The latter allows a setting across a period of time
The Face Detection menu now also features an Advanced option (above) which allows you to change angle filtering, sensitivity and quality threshold which allow you to dial in the type of end result you will see from a snap or face capture.
Second - Video Metadata / Structuralization
Next up is Video Metadata again before is 2019-07-09 on the left and 2020-03-24 on the right.
Noticeably here you gain Overlay Target Frame options which include Face, Human Body, Non-Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Pics. Remove Duplicates is also present here as well. Worth noting that when you enable this the camera now warns you that snapshots will be disabled.
With all of that out the way, I am seeing an issue currently where recording to my trusty surveillance rated SD cards (used as backup) is not working well so will be testing further over the next few days and report back again. Reverted briefly back to 2019-07-09 and no issues there. Again, will continue to test and also test against the NVR too.