NextNVR/CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

All notable changes to NextNVR will be documented in this file.

[0.2.1] — 2026-08-05

Changed

• Flat recording directory: /mnt/recordings/{cam-name}/{YYYY-MM-DD-HH-MM}.mp4
• Per-segment FFmpeg: replaced segment muxer with -t 300 per-segment approach
• Atomic file naming: in-progress recordings use .part.mp4 suffix, renamed on completion
• Crash recovery: .part files older than 1 hour auto-cleaned by retention loop
• Cleaner skips .part.mp4 files (active recordings)
• Cleaner prunes empty camera directories after purge

Added

• Playback presets: Today, Yesterday, Last 7 Days, Custom date range
• /recordings/ static file server for video playback
• Recordings API filters by preset or custom date range
• 🔴 live badge for in-progress .part files in playback UI

Removed

• Nested date subdirectories (replaced by flat per-camera structure)
• Complex FFmpeg segment muxer flags (-f segment, -segment_time, -strftime)

[0.2.0] — 2026-08-05

Added

• FFmpeg stream recorder with zero-transcoding (-c copy) stream-copy mode
• 5-minute MP4 segment output to /mnt/recordings/{cam_id}/{YYYY-MM-DD}/
• Per-camera goroutines with auto-reconnect on stream failure (5s delay)
• Staggered camera startup (500ms between launches)
• Storage retention cleaner with configurable retention_days
• Hourly background purge of expired recordings
• Empty directory pruning after cleanup runs

[0.1.0] — 2026-08-05

Added

• Initial project scaffold and Go module
• YAML configuration (config.yaml) with 8 camera stubs
• Embedded single-binary distribution using Go embed
• HTTP API endpoints: /api/cameras, /api/config, /api/scan, /api/status, /api/recordings
• Responsive SPA with three tabs: Live Wall, Playback, Settings
• 4x2 CSS grid for live camera monitoring
• Focus/overlay mode with prev/next navigation and thumbnail strip
• ONVIF scan stub (IP range 192.168.1.201–209, skip 204)
• go2rtc child process manager with auto-restart
• Deployment script (setup.sh) with systemd service generation