VideoKifu Changelog

What's new in VideoKifu 1.5.2

Jan 1, 2023
  • Bug fixed: ko stones not removed from the goban could trigger a series of fake captures.
  • Bug fixed: image rotation and FPS value were not saved in theVK file.
  • Minor cosmetic changes and bug fixes.

New in VideoKifu 1.5.1 (Jan 2, 2020)

  • Added a Rotation tool in the Options tab.
  • Virtual FPS are now managed in the Advanced options tab.
  • Minor bug fixes

New in VideoKifu 1.5.0 (Aug 15, 2019)

  • Added broadcast on Pandanet IGS.
  • Added capture of a Windows Form as live video feed.
  • Added a complete crop filter in the live feed settings. Added a meta-command to show move numbers in the broadcast.
  • Added manual management of first the stone of the game.
  • Improved management of warnings of false positives and false negatives.
  • Improved recognition of nigiri and game's end.
  • Improved game's broadcast via FTP.

New in VideoKifu 1.4.1 (Jun 21, 2019)

  • Improved recognition of sequences of three or four contemporane-
  • ous stones.

New in VideoKifu 1.4.0 (May 26, 2019)

  • Added resuming of a live analysis.
  • Added new meta-commands, parameters and options for online broadcast

New in VideoKifu 1.3.0 (Jan 2, 2019)

  • Added the tab "Advanced options" (to be used with due caution).
  • Added management of warnings in moves' list by means of mouse's right clicks.
  • Added a button to evaluate game's score, whose accuracy has been improved.
  • Added a control to enable/disable automatic grid tracking.
  • Added a button to save game analysis at any time.
  • Modified online broadcast: it is now possible to create HTML files without publishing them.
  • Bug fixed: starting the analysis with manual tracking hindered online broadcast.
  • Bug fixed: handicap games were not managed when resuming a previous analysis.
  • Bug fixed: after a manual edit, deferred analyses did not restart from the last processed frame.
  • Bug fixed: after a manual calibration sometimes automatic grid tracking was disabled.
  • Minor cosmetic changes.

New in VideoKifu 1.2.0 (Sep 14, 2018)

  • Added recognition of nigiri and (approximatively) of game's end.
  • Added various levels of enlargement of video stream's image.
  • Added analysis with all-manual grid location and tracking.
  • Bug Fixed: sometimes manual calibration could freeze the program.

New in VideoKifu 1.1.0 (Aug 8, 2018)

  • Added analysis of already started games.
  • Added the button
  • Publish current position to the Manage broadcast window.
  • Added an indicator for the number of processed frames per second.
  • Improved management of warnings, whose list is now included in the SGF file.
  • Bug fixed: saved videos could be broken or reset in case of interruption of the video feed.
  • Bug fixed: using IP Webcam the camera list was not correctly updated; furthermore, neither the VK file nor the address of the last used camera were saved.
  • Bug fixed: it was not possible to check broadcast settings' modifications on the fly.
  • Minor cosmetic changes

New in VideoKifu 1.0.0 (May 29, 2018)

  • Added asynchronous detection of stones.
  • Added asynchronous checking of grid position (not in use).
  • Added management of IP cameras' video feeds.
  • Added moves' editing by clicking on goban pictures.
  • Added broadcast of detected moves. Added Unsharp mask filter.
  • Added image cropping for live video frames.
  • Added an icon to notify if the grid is too close to the frames' edges.
  • Added rules' editing even during the analysis.
  • Added warnings generated during the analysis to the SGF le.
  • Improved detection of kos, with rules violations' notification.
  • Improved notifications of uncertain situations.
  • Modied <F2> key's use: from now on it activates moves' editing (to open the
  • About VideoKifu window use <Ctrl>+<F1>).
  • Bug fixed: handicap stones were not counted correctly after a manual moves' editing.  Bug fixed: Swap stones' color...
  • button often wrongly set stone's colors.