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• Can't decode h264 frame by frame

  17 mai 2017, par J. Doe

  Here is problematic code :

  int frame_count{0};
  
  int status = -1;
  
  while ((status = av_read_frame(ctx, pkt)) >= 0) {
  
      int got_frame;
  
      auto len =
  
          avcodec_decode_video2(video_ctx, frame, &got_frame, pkt);
  
      errcheck(len);
  
  
  
      if (got_frame == 0)
  
          errthrow("No frame could be decompressed");
  
  
  
      auto w = frame->width;
  
      auto h = frame->height;
  
      auto gray_convert_ctx = sws_getContext(
  
          w, h, input_pix_format, w, h, output_pix_format, SWS_POINT,
  
          nullptr, nullptr, nullptr);
  
  
  
      sws_scale(gray_convert_ctx, frame->data, frame->linesize, 0, h,
  
            frame_converted->data, frame_converted->linesize);
  
  
  
      f_(frame_converted->data[0], frame_converted->linesize[0], w,
  
         h);
  
      ++frame_count;
  
      sws_freeContext(gray_convert_ctx);
  
  
  
      if (pkt->data) {
  
          pkt->size -= len;
  
          pkt->data += len;
  
      }
  
  }
  
  if (status != AVERROR_EOF)
  
      errcheck(status);

  With vp8/vp9 all is okay, but when I’m trying to decode h264, I’ve got error :

  ➤ ./cv /tmp/x
  
  file size: 694KiB
  
  read /tmp/x: 694KiB
  
  [mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0x191fc00] Format mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 probed with size=2048 and score=100
  
  [mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0x191fc00] ISO: File Type Major Brand: mp42
  
  [mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0x191fc00] rfps: 31.000000 0.000599
  
  [mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0x191fc00] Before avformat_find_stream_info() pos: 3104 bytes read:32768 seeks:0
  
  [mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0x191fc00] All info found
  
  [mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0x191fc00] After avformat_find_stream_info() pos: 456697 bytes read:458752 seeks:0 frames:34
  
  [h264 @ 0x1926700] no frame!
  
  error: AV: Invalid data found when processing input

  Maybe that’s because of h264 does not support AV_CODEC_CAP_TRUNCATED ? But I suppose it’s should be handled in av_read_frame.

  Then ignoring (just skipping this read if error occurs) — no frame decoded anyway until EOF. :c This video working fine with ffplay/mpv/etc. and was recorded by Android.

  #include <iostream>
  
  
  
  extern "C" {
  
  #include <libavcodec></libavcodec>avcodec.h>
  
  #include <libavformat></libavformat>avformat.h>
  
  }
  
  
  
  #include <functional>
  
  
  
  class Video
  
  {
  
        public:
  
      static std::string TAG;
  
  
  
      Video();
  
      Video(void *data_ptr, size_t data_size);
  
      ~Video();
  
  
  
      void set(void *data_ptr, size_t data_size);
  
      void process(std::function f_);
  
  
  
        private:
  
      static constexpr AVPixelFormat output_pix_format{AV_PIX_FMT_GRAY8};
  
  
  
      struct {
  
          uint8_t *ptr{nullptr};
  
          size_t size;
  
      } bd;
  
  
  
      bool video_ctx_opened{false};
  
      AVCodecContext *video_ctx{nullptr};
  
      AVStream *video_stream{nullptr};
  
  
  
      size_t width;
  
      size_t heigh;
  
  
  
      AVPixelFormat input_pix_format;
  
  
  
      size_t avio_ctx_buffer_size = 32 * 1024; // 32 KiB
  
      uint8_t *avio_ctx_buffer{nullptr};
  
  
  
      AVFormatContext *ctx{nullptr};
  
      AVIOContext *avio_ctx{nullptr};
  
  
  
      uint8_t *frame_converted_buffer{nullptr};
  
      AVFrame *frame_converted{nullptr};
  
  
  
      AVFrame *frame{nullptr};
  
      AVPacket *pkt{nullptr};
  
  
  
      void init_stream();
  
      void init_codec();
  
      void init_frame_converted();
  
  };
  
  
  
  
  
  extern "C" {
  
  #include <libswscale></libswscale>swscale.h>
  
  }
  
  
  
  #include <iostream>
  
  #include <stdexcept>
  
  
  
  namespace
  
  {
  
  using str_t = decltype(Video::TAG);
  
  
  
  static str_t averr(int code)
  
  {
  
      static thread_local std::array buf;
  
      av_make_error_string(buf.data(), buf.size(), code);
  
      return str_t(buf.data(), buf.size());
  
  }
  
  
  
  static str_t errstr(int err) { return Video::TAG + ": " + averr(err); }
  
  
  
  static str_t errstr(const char *err) { return Video::TAG + ": " + err; }
  
  
  
  static void errthrow(str_t err) { throw std::runtime_error{std::move(err)}; }
  
  
  
  static void errcheck(int val)
  
  {
  
      if (val &lt; 0)
  
          errthrow(errstr(val));
  
  }
  
  
  
  template <class t="t"> static void errcheck(T *ptr, const char *errmsg)
  
  {
  
      if (!ptr)
  
          errthrow(errstr(errmsg));
  
  }
  
  
  
  static int read_packet(void *opaque, uint8_t *buf, int buf_size)
  
  {
  
      struct _bd {
  
          uint8_t *ptr;
  
          size_t size;
  
      };
  
      _bd *bd = static_cast&lt;_bd *>(opaque);
  
  
  
      buf_size = FFMIN(buf_size, bd->size);
  
  
  
      memcpy(buf, bd->ptr, buf_size);
  
      bd->ptr += buf_size;
  
      bd->size -= buf_size;
  
  
  
      return buf_size;
  
  }
  
  }
  
  
  
  std::string Video::TAG = "AV";
  
  
  
  Video::Video()
  
  {
  
      av_register_all();
  
      avcodec_register_all();
  
  
  
      frame = av_frame_alloc();
  
      errcheck(frame, "Could not allocate frame");
  
  
  
      pkt = static_cast<avpacket>(av_malloc(sizeof(AVPacket)));
  
      errcheck(pkt, "Could not allocate packet");
  
      av_init_packet(pkt);
  
  }
  
  
  
  Video::Video(void *data_ptr, size_t data_size) : Video()
  
  {
  
      set(data_ptr, data_size);
  
  }
  
  
  
  Video::~Video()
  
  {
  
      avformat_close_input(&amp;ctx);
  
      if (avio_ctx) {
  
          av_freep(&amp;avio_ctx->buffer);
  
          av_freep(&amp;avio_ctx);
  
      }
  
  
  
      if (video_ctx) {
  
          avcodec_close(video_ctx);
  
          av_free(video_ctx);
  
      }
  
      if (frame)
  
          av_frame_free(&amp;frame);
  
      if (frame_converted_buffer)
  
          av_freep(&amp;frame_converted_buffer);
  
      if (frame_converted)
  
          av_frame_free(&amp;frame_converted);
  
      if (pkt) {
  
          av_free_packet(pkt);
  
          av_free(pkt);
  
      }
  
  }
  
  
  
  void Video::set(void *data_ptr, size_t data_size)
  
  {
  
      bd.ptr = static_cast(data_ptr);
  
      bd.size = data_size;
  
  
  
      init_stream();
  
      init_frame_converted();
  
      init_codec();
  
      pkt->data = nullptr;
  
      pkt->size = 0;
  
  }
  
  
  
  void Video::process(
  
      std::function f_)
  
  {
  
      int frame_count{0};
  
      int status = -1;
  
      while ((status = av_read_frame(ctx, pkt)) >= 0) {
  
          int got_frame;
  
          auto len =
  
              avcodec_decode_video2(video_ctx, frame, &amp;got_frame, pkt);
  
          errcheck(len);
  
  
  
          if (got_frame == 0)
  
              errthrow("No frame could be decompressed");
  
  
  
          auto w = frame->width;
  
          auto h = frame->height;
  
          auto gray_convert_ctx = sws_getContext(
  
              w, h, input_pix_format, w, h, output_pix_format, SWS_POINT,
  
              nullptr, nullptr, nullptr);
  
  
  
          sws_scale(gray_convert_ctx, frame->data, frame->linesize, 0, h,
  
                    frame_converted->data, frame_converted->linesize);
  
  
  
          f_(frame_converted->data[0], frame_converted->linesize[0], w,
  
             h);
  
          ++frame_count;
  
          sws_freeContext(gray_convert_ctx);
  
  
  
          if (pkt->data) {
  
              pkt->size -= len;
  
              pkt->data += len;
  
          }
  
      }
  
      if (status != AVERROR_EOF)
  
          errcheck(status);
  
  }
  
  
  
  void Video::init_stream()
  
  {
  
      ctx = avformat_alloc_context();
  
      errcheck(ctx, "Could not allocate format context");
  
  
  
      avio_ctx_buffer =
  
          static_cast(av_malloc(avio_ctx_buffer_size));
  
      errcheck(avio_ctx_buffer, "Could not allocate io buffer");
  
  
  
      avio_ctx = avio_alloc_context(avio_ctx_buffer, avio_ctx_buffer_size, 0,
  
                                    &amp;bd, &amp;read_packet, nullptr, nullptr);
  
      errcheck(avio_ctx, "Could not allocate io context");
  
      ctx->pb = avio_ctx;
  
  
  
      auto status = avformat_open_input(&amp;ctx, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr);
  
      errcheck(status);
  
  
  
      status = avformat_find_stream_info(ctx, nullptr);
  
      errcheck(status);
  
  
  
      for (decltype(ctx->nb_streams) i = 0; i &lt; ctx->nb_streams; ++i) {
  
          auto stream = ctx->streams[i];
  
          if (!stream || !stream->codec)
  
              continue;
  
          if (stream->codec->codec_type == AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO) {
  
              video_stream = stream;
  
              break;
  
          }
  
      }
  
      errcheck(video_stream, "Could not find valid video stream");
  
  
  
      width = video_stream->codec->width;
  
      heigh = video_stream->codec->height;
  
  
  
      input_pix_format = video_stream->codec->pix_fmt;
  
  }
  
  
  
  void Video::init_codec()
  
  {
  
      auto codec = avcodec_find_decoder(video_stream->codec->codec_id);
  
      errcheck(codec, "Codec not found");
  
  
  
      video_ctx = avcodec_alloc_context3(codec);
  
      errcheck(video_ctx, "Could not allocate video codec context");
  
  
  
      if (codec->capabilities &amp; AV_CODEC_CAP_TRUNCATED)
  
          video_ctx->flags |=
  
              AV_CODEC_FLAG_TRUNCATED; // we do not send complete frames
  
  
  
      auto status = avcodec_open2(video_ctx, codec, nullptr);
  
      errcheck(status);
  
  }
  
  
  
  void Video::init_frame_converted()
  
  {
  
      frame_converted = av_frame_alloc();
  
      errcheck(frame_converted, "Could not allocate frame");
  
  
  
      int frame_converted_buffer_size =
  
          avpicture_get_size(output_pix_format, width, heigh);
  
      errcheck(frame_converted_buffer_size);
  
  
  
      frame_converted_buffer =
  
          static_cast(av_malloc(frame_converted_buffer_size));
  
      errcheck(frame_converted_buffer, "Could not allocate picture buffer");
  
  
  
      auto status = avpicture_fill(
  
          reinterpret_cast<avpicture>(frame_converted),
  
          frame_converted_buffer, output_pix_format, width, heigh);
  
      errcheck(status);
  
  }
  
  
  
  #include <vector>
  
  #include <fstream>
  
  
  
  std::vector<char> read_file(const std::string &amp;fname)
  
  {
  
      std::ifstream file(fname, std::ios::binary | std::ios::ate);
  
      if (!file.is_open())
  
          throw std::runtime_error{"can't open " + fname};
  
  
  
      auto size = file.tellg();
  
      file.seekg(0, std::ios::beg);
  
  
  
      std::cout &lt;&lt; "file size: " &lt;&lt; std::to_string(size / 1024) &lt;&lt; "KiB\n";
  
  
  
      std::vector<char> buffer(size);
  
  
  
      if (file.read(buffer.data(), size))
  
          return buffer;
  
      return {};
  
  }
  
  
  
  int main(int argc, const char **argv)
  
  {
  
      if (argc &lt; 2)
  
          return EXIT_FAILURE;
  
  
  
      av_log_set_level(AV_LOG_DEBUG);
  
  
  
      try {
  
          auto data = read_file(argv[1]);
  
          std::cout &lt;&lt; "read " &lt;&lt; argv[1] &lt;&lt; ": "
  
                    &lt;&lt; std::to_string(data.size() / 1024) &lt;&lt; "KiB\n";
  
  
  
                  Video v;
  
              v.set(data.data(), data.size());
  
  
  
              v.process([](unsigned char *data, int wrap, int xsize,
  
                             int ysize) {
  
                  std::cout &lt;&lt; "w: " &lt;&lt; xsize
  
                            &lt;&lt; " h: " &lt;&lt; ysize &lt;&lt; '\n';
  
              });
  
  
  
      } catch (const std::runtime_error &amp;e) {
  
          std::cout &lt;&lt; "error: " &lt;&lt; e.what() &lt;&lt; '\n';
  
      }
  
  }
  
  </char></char></fstream></vector></avpicture></avpacket></class></stdexcept></iostream></functional></iostream>

  Compile&Run :
  g++ cv.cpp -std=c++14 -lavutil -lavcodec -lavformat -lswscale ; ./a.out file.name.here

• What Is Ethical SEO & Why Does It Matter ?

  7 mai 2024, par Erin

  Do you want to generate more revenue ?

  Then, you need to ensure you have a steady stream of traffic flowing to your site.

  Search engines like Google, Bing and Yahoo are powerful mediums you can use to scale your business.

  Search engine optimisation (SEO) is the process of creating search engine-friendly content to draw in traffic to your website. But, if you aren’t careful, you could be crossing the line of ethical SEO into unethical SEO.

  In this article, we break down what ethical SEO is, why it’s important in business and how you can implement effective SEO into your business while remaining ethical.

  Let’s begin.

  What is ethical SEO ?

  Since the early days of the internet and search engines, business owners and marketers have tried using all kinds of SEO tactics to rank atop the search engines for relevant keywords.

  The problem ?

  Some of these practices are ethical, while others aren’t.

  What exactly is ethical SEO ?

  It’s the practice of optimising your website’s rankings in search engines by following search engine guidelines and prioritising user experience.

  

  Ethical SEO is also referred to as “white hat SEO.”

  On the other hand, businesses that break search engine rules and guidelines to “hack” their way to the top with faulty and questionable practices use unethical SEO, or “black hat SEO.”

  Ethical SEO aims to achieve higher rankings in search engines through sustainable, legitimate and fair methods.

  Black hat, or unethical SEO, aims to manipulate or “game” the system with deceptive strategies to bypass the search engine’s guidelines to rank higher.

  The two core branches of ethical SEO include :

  1. Strategies that align with search engine guidelines.
  2. Accessibility to broad audiences.

  Some examples of ethical SEO principles include :

  • Natural link building
  • Compliance with search engine guidelines
  • Establishing great user experiences
  • Creating reader-focused content

  By sticking to the right guidelines and implementing proper SEO practices, businesses can establish ethical SEO to generate more traffic and grow their brands.

  8 ethical SEO practices to implement

  If you want to grow your organic search traffic, then there’s no doubt you’ll need to have some SEO knowledge.

  While there are dozens of ways to “game” SEO, it’s best to stick to proven, ethical SEO techniques to improve your rankings.

  Stick to these best practices to increase your rankings in the search engine results pages (SERPs), increase organic traffic and improve your website conversions.

  

  1. Crafting high-quality content

  The most important piece of any ethical SEO strategy is content.

  Forget about rankings, keywords and links for a second.

  Step back and think about why people go to Google, Bing and Yahoo in the first place.

  They’re there looking for information. They have a question they need answered. That’s where you can come in and give them the answer they want. 

  How ? In the form of content.

  The best long-term ethical SEO strategy is to create the highest-quality content possible. Crafting high-quality content should be where you focus 90% of your SEO efforts.

  2. Following search engine guidelines

  Once you’ve got a solid content creation strategy, where you’re producing in-depth, quality content, you need to ensure you’re following the guidelines and rules put in place by the major search engines.

  This means you need to stay compliant with the best practices and guidelines laid out by the top search engines.

  If you fail to follow these rules, you could be penalised, your content could be downgraded or removed from search engines, and you could even have your entire website flagged, impacting your entire organic search traffic from your site.

  You need to ensure you align with the guidelines so you’re set up for long-term success with your SEO.

  3. Conducting keyword research and optimisation

  Now that we’ve covered content and guidelines, let’s talk about the technical stuff, starting with keywords.

  In the early days of SEO (late 90s), just about anyone could rank a web page high by stuffing keywords all over the page.

  While those black hat techniques used to work to “game” the system, it doesn’t work like that anymore. Google and other major search engines have much more advanced algorithms that can detect keyword stuffing and manipulation.

  Keywords are still a major part of a successful SEO strategy. You can ethically incorporate keywords into your content (and you should) if you want to rank higher. 

  Your main goal with your content is to match it with the search intent. So, incorporating keywords should come naturally throughout your content. If you try to stuff in unnecessary keywords or use spammy techniques, you may not even rank at all and could harm your website’s rankings.

  4. Incorporating natural link building

  After you’ve covered content and keywords, it’s time to dive into links. Backlinks are any links that point back to your website from another website.

  These are a crucial part of the SEO pie. Without them, it’s hard to rank high on Google. They work well because they tell Google your web page or website has authority on a subject matter.

  But you could be penalised if you try to manipulate backlinks by purchasing them or spamming them from other websites.

  Instead, you should aim to draw in natural backlinks by creating content that attracts them.

  How ? There are several options :

  • Content marketing
  • Email outreach
  • Brand mentions
  • Public relations
  • Ethical guest posting

  Get involved in other people’s communities. Get on podcasts. Write guest posts. Connect with other brands. Provide value in your niche and create content worth linking to.

  5. Respecting the intellectual property of other brands

  Content creation is moving at lightspeed in the creator economy and social media era. For better or for worse, content is going viral every day. People share content, place their spin on it, revise it, optimise it, and spread it around the internet.

  Unfortunately, this means the content is sometimes shared without the owner’s permission. Content is one form of intellectual property (IP). 

  If you share copyrighted material, you could face legal consequences.

  6. Ensuring transparency

  Transparency is one of the pillars of ethical marketing.

  If you’re running the SEO in your company or an agency, you should always explain the SEO strategies and tactics you’re implementing to your stakeholders.

  It’s best to lean on transparency and honesty to ensure your team knows you’re running operations ethically.

  7. Implementing a great user experience

  The final pillar of ethical SEO practices is offering a great user experience on your website.

  Major search engines like Google are favouring user experience more and more every year. This means knowing how to track and analyse website metrics like page load times, time on page, pageviews, media plays and event tracking.

  8. Use an ethical web analytics solution

  Last but certainly not least. Tracking your website visitors ethically is key to maintaining SEO ethics.

  You can do this by using an ethical web analytics solution like Matomo, Plausible or Fathom. All three are committed to respecting user privacy and offer ethical tracking of visitors.

  We’re a bit biassed towards Matomo, of course, but for good reasons.

  Matomo offers accurate, unsampled data along with advanced features like heatmaps, session recording, and A/B testing. These features enhance user experience and support ethical SEO practices by providing insights into user behaviour, helping optimise content. 

  Try Matomo for Free

  Get the web insights you need, without compromising data accuracy.

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  6 unethical SEO practices to avoid

  Now that we’ve covered the ethical SEO best practices let’s talk about what kind of unethical SEO practices you want to avoid.

  Remember, SEO isn’t as easy to manipulate as it once was 20 years ago.

  Algorithms are much more sophisticated now, and search engines are getting better at detecting fraudulent, scammy or unethical SEO practices every year.

  Avoid these eight unethical SEO practices to ensure you can rank high in the long term :

  

  1. Keyword stuffing

  Keyword stuffing is probably the most common unethical SEO practice. This is where someone deliberately stuffs keywords onto a page to manipulate the search engines to rank a web page higher.

  Where this is unethical isn’t always easy to detect, but in some cases, it is. It comes down to whether it’s relevant and natural or intentionally stuffing.

  2. Cloaking

  Cloaking is another unethical SEO practice where someone manipulates the information search engines see on their website.

  For example, someone may show search engines one web page on their website, but when someone clicks on it in Google, they can direct someone to a completely different page. They do this by detecting the incoming request from the user agent and presenting different content.

  3. Deceiving functionality

  Another way companies are unethically implementing SEO tactics is by deceiving people with misleading information. For example, a website may claim to provide a free resource or directory but may intentionally lead visitors to paid products.

  4. Fraudulent redirects

  Another way to deceive or mislead searchers is by creating fraudulent redirects. A redirect is a way to take someone to a different web page when they click on another one. Redirects can be useful if a page is broken or outdated. However, they can be used to deceptively take someone to a website they didn’t intend to view.

  5. Negative SEO

  Negative SEO is the intentional attempt to harm a competitor’s search engine rankings through unethical tactics.

  These tactics include duplicating their content or generating spammy links by creating low quality or irrelevant backlinks to their site.

  6. Hidden text

  Placing hidden text on a website typically has one purpose : keyword stuffing.

  Instead of making it visible to users reading the content, websites will place invisible text or text that’s hard to read on a website to try to rank the content higher and manipulate the search engines.

  3 reasons you need to implement ethical SEO

  So, why should you ensure you only implement ethical SEO in your organic traffic strategy ?

  It’s not just about what’s morally right or wrong. Implementing ethical SEO is the smartest long-term marketing strategy :

  1. Better long-term SEO

  Search engine optimisation is about implementing the “right” tactics to get your website to rank higher.

  The funny thing is many people are trying to get quick fixes by manipulating search engines to see results now.

  However, the ones who implement shady tactics and “hacks” to game the system almost always end up losing their rankings in the long term. 

  The best long-term SEO strategy is to do things ethically. Create content that helps people. Make higher quality content than your competitors. If you do those two things right, you’ll have better search traffic for years.

  2. Great brand reputation

  Not only is ethical SEO a great way to get long-term results, but it’s also a good way to maintain a solid brand reputation.

  Reputation management is a crucial aspect of SEO. All it takes is one bad incident, and your SEO could be negatively impacted.

  3. Lower chance of penalties

  If you play by the rules, you have a lower risk of being penalised by Google.

  The reality is that Google owns the search engine, not you. While we can benefit from the traffic generation of major search engines, you could lose all your rankings if you break their guidelines.

  Track SEO data ethically with Matomo

  Ethical SEO is all about :

  • Serving your audience
  • Getting better traffic in the long run

  If you fail to follow ethical SEO practices, you could be de-ranked or have your reputation on the line.

  However, if you implement ethical SEO, you could reap the rewards of a sustainable marketing strategy that helps you grow your traffic correctly and increase conversions in the long term.

  If you’re ready to start implementing ethical SEO, you need to ensure you depend on an ethical web analytics solution like Matomo.

  Unlike other web analytics solutions, Matomo prioritises user privacy, maintains transparent, ethical data collection practices, and does not sell user data to advertisers. Matomo provides 100% data ownership, ensuring that your data remains yours to own and control.

  As the leading privacy-friendly web analytics solution globally, trusted by over 1 million websites, Matomo ensures :

  • Accurate data without data sampling for confident insights and better results
  • Privacy-friendly and GDPR-compliant web analytics
  • Open-source access for transparency and creating a custom solution tailored to your needs

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• Unwrapping Matomo 5.2.0 – Bringing you enhanced security and performance

  25 décembre 2024, par Daniel Crough — Latest Releases

   As we tie a bow on 2024, we’re delighted to share our final gift of the year. Matomo 5.2.0 comes wrapped with new security features, privacy controls, and performance improvements to enhance your analytics experience.

   Enhanced security and privacy controls

  

  We’ve strengthened Matomo’s security framework with several key updates :

  • A new installer timestamp mechanism for on-premise installations creates a secure 72-hour installation window, preventing unauthorised access during setup
  • Enhanced account security features including a “This Wasn’t Me” link in password reset emails and location-based login alerts
  • The new Global List of Query URL parameters feature lets you refine tracking by excluding sensitive or unnecessary parameters from collection

  Tag manager improvements for better efficiency

  

  The Matomo Tag Manager now includes several features to streamline your workflow :

  • New Consent Management Platform (CMP) tags for CookieYes, OneTrust, and Axeptio, simplifying consent tracking implementatio.
  • A new copy feature for containers, tags, and triggers that reduces setup time and ensures consistency across multiple properties
  • Improved management tools for maintaining standardised tracking across websites

  Performance and reliability updates

  We’ve made technical improvements to enhance Matomo’s performance :

  • Full PHP 8.4 compatibility for improved performance and reliability
  • Optimised archiving processes including smarter handling of recent data
  • New recovery options for interrupted archiving processes
  • Specific improvements for TiDB compatibility, enhancing database performance for users of this engine

  Important to note : This release does not require any major database upgrade, making it easier to implement these improvements.

  Looking forward to 2025

  As we prepare to enter a new year, these updates reflect our ongoing commitment to providing privacy-focused analytics. We’re grateful to all our community contributors who have helped make this release possible. Special thanks to the Matomo community for their contributions to this release.

  Ready to explore these new features ? Update to Matomo 5.2.0 today and start the new year with enhanced security, efficiency, and control over your analytics data.

  From all of us at Matomo, thank you for being part of our journey. Here’s to another year of protecting privacy and empowering insights together !

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  For a detailed overview of all changes and improvements, see our complete release notes or join the discussion in our community forums. If you’d like to contribute to making Matomo even better, learn more about getting involved with our open-source project.