Merge pull request #2 from FlyingFathead/webserver-waitress

v0.1621
  **Web server updates:**
  - Switched to use `waitress` (`pip install -U waitress` or use the `requirements.txt`)
  - `waitress` = better threading and multitasking with `Flask`
  - MJPEG preview quality in webUI previews now configurable from `config.ini`
    => under `[webserver]` => `mjpeg_quality`
  - webui improvements: detections are now categorized under date headers for improved readability

Author: FlyingFathead

.catgitignore

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ LICENSE
 yolo_detections/**
 old/
 old/**
-#utils/
-#utils/**
+utils/
+utils/**
 examples/
 examples/**

README.md

@@ -284,6 +284,13 @@ Use `utils/batch_humdet_yolo8_opencv2.py` to run YOLOv8 batch detection on direc
 - Add hooks for sending detections to web servers or APIs
 
 ## Changelog
+- **v0.1621**
+  **Web server updates:**
+  - Switched to use `waitress` (`pip install -U waitress` or use the `requirements.txt`)
+  - `waitress` = better threading and multitasking with `Flask`
+  - MJPEG preview quality in webUI previews now configurable from `config.ini`
+    => under `[webserver]` => `mjpeg_quality`
+  - webui improvements: detections are now categorized under date headers for improved readability
 - **v0.1620**
   - Disabled telemetry in Ultralytics modules by default
   - Added a printout on startup to display Ultralytics settings

config.ini

@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ headless = False
 # default_conf_threshold = 0.7
 default_conf_threshold = 0.5
 # Default model variant to use
-# for yolov8
+# (for yolov8 \/)
 # default_model_variant = yolov8m
-# we're using YOLOv11 atm; you can roll back to v8 if needed
+# (we're using YOLOv11 atm; you can roll back to v8 if needed \/)
 default_model_variant = yolo11m
 
 [hardware]
@@ -130,14 +130,17 @@ webserver_port = 5000
 # Note that especially on higher resolutions, high FPS's may introduce
 # computational overhead where the stream starts to lag.
 # the max fps applies to mjpeg only
-webserver_max_fps = 5
+webserver_max_fps = 1
 # interval checking for webUI connections true/false
 interval_checks = true
 # check interval in seconds for active connections
 check_interval = 15
 # NEW setting to pick preview type (default: mjpeg)
 # available types: mjpeg, hls
 preview_method = mjpeg
+# Quality for MJPEG stream (1-100, lower means less bandwidth but lower quality)
+# This ONLY affects the /video_feed MJPEG stream, not saved images or source.
+mjpeg_quality = 25
 
 [hls]
 # these are for HLS streams if you choose HLS as your preview type