View And Record Video - Axis P13-B Series User Manual

AXIS P13-B Box Camera Series
Configure your device
Add street names and compass direction to the image
Note
The street name and compass direction will be visible on all video streams and recordings.
1. Go to Apps.
2. Select axis-orientationaid.
3. Click Open.
4. To add a street name, click Add text and modify the text to fit the street.
5. To add a compass, click Add compass and modify the compass to fit the image.

View and record video

This section includes instructions about configuring your device. To learn more about how streaming and storage works, go to
Streaming and storage on page 58.
Reduce bandwidth and storage
Important
Reducing the bandwidth can lead to loss of detail in the image.
1. Go to Video > Stream.
2. Click
3. Select Video format H.264.
4. Go to Video > Stream > General and increase Compression.
5. Go to Video > Stream > Zipstream and do one or more of the following:
Note
The Zipstream settings are used for both H.264 and H.265.
- Select the Zipstream Strength that you want to use.
- Turn on Optimize for storage. This can only be used if the VMS supports B-frames.
- Turn on Dynamic FPS.
- Turn on Dynamic GOP and set a high Upper limit GOP length value.
Note
Most web browsers don't support H.265 decoding and because of this the device doesn't support it in its web interface.
Instead you can use a video management system or application that supports H.265 decoding.
Set up network storage
To store recordings on the network, you need to set up your network storage.
1. Go to System > Storage.
2. Click
in the live view.
Add network storage under Network storage.
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