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2.1.4 Configuring Surveillance Cameras
After configuring remote view, the Startup Wizard will take you through camera setup via the Encode menu. This section
determines the overall quality of footage recorded by your DVR. By default, your cameras are set to balanced quality/
record duration settings. These can be adjusted to increase maximum recording time before footage is overwritten.
Each camera features a Regular or Main Stream for high quality streaming to the DVR; and a Sub or Extra Stream for
low quality, low data streaming to your remote view phone or tablet. You can configure both of these streams for each
individual camera.
Fig. 2.7 details default values, quality optimised values and max. recording-time optimised values.
NOTE: Total record times below are estimates. Actual total record time may differ based on captured scene activity.
Field
Main Stream
Resolution
1920 * 1080
Frame Rate
Bit Rate Type
Bit Rate
2048Kb/s
Approx. Total
Record Time
Encode Tab
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In the Encode tab, select each camera channel and
set the desired encoding options based on table
above (Fig. 2.7).
Snapshot Tab
In the Snapshot tab, you can configure the DVR
•
to record image snapshots to be taken at Timing
intervals, based on the Snapshot Recording
Schedule (see Section 2.1.5), or on Trigger, via
camera motion detection.
•
This creates image files alongside your recorded
footage.
•
You can set image resolution, image quality and
the time in seconds between snapshots (1 SPL is 1
second between snapshots).
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Image snapshots can also be taken manually at any
time.
Overlay Tab
In the Overlay tab, you can configure scene Cover
•
Area to mask Live View / Preview or Recorded
footage. This is useful for hiding sensitive information
from live view or recorded footage (Fig. 2.9).
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You can set up to 4 masked areas per camera.
•
Also in the Overlay tab, you can toggle Time
Display and Channel Display and set their area in
recorded footage.
•
Ensure you click the Apply and Save buttons after
modifying settings.
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Default Values
Sub Stream
352 * 288
15fps
15fps
CBR
CBR
320Kb/s
8+ Days
Fig. 2.7: Suggested camera stream values to be set for individual cameras
Quality Optimised
Main Stream
Sub Stream
1920 * 1080
704 * 576
15fps
15fps
CBR
CBR
4096KB/s
640KB/s
4+ Days
Fig. 2.8: Encode setup section channel 1 settings (example only)
Fig. 2.9: Masking on the overlay of an EFTPOS terminal.
Recording Time Optimised
Main Stream
Sub Stream
1920 * 1080
352 * 288
10fps
10fps
VBR
VBR
2048Kb/s
320Kb/s
14+ Days
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