Video Codec Tab; Day/Night Mode - Sony SNC-RX530N User Manual

Day/Night mode

Select the day/night mode from among five modes.
Disable: Always works in day mode.
Auto: Normally works in day mode. It switches
automatically to night mode in a dark place.
Note
The day/night mode is not switched to night mode
automatically when Exposure mode is set to Shutter
priority, Iris priority or Manual in the Picture tab.
Manual: Switch the day/night mode manually. When
you select Manual, On and Off become active.
When you select On, the camera works in night
mode. When you select Off, it works in day mode.
Timer: Normally the camera works in day mode. It
switches to night mode at the time that you have you
set in the Schedule menu.
Click Schedule and the setting menu for the effective
period is displayed. ("Setting the Schedule —
Schedule Menu" on page 75)
Sensor input: Controls the day/night mode by
synchronizing it with the sensor input. Select the
sensor input with which you want to synchronize the
mode: Sensor input 1 or Sensor input 2.
While a sensor input is detected, the camera works in
night mode.
OK/Cancel
See "Buttons common to every menu" on page 30.
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Setting the Camera Image and Audio — Camera Menu

Video codec Tab

Use this tab to set the items for the video codec.
Mode
Select the operation mode of the camera.
Single codec: Select one video codec from among
JPEG, MPEG4 and H.264. The camera supports the
selected video codec.
Dual codec: The camera supports both JPEG and
MPEG4 video codecs simultaneously. When you
select this option, select the priority codec from
JPEG or MPEG4.
JPEG setting/MPEG4 setting/H.264
setting
Set the details of the video codecs.
Selectable items become active according to the Mode
setting. Set the active items in JPEG setting, MPEG4
setting or H.264 setting as required.
Image size
You can select the image size to be sent from the camera.
640 × 480 (VGA), 384 × 288, 320 × 240 (QVGA),
160 ×120 (QQVGA)
When 640 × 480 (VGA) is selected and Cropping is set
to On, you can crop a portion of the image and display
the cropped image on the computer.
Cropping
When the image size is set to 640 × 480 (VGA), you can
crop a portion of the image and display the cropped
image on the computer. Cropping reduces the