Video Codec Tab; Image Size - Sony IPELA SNC-RX550N User Manual

While a sensor input is detected, the camera works in
night mode.
OK/Cancel
See "Buttons common to every menu" on page 30.

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 the video codec JPEG or MPEG4.
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
Set the details of the video codecs.
Selectable items become active according to the Mode
setting. Set the active items in JPEG setting or MPEG4
setting as required.

Image size

You can select the image size to be sent from the camera.
640 × 480 (VGA), 320 × 240 (QVGA) or 160 × 120
(QQVGA) can be selected.
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
transmitting data size and thus the network load, and a
higher frame rate is achieved.
Select On to crop the image, or Off.
Note
Object detection (page 65) operates for an image in the
image size that is not cropped even if Cropping is set to
On.
To crop an image
1
Set the Image size to 640 × 480 (VGA).
Cropping becomes active.
2
Set Cropping to On and click the Area setting
button.
The area setting window appears.
3
Specify the cropping area.
Click the left button of the mouse on the still image
and drag it diagonally. The red frame that appears
as you drag indicates the cropping area.
Red trimming Click the left button of the mouse on
frame the still image and drag it.
4
Click OK at the bottom of the window.
The cropped image is displayed on the main viewer.
5
To close the image, click
corner.
Frame rate
Set the frame rate of the image.
Selectable values of the frame rates are as follows.
SNC-RX550N: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 (fps)
SNC-RX550P: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 12, 16, 20, 25 (fps)
The number refers to the frame number transmitted per
second.
Image quality (for JPEG only)
Set the quality of JPEG image.
Selectable values are from Level 1 to Level 10.
When Level 10 is selected, the best image quality is
achieved.
Setting the Camera Image and Audio — Camera Menu
Still image
in the upper-right
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