About Video Settings; How To Set Up Video Streams - Axis P1245 User Manual

AXIS P1245 Network Camera

About video settings

About video settings
It is possible to configure the following video features in your Axis product:
• Video stream. See page 17.
• Stream profiles. See page 19.
• ONVIF Media Profiles. See page 20.
• Camera settings. See page 20.
• Overlay image. See page 20.
• Privacy mask. See page 22.

How to set up video streams

To set up the product's video streams, go to Video > Video Stream.
The video stream settings are divided into the following tabs:
• Image. See page 17.
• H.264. See page 17.
• Zipstream. See page 19.
• MJPEG. See page 19.
Image
The default image settings can be configured under Video > Video Stream. Select the Image tab.
The following settings are available:
• Resolution. Select the default resolution.
• Compression. The compression level affects the image quality, bandwidth and file size of saved images; the lower the
compression, the higher the image quality with higher bandwidth requirements and larger file sizes.
• Mirror image. If required, the image can be mirrored.
• Rotate image. If required, the image can be rotated.
• Maximum frame rate. To avoid bandwidth problems, the frame rate allowed to each viewer can be Limited to a fixed
amount. Alternatively, the frame rate can be set as Unlimited, which means the Axis product always delivers the highest
frame rate possible under the current conditions.
• Overlay settings. See About overlay text on page 20.
Click Save to apply the new settings.
About H.264
H.264, also known as MPEG-4 Part 10/AVC, is a video compression standard that provides high quality video streams at low bitrates.
An H.264 video stream consists of different types of frames such as I-frames and P-frames. An I-frame is a complete image, whereas
P-frames only contain the differences from previous frames.
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