How To Configure Client Settings; Snapshot Settings - Vivotek VAST User Manual

How to Configure Client Settings

In Client Settings, you can configure Snapshot Settings, Recording Settings, View Settings,
General Settings, Joystick Settings, Proxy Settings, and PiP Settings.

Snapshot Settings

Please follow the steps below to configure snapshot settings:
a. Click Configuration > Client Settings > Snapshot Settings on the menu bar to open the Snapshot
Settings window.
b. Select a picture format for snapshots (BMP or JPEG). If you select JPEG format, you can adjust the
recompression quality (from 1 to 100). Note that a higher value would generate higher picture quality
but lower compression rate.
c. Fill in a filename prefix for the snapshots.
d. The default storage path for snapshots is C:\Program Files\VIVOTEK Inc\VAST\Client\LiveClient\
Snapshot. If you want to change the storage path, click Browse
b
d
e. If you check Generate a file name automatically, VAST will directly save snapshots with the following
filename format to the storage folder.
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c
Snapshot_20100125_173015_01.jpg
File name prefix Date and time
(YYYYMMDD_hhmmss)
to select another folder.
e
The recompression quality is only
enabled in MPEG-4 streaming. If your
stream source is MJPEG, the system
will directly save the JPEG image
without recompression.
Picture format
Serial number of snapshots
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