Sizing A Live Camera Window Optimally; Other Settings For Enhancing Video; Customizing The Initial Size Of A Camera Window - Honeywell Rapid Eye Operator's Manual

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Sizing a Live Camera Window Optimally

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Other Settings for Enhancing Video

Customizing the Initial Size of a Camera Window

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1. While running a Live session, right-click on a camera window's video. A small menu
appears on the video (see
2. Select Video Resolution to display a list of resolutions.
3. Click a value. The menu vanishes and the camera window is sized optimally.
A Multi-Media unit uses either NTSC or PAL cameras. Both signals cannot be used on
the same unit.
Video smoothing. A View Operator has the option of using Video Smoothing (
an image is stretched to sizes that are not optimal for the resolution. The effect of video
smoothing is not recorded. Video smoothing can be toggled off/on in Live sessions and
during the Retrieval of recorded video.
Camera position. If a video feed needs improvement beyond settings in View, consider
modifying a camera's focus, position (distance, angle), or lighting (see
Cameras in the Environment
Microsoft Windows' Screen area.
Monitors and Microsoft Windows
Throughput option. This option is only available on Rapid Eye Multi-Media DSP units. The
available bandwidth of the network you use to connect to the Rapid Eye Multi-Media DSP
unit can affect the quality of video displayed. Set the Throughput option to High for
systems with high bandwidth and Low for systems with low bandwidth. Settings will be
automatically adjusted for the bandwidth you have selected. Access this option on the
System tab of a Maintenance session (see
for more information).
Administrator Guide
1. On the main View menu, select Options, then New Players. The Options for New
Players window appears, as in
2. Select either Best Fit or Image Size. If you select Image Size, you can then choose a
size for the type of Multi-Media units in your system (NTSC, PAL, or both).
Live Alarm Session
The Best Fit tiling mode overrides any current image size settings. Changing the setting
does not take effect until Image Size is selected to control tiling. Tiling is disabled by
changing the resolution of a window. If a global resolution is selected (using the tear-away
player's View/Options menu, or the window's context menu by holding
to Image Size, using the selected resolution.
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on page 40).
The Windows desktop can be customized (see
on page 38).
Rapid Eye™ Multi-Media Digital Video System
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