Arecont Vision AV100 User Manual

ARECONT VISION AV100 VIDEO SYSTEM USER MANUAL
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with time, the resulting video will be played accordingly faster or slower, depending on how
much the actual frame rate deviate from the average.
• Timestamp
TimestampTimestamp
Timestamp adds date/time information to the resulting video clip. Notice that it works
differently in case “MJPEG/H.264” codec is selected. When the selected archive is JPEG
format, AviM
AviMAviM
AviMaker
akeraker
aker will decompress and recompress the top 64 lines of each frame to
incorporate the timestamp, but the rest of the image will remain intact. When the selected
archive is in H.264 format, the timestamp option is ignored.
Video Compression
Video CompressionVideo Compression
Video Compression offers
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offers four
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four options
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options for
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for creating
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creating the AVI file
the AVI filethe AVI file
the AVI file:
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:
 MJPEG/H.264 (best quality) offers a video format as recorded in the archive without
decompression and recompression procedures. For this reason, this format offers best
video quality.
 “XviD – http://www.xvid.org/
http://www.xvid.org/http://www.xvid.org/
http://www.xvid.org/ ” is a codec recommended by Arecont Vision (it is distributed
together with the AV100 Software and is typically installed during the AV100 software
installation). This codec has been found to produce reasonably good quality to
compression ratio.
 “MSVC - standard” is a standard Microsoft video codec.
 “Choose from codecs list” allows selection of any of the alternative codecs that are
installed on the computer. The drop-down list opens after “Make AVI” is clicked (Figure
32).
Figure 32. Video Compression
6. Click to start creating the video clip. If no records are available for the selected range of
dates or times a warning will be displayed.
7. In the Save A
Save ASave A
Save As
ss
s window type in a file name for your new AVI file, then click Save .
..
. If “Codec List” was
selected under “Video Compression”, a drop-down list of available codecs will appear. Select a
codec from the list to proceed.

Arecont Vision AV100 Specifications

General

Brand	Arecont Vision
Model	AV100
Category	Security System
Language	English