Axis F44 - Troubleshooting Performance and Media; Image Quality and Audio Synchronization Issues

AXISF44MainUnit
Troubleshooting
PoorrenderingofH.264
images
Ensurethatyourgraphicscardisusingthelatestdriver.Thelatestdriverscanusuallybe
downloadedfromthemanufacturer’swebsite.
Colorsaturationisdifferent
inH.264andMotionJPEG
Modifythesettingsforyourgraphicsadapter.Refertotheadapter’sdocumentationformore
information.
Lowerframeratethan
expected
SeePerformanceConsiderationsonpage64.
Reducethenumberofapplicationsrunningontheclientcomputer.
Limitthenumberofsimultaneousviewers.
Checkwiththenetworkadministratorthatthereisenoughbandwidthavailable.
CheckintheAMCControlPanel(H.264tag)thatvideoprocessingisNOTsettoDecodeonly
keyframes.
Lowertheimageresolution.
SetaCaptureModethatprioritizesframerate.Changingthecapturemodetoprioritizeframerate
willlowerthemaximumresolution.SeeCaptureModeonpage20.
Themaximumframespersecondisdependentontheutilityfrequency(60/50Hz)oftheAxis
product.SeeTechnicalSpecicationsonpage59.
StatusandNetworkindicatorLEDsareashingredrapidly
Hardwarefailure
ContactyourAxisreseller.
Productdoesnotstartup
ProductdoesnotstartupIftheproductdoesnotstartupkeepthenetworkcableconnectedandre-insertthepowercable
tothemidspan.
Videoandimageproblems,general
Imageunsatisfactory
CheckthevideostreamandcamerasettingsunderSetup>Video&Audio>VideoStreamand
Setup>Video&Audio>CameraSettings.
MotionDetectiontriggersunexpectedly
Changesinluminance
Motiondetectionisbasedonchangesinluminanceintheimage.Thismeansthatifthereare
suddenchangesinthelighting,motiondetectionmaytriggermistakenly.Lowerthesensitivity
settingtoavoidproblemswithluminance.
Noaudio
Incorrectsetup
Checkthesoundcardinthecomputer.Ensurethatmuteisnotselectedandthatthevolume
settingsarecorrect.
CheckthatEnableaudiosupportisselectedunderSetup>SystemOptions>Security>Audio
Support.
CheckthatthecorrectAudioInputsourceisselectedunderSetup>Video&Audio>Audio
Settings.
Pooraudioquality
Stuttering
Reducethenumberoflistenersandviewers.Decreaseimageresolutionandcompression.
Unsynchronizedaudioand
videousingH.264
Synchronizetheproduct’sdateandtimesettingswithanNTPserver.GotoSetup>System
Options>Date&Time.
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