Axis M3044-V - Video Streaming and Storage Setup

AXISM30NetworkCameraSeries
Setup
•Setcompressionaslowaspossible.
•SelectMJPEGstreaming.
•TurnofftheZipstreamfunctionality.
Overlays
Aboutoverlays
Note
ImageandtextoverlaywillnotbedisplayedonvideostreamoverHDMI.
Overlaysaresuperimposedoverthevideostream.Theyareusedtoprovideextrainformationduringrecordings,suchasatimestamp,
orduringproductinstallationandconguration.
Howtoshowatextoverlaywhenthecameradetectsmotion
Thisexampleexplainshowtodisplaythetext“Motiondetected”whenthecameradetectsmotion:
1.GotoSettings>Overlay.
2.Enter#Dinthetexteld.
3.Choosealignment,textsizeandappearance.
4.Includethetextoverlay.
5.GotoSystem>Events>Actionrules.
6.CreateanactionrulewithAXISVideoMotionDetectionastrigger.
7.Fromthelistofactions,selectOverlaytext.
8.Type“Motiondetected”.
9.Settheduration.
Streamingandstorage
Howtochoosevideocompressionformat
Decidingwhichcompressionmethodtochoosedependsonyourviewingrequirements,andonthepropertiesofyournetwork.The
availableoptionsare:
MotionJPEG
MotionJPEGorMJPEGisadigitalvideosequencethatismadeupofaseriesofindividualJPEGimages.Theseimagesarethen
displayedandupdatedataratesufcienttocreateastreamthatshowsconstantlyupdatedmotion.Fortheviewertoperceivemotion
videotheratemustbeatleast16imageframespersecond.Fullmotionvideoisperceivedat30(NTSC)or25(PAL)framespersecond.
TheMotionJPEGstreamusesconsiderableamountsofbandwidth,butprovidesexcellentimagequalityandaccesstoeveryimage
containedinthestream.
H.264orMPEG-4Part10/AVC
Note
H.264isalicensedtechnology.TheAxisproductincludesoneH.264viewingclientlicense.Installingadditionalunlicensed
copiesoftheclientisprohibited.Topurchaseadditionallicenses,contactyourAxisreseller.
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