Axis M3116-LVE - Performance Considerations

AXISM31NetworkCameraSeries
Troubleshooting
PoorrenderingofH.264
images
Ensurethatyourgraphicscardusesthelatestdriver.Youcanusuallydownloadthelatestdrivers
fromthemanufacturer’swebsite.
Colorsaturationisdifferent
inH.264andMotionJPEG
Modifythesettingsforyourgraphicsadapter.Gototheadapter’sdocumentationformore
information.
Lowerframeratethan
expected
•SeePerformanceconsiderationsonpage22.
•Reducethenumberofapplicationsrunningontheclientcomputer.
•Limitthenumberofsimultaneousviewers.
•Checkwiththenetworkadministratorthatthereisenoughbandwidthavailable.
•Lowertheimageresolution.
•Logintothedevice’swebpageandsetacapturemodethatprioritizesframerate.If
youchangethecapturemodetoprioritizeframerateitmightlowerthemaximum
resolution,dependingonthedeviceusedandcapturemodesavailable.
•Themaximumframespersecondisdependentontheutilityfrequency(60/50Hz)
oftheAxisdevice.
Can'tselectH.265encoding
inliveview
Webbrowsersdon’tsupportH.265decoding.Useavideomanagementsystemorapplication
thatsupportsH.265decoding.
Performanceconsiderations
Whensettingupyoursystem,itisimportanttoconsiderhowvarioussettingsandsituationsaffecttheperformance.Somefactors
affecttheamountofbandwidth(thebitrate)required,otherscanaffecttheframerate,andsomeaffectboth.Iftheloadonthe
CPUreachesitsmaximum,thisalsoaffectstheframerate.
Thefollowingfactorsarethemostimportanttoconsider:
•Highimageresolutionorlowercompressionlevelsresultinimagescontainingmoredatawhichinturnaffectsthe
bandwidth.
•RotatingtheimageintheGUIwillincreasetheproduct'sCPUload.
•AccessbylargenumbersofMotionJPEGorunicastH.264clientsaffectsthebandwidth.
•AccessbylargenumbersofMotionJPEGorunicastH.265clientsaffectsthebandwidth.
•Simultaneousviewingofdifferentstreams(resolution,compression)bydifferentclientsaffectsbothframerateand
bandwidth.
Useidenticalstreamswhereverpossibletomaintainahighframerate.Streamprolescanbeusedtoensurethat
streamsareidentical.
•AccessingMotionJPEGandH.264videostreamssimultaneouslyaffectsbothframerateandbandwidth.
•AccessingMotionJPEGandH.265videostreamssimultaneouslyaffectsbothframerateandbandwidth.
•Heavyusageofeventsettingsaffectstheproduct’sCPUloadwhichinturnaffectstheframerate.
•UsingHTTPSmayreduceframerate,inparticularifstreamingMotionJPEG.
•Heavynetworkutilizationduetopoorinfrastructureaffectsthebandwidth.
•Viewingonpoorlyperformingclientcomputerslowersperceivedperformanceandaffectsframerate.
•RunningmultipleAXISCameraApplicationPlatform(ACAP)applicationssimultaneouslymayaffecttheframerateand
thegeneralperformance.
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