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You’ll see the privacy mask on all snapshots, recorded video, and live streams.
You can use the VAPIX® application programming interface (API) to hide the privacy masks.
Important
If you use multiple privacy masks it may affect the product’s performance.
You can create several privacy masks. Each mask can have 3 to 10 anchor points.
Important
Set the zoom and focus before you create a privacy mask.
Note
You can’t add privacy masks to the quad stream, but it will show all privacy masks configured on the
individual channels.
Note
Privacy masks may appear warped in some view modes.
Overlays
Note
Overlays are not included in the video stream when using SIP calls.
Note
Image and text overlay will not be displayed on video stream over HDMI.
Note
Image and text overlay will not be displayed on video stream over SDI.
Overlays are superimposed over the video stream. They are used to provide extra information during recordings,
such as a timestamp, or during product installation and configuration. You can add either text or an image.
The video streaming indicator is another type of overlay. It shows you that the live view video stream is live.
Pan, tilt, and zoom (PTZ)
Guard tours
A guard tour displays the video stream from different preset positions either in a predetermined or random
order, and for configurable periods of time. Once started, a guard tour continues to run until stopped, even when
there are no clients (web browsers) viewing the images.
The guard tour function includes tour recording. This allows recording a custom tour using an input device, such
as a joystick, a mouse, or a keyboard, or through using the VAPIX® Application Programming Interface (API). A
recorded tour is a replay of a recorded sequence of pan/tilt/zoom movements, including their variable speeds
and lengths.
Note
The pause between successive guard tours is at least 10 minutes, and the fixed minimum viewing time is
10 seconds.
Streaming and storage
Video compression formats
Decide which compression method to use based on your viewing requirements, and on the properties of your
network. The available options are:
Motion JPEG
Note
To ensure support for the Opus audio codec, the Motion JPEG stream is always sent over RTP.
AXIS Q8752-E Mk II Bispectral PTZ Network Camera