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Bit Rate
In the Bit Rate Type box, select CBR or VBR.
In the Max Bit Rate box, select a bit rate from the list or click Customized to define a custom
bit rate value.
I-Frame Interval
In the
I-Frame Interval
box, enter a value between 25 and 150. The default I-frame interval is
two times the frame rate. For example, if the frame rate is 30 fps, the I-frame interval will be 60.
Watermark
To apply a custom watermark to the main stream, select the Watermark Settings check box.
In the Watermark Text box, enter the watermark text. The text cannot have any spaces but
underscores (_), and hyphens (-) are acceptable.
Click Save to apply the settings.
Configuring Snapshot Settings
You can configure snapshot properties on the
Setup > Camera > Video > Snapshot
page.
Snapshot Type
Set the Snapshot Type to General or Event.
Image Size
The image size is determined by the main stream resolution setting. It is not configurable.
(See Resolution on page 36).
CBR Constant bit rate. The bit rate remains constant (recommended for
low-bandwidth environments). Required if MJPEG compression is used.
VBR Variable bit rate. The bit rate changes according to the complexity of the scene.
Select a Quality level between 1 (lowest quality) and 6 (highest quality).
General Snapshots are taken according to a user-defined schedule.
Event Snapshots are taken whenever an alarm, motion detection, camera tampering, or
system event occurs.