AXIS M1143–L
Setting Up the Product

Image

The default image settings can be configured under Video> Video Stream. Select the Image tab.
The following settings are available:
•Resolution. Select the default resolution.
•Compression. The compression level affects the image quality, bandwidth and file size of saved images; the lower the
compression, the higher the image quality with higher bandwidth requirements and larger file sizes.
•Rotate image. If required, the image can be rotated.
•Mirror. If required, the image can be mirrored.
•Maximum frame rate. To avoid bandwidth problems, the frame rate allowed to each viewer can be limited.
•Overlay settings.See

Overlay on page 17

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Click Save to apply the new settings.

H.264

H.264, also known as MPEG-4 Part 10/AVC, is a video compression standard that provides high quality video streams at low bit rates.
An H.264 video stream consists of different types of frames such as I-frames and P-frames. An I-frame is a complete image whereas
P-frames only contain the differences from previous frames.
The GOV length is the number of frames between two consecutive I-frames. Increasing the GOV length may save considerably on
bandwidth requirements in some cases, but may also have an adverse affect on image quality.
The Axis product supports two H.264 profiles.TheMainprofile provides higher compression than the Baseline profile with the same
video quality, but requires more processing power to decode.
ThebitratecanbesetasVariableBit Rate (VBR) or Constant Bit Rate (CBR). VBR adjusts the bit rate according to the image
complexity, using up more bandwidth for increased activity in the image, and less for lower image activity. CBR allows you to set a
fixed Target bit rate that consumes a predictable amount of bandwidth. As the bit rate would usually need to increase for increased
image activity, but in this case cannot, framerate and image qualityareaffectednegatively.Topartly compensate for this, it is
possible to prioritize either frame rate or image quality. Not setting a priority means that frame rate and image quality are equally
affected. You must save your settings bef ore they can take effect.
The current bit rate can be set to appear as text overlay. To do this, select the Include text check box option under Overlay
Settings and enter the modifier #b in the field.

MJPEG

Sometimes the image size is large due to low light or complex scenery. Adjusting the maximum frame size helps to control the
bandwidth and storage used by the Motion JPEG video stream in these situations. Setting the frame size to the Default setting
provides consistently good image quality at the expense of increased bandwidth and storage usage in low light. Limiting the frame
size optimizes bandwidth and storage usage, but may give poor image quality. To prevent increased bandwidth and storage usage,
the maximum frame size should be set to an optimal value.
Stream Profiles
Astreamprofileis a set of pre-configured stream settings including resolution, compression, frame rate and overlay settings.
Stream profiles can be used:
• When setting up recording using action rules, see

Events on page 27

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• When setting up a continuous recording, see

Continuous Recording on page 31

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• In the Live View page — select the stream profile from the Stream profile drop-down list.
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