Chapter 4 Camera Management

Viewing Live Video

To view live video, log in to the IP camera, then click View Video in the IP camera Main window menu bar. The Camera Video & Control window appears. This window displays live video from the camera and lets you control a variety of camera and display functions.

The controls that you see in the Camera Video & Control window depend on your IP camera privilege level and the configurations settings for the IP camera. Users with the Administrator privilege can access all controls. Users with the Viewer privilege do not have access to the following controls:

Video image controls

Motion detection controls

Table 4-4describes the controls in the Camera Video & Control window.

Table 4-4 Camera Video & Control Window Controls

Control

Description

 

 

Video controls

 

 

 

Video Codec

Choose the codec for video transmission (H.264 or MJPEG).

drop-down

You can choose H.264 only if the primary video stream (channel 1) is enabled.

list

You can choose MJPEG only if the secondary video stream (channel 2) is

 

 

enabled.

 

 

Video Resolution

Choose the resolution for video transmission. The resolutions in this

drop-down list

drop-down list depend on the video standard that you selected.

 

The default value for H.264 is 1920 x 1080. The default value for MJPEG is

 

704 x 480.

 

You cannot configure a secondary stream if you configure this resolution for

 

1920 x 1080.

 

 

Image tools

 

 

 

Hotspot Zoom button

Click this latch button to enables the digital zoom feature, which provides

 

five-step digital zooming in for the normal (not full screen) video display.

 

Click this button again to disable the digital zoom feature.

 

To perform a digital zoom, engage the Hotspot Zoom button and click the

 

video display. The first five clicks zoom the display. The sixth click returns to

 

unzoomed display.

 

 

Hotspot Pan/Tilt

Click this latch button to enable the hotspot pan/tilt feature, which lets you pan

button

and tilt the IP camera toward a point that you click in the video display.

 

To perform a hotspot pan/tilt action, engage the Hotspot Pan/Tilt button, then

 

click the video image at the location toward which you want the IP camera to

 

pan and tilt.

 

This feature require that the IP camera be installed with a pan/tilt mount that

 

supports the Pelco D protocol and that pan and tilt functions are enabled.

 

 

Save Snapshot button

Captures and saves a the current video image as a .gif file or a .jpg file in the

 

location of your choice and with the file name of your choice.

 

When you click this button, the Snapshot window appears. Click Save and

 

follow the on-screen prompts to save the image with the name and in the

 

location that you want.

 

 

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