Chapter 4 Camera Management

Viewing Live Video

Viewing Live Video

After you install and set up the Cisco Video Surveillance IP Camera, you can connect to the IP camera through Internet Explorer and access the Camera Video & Control window to view live video.

The Camera Video & Control window also provides for controlling the video display, configuring preset positions, and controlling certain IP camera functions. Available controls depend on the privilege level of the user.

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 list

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

 

 

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.

 

 

Right Arrow toggle

Click the Right Arrow to display the video image controls. The button changes

button

to the Left Arrow button.

 

Click the Left Arrow button to hide the video image controls. The button

Left Arrow toggle

changes to the Right Arrow button.

button

 

 

 

Video image controls

Note These controls appear when you click the Right Arrow in the Video Control area.

Brightness slider

To control the brightness of the video image, drag the slider, or enter a value from 1 through 10 and press the Enter key. A higher value increases the brightness and a lower value decreases the brightness. For example, if the IP camera is facing a bright light and the video appears too dark, you can increase the brightness.

The default value is 5.

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