Samsung SVR-1670 manual Scheduling and Recording Video, Defining Programs

Chapter 8. Scheduling and Recording Video

This chapter provides information about :

•Scheduled Recording, which records video automatically at a scheduled time

•Manual Recording, which records video manually by pressing the REC button

•Event Recording records video automatically when events occur.

The chapter also discussing configuration settings including programming schedules, advanced camera and audio setup. The information is presented in these sections :

▶8. 1 Defining Programs

▶8. 2 Setting Up To Record

8.6 Defining Programs

You can define 26 programs—lableled from A to Z—and specify particular frame rates, video quality and resolution for each. You then use these programs for both Manual and Schedule recording.

To set up a program :

1. Access the Program submenu, on the Record Setup menu of the OSD.

This table describes the settings :

Option	Description
Ch (Channel)	The channel number
	The recording resolution. Three resolutions are available:
R (Resolution)	∙ D1 (704 x 480)
	∙ Half D1 (704 x 240)
	∙ CIF (352 x 240)
F (fps)	Frames per second, from 1 to 30fps
	The maximum frame rate varies depending on settings.
Q (Quality)	The recording quality: Q5, Q4, Q3, Q2, and Q1.
	For Event Recording, Q3 or higher is recommended.
	This box displays the maximum frame rate available for the selected resolution. For
Maximum R/F	example, if CIF 30fps appears in this box, it means that you can select up to 30fps
	for the CIF resolution of a selected channel. D1 30fps means that you can select
	up to 30fps for the D1 resolution.

About Recording Performance & Capacity

Channels 1-8 are listed on the left grid.

Figure 8.6.1 Program submenu on the Record Setup Menu

Channels 9-16

are listed on the right grid.

Recording performance for the SVR-1680/1660 is CIF 480fps for both Normal and Event Recording.

∙When both recording modes are in effect, recording performance must not exceed CIF 480fps. The resolution and maximum frame rate vary depending on the number of enabled channels.

∙D1 (704 x 480) = 2 x Half D1 (704 x 240) = 4 x CIF (352 x 240)

∙120 D1 compressed frames = 240 Half D1 compressed frames = 480 CIF compressed frames.

Event Settings Limitations

When every channel is set up to record Normally at CIF 30fps, the Event settings for the first channel are limited to CIF 30 fps, Half 15 fps, and D1 7fps.

2.For Program option, select any letter from A-Z .

-The settings for that program display. For each pre-set Program, the settings for all channels are identical. You can edit any setting within any Program.

-Each channel has two recording modes: Normal and Event. Normal recording proceeds until an event occurs. When an event occurs, the recording shifts into the Event Recording settings you have specified.

-For both Normal and Event recording, there are three settings: Resolution, Frames per Second and Quality. All are further explained in the table below.

3.Notice that you can highlight any setting on any channel (the background turns red) and then adjust the setting.

If you want to set the Event settings to D1 30fps, the Normal settings of the other channels must be changed to total CIF 360fps or less.

Freeing Up Capacity

You can free up capacity by disabling unused channels. If a channel is disabled, its surplus CIF 30fps becomes available for other use.

∙To disable a channel, go to the Display Setup menu on the OSD: Select the Channel Number, then for the Status option select Disable. If disabled, the channel is grayed-out on the Program menu and is uneditable.

Setting a channel’s resolution to 0 fps does not free up space because the channel still uses 2-3 recording frames per second—even when set to 0fps—for tasks such as network communications.

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