Setting the Camera

Image and Audio

— Camera setting Menu

When you click Camera on the Advanced mode menu, the Camera setting menu appears.

Use this menu to set the functions of the camera.

The Camera setting menu consists of 5 tabs: Common, Picture, MPEG4, JPEG and Reset.

Common Tab

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Video mode

Select the output format of the camera image.

MPEG4 or JPEG can be selected.

Unicast streaming

Specify the transmission port number of the video data and audio data used when UDP (Unicast) is selected with the TCP/UDP transmission switching icon in the main viewer

Video port number: Specify the transmission port number of the video data. It is initially set to 50000. Specify an even number from 1024 to 65534.

Audio port number: Specify the transmission port number of the audio data. It is initially set to 50002. Specify an even number from 1024 to 65534.

Multicast streaming

Set whether the camera uses the Multicast streaming or not. It reduces sending load on the camera by making the computer of the same segment network (not above the router) receive the same transmitting data.

Select On to allow the multicast sending and Off not to allow.

When select On, set Multicast address, Multicast video port number and Multicast audio port number properly.

Multicast address: Type the multicast address used on the Multicast streaming.

Multicast video port number: Specify the video transmission port number used for the Multicast streaming.

Multicast audio port number: Specify the audio transmission port number used for the Multicast streaming.

Image size

You can select the image size sent from the network camera.

640 × 480 (VGA), 480 × 360, 384 × 288, 320 × 240 (QVGA), 256 × 192 or 160 × 120 (QQVGA) can be selected.

Cropping

When the image size is set to 640 × 480 (VGA), you can crop a portion of the image and display the cropped image on the computer. With the cropping, the transmitting data size, and thus, the network load is reduced and a higher frame rate is obtained.

Select On to crop the image, or Off.

•When Cropping is set to On, Motion detection function does not work.

•While Cropping is set to On, the image of the composite video signal output from the video output connector of the camera may be distorted.

To crop an image

1 Set the Image size to 640 × 480(VGA). The Cropping is displayed.

2 Set the Cropping to On and click the Area setting button.

The “Area setting” display appears.

3 Specify the cropping area.

34 Setting the Camera Image and Audio — Camera setting Menu