of the main
interface to enter the
following window:
Video Configuration
Click
of the main
interface to enter the
following window:
You can change the configuration of Resolution, Bit rate, Record mode, Switch mode.
* Resolution : 640 X 480 is the correct, default value.
* Switch mode: Disabled
* Quality: Set to "High" for best results
* Codec: H.264 compression is recommended protocol. Yields the best quality while using the least amount of hard drive space.
* Bit rate: 256000
is recommended. The higher the number, the better the video quality. However,
higher setting will use up hard drive space at a faster rate.
* Show Video: DirectDraw(GEN) is the correct setting for all supported video cards.
* Recording Priority: Sharpness is usually the best setting for most users. This emphasizes clarity over framerate when necessary.
* Enable time sign: Stamps the recorded video with the time it was recorded at. The Time Type drop-down allows you to select the format of the time stamp: Month-Day-Year-Hour-Minute-Second or Year-Month-Day-Hour-Minute-Second.
* Rotate Interval (sec) : When there are more than 4 screens ( 8 or 16 ) to be viewed by the DVR software, you may find that the screens are too small to be viewed clearly. Rotate Interval will divide the number of screens with video into a multiple of four, and rotate between each group of four screens. For example, with a Rotate Interval value of 5 seconds, your 16 camera setup would display cameras 1 through 4 for 5 seconds, cameras 5 through 8 for 5 seconds, 9 through 12 for 5 seconds, and finally, cameras 13 through 16 for 5 seconds. Then the cycle would return back to the first four cameras, continuing the process in a loop.
*In the grid at the bottom of this screen, under the "Text" heading, you can edit the name that shows up on the main screen representing each camera.
*In the grid at the bottom of this screen, under the "Frames/S" heading, you can edit the number of frames recorded per second for each camera. There is an inverse relationship between frames/s and the amount of hard drive space used. Higher numbers yield more fluid video, but use up more hard drive space. Lower numbers use up less hard drive space, but result in less fluid, "choppier" video. Again, these settings can be adjusted for each camera individually.
*In the grid at the bottom of this screen, under the "View" heading, you can decide whether or not individual cameras are displayed on the main screen. A check in the box means that the camera is viewable on the main screen. Cameras with "View" unchecked will still be recorded (if they've been scheduled to do so under Config: Scheduled Record), but their live video won't be displayed on the main screen. An example of this feature in action might be the workplace. Let's say you'd like to "secretly" record the activities of employees who have access to the main screen of the DVR. You don't mind them having the ability to view certain areas of your facility, but you don't want them to know that you're actually recording THEIR activities as well. You could "uncheck" the cameras recording the employees' activities under the "View" heading, while leaving cameras recording other areas of your facility checked. When the employees view the main DVR screen, they'll only see video for the areas with "checks" in their boxes under the "View" heading displayed on the main screen. They'd have no idea that their activities are being recorded as well----because the cameras recording their activities won't be displayed on the main screen.