Datavideo HS-3200, Instruction Manual

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Stream and Record Settings
In the section, you will be introduced various setting options of stream and record functions.
Stream Encoder Settings
Bitrate Mode
The bitrate mode sets the video bitrate mode for your
video stream. The available modes are high, mid and low.
Note: You can also switch between different bitrate
modes by pressing the Bitrate button on the
Record/Stream panel. See
Section 7.4 for details.
Auto Stream
If the Auto Stream is enabled, in the event of power
outage, the stream will be automatically restored after the
switcher is powered ON again.
Resolution
The first step of encoder setup is to adjust the image size. It
is best to either match your original video source or scale it
down. For example, capture at HD 720 and stream at HD
720. Or capture at HD 720 and stream at 540 (high).
You should never be scaling up and streaming at a higher
resolution than your original video source. For example, it
does not make sense to capture at 720 and stream at 1080.
Note that you will also have no gain in quality and you are
using more bandwidth than is necessary for your viewers.
You should also be aware that higher resolutions require
greater processing power to encode the stream.
Attempting too high of a resolution on too little processing
power can result in degraded image quality and corrupted
or interrupted streams or recordings.
Frame Rate
Select a frame rate from the drop-down menu for video
streaming. Note that frame rates should always match the
frame rate of the video source.