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Chapter 4
Advanced Viewing Setup
This Chapter provides information about the optional settings and features for
viewing video via the Internet Camera. This Chapter is for the Camera
Administrator only.
Introduction
This chapter describes some additional settings and options for viewing live Video:
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Adjusting the video image
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Controlling user access to the live video stream
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Making video available from the Internet
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Using the
Motion Detection
feature
Adjusting the Video Image
If necessary, the Internet Camera Administrator can adjust the Video image. Settings are
provided for:
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Image Type
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Select the desired type.
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Resolution
- Select the desired size. The larger sizes require greater bandwidth.
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Quality Control
- This determines the degree of compression applied to the Video stream.
Higher quality requires greater bandwidth.
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Frame Rate
- You can determine the frame rate required by the video stream.
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Power Line frequency
- Select 50Hz or 60Hz power line frequency, as used in your
region. The correct setting will improve the picture quality under florescent lighting.
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Color Balance
- Select the correct color balance for your environment.
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Exposure
- Adjust the brightness of the image, if the
Auto-Exposure
does not give
satisfactory results.
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Sharpness
- Select the desired option for the sharpness.
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Microphone
- Enable audio by checking this checkbox. Using Audio will increase the
bandwidth requirements slightly.
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Flip
- This setting will swap the image top-to-bottom.
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Mirror
– This setting will swap the image left-to-right.
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Time Stamp
- If enabled, the time will be displayed on the Video image.
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Text Overlay
- If enabled, up to 20 characters can be superimposed on the Video image.
This is useful for identifying the camera.
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