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4. Specify the recording type in the drop-down menu for
"Type":
Duration
Event
Motion
Alarm
Motion or alarm
Motion and alarm
Event
5. If you are entering time-dependent settings, you can
define up to eight time slots, between 00:00 and 00:00
in each case, but the individual time slots must not
overlap.
Click on
Copy
to apply these settings to other days or
the entire week.
Finalise your settings on the record screen by clicking on
Apply
and then
OK
.
Parameters
"Parameters" is where the quality settings for the individ-
ual video streams are set up on the recorder.
There are three types of configuration available:
Recording
Quality settings for continuous
and event-based recording
Substream
Quality settings for the sub-
stream, which is used for the live
image display.
Capture
Quality settings for capturing sin-
gle images
Record tab
The following setting options are available in this sub-
menu:
Parameter
Setting
Camera
Camera to be set
Encoding Param-
eters
Stream to be set
Stream Type
Predefined video stream
Resolution
Resolution of the camera
Bit rate
Select a variable or constant bi-
trate
Video Quality
There are various quality levels:
+++: medium quality
++++++: high quality
Frame rate
Settings for the stream frame
rate
Max. Bitrate
Mode
Select the mode for setting the
bitrate
Custom (32
–3072)
Max. Bi-
trate(Kbps)
Settings for the maximum bitrate
Max. Bitrate
Range Recom-
mended
Recommended bit rate depend-
ing on the set resolution, frame
rate etc.
Pre-play
Recording period before an
alarm (in seconds)
Post-play
Recording period after an alarm
(in seconds)
Expired time
(days)
Setting for the maximum reten-
tion time for recorded files
Record Audio
Box ticked:
recording with audio data
Video Stream
Stream type allocated for record-
ing
Confirm the settings by clicking on
Apply
and exit the
menu by clicking on
Back
.
Note
For "Normal", you define the time period for re-
cording.
The other triggers, such as motion detection,
only trigger recording when the specific trigger
has occurred.
Note
If it is not possible to change the advanced set-
tings for resolution and bit-rate, this means that
the current recorder firmware does not support
this function.