NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015)
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6.4.1 Adding and removing cameras
Cameras can be added and removed with the
Add camera
and
Remove camera
menu entries.
Please refer to section
6.2 Selecting cameras
on page 53 for more details.
6.4.2 Controlling PTZ cameras
The
PTZ
menu allows PTZ control and is enabled for PTZ cameras (see
10.4.1 Controlling PTZ cameras
in the Online Monitor
on page 102).
6.4.3 Setting video parameters
The
Video parameters
menu offers the following options:
Set streaming
format
Defines the format in which the camera images should be streamed. The available
options depend on the camera and its configuration in Observer (see
4.2 Adding a
new camera and setting basic properties
on page 31). Please also refer to
1.4 Video
streaming methods and compression
on page 7 for further details on streaming
formats.
Set image
quality
Sets the quality of the streamed images by modifying the compression rate. The
options are
High
,
Medium
and
Low
. Refer to
1.4.5 JPEG image sizes and storage
requirements
on page 10 for details on these values.
Note:
Setting the image quality is only possible for MJPEG streams of cameras for
which Observer supports multiple MJPEG streams.
Set image size
Sets the image size (resolution) of the streamed images. The available size options
are camera-specific so please refer to your camera's manual.
Note:
Setting the image size is only possible for MJPEG streams of cameras for
which Observer supports multiple MJPEG streams. You cannot change the image
size for MPEG-4, MxPEG and H.264 streams.
Set frame rate
Sets the frame rate of the video stream. The options are
Max fps
,
various fps and
fpm (frames per minute) values
and
Stop
.
Note:
For cameras which provide a single MJPEG stream you can only select frame
rate values which are lower than the default MJPEG frame rate set in the Camera
settings.
Set camera
name
appearance
Defines the position where the camera name is displayed in the view port. The
options are
Show at the top
,
Show at the bottom
and
Do not show
.
Hint
: As of NETAVIS Observer 4.5 it is also possible to change the size (CTRL button
+ mouse wheel up or down) and contrast (CTRL + Shift b mouse wheel up or
down) of the camera name and hide/show the label with the stream type and fps
information (Shift b mouse wheel up or down). For all of these commands
the mouse pointer has to be over the camera name.
