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Setting the Camera Image and Audio — Camera Menu
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While a sensor input is detected, the camera works in
night mode.
OK/Cancel
See “Buttons common to every menu” on page 30.
Video codec Tab
Use this tab to set the items for the video codec.
Mode
Select the operation mode of the camera.
Single codec:
Select the video codec
JPEG
or
MPEG4
.
The camera supports the selected video codec.
Dual codec:
The camera supports both JPEG and
MPEG4 video codecs simultaneously. When you
select this option, select the priority codec from
JPEG
or
MPEG4
.
JPEG setting/MPEG4 setting
Set the details of the video codecs.
Selectable items become active according to the
Mode
setting. Set the active items in
JPEG setting
or
MPEG4
setting
as required.
Image size
You can select the image size to be sent from the camera.
640 × 480 (VGA)
,
320 × 240 (QVGA)
or
160 × 120
(QQVGA)
can be selected.
When
640 × 480 (VGA)
is selected and
Cropping
is set
to
On
, you can crop a portion of the image and display
the cropped image on the computer.
Cropping
When the image size is set to
640 × 480 (VGA)
, you can
crop a portion of the image and display the cropped
image on the computer. Cropping reduces the
transmitting data size and thus the network load, and a
higher frame rate is achieved.
Select
On
to crop the image, or
Off
.
Note
Object detection (page 65) operates for an image in the
image size that is not cropped even if
Cropping
is set to
On
.
To crop an image
1
Set the
Image size
to
640 × 480 (VGA)
.
Cropping
becomes active.
2
Set
Cropping
to
On
and click the
Area setting
button.
The area setting window appears.
3
Specify the cropping area.
Click the left button of the mouse on the still image
and drag it diagonally. The red frame that appears
as you drag indicates the cropping area.
4
Click
OK
at the bottom of the window.
The cropped image is displayed on the main viewer.
5
To close the image, click
in the upper-right
corner.
Frame rate
Set the frame rate of the image.
Selectable values of the frame rates are as follows.
SNC-RX550N:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 (fps)
SNC-RX550P:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 12, 16, 20, 25 (fps)
The number refers to the frame number transmitted per
second.
Image quality (for JPEG only)
Set the quality of JPEG image.
Selectable values are from
Level 1
to
Level 10
.
When
Level 10
is selected, the best image quality is
achieved.
Still image
Red trimming
frame
Click the left button of the mouse on
the still image and drag it.