User Manual

AXIS P3384–V

Video and Audio

Encoding - Select digital audio encoding format.

• AAC requires a license for both encoding and decoding. AAC is the least complicated a nd most widely used codec.

If achieving the best possible audio quality is a priority, AAC is the recommended codec to use. An AAC license

is included in the Axis product.

• G711

• G726

Sample rate - The number of times per second the sound is sampled. A higher sample rate will provide better audio quality, but

also requires a greater bandw idth.

Bit rate - Set the required bit rate depending on the selected encoding. A higher bit rate will give better audio quality. A lower bit

rate may have latency or delay, but w ill require less bandwidth.

For more information about these settings, please see the online help

Audio Output

An external speaker can be connected to the product’s Audio-out connector (a built-in ampliﬁer is required for this). The output can

be connected to another ampliﬁer with speakers. A stereo connector must be used for the audio out.

Conﬁgure the audio output settings under Video & Audio > Audio Settings.

Output gain - Control the volume (dB Full Scale) of the line audio output. If the sound is too low, choose a higher dB. If the

sound is too high, choose a lower dB.

Audio Clips

An audio clip is a sound ﬁle that can be played when events occur or directly from the Live Vi ew page. The audio clip must ﬁrst be

uploaded to the Axis product or recorded by a microphone connected to the produc

To add, download, modify or remove audio clips, go to Video & Audio > Audio Clips. For more information see the online help

To conﬁgure the Axis product to play audio clips when an event occurs, a n action r ule must be set up. For more information,

see Events on page 32.

Note

Audio clips cannot be used if the produc

t’s audio functionality is e nabled. The audio functio nality is enabled on the Audio

tab under Video & Audio > Video Stream.