User Manual

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AXISM30Series

Setup

Howtoshowatextoverlaywhenthecameradetectsmotion

Thisexampleexplainshowtodisplaythetext“Motiondetected”whenthecameradetectsmotion:

1.GotoSettings>Overlay.

2.Enter#Dinthetexteld.

3.Choosealignment,textsizeandappearance.

4.Includethetextoverlay.

5.GotoSystem>Events>Actionrules.

6.CreateanactionrulewithAXISVideoMotionDetectionastrigger.

7.Fromthelistofactions,selectOverlaytext.

8.Type“Motiondetected”.

9.Settheduration.

Streamingandstorage

Howtochoosevideocompressionformat

Decidingwhichcompressionmethodtochoosedependsonyourviewingrequirements,andonthepropertiesofyournetwork.The

availableoptionsare:

MotionJPEG

MotionJPEGorMJPEGisadigitalvideosequencethatismadeupofaseriesofindividualJPEGimages.Theseimagesarethen

displayedandupdatedataratesufcienttocreateastreamthatshowsconstantlyupdatedmotion.Fortheviewertoperceivemotion

videotheratemustbeatleast16imageframespersecond.Fullmotionvideoisperceivedat30(NTSC)or25(PAL)framespersecond.

TheMotionJPEGstreamusesconsiderableamountsofbandwidth,butprovidesexcellentimagequalityandaccesstoeveryimage

containedinthestream.

H.264orMPEG-4Part10/AVC

Note

H.264isalicensedtechnology.TheAxisproductincludesoneH.264viewingclientlicense.Installingadditionalunlicensed

copiesoftheclientisprohibited.Topurchaseadditionallicenses,contactyourAxisreseller.

H.264can,withoutcompromisingimagequality,reducethesizeofadigitalvideolebymorethan80%comparedtotheMotion

JPEGformatandbyasmuchas50%comparedtotheMPEG-4standard.Thismeansthatlessnetworkbandwidthandstoragespace

arerequiredforavideole.Orseenanotherway,highervideoqualitycanbeachievedforagivenbitrate.

H.265orMPEG-HPart2/HEVC

Note

H.265islicensedtechnology.TheAxisproductincludesoneH.265viewingclientlicense.Installingadditionalunlicensed

copiesoftheclientisprohibited.Topurchaseadditionallicenses,contactyourAxisreseller.

H.265can,withoutcompromisingimagequality,reducethesizeofadigitalvideolebyasmuchas50%morethanwith

theH.264standard.

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