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Configuring Camera Settings | 61
800-19403 - A - 12/2014
Configuring Encoding Settings
To configure a camera’s video and audio encoding settings
1. Go to Main Menu > Setting > Camera > Encode.
2. On the Encode tab, in the Channel box, select the camera that you want to configure.
3. Configure the following settings for the primary stream and secondary stream:
•Type Set the primary stream type as Regular, MD (Motion Detection), or
Alarm. The secondary stream type is not configurable.
• Compression This setting is not configurable.
•Resolution Set the primary stream to one of the following resolutions: 1080P,
720P, 960H, D1, HD1, 2CIF, or CIF. Set the secondary stream to
one of the following resolutions: D1, CIF, or QCIF.
Note HQA DVRs can detect a connected 1080p or 720p HQA
camera's resolution as 1080P or 720P automatically.
Manually set 960H or lower resolution for analog cameras
and for 1080p HQA cameras switched to SD mode.
•Frame Rate Select a value between 1 and 30 (NTSC) or 1 and 25 (PAL).
•Bit Rate Type Set to CBR (constant bit rate) or VBR (variable bit rate).
•Quality If the bit rate type is set to VBR, select a value between 1 and 6.
•I Frame IntervalSet to 1 S or 2 S.