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How to Configure Video Settings of IP Camera

Understanding the settings

In order to get the optimal use out of your IP camera(s) first review and understand the following pages:

Basic

Advanced

Brightness - makes video feed brighter or darker

Contrast - difference in luminance or colour that makes an object

distinguishable, this varies from blending to separating hue

saturation - difference in black and white to full color. This can cause issues

when compressing an image since it takes more information to process colors.

Also if the picture is oversaturated then it will also cause blurry or

artifacted pixels which will cause less compression in the image to occur.

Sharpness - is the edge contrast among its surroundings, this can blur or define

details in an image. The sharper the image the more noise it will create in a

moving image. This causes the compression to render more of the image which

results in a larger bit stream and saved file size.

Gamma - A nonlinear lighting adjustment used to eliminate blinding whites and

absolute dark areas. Think of this like brighness with contrast included, and

use it to accent darker areas as a fine adjustment.

Anti-Flicker - Used for lights (mostly flourecent lights) to sync up the rate at

which they pulse. This is used if you see indoor lights flickering on the camera

Exposure:

Auto, this will automatically adjust the exposure time and the gain (aka ISO)

for the average lighting setting in the area

Low Noise - This setting will maximize the gain for the ideal exposure. Low

Noise Basicly turns up the ISO to the best setting without sacrificing exposure

timing.

Low Motion Blur - This setting will maximize the fastest shutter speed, and will

sacrifice the gain in return.

Manual - This setting lets you select your shutter speed and have the gain

adjust automatically. Selecting customized range will let you both the shutter

speed an adjust the gain manually.

White Balance is the process of removing unrealistic color casts. It is an

adjustment so white colors seem white in certian warm or cool lighted areas: -Auto: adjusts for the best setting of the whole picture. -Sunny: adjusts for very bright environments like a sun lit area. -Night: adjusts for a darker environment -Outdoor: adjusts for outdoor lighting settings -Customized: lets you balance out the blue and red color yourself

Day and Night: used to determine when black and white mode is turned on in a

dark environment.

Color - always represents picture in color, does not use IR or black and white

mode. Performs poorly in dimly lit areas unless you are using the Starlight

Series cameras.

Auto - Uses D&N Sensitivity setting to change between color mode and infrared

and black and white mode.

Black & White - Always sets picture to black and white, however when

illumination is too dark it switches on IR mode.

If you selected Auto in the above setting you will see:

D&N Sensitivity: Low, Middle, and High modes are light thresholds to change Day

and Night settings automatically.

D&N Delay: The delay in seconds (2-10) when lighting conditions change for Day

and Night

BLC Mode: Backlight compensation is a feature that camera companies have been utilizing for some time now. To read more about BLC modes

http://www.dahuawiki.com/Troubleshoot/What_Is_WDR_AWB_AGC_BLC_HLC

OFF: BLC render mode is off

BLC: backlight compensation: Default will use the whole image to balance the lighting settings, and Customized will allow you to balance the lighting settings from the target area.

WDR: Wide Dynamic Range makes multiple scans of a scene to provide one balanced and unwashed image that is clear for the user.

HLC:Highlight compensation is a feature that came out of necessity due to overexposure from strong light sources like headlights or spotlights.

SSA: automatically lowers the brightness of bright area and increases the brightness of dark area according to the environmental lighting.

Mirror - Mirrors image on the vertical axis

Flip - Flips the screen clockwise, 90, 180, or 270*

3D NR: This threshold is mainly for multi-frame (at least 2) image processing. It reduces noise with info between a frame and previous frame. The higher the value, the better NR will be. Default is enabled. NR level ranges from 0 to 100. The recommended value to from 40 to 60. Default value is 50.

Profile Management tab: Normal which applies the day and night settings automatically Full time which lets you choose day or night time. Schedule which you can set day and night on the camera by time.