Milestone XProtect Advanced VMS 2014 - Manual (Page 99)

Milestone XProtect ® Advanced
VMS 2014
Administrator's Manual
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Streams tab (devices)
About the Streams tab
The following devices have a Streams tab:
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Cameras
The Streams tab lists by default a single stream. It is the selected camera's default stream, used for
live and recorded video.
For live streaming, you can set up and use as many live streams as the camera supports, but you can
only select one stream for recording at a time. To change which stream to use for recording, select the
Record box for the stream to be recorded.
About multi-streaming
Playback of recorded video and viewing live video do not necessarily require the same video quality
and frame rate to achieve the best result. You can have either one stream for live viewing and another
stream for playback purposes or multiple separate live streams with different resolution, encoding, and
frame rate.
Example 1, live and recorded video:
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For viewing live video, your organization may prefer MPEG4 at a high frame rate.
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For playing back recorded video, your organization may prefer MJPEG at a lower frame rate
because this preserves disk space.
Example 2, multiple live videos: