Advanced
In the Advanced tab, you can configure the RTSP & RTP Setting, Codec Optimization and Multi-Stream Setting.
RTSP & RTP Setting
To configure how Surveillance Station connects to the camera:
- Select one of the following from the Transport protocol drop-down menu:
- Auto: Surveillance Station will try to establish the RTSP connection using protocols in the following order: UDP > TCP > HTTP. If the camera is disconnected, the previous protocol will be used to resume the connection.
- UDP: UDP provides a lower latency and a higher transfer rate. However, due to the lack of a retransmission mechanism, it may deliver lower video quality when the network bandwidth is insufficient.
- TCP: TCP provides higher video quality. However, since its retransmission mechanism may consume more network bandwidth, it is more likely to cause delays when the network bandwidth is insufficient.
- HTTP: HTTP is an extension of TCP. It allows video streaming over the Internet to avoid firewall restrictions.
- Click Save to apply changes.
To configure Surveillance Station's Keep-Alive method for RTSP/RTP connections:
- Select one of the following from the Keep-Alive method drop-down menu:
- Off: Surveillance Station will not transmit any RTSP commands to notify the camera to keep the streaming alive.
- OPTIONS: Surveillance Station will transmit RTSP's OPTIONS commands periodically to notify the camera to keep the streaming alive.
- GET_PARAMETER: Surveillance Station will transmit RTSP's GET_PARAMETER commands periodically to notify the camera to keep the streaming alive.
- Click Save to apply changes.
Note:
- As the default Keep-Alive method of each camera model may vary, the system will show "(Default)" behind the default option of your camera.
- If the RTSP/RTP connection is abnormal, try using a different Keep-Alive method. Please note that changing this setting may affect the streaming stability.
- If your Surveillance Station server and camera are not in the same local network, please make sure the server can access the camera's HTTP and RTSP ports to receive video streams. If the server can only access the camera's HTTP port, please set the transport protocol to HTTP.
To configure how Surveillance Station receives streaming information:
- Select one of the following from the Streaming information source drop-down menu:
- RTSP: Surveillance Station will receive streams transmitted via RTSP.
- Streaming: Surveillance Station will receive streams sent from your camera.
- Click Save to apply changes.
Note:
If you are sure the camera connection is normal but still encounter the following issues, please select Streaming as the information source:
- Camera thumbnails are not displayed.
- Motion Detection settings cannot not be configured when algorithm source is Surveillance Station.
- Snapshots are not attached to notification messages.
Codec Optimization
An active codec optimization can help to save your bandwidth effectively.
Note:
- This section appears only when your camera's streaming in H.264 or H.265 format supports codec optimization.
To customize codec optimization:
- Tick Customize codec optimization.
- According to your camera brand, select one of the following options in the drop-down menu:
- AXIS:
- disable: Streaming in original H.264 format. No extra bandwidth will be saved.
- zipstream-low: Streaming in H.264 with Zipstream-low compression. This option can realize a low level of bandwidth saving.
- zipstream-medium: Streaming in H.264 with Zipstream-medium compression. This option can realize a medium level of bandwidth saving.
- zipstream-high: Streaming in H.264 with Zipstream-high compression. This option can realize a high level of bandwidth saving.
- zipstream-higher: Streaming in H.264 with Zipstream-higher compression. This option can realize a higher level of bandwidth saving.
- zipstream-extreme: Streaming in H.264 with Zipstream-extreme compression. This option can realize an extreme level of bandwidth saving.
- VIVOTEK:
- off: Streaming in original H.264 or H.265 format. No extra bandwidth will be saved.
- on: Streaming in H.264 or H.265 with Smart Stream II compression. This option can realize a bandwidth saving.
- ZAVIO:
- off: Streaming in original format. No extra bandwidth will be saved.
- better: Streaming in H.264 or H.265 with Smart Codec better compression. This option can realize a medium level of bandwidth saving.
- best: Streaming in H.264 or H.265 with Smart Codec best compression. This option can realize a high level of bandwidth saving.
- Click Save to apply changes.
To customize keyframe interval:
- Tick the Customize keyframe interval checkbox.
- Specify the number of in-between frames between two keyframes.
- Click Save to apply changes.
Note:
- Some camera models may use second instead of frame as the unit of keyframe interval.
To enable dynamic keyframe interval:
- Tick Enable dynamic keyframe interval checkbox. This option will automatically optimize the keyframe interval to reduce bitrate for smoother streaming.
- Click Save to apply changes.
To enable dynamic fps:
- Tick the Enable dynamic fps checkbox. This option will automatically optimize the fps for smoother streaming.
- Click Save to apply changes.
Camera Capability Settings
You can determine whether to enable PTZ related functions on your camera.
Note:
- This section appears only when your camera supports PTZ features.
To enable PTZ control:
- Tick Enable PTZ Control.
- Click Save to apply changes.