Switch recording modes dynamically for different events through stream profile configuration

Overview

You can define the resolution and frame rate (FPS) for High quality, Balanced, and Low bandwidth streams, and set up videos to start recording using different stream profiles when different events occur. You can specify the video to be recorded using high-resolution when a specific event is detected, and specify the video to not be recorded or to be recorded using low-resolution when no events are detected. This allows you to efficiently use storage space and save storage costs.

1. Set up Stream Profile

  1. Open the IP Camera application, select a camera you want to set up, and go to Edit > Device Settings > Video.
  2. Under the Stream Profile section, you can select stream numbers from the High Quality, Balanced and Low bandwidth drop-down menus.
  3. Adjust the resolution, frame rate (FPS), and more settings for each stream below.

2. Set up Corresponding Streams for Different Recording Modes

  1. Go to Recording Settings > Stream, under the Schedule Recording Settings section you can set up the type of stream profiles for each recording mode (Continuous, Motion Detection, Customize 1, and Customize 2).
  2. Streams corresponding to each recording mode will also be applied to the recording schedule. Please refer to the screenshot below for the following example:

3. Advanced Continuous Recording Settings

The previous section explains how you can set up continuous recording or event recording for each time period. However, if you want to specify low-resolution recordings when no events occur, and high-resolution recordings when events occur for continuous recordings, you may need to adjust the Advanced Continuous Recording settings. Please refer to the following steps.

  1. Go to Recording Settings > Stream.
  2. Under the Advanced Continuous Recording section, select the event types that require switching stream profiles.
  3. Refer to the screenshot below for the following example. When enabling advanced continuous recording, videos will be recorded using Low bandwidth stream settings if no events occur during the time period marked in grey. However, when a specified event has been detected, the system will switch to high-resolution recording.