Milestone XProtect Advanced VMS 2014 - Manual (Page 137)

Milestone XProtect ® Advanced
VMS 2014
Administrator's Manual
www.milestonesys.com 137 Management Client elements
Action Description
Set live frame rate
on <devices> Sets a particular frame rate to use when the system displays live video from
the selected cameras that substitutes the cameras' default frame rate. Specify
this on the Settings tab.
When you select this type of action, the Manage Rule wizard prompts you to
specify which frame rate to set, and on which devices. Always verify that the
frame rate you specify is available on the relevant cameras.
Stop action required: This type of action requires one or more stop actions.
In one of the following steps, the wizard automatically prompts you to specify
the stop action: Restore default live frame rate.
Without this stop action, the default frame rate would potentially never be
restored. You also have the option of specifying further stop actions.
Set recording frame
rate on <devices> Sets a particular frame rate to use when the system saves recorded video
from the selected cameras in the database, instead of the cameras' default
recording frame rate.
When you select this type of action, the Manage Rule wizard prompts you to
specify which recording frame rate to set, and on which cameras.
You can only specify a recording frame rate for JPEG, a video codec with
which each frame is separately compressed into a JPEG image. This type of
action also requires that you have enabled recording on the cameras to which
the action is linked. You enable recording for a camera on the Record tab.
The maximum frame rate you can specify depends on the relevant camera
types, and on their selected image resolution.
Stop action required: This type of action requires one or more stop actions.
In one of the following steps, the wizard automatically prompts you to specify
the stop action: Restore default recording frame rate.
Without this stop action, the default recording frame rate would potentially
never be restored. You also have the option of specifying further stop actions.
Set recording frame
rate to all frames for
H.264/MPEG4 on
<devices> Sets the frame rate to record all frames when the system saves recorded
video from the selected cameras in the database, instead of keyframes only.
Enable the recording keyframes only function on the Record tab.
When you select this type of action, the Manage Rule wizard prompts you to
select which devices the action should apply for.
You can only enable keyframe recording for H.264 and MPEG4. This type of
action also requires that you have enabled recording on the cameras to which
the action is linked. You enable recording for a camera on the Record tab.
Stop action required: This type of action requires one or more stop actions.
In one of the following steps, the wizard automatically prompts you to specify
the stop action:
Restore default recording frame rate of keyframes for H.264/MPEG4
Without this stop action, the default setting would potentially never be
restored. You also have the option of specifying further stop actions.