Video settings
The video settings determine the behavior of PTZ cameras, the appearance of video decorations, instant replay, and the characteristics of video in the Senstar Symphony Client.
PTZ movement
Setting | Description |
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Panning left moves the camera left |
Select to use the default directions for the pan buttons (i.e., the left pan button pans the camera to the left and/or digitally pans the image to the right). |
Panning left moves the image left |
Select to use the inverted directions for the pan buttons (i.e., the left pan button pans the camera to the right and/or digitally pans the image to the left). |
Pan PTZ camera when clicked on the map |
Select to pan PTZ cameras to the location that you click on a map. |
Default video decorations
Setting | Description |
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Boxes |
Select to display video analytic boxes over the video in the camera view panel. |
Time |
Select to display the time over the video in the camera view panel. |
Date |
Select to display the date over the video in the camera view panel. |
Paths |
Select to display video analytic paths over the video in the camera view panel. |
Camera messages |
Select to display information from cameras over the video in the camera view panel. |
Thick decoration |
Select to make the video analytic decoration (boxes and paths) thicker. |
Recording |
Select to display when the Senstar Symphony Client is recording. |
Video Retention |
Select to display video retention capacity over the video in the camera view panel. |
Messenger messages |
Select to display messages from the Senstar Symphony Messenger over the video in the camera view panel. |
Seconds |
Select how long the messages remain visible. |
Apply to current views |
Click to apply the decoration settings to the current views. |
Video quality
Setting | Description |
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Lowest resolution |
Select to display video at the lowest possible resolution. |
Closest fit to panel size |
Select to display video at the resolution that most closely matches the size of the video panel, including resolutions that are smaller than the video panel. |
Closest fit not smaller than panel size |
Select to display video at the resolution that most closely matches the size of the video panel, excluding resolutions that are smaller than the video panel. |
Highest resolution |
Select to display video at the highest possible resolution. |
Instant replay
Setting | Description |
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5 seconds |
Select to set the instant replay function to 5 seconds. |
10 seconds |
Select to set the instant replay function to 10 seconds. |
Video decoration settings
Setting | Description |
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Decoration font scale |
Define the size of the text in video panels. |
Display mode
Setting | Description |
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Actual Size |
Select to set the video panel to display the video at the size from the camera. |
Maintain Aspect Ratio |
Select to set the video panel to display the video at the aspect ratio. |
Fit to Window |
Select to fit the video to the video panel. |
Camera connection mode |
Select how the Senstar Symphony Client connects to cameras. |
Factory Default |
Select to use the default video renderer. |
Renderer |
Select a video renderer. |
Color Space |
Select the color space for the Senstar Symphony Client. |