User manual

AXIS M3006–V Network Camera
Video
When Shutter and Gain are both set to Auto, it is possible to set the Priority betw een low motion blur and low noise manually and to
use a diff erent Priority in Normal Light and in Low Light.
Example
Consider an area where people or vehicles move during the day, but where there should be no movements during night. To be able to,
for example, recognize faces or license plates, move the normal light prior ity slider toward low motion blur. At nighttim e, motion
detection is more important than identification. Motion blur is a cceptable and since low light can cause a lot of noise, mo ve
the low light priority slider toward low noise.
Example
If storage space or bandw idth is limite d, try using a lower gain. This will reduce image noi se and produce smaller image file s.
View Areas
A view area is a cropped part of the full view. Each view area is treated as a video sourc e in Live View and has its own video
stream and PTZ settings.
To enable view areas, go to Video > Camera Settings and select Ena b le View Area s.
When setting up a view area it is re com m e nde d that the video stream re solution is the same size as or s m a ller than the vie w area
size. Setting the v ide o stream r es olution larger than the view area size implies digitally scaled up video after se nsor capture,
requiring more bandwidth without a dding image information.
To a dd a new view area:
1. Go to Video > View Areas.
2. Click Add.
3. The new view area appears under Selected view area. Enter a descriptive name in the Name field.
4. Select an Aspect ratio and a Video stream resolution.
5. A new view area covers the whole image. Usethemousetomoveandresizetheviewarea.
6. Select Enable PTZ to enable digital PTZ for this view area.
7. Click Save to save the settings.
To mo d ify a view area, select the vie w area in the l ist and modify the settings as req uir ed. Click Save.
To remove a view area, select the view area a nd click Remove.
Note
The PTZ functionality is useful during installation of the Axis product. Use a view area to crop out a specificpartofthe
full view.
Overlay
Overlays are used to provide extra information, for example for forensic video analysis or during product installation an d
configuration. Overlays are supe rimposed over the video stream.
An o verlay text can display the cur rent date and time, or a text string. When using a text string, modifiers can be used to display
information such as the current bit rate or the curre nt frame rate. For information about a vailable modifiers, see
File Naming &
Date/Time Formats
in the online help .
To e nable overlays:
1. Go to Video > Video Stream and select the Image tab.
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