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Pearl-2 User Guide Configure video encoding
Video Codec selected Audio Codec selected RTSP FLV MPEG-TS MJPEG
H.264 AAC
ü ü ü

MJPEG No audio codec   
ü
The following table displays the compatibility between the video/audio codecs and the supported recording
formats.
Table 43 Video/audio codecs for formats for recording
Video Codec
selected
Audio Codec selec-
ted
MP4 and
MP4-Frag-
mented
AVI MOV MPEG-TS
H.264 No audio codec
ü ü ü ü
H.264 PCM
ü ü ü

H.264 MP3
ü ü ü ü
H.264 AAC
ü ü ü ü
MJPEG No audio codec
ü ü ü ü
Configure video encoding
You can configure the video encoding settings for each channel using the Admin panel. Video encoding
settings include:
l Video codec: The video codec determines the type of compression and decompression, and also
affects the video quality. Options are H.264 (default) and Motion JPEG.
l Hardware or software encoding: Hardware encoding is the default setting and is the recommended
encoding for use with Pearl-2.
l Encoding level: This can be set to High, Main, or Baseline.
l Frame size: The resolution applied to the channel when you stream, record, or output video to a
confidence monitor. This can be set to automatically match the input video's resolution or set to a fixed
resolution.
l Key frame interval: How often a key frame that contains all the pixels is sent when streaming. The
longer the key frame interval, the smaller the video file size (and vice versa).
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