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Select ONVIF cameras in MediaRecorder

Aim

To select a camera that supports ONVIF Profile S in MediaRecorder.

If your device does not support ONVIF, see see Select devices that do not support ONVIF in MediaRecorder  instead.

Prerequisites

  • You connected all cameras to the computer with MediaRecorder.

Procedure

  1. Open MediaRecorder and choose File > Video Settings or click Video Settings.

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  2. Select the checkbox in front of the video channel and choose RTSP IP Camera (Noldus RTSP Source Filter).

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  3. Click the Advanced Video Settings button.

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  4. A list with ONVIF cameras in the network appears. Select the camera.
  5. Enter the ONVIF User name and ONVIF Password for your camera. If you obtained cameras from Noldus IT, the ONVIF user name is root and the ONVIF password is Noldus.
    tipTIP   To select another camera, click the the Discover Discover button to display the list with ONVIF cameras in the network.
    tipTIP    If you have several cameras with the same ONVIF User name and ONVIF Password choose choose File  >  Preferences Preferences >  IP camera settings. Select Select Use default IP camera user name and password password and enter the credentials. You can now skip step step 5 and  and 6, the camera is detected automatically.
  6. Click Get device properties.
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  7. The Encoding and Quality fields appears with the default video format, frame rate and resolution of the camera.
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  8. Optionally, click Edit and select another frame rate or resolution. Click Update when done.

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    For low frame rate recordings, it is important to lower the H264 Gov length length too on the same screen, under under Advanced settings. For 5 fps, set the the Gov length length between 5 and 10, for 1 fps recording between 1 and 2. A lower lower Gov length length will result in larger files but better image.
    tipTIP    It is also possible to change the frame rate and resolution in the table with selected video devices.
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    You may still need to adjust the Gov length for optimal results.
  9. Optionally, adjust the video quality, for example to decrease the video file size, but we recommend to only do this when problems with video quality or data transfer over the network occur.
    See Adjust advanced video quality options
  10. .Click Close when done.
  11. You may want to reverse the direction the camera moves with Pan and Tilt). To do so, select the checkbox Flip pan axis (horizontal movement) or Flip tilt axis (vertical movement) or both.
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  12. Click OK.
  13. Select the microphone from the Audio device list. To select the microphone from the camera, or a microphone connected to it, select RTSP IP camera (Noldus RTSP Source Filter) from the Audio device list.
  14. Close the Settings window and tap on the microphone. Check the green bar next to the video device to see whether you selected the correct microphone.
  15. Continue with Record video

    Notes

    • If you bought cameras yourself, see see Create ONVIF User name and Password  for the procedure to create an ONVIF user name and ONVIF password.
    • If the default Port 554 is already in use, ask your system administrator for help to select another one.
    • See See Create audio settings how to adjust the recording volume.
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