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Estimated Hard-Drive Memory Space Required for Video Recording per Hour, Scheduled Recordings

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Compact Wireless-G Internet Video Camera Scheduled Recordings To schedule recordings for a Camera, select its name in the Camera List box, and click Scheduled Recording. A list of scheduled recordings will appear. Frequency. Decide which days you want the Camera to record. Select the appropriate Frequency from the dropdown menu. Start Time. Select the time you want the recording to begin. Duration. Select how long you want the recording to be. After you have made your selections, click the Add button to save the new scheduled recording. To delete a scheduled recording, select the recording from the list, and click the Delete button. To close this screen, click the X button in the upper right-hand corner. You may find it helpful to know how much memory is required to hold a video recording. The following table lists estimated bit rates and file sizes for a typical video recording at each available resolution and video. Estimated Hard-Drive Memory Space Required for Video Recording per Hour Resolution 320 x 240 320 x 240 320 x 240 320 x 240 320 x 240 160 x 120 160 x 120 160 x 120 160 x 120 160 x 120 Quality Level Very High High Normal Low Very Low Very High High Normal Low Very Low Bit Rate 900kbps 500kbps 300kbps 120kbps 40kbps 800kbps 400kbps 200kbps 100kbps 40kbps File Size 430MB 330MB 240MB 230MB 225MB 380MB 270MB 230MB 220MB 210MB Chapter 6: Installing and Using the Compact Wireless-G Internet Video Camera Multi-Camera Viewer & Recorder Utility Using the Multi-Camera Viewer & Recorder Utility Figure 6-13: Scheduled Recordings Screen NOTE: In order for the scheduled recordings to occur, the Multi-Camera Viewer & Recorder Utility must be running on a networked PC. NOTE: The maximum length of a recording file is one hour. If a recording is more than one hour long, then multiple files will be saved. 28

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Chapter 6: Installing and Using the Compact Wireless-G Internet Video Camera Multi-Camera Viewer & Recorder Utility
Using the Multi-Camera Viewer & Recorder Utility
Compact Wireless-G Internet Video Camera
Scheduled Recordings
To schedule recordings for a Camera, select its name in the
Camera List
box, and click
Scheduled Recording
.
A list of scheduled recordings will appear.
Frequency
. Decide which days you want the Camera to record. Select the appropriate Frequency from the drop-
down menu.
Start Time
. Select the time you want the recording to begin.
Duration
. Select how long you want the recording to be.
After you have made your selections, click the
Add
button to save the new scheduled recording.
To delete a scheduled recording, select the recording from the list, and click the
Delete
button.
To close this screen, click the
X
button in the upper right-hand corner.
You may find it helpful to know how much memory is required to hold a video recording. The following table lists
estimated bit rates and file sizes for a typical video recording at each available resolution and video.
Estimated Hard-Drive Memory Space Required for Video Recording per Hour
Resolution
Quality Level
Bit Rate
File Size
320 x 240
Very High
900kbps
430MB
320 x 240
High
500kbps
330MB
320 x 240
Normal
300kbps
240MB
320 x 240
Low
120kbps
230MB
320 x 240
Very Low
40kbps
225MB
160 x 120
Very High
800kbps
380MB
160 x 120
High
400kbps
270MB
160 x 120
Normal
200kbps
230MB
160 x 120
Low
100kbps
220MB
160 x 120
Very Low
40kbps
210MB
Figure 6-13: Scheduled Recordings Screen
NOTE:
The maximum length of a recording file is
one hour. If a recording is more than one hour
long, then multiple files will be saved.
NOTE:
In order for the scheduled recordings to
occur, the Multi-Camera Viewer & Recorder Utility
must be running on a networked PC.