What is hikvision sub stream?

Sub-stream provides a lower quality video stream, and is typically used to stream video to computers, smartphones, or tablets over the Internet. This allows you to reduce streaming quality for live or remote viewing, while maintaining higher quality on the mainstream for HDD recording and storage.

What is IP camera sub stream?

A sub stream is a secondary video stream provided by your IP camera. Sub streams are smaller (lower resolution and bit rate) and easier to process than main streams.

Does HIK connect use sub stream?

In multi-window division live view, you can only select the defined image quality as Fluent. Or you can customize the image quality and the stream type can only be Sub Stream.

What is Substream and mainstream?

Mainstream is the higher quality stream coming from your recorder, its clearer, HD and generally more visually pleasing. Substream is the lower quality stream coming from your recorder, its less clear, not HD and is tailored towards allowing the users to view, but not drain their network usage.

What's the difference between dual stream and mainstream?

Dual-stream allows you to receive and maintain two streams from an analogue or IP camera with different resolutions. The main stream is a high-resolution stream while the sub-stream is typically a low-resolution stream. The main advantage of dual-stream is it reduces CPU load on the server running Line.

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What does sub stream mean in CCTV?

Sub-stream: is the secondary video feed. Sub-stream provides a lower quality video stream, and is typically used to stream video to computers, smartphones, or tablets over the Internet.

Why do security cameras have multiple streams?

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Each stream has different settings, which may include any combination of frame rate, image quality and codecs. Using multiple streams enables organizations to choose optimal video quality settings based on different use cases.

What is third stream in CCTV?

Triple stream means the IP camera can simultaneously output three different video streams, each of video streams can be configured with different resolution, frame rate, bitrate and codec type.

What is the main stream camera?

The main stream is a video stream or a video feed that allows you to view footage captured by the CCTV camera but is mainly used to record. It's responsible for providing the highest quality of video recording possible, and DVR/NVR uses it whilst saving clips to the internal HDD.

What are Substreams?

Noun. substream (plural substreams) (computing) A stream contained within another stream.

How do I access Hikvision RTSP stream?

If the ID is 102, we will get sub stream of the 1st channel. If the ID is 101, we will get main stream. RTSP URL supports to add username and password: rtsp://admin:12345@IP:Port/Streaming/Channels/ID/?transportmode=multicast. The type of authorization supports BASIC and DIGEST.

What is full frame Hikvision?

Hikvision has added to its SMART IP camera range with four 6 megapixel Ultra HD cameras. These products provide a total resolution of 3072 x 2048 at full frame rate. This field of view means that one 6MP camera covers an area usually requiring several conventional cameras, the Chinese makers say.

What is Substream resolution?

Substream is a secondary stream coming from the recorder or cameras. This is customizable but at most uses about 512Kbps and is standard definition quality.

Is HIKVision software free?

The client software is free to download and use, and support is available for free.

What does no resource mean on HIKVision NVR?

Yep, Just as Chris said it is caused from maxed out bandwidth. You can double-click on the window that says "No Resource" and it should bring that camera up showing you that it is in fact working. This is because you are dropping the other cameras from live view and now have available bandwidth to view that one.

What is Onvif and RTSP?

RTSP cameras have just one main stream, which means they can provide streaming to just one client at a time. Onvif IP camera server helps you to reach the image of the RTSP camera as a client by RTSP (Real Time Streaming Protocol) and transmit it as a server to multiple viewers simultaneously.

What is RTSP CCTV?

RTSP stands for Real Time Streaming Protocol. RTSP allows you to pull a live video stream from your camera and view it from different devices and programs. Its primary uses are to pull a video feed from a camera to an NVR, viewing software, or even home automation solutions.

What does multiple video streams mean?

Multi-streaming means that your device outputs two or more types of video streams, with different properties, to different users or devices. It allows a user to get video in a different resolution, frame rate, or compression type to meet requirements of quality, storage constraints, bandwidth, or CPU usage.

How many users can view camera remotely at once?

For remote live view the limit is 128 video streams and for remote playback is the limit is 64 streams. For example, if you have 32 security cameras, max 4 users can remotely view all of the cameras at the same time.

How can I view my CCTV from anywhere?