CamLAN Manual
Part 5: Adjust Camera

Adjust Camera

General Settings

Used Camera Name - you could select to use the default name for the camera, or insert a user defined camera name. The default name for NetCams is the camera picture URL and for WebCams the camera name which comes from the device driver.

Picture Capturing - opens the picture capture settings dialog
Video Recording - opens the video recording settings dialog

Video Server Settings
Send The Camera Picture To The Connected Video Client - check if the camera should work as RemoteCam. If checked the program sends the camera picture in intervals to the connected video clients.
Sending Interval - interval in which the program sends the camera picture
JPG Picture Quality - internal the camera picture is send in JPG picture format. Select the picture quality to adjust the picture size to find a compromise between a low bandwidth and a good picture visualizing.

NetCam Settings (the following settings are only relevant for NetCams)
The NetCam Picture Address (URL) - insert the direct link to the camera picture. You have to insert the URL which points direct to the camera picture not only to the camera webserver. Insert http://192.168.1.110/picture.jpg instead of only http://192.168.1.110 for your netcam.
Picture Receiving Interval From The URL - interval in which the program tries to receive a picture from the NetCam. Don't select an interval which is smaller than the camera is able to generate a new picture, because in this case you would receive the same picture several times again and needless reduce the network bandwidth.
Deactivate The Preview If X-Times The Picture Could Not Received - if selected the preview is stopped if x-times a picture could not received from the selected URL. This could happen if the camera is temporary offline.

Camera Needs Authentication - select if the camera webserver needs an authentication
Username - username for the authentication
Password - password for the authentication

Device Settings

Video Settings
Video Record Codec - all in the system available video record codecs are listed. The current used codec is shown. If you want to have more codecs available, you have to install them into your Windows OS!
If you change the selection, the program tests, if the codec could be used for recording. This depends on the video device, audio device and further codecs. Not all codecs works together which each other!
Video Codec - if the selected codec supports a dialog for adjusting settings, the button becomes available. There are some codecs available, which notifys that they support a dialog, but that is not the case. If this is the case, nothing happens at button press.

Video Device Settings - opens the appropriate device driver dialog if available
Video Preview Settings - opens the appropriate device driver dialog if available
Video Record Settings - opens the appropriate device driver dialog if available

Video Source (only TV Tuner) - all available video input sources are listed and selectable. In general these are Tuner, Composite, S-Video.

Audio Settings
Audio Record Device - all in the system available audio record devices are listed. The current used device is shown.
In case of receiving a MPEG4 stream, this option is disabled. If the MPEG4 stream contains audio you get the audio automatically.

Audio Record Codec - all in the system available audio record codecs are listed. The current used codec is shown. If you want to have more codecs available, you have to install them into your Windows OS!
If you change the selection, the program tests, if the codec could be used for recording. This depends on the video device, audio device and further codecs. Not all codecs works together which each other!
Audio Codec - if the selected codec supports a dialog for adjusting settings, the button becomes available. There are some codecs available, which notifys that they support a dialog, but that is not the case. If this is the case, nothing happens at button press.

Audio Device Settings - opens the appropriate device driver dialog if available
Audio Preview Settings - opens the appropriate device driver dialog if available
Audio Record Settings - opens the appropriate device driver dialog if available

Channels - the audio channels (mono, stereo)
SampleSize - the audio sample sizes (8bit, 16bit)
SampleRate - the audio samplerates (11025Hz, 22050Hz, 44100Hz)

TV Tuner Settings (only TV Tuner)
TV Tuner Settings - opens the TV tuner dialog to adjust the tuner settings
It's important to run this function, otherwise there would be no programs available which are selectable from the video window buttons. The found programs are saved in the file PROGRAMS.DAT!

Show Device Infos - shows infos about the selected devices and codecs

Devices and Codecs
Changes in the property pages of the devices are often not saved by the video device driver. The exceptions are the properties of the video and audio record codecs. In most cases the settings are saved by the driver.
Changes made in the property pages will be reflected immediately in CamLAN. But the reverse is not always true, so internal changes may not be reflected in the associated property page! After loading of the saved settings the video framesize is internal set and reflected in the property page, the frames per second (fps) value is internal set, but not reflected in the property page, there is a default value of the driver shown and the compression type (RGB24,RGB32,YVU9,etc.) could not be restored!
Furthermore some combinations of video record codecs and video compression types are not working together! So, if you select a video record codec (everything different to "none") then let the video compression value to be the driver default (in most cases RGB24)!

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