Best Camera Settings for Hilook NVR

[kgangulw]

Hey all,

I Just got my CCTV setup done but I'm new to the subject and want to check if the settings I have setup are correct.
Objective is to have the best recording quality.
I have 1 x 8MP HikVision ColorVu Camera and the others are 6MP HiLook Cameras. I have listed the settings from my NVR. Does this look ok, or do I need to tweak anything to ensure I have the best image quality.
The NVR has a 2TB drive, so as long as I have a few days worth of recordings before it overrides, I'm fine with that.


6MP Camera Settings on NVR

Main Stream (Continuous)


Main Stream (Event)





8MP Camera Settings on NVR


Main Stream (Continuous)



Main Stream (Event)



Thanks.

 

[Revo2Maxx]

Welcome to the Forum,
Alot of unknown in your question.. Is your area High traffic area? Personally if I was setting what you have and high traffic area I would set to CBR 8mp with 8 to 10k and 6mp would use CBR 6 to 8k and if the area is low traffic areas like Hallways, backyard static low traffic then could use VBR and 5100 or higher but with VBR that will be lower as the scene is static a lot.. But yeah if your traffic area is high with loads of things going on CBR would be the way to go for me.. I use CBR for all my camera anyway but going off what you have and if setting up something new as I said above..

 

[kgangulw]

Welcome to the Forum,
Alot of unknown in your question.. Is your area High traffic area? Personally if I was setting what you have and high traffic area I would set to CBR 8mp with 8 to 10k and 6mp would use CBR 6 to 8k and if the area is low traffic areas like Hallways, backyard static low traffic then could use VBR and 5100 or higher but with VBR that will be lower as the scene is static a lot.. But yeah if your traffic area is high with loads of things going on CBR would be the way to go for me.. I use CBR for all my camera anyway but going off what you have and if setting up something new as I said above..

Hi thanks for that. Assume CBR means Constant Bit Rate?
The 8MP camera is at the front of my house. it's not heavy traffic, but I want to capture the best image if/when there's activity. So given that scenario would you say to set up the 8MP camera to something like 10K or since it's fairly static would you go with variable but similar bit rate. thanks

 

[Revo2Maxx]

So I am not sure what Full Frame is for your cameras is that 20fps or 30fps? as some are even less? 15 or 12.. So if 20 or 30fps then yeah VBR and 9 to 10k. Just keep in mind if there is any issues once there is action you might want to look into changing to CBR.. I personally don't like the static look of VBR my self that is why I have all mine set for CBR and I just deal with the bandwidth and storage..

 

[kgangulw]

So I am not sure what Full Frame is for your cameras is that 20fps or 30fps? as some are even less? 15 or 12.. So if 20 or 30fps then yeah VBR and 9 to 10k. Just keep in mind if there is any issues once there is action you might want to look into changing to CBR.. I personally don't like the static look of VBR my self that is why I have all mine set for CBR and I just deal with the bandwidth and storage..

so as per the specs here DS-2CD2387G2H-LISU/SL

I have it at Full Frame which I believe is at 25 fps for the resolution I'm running , i.e. 3840 × 2160.
Thanks a lot for the comments, I'll play around with those settings and see if I prefer CBR or VBR.