Camera Feedrate Jump

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ameterasu
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Camera Feedrate Jump

Post by ameterasu »

Hey all, I'm running 1.36.35 and I just figured out that the feedrate of cameras are jumping 3-4x inbetween fps updates. Example camera was feeding 150kB/s, 550kB/s, 150kB/s , 550kB/s, 540kB/s, 150kB/s.

What can i look into to diagnose this? I tried various settings in Hikvision camera settings nothing worked. I also see that when i change the resolution of the camera this rate is not chaging.

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dougmccrary
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Re: Camera Feedrate Jump

Post by dougmccrary »

I'm not sure there's a problem here.
That transmission rate will vary depending on the compression and changes in the camera field.

However, I think it might be better to set the I frame interval to a multiple of the frame rate, say 16.
Also, it's said that it's best to leave the colorspace at 32 as the decoding is optimized for 32.
ameterasu
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Re: Camera Feedrate Jump

Post by ameterasu »

Thanks for the suggestions, i will update iframes and colorspaces on your suggestion.

The image coming from the camera was static. These are indoor cameras looking at a storage area.

I find it weird to have same static image delivered at 150kB/s for 10 seconds and 550kB/s for 20 seconds and so on.
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Re: Camera Feedrate Jump

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image delivered at 150kB/s for 10 seconds and 550kB/s for 20 seconds
What is reporting that?
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Andyrh
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Re: Camera Feedrate Jump

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What is the keyframe interval? The key frame is a complete picture, the following frames are changes to the key frame. In a static image the key frame will be much larger than the following frames.
I have my key frame interval set to 1 sec.
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ameterasu
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Re: Camera Feedrate Jump

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dougmccrary wrote: Fri Jan 24, 2025 12:54 am
image delivered at 150kB/s for 10 seconds and 550kB/s for 20 seconds
What is reporting that?
Zoneminder Gui under Function. I keep refreshing the page.
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Andyrh wrote: Fri Jan 24, 2025 2:34 am What is the keyframe interval? The key frame is a complete picture, the following frames are changes to the key frame. In a static image the key frame will be much larger than the following frames.
I have my key frame interval set to 1 sec.
It was 15 and the cameras were set to 8fps at the device. Too frequent i think compared to what i see.
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