Bandwidth being used

jon

Hi All

I would like to know why SS is using a lot of bandwidth.
When I log in to the camera and view the live video, it is only moving about 2.2Mbp/s
When I log in to SS web server it is moving about 24Mbp/s for the same camera.

Is there any way to change the bit rate in SS web server?

Thanks

Ben

Hi Jon, it sounds like there could be a difference in the codec used. Typically, when you log on to SecuritySpy you will be viewing JPEG video, since this has the greatest browser compatibility. However when you view video from the camera, it may have a plugin that allows it to display H.264 video, which has a much lower bandwidth.

To reduce the bandwidth, you could use another copy of SecuritySpy (for free) to do the live viewing from your main SecuritySpy instance, and if you select the MPEG-4 option as the Format in the Video Device Settings window on the viewing instance, you will get a low-bandwidth stream. The next version of SecuritySpy will also support H.264 streaming from its web server (to both web browsers and other instances of SecuritySpy) for an even lower bandwidth stream, but for now MPEG-4 is the best option.

jon

Thanks Ben
Thats what I was thinking.
The biggest issue is with Remote Patrol.

Can't wait for the new release. Is it too late to beta test?

Ben

Hi Jon, thanks for offering but we have enough beta testers at the moment. Hopefully it won't be too long before the final release!

jay

what I had to do with remote patrol, was to set up a low bandwidth camera using the sub stream from the camera itself (at the lowest Resolution 352 x 288.). It has caused me to go over the eight camera license… But it's the same six cameras… But it has been's huge bandwidth saver on my smart phone… Huge. This is the reason I've previously suggested camera "groups"… I love the feature "set all cameras to active mode" but I don't want all my camera set to active mode... Just some... a group of them