Settings tab in the Client window

On the settings tab, you can configure the live window settings.

Table 1. Settings tab in the client window
Interface element	Description
Video Panels pane	To modify the window display settings on the Live window, see Video Panels pane on the Settings tab.
Live pane	To use the on-screen display (OSD) for serial profiles, select the Use OSD Color for Serial Profiles check box.
	To display a minimized client when an event occurs that requires user action, select the Restore Client on User Attention Request check box.
	To mute all sound when you use the 2-Way Audio feature, select the Mute during 2-way audio check box.
	To ensure video panel layouts are not automatically populated when you change to a larger layout, clear the Auto Fill Empty Video Panels check box.
	To send audio from the client to the server, select a microphone from the 2-Way Audio list.
	To ensure that audio, video, and analytics are synchronized, use the Lip Sync/Video Smoothing option. The buffering limit is 30 seconds for analytics sync and 5 seconds for audio sync. Select Enable from the Lip Sync/Video Smoothing list to enable lip sync and video smoothing. Select Disable from the Lip Sync/Video Smoothing list to disable lip sync and video smoothing. If you select Auto from the Lip Sync/Video Smoothing list, lip sync and video smoothing are disabled until you stream audio or display analytics. Buffering only occurs when audio plays or when analytics minimize video delay, if necessary. Buffering always occurs for intermittent video when you select Enable. Note: Video smoothing is automatically enabled if B frames are detected. Note: If you use PTZ, lip sync and video smoothing are disabled.
Colors pane	Change the default border colors on video panels for: Motion, Alarm, Free, Run, PTZ Focus, and Event Monitor events. To change an event color, click the color next to the event name, select a new color, and click OK.
Additional Options	To ensure all secondary streams are treated as if they are quality streams, select the Manage All Streams as Quality Streams check box.
	To hide camera secondary streams in the Live window, select the Hide Individual Quality Streams check box.
	To show system folders in the navigation tree in the Live window, select the Show system group folders check box. These folders are generated by the exacqVision Enterprise Manager system.
	To enable dynamic connections, so a server automatically connects when required and disconnects when no longer required, select the Use Dynamic Connections check box. In the navigation tree, a red X over a server icon indicates a failure to connect to the server.
	To change the temperature display from Fahrenheit to Celsius, select the Display Temperatures in Celsius check box.
	From the Select a language list, click the language that you want to use. A confirmation message is displayed. You must restart the client before the changes are applied.
	To hide the Config (Setup) Page icon for users with Window settings restrictions, clear the Show Configuration Mode to Operating System check box. By default, this option is selected.
	To disable font smoothing to sharpen text, select the Disable Windows Font Smoothing check box. By default this option is selected.
	To require the client to use secure sockets layer (SSL) authentication, select the Require SSL certificate validation check box.
	To enable remote connectivity, select the Allow Remote Connections check box.
	To quickly identify a camera, use the Camera Preview Style feature. Select one of the following options: To turn off the camera preview feature, click No Preview. To display an image of a camera view when you place the cursor over the camera, click Thumbnail. To display a video stream from a camera when you place the cursor over a camera, click Video.
	To change the exacqVision client color scheme, select an option from the Select a theme list.
Launch New Instance	To launch a new instance of the client, click Launch New Instance. Use the arrows to increase or decrease the number of instances you want to open when the client starts.
Timelapse Playback pane	Controls the video gap intervals that are a result of time-lapse recording or discontinuous motion. By default, the system automatically jumps to the next video frame after a one-second gap. To increase or decrease this gap, move the Immediate Jump To Next Frame If Gap Exceeds One slider.
VGA Acceleration Mode pane	Resolves display issues that the video card causes, by attempting to improve the video refresh rate and other display issues. The availability of the VGA acceleration options varies depending on the video card that you install. This pane shows the current version and type of VGA adapter installed.
Decoding pane	Improves the visual quality of video in the exacqVision client. For more information, see Decoding pane on the Settings tab.
Persistent Event Monitoring pane	To choose an event monitoring profile to designate as the persistent event monitoring profile (PEMP), select the Enable Persistent Monitoring check box, then, from the Profile list, select a profile and click Apply.
Persistent Event Monitoring pane	For more information on event monitoring, see Event monitoring and Event monitoring window.
Video Push pane	For the exacqVision client to receive items from another exacqVision client with an Enterprise license, select the Enable Receiving Display check box. You must enable this feature to create a video wall. For more information see Creating video walls using VideoPush.
	If you enter a name for the exacqVision client in the Display name field, it displays on the exacqVision client title bar that it connects to remotely.
	For more information about the Video Push feature, see VideoPush window.
Inactivity Timeout pane	Automatically disconnects live video streams after a set time of inactivity. To set an inactivity time, select the Enable check box. In the Disconnect Live Streams After field, click the arrows to select the number of minutes and click Apply.
24-Hour Clock	This feature is only available on Mac computers.

Table 2. Video Panels pane on the Settings tab
Interface element	Description
Show Sunken Border check box	Decreases the space between video panels.
Show Record Status Border check box	Displays a border around the video panel as recording occurs. The border color indicates the reason for the recording.
Show PTZ Focus Border	Changes the border color of the video panels that are actively accepting keyboard and joystick PTZ commands.
Show On-Screen Display	Displays or removes the name, date, and time stamp of the video. This setting overrides a camera’s built-in settings.
Enable All Analytics	Switches the default setting for any camera brought up in Live to come up with the analytics toggle switched on. This setting persists between sessions.
Keep Aspect Ratio During Resize	Maintains the video panel aspect ratio when you increase or decrease the size of the exacqVision client.
Panel Size list	Displays a list of video panel size options for live video.
	To display the video panels using the currently displayed video panel dimensions, select Content. If the majority of the video panels on display capture 16x9, all video panels display in 16x9.
	To display the video panels using the dimensions of the Live window, select Window.
	To display the video panels in 4x3, select 4x3.
	To display the video panels in 16x9, select 16x9. If the video panels display in 16x9, the wide screen layout icons are not available.

Table 3. Decoding pane on the Settings tab
Interface element	Description
H.264 Deblocking	To apply deblocking on all cameras that stream video, select By Device.
	To apply deblocking on cameras at all times, select Enabled. This option can reduce the maximum display frame rate.
	To disable deblocking, select Disabled.
GPU Decoding slider	Accelerates video stream decoding. To set the GPU decoding, move the GPU Decoding slider and then click Calibrate. If multiple instances of the client are open, the GPU is shared between the clients.
Current GPU	Shows the current Graphical Processing Unit (GPU) version installed.
AVCodec Version	Shows the current version of software used to decode video and audio data.