Setup¶

Setup

General

Language: Define the language to be displayed on the user interface.

Hide the right bar when starting the program: Switch on/off “Hide the right bar when starting the program” function.

Hide status bar when hiding right bar: Switch on/off “Hide status bar when hiding right bar” function.

Full screen when starting the program: Switch on/off “Full screen when starting the program” function.

Mute when the files management window showing: Switch on/off “Mute when the files management window showing” function.

Preview

Video render: The engine used to display the screen during preview. VMR9 has high quality, GPU acceleration, and high efficiency, but it will be delayed. YUV has high quality, low latency, and takes up more system resources. It is recommended for high-performance computers. VM7 is an alternative to VM9 and is used when VMR9 encounters problems. D3D9 is an alternative to YUV.

Note: All engines need to use the graphics card driver to ensure that the system has updated the latest graphics card driver.

Audio render: Desktop sound output device. Choose the settings according to your speaker connection. If a desktop stereo speaker is used, it is recommended to use the default setting.

Keep video aspect: Switch on/off “Keep video aspect” function.

Do not search virtual camera: Switch on/off “Do not search virtual camera” function.

NOTE: The settings on this page will change based on the connected device.

Record

Video Resolution: Set the recording resolution.

FPS: Set recording frame rate.

Bitrate: If you set it to a large value, you will get higher image quality, but with larger file size. If you set it to a small value, you will get lower image quality, but with smaller file size. 800Kbps, 1Mbps, 2Mbps, 5Mbps, 10Mbps and 18Mbps are available. If you set 10M, the output file size is about 4.39GB.

Format: Five options are available, which are MP4 format (video codec: H.264, audio codec: AAC)Variable/Constant FPS, MP4 format (video codec: H.264, audio codec: AC3), MP4 format (video codec: H.264, audio codec: MP3) and MPEG-TS format (video codec: H.264, audio codec: AAC). Default file format is H264(H264+AAC) Variable FPS. This format has high compatibility and is suitable for most computers. But if you want to record high-quality Mp4 files (can be edited by third-party software), you need to select H264(H264+AAC) Constant FPS.

Video codec: Select video codec.

Codec speed: Select codec speed.

Save mp4 to: Displays the saving path of recorded videos. You can change the saving path by clicking on the folder button.

Automatically generate the file name when recording starts: If this option is selected, the titles of recorded videos will be named automatically.

Split file: Choose to split files or not.

Hot key recorded: Set the hotkey for starting and stopping recording videos. You can choose from F1 to F12.

Hot key pause: Set the hotkey for pausing. You can choose from F1 to F12.

Picture

Save picture to: Displays the saving path of pictures. You can change the saving path by clicking on the folder button.

Picture format: Select the captured picture format. PNG, JPG and BMP are available.

Hotkey: Set the hotkey for capturing picture.

Gif Resolution: Set the resolution for the captured GIF picture.

Gif fps: Set the frame rate for the captured GIF picture.

Keep picture aspect: Switch on/off “Keep picture aspect” function.

Live

Video resolution: Set the streaming resolution.

FPS: Set recording frame rate.

Bitrate: Bitrate for live stream, please modify this value according to your network bandwidth.

Save stream data to FLV: If enabled this option, a flv file will create when live stream started.

Manage RTMP Server: Manage RTMP servers.

VBS

Video resolution: Set the VBS resolution.

FPS: Set VBS frame rate.

Bitrate: Set VBS bitrate value.

Server port: Port for http server.

Start VBS when starting the program: Select this option and the function of Video Broadcast Share will be enabled when starting the program.

Start LAN live stream when opening camera: Enable this option and it will start LAN live streaming when opening camera.

Default: Set default value.

OK: Click to save the settings.

Cancel: Click to exit the “Setup” window without saving the settings.

Note: The parameter options may change as the software upgrades. Please refer to the “Setup” window of the latest version of the software.