Storage Requirements Planner

Low complexity:

An image with low complexity shows only few details and consists mainly of one color (as shown in the example).

Medium complexity:

Despite numerous details the image consists of many big monochrome areas.

High complexity:

Despite numerous details the image consists of many big monochrome areas.

Image with very low motion rate:

In this image, there is little or no movement.

Image with normal motion rate:

This scene shows a gas station. Considering more than 1,000 customers plus the employees, there is a lot of movement in the camera image. However, there are still a lot of static objects which do not move at all.

Image with very high motion rate:

This scene has been recorded at the entrance of a soccer stadium. Showing a couple of thousands of supporters, the motion rate is very high.

Number of hours the scene is illuminated. (For outdoor use with regular change of day and night about 16 hours.) In a 24-hour illuminated production hall, 24 hours have to be entered.

With dual cameras of MOBOTIX it is possible to record both sensors in form of a double image.

The storage requirement planner distinguishes three different display modes.

Full

"Full Image" mode with hemispheric cameras is only possible when using a hemispheric lens.

Panorama

Default

Motion JPEG (M-JPEG)

Motion JPEG (M-JPEG) is a video codec in which every single image is compressed as a JPEG.

MxPEG

MxPEG is a procedure developed by MOBOTIX to compress and store video data with low network load and high image quality. MxPEG data can be displayed using the MOBOTIX applications MxEasy or MxControlCenter. The MxPEG ActiveX control allows video and audio data of MOBOTIX cameras to be displayed in other applications as well, such as e.g. Internet Explorer.

Rates of all cameras, series 25/15 (e.g. M25, D25, Q25, T25, M15, S15)

M-JPEG:

MxPEG:

* The maximum frame rate of a thermal camera is approx. 9 B/s.

Rates of all cameras, series 24/14 (e.g. M24, D24, Q24, T24, S14)

M-JPEG:

MxPEG:

Rates of M12, V12, M22, D22, D12, Q22 cameras

M-JPEG:

MxPEG:

Here you have to enter the number of events you expect to occur per day.

Example: Monitoring of the entrance door.
The expected number of events would be determined by how often someone steps through that door per day.

Use the option "Maximum data rate" to define the bandwidth available for each camera’s recording. The camera’s recording frame rate is then estimated for the settings chosen accordingly.

Based on the above settings for a given scenario and the recording parameters, the actual average data rate can be higher than the maximum data rate selected. In this case, the frame rate used for recording is reduced in such a way that the resulting data rate is either lower or very close to the selected maximum data rate.