Choose different stream when selecting a certain camera window.
I recently replaced my cameras with newer 5MP models (using ONVIF). The challenge is that I typically run SS in a single column down the left or right side of my screen, where the video thumbnails are quite small. I'm getting no benefit in that layout of a 5MP image. The amount of CPU and Network is pretty steep with these new cameras vs my old ones. I understand I can pick which stream the camera sends (the cameras send four different streams of various resolution and framerate.)
What I want to have happen is in thumbnail view, I want to have it choose stream #2 (my low-res 800x600 15fps stream) and then when I maximize one of the cameras into full screen view, I want it to choose stream #1 (2560x1920 30fps).
I don't see anyway to do this. Does anyone have some insight how to accomplish this, or could a future version of SS add this function?
What I want to have happen is in thumbnail view, I want to have it choose stream #2 (my low-res 800x600 15fps stream) and then when I maximize one of the cameras into full screen view, I want it to choose stream #1 (2560x1920 30fps).
I don't see anyway to do this. Does anyone have some insight how to accomplish this, or could a future version of SS add this function?
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Although you aren't getting benefit from the high resolution in these small views, this display to screen isn't going to be using a huge amount of CPU usage (the video display uses OpenGL, which is highly optimised and hardware accelerated).
However, I would certainly advise against using 30fps for your 5 MP streams - this is much too high for general-purpose video surveillance. Instead, I would suggest 5-10fps. Reducing this frame rate is the main thing that will reduce your resource usage without compromising quality.