Add a stream

The streams that you add for recording can be viewed in live and in playback mode.

You can also view the recorded video in your view item with adaptive streaming enabled. Adaptive streaming in playback mode is referred to as adaptive playback.

  1. On the Streams tab, click Add. This adds a second stream to the list.
  2. In the Name column, edit the name of the stream. The name appears in XProtect Smart Client.
  3. In the Live Mode column, select when live streaming is needed:
    • Always: the stream runs even if no XProtect Smart Client users request the stream
    • Never: the stream is off. Only use this for recording streams, for example, if you want recordings in high quality and need the bandwidth
    • When needed: the stream starts when requested by any client or if the stream is set to record
  4. In the Default live stream column, select which stream is default and should be used if the client does not request a specific stream and adaptive streaming is disabled.
  5. In the Recording column, select either Primary or Secondary. For adaptive playback, you need to create a stream of each type. The video that is played back is sourced from the primary video stream and secondary streaming is included when required. There must always be a primary recording. Also, the stream that you configure as Primary is used in different contexts such as for motion detection and for export from XProtect Smart Client.
  6. Under Default playback, select which stream is default. The default stream will be delivered to the client if adaptive playback is not configured.
  7. In the Use edge recordings column, select the check box if you want to use edge recordings. For more information about edge recordings, see Edge recordings.
  8. Click Save.

If you do not want the streams to run at all unless someone is viewing live video, you can modify the Default Start Feed Rule to start on request with the predefined Live Client Feed Requested event.