Motion detection (explained)

Motion detection configuration is a key element in your system: Your motion detection configuration determines when the system generates motion events and typically also when video is recorded.

Time spent on finding the best possible motion detection configuration for each camera helps you later avoid, for example, unnecessary recordings. Depending on the physical location of the camera, it may be a good idea to test motion detection settings under different physical conditions such as day/night and windy/calm weather.

You can specify settings related to the amount of changes required in a camera's view in order for the change to be regarded as motion. You can, for example, specify intervals between motion detection analysis and areas of a view in which motion should be ignored. You can also adjust the accuracy of the motion detection and thereby the load on system resources.

Image quality

Before you configure motion detection for a camera, Milestone recommends that you have configured the camera's image quality settings, for example resolution, video codec and stream settings. You do this on the Settings tab in the Properties window for the device. If you later change image quality settings, you should always test any motion detection configuration afterwards.

Privacy masks

If you have defined areas with permanent privacy masks, there is no motion detection within these areas.