You can set up the closest match of available video streams for the resolution requested by a view item when you enable adaptive streaming in XProtect Smart Client. For more information, see Enable adaptive streaming.

In XProtect Smart Client, adaptive streaming can be applied in live and in playback mode. In the mobile clients, it is only available in live mode.

When applied in playback mode, the streaming method is referred to as adaptive playback. For more information, see Adaptive playback