ibaPDA uses the same software components for the camera views like the ibaCapture Player. Thus, you can set up the same properties and features in the preferences of the camera view like you do in the properties of a camera in the ibaCapture Manager.

There is no difference in the settings between the preferences and properties dialog.

Camera information

By setting/removing a checkmark, you can hide/show the five camera information elements.

  • Name

  • Play mode

  • Play speed

  • Time stamp

  • Key frames only

  • Recording mode

If enabled, the information is displayed at the bottom of the camera view.
View

  • Uncheck the "Show toolbar" option to hide the replay toolbar in the camera view.

  • Enable the option Anchor markers on X-axis in order to place the play marker in the timeline of the camera view at a certain point of time. When zooming or panning the X-axis the marker sticks to the set point of time.

  • Check "Select all cameras" to select and lock all camera windows. For doing so, use the symbolin the toolbar.

  • Show key frames only In order to save system resources, you can switch the camera display to reduced pictures in the data flow, e.g. by enabling the "Key frames only" view mode. For that purpose, set a checkmark in the "Show key frames only" option field. This activates the two option fields "All cameras" and "All cameras except selected ones". Selecting the "All Cameras" option enables you to set the "Key frames only" view mode for all cameras. With the "All cameras except selected ones" option, all cameras except for those selected are set to "Key frames only" view mode, i.e. only the selected cameras show fluid motion.

  • Check "Dock timeline in view" to display the video timeline on the bottom of the camera view window. Specify in the "Refresh interval" input field the update time of the timeline. Do not set the update time too low in order to avoid unnecessary network load. For more details about the time line, please refer to the ibaCapture manual.

  • Navigation key time step settings By entering values given in seconds for the <←/<→> and <Page up>/<Page down> keys, you can define short time step and long time step setting when using these keys for navigation on the timeline.

  • Automatically zoom out after X s of inactivityIf you enable this option, the camera view will return from a zoomed image back to the full image automatically, unless you operate mouse or keyboard within the specified time range (given in seconds).
Replay speed

In the section “Replay speed” you can enable the option Pause after time jump in order to switch the display in pause mode after performing a time jump. The playback then will not start immediately but wait for your start command.

In addition, for confirming the(Next image) and(Previous image) buttons, you can set additional replay speed in images per second (fps).

If you enable the option Switch to live mode when replay catches up with the live video, the display continuous scrolling with the actual time at normal speed, after the playback has reached the current point of time. This can only be the case if the replay speed is higher than the original speed.
Live

The live streaming settings apply to the streaming protocols between the ibaCapture server and client. Clients can be ibaCapture Manager (camera view), ibaPDA camera view or ibaQPanel camera view.

For setting up the streaming protocol, you can choose between the following options:

  • Auto (default) In auto mode, the system starts using the unicast UDP protocol, usually the best choice. If, however, too many frames get lost, the system automatically switches to TCP mode. This could happen, for instance, if the server is running in a Gigabit network while the client is connected over a 100 Mbit network.

  • Unicast UDP Recommended streaming protocol

  • TCP Recommended streaming protocol if UDP does not work satisfactorily.

  • TCP Active Like TCP, if ibaPDA should establish the connection.

Furthermore, you can enable an option for the camera view switching to live mode automatically, unless you operate mouse or keyboard within the specified time range (given in seconds).
Notifications

You can optionally enable a warning message in the view, which appears when a camera has been removed.