When using GigE cameras ibaCapture Encoder has to be installed with ibaCapture.
The application ibaCapture Encoder grabs image data from GigE cameras and provides an H.264-compliant video encoder to compress incoming video data to a video stream. This video stream can be processed and stored by ibaCapture.
Additionally, ibaCapture Encoder provides diagnostic information for the operation of GigE cameras.
Unlike ibaCapture Server, ibaCapture Encoder does not run as service but as application and hence needs a logged-on user account, see chapter Preparatory Windows settings for GigE cameras.
ibaCapture Encoder is opened by clicking on the 
symbol in the Windows taskbar.
General tab
On the General tab, the status of the program is displayed. The encoder can be started and stopped with the <Start> and <Stop> button. If the option Auto-start at Windows start is enabled, the Encoder starts automatically when logging in to Windows.
ibaCapture Encoder can be set to start with a delay after a system startup. Enter a time in seconds in the field Delay start of recording by ....
This can be useful when cameras need more time for startup and initialization. If GigE cameras start recording without issues, delaying startup is not necessary.
GigE tab
On the GigE tab, the loaded GigE SDK and its version are shown, as well as the versions of Intel Quick Sync Library and NVIDIA Codec. If the libraries have been installed correctly, the display fields are green, red fields indicate an error.
The tab offers sub-tabs for each connected GigE camera. These sub-tabs show camera information and statistics for video acquisition. The information is constantly updated during acquisition.
Camera
The total number of frames, captured by the GigE camera, sent to the computer and received by ibaCapture Server (service). When frames are received from the camera, there could be corrupted frames, and when the encoder is too busy, frames can be dropped. Of course, the number of corrupted and dropped frames should be as low as possible, ideally 0.
Encoder
The encoder selected for this camera is displayed. The following group of values shows how many frames are used for encoding, after corrupted and dropped frames are lost (encoded frames). In addition, the number of frames that were rejected by the encoder is shown.
In case the percentage value of rejected frames is constantly in a critical range (> 5 %), you should consider taking measures such as reduction of frame rate or resolution.
Use hardware acceleration
This checkbox shows whether hardware acceleration is enabled in the camera’s configuration (recommended).
Event log tab
On the Event log tab, events, especially error and warning messages are displayed. All events are stored in a text file, which is stored in the installation directory of ibaCapture Encoder.