Bosch H-264 User's Manual
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1. Telephone Nuremberg STVC PRM Product Management 49 911 93456 0 24 01 2013 To allow the bit rate increase a special Global License Activation Key must be entered via the License page in the Web browser or the Configuration Manager 02 01 1D 01 E7F59A39 5247CA08 C8FFE9F3 F4D1 CEB1 F5DB22B3 To limit the bit rate to 1 2 Mbps again a Global License Deactivation Key can be applied 02 01 1D 00 DF14DC1D OFFCFA4C 0FB214D8 6C231CD1 6585AD46 These Global License Keys are valid for all applicable products To avoid typing errors it is recommended to copy amp paste the keys from this release letter 15 BOSCH and the symbol are registered trademarks of Robert Bosch GmbH Germany2. e Replay from local recording via Web interface has been re introduced This allows replay over bandwidth limited connections and connections using NAT e An early warning message is created when the device is in danger to run out of recording blocks This message can also be sent as SNMP trap e Inalarm e mails with JPEGs attached JPEG name includes camera name date and time information for easier differentiation and archiving e Privacy masks are automatically excluded from alarm creation in MOTION and IVA e Intelligent Video Analysis IVA is enhanced to cover HD resolution e IVA allows Crowd Level Detection in a field e New IVA software framework for more reliable detection This allows reduction of false alarms caused by shadows or windy elements more stable object ID pre estimation of trajectory of an object and improvement of the detection of small and slow objects e New IVA versions can be tested during a 30 day trial period beginning with upgrading to a firmware including a new IVA version This special activation key can only be applied once per new IVA version To start the 30 day trial period a special Global License Activation Key must be entered via the License page in the Web browser or the Configuration Manager 02 08 20 2D0 C3C6D6F8 0FFO05DE6 C9983538 45DB6B3F F2A5AF58 This Global License Key is valid for all applicable and IVA capable products To avoid typing errors it is recommended to copy amp pas
3. frame rate Alternative 720p25 30 HD 720 25 30 frame only JPEG 4CIF 4805 streaming copy of stream 1 from stream 1 fulH rame rate JPEG HD 720p limited frame rate 5 9 Changes with FW 4 53 0014 e Informer firmware releases I frame distance in H 264 BP was fixed at 15 which in combination with low frame rates set by Divar XF 700 caused intermittent video This has been fixed and I frame distance is configurable also for H 264 BP e For keep alive reasons the RTSP parameter GET_PARAMETER is now supported 5 10 Changes with FW 4 53 0009 e Support of AutoDome Junior HD Fixed and VG5 AutoDome series 12 BOSCH and the symbol are registered trademarks of Robert Bosch GmbH Germany BOSCH Security Systems From Telephone Nuremberg STVC PRM Product Management 49 911 93456 0 24 01 2013 5 11 Features with FW 4 53 0009 e ONVIF 1 02 conformance PTZ event and imaging services are supported Firmware is fully conformant to the official ONVIF Test Tool 1 02 e Support SD Card recording in Dinion XF and 2X and Flexidome XF and 2X e New Quadruple Streaming capabilities for HD cameras e All video also the downscaled stream is provided in 16 9 aspect ratio e Recording of I frames only is possible from both stream 1 and stream 2 e Recordings can be exported as mp4 files to a FTP server either manually or after an alarm The resulting file can be replayed with standard players
4. BOSCH Security Systems From Telephone Nuremberg STVC PRM Product Management 49 911 93456 0 24 01 2013 Release Letter H 264 Firmware for Products CPP3 cameras and encoders Version 5 52 0026 This letter contains latest information about the above mentioned firmware version 1 General This firmware is a maintenance release based on former release 5 52 0015 This firmware provides a set of bug fixes for specific CPP3 H 264 dome cameras The platforms have been renamed for a more generic recognition to Common Product Platform short CPP followed by the architecture related number or suffix The filenames are adapted accordingly 1 BOSCH the symbol are registered trademarks of Robert Bosch GmbH Germany Security Systems BOSCH From Telephone Nuremberg STVC PRM Product Management 49 911 93456 0 24 01 2013 Applicable products AutoDome Easy II IP series AutoDome Junior HD Jr HD fix VG4 AutoDome IP series AutoDome 700 IP IVA AutoDome 800 IP IVA series Dinion XF 720p NBN 921 P Dinion XF NBC 455 P Dinion 2X NBN 498 P Flexidome XF 720p NDN 921 P Flexidome XF NDC 455 P Flexidome 2X NDN 498 P Economy Box Cameras NBC 225 series NBC 255 series 255 Economy Dome Cameras NDC 225 series NDC 255 series Economy HD Box Cameras NBC 265 series Economy HD Dome Cameras NDC 265 series Extreme series EX30 IR
5. NEI 30 IR Imager Far Infra Red camera VOT 320 VIP X1 XF Single Channel H 264 Encoder WLAN cameras NBC 255 W and NBC 265 W Economic version VIP X1XF E Video Conference Dome IVA PSU U O 00o O 8 2 BOSCH and the symbol are registered trademarks of Robert Bosch GmbH Germany BOSCH Security Systems From Telephone Nuremberg STVC PRM Product Management 49 911 93456 0 24 01 2013 2 Changes e Bugfix for Junior HD Fixed doesn t always return to saved fixed position e Bugfix for Preset Manual Focus incorrectly returns 1 for Auto OnePush and 2 for Manual e Bugfix for Sector blanking not clearing after some operations e Bugfix for Upgrading firmware with sector 1 blanked causes all sectors to be blanked e Bugfix for Change behavior of Aux 86 and 87 e Bugfix for 66 On removes Install Mode title in Junior HD Fixed e Bugfix for Functional OSD feedback displays replace Display Blanked in blanked sector e Bugfix for Position loss issue for AutoDome 700 amp 800 e Bugfix for Display Blanked message is not always on the screen when sector is banked e Bugfix for Install Mode overlay is removed while Junior HD Fixed is still in Install Mode e Bugfix for SET 898 while zoomed does not reset the pan tilt e Bugfix for Position loss issue for Junior HD e Bugfix for AutoDome 800 series moves in the wrong direction after receivin
6. STVC PRM Product Management 49 911 93456 0 24 01 2013 Web browser interface e Mobile device can access the devices via browsers and are forwarded to specific pages optimized for viewing on mobile devices These pages use HTML5 technology with HTTP streaming for the live stream and HTTP download of recording files mp4 format Apple devices support live view and playback of recordings Android and Windows Phone support live view only e Pixel Counter allows counting of pixels in respect to stream resolution e g to check if number of pixels of object in view is sufficient for identification e Frame only stream can be configured to be shown on the LIVEPAGE e expected frame rate for I Frame only is indicated on recording page e Display of V SDK overlay icons can be configured on the LIVEPAGE settings e Preview images in settings pages can be expanded for more details including 1 1 view e Buttons to reboot a camera remotely and to set all camera and encoder parameters to factory defaults have been added ONVIF e ONVIF Profile S is supported Miscellaneous e Debug logging has been enhanced to ease investigation during support cases e Holidays Special Days are updateable without stop start recording e AAC is supported in addition to G 711 and L16 audio codecs and is selectable for recording It provides higher audio quality than G 711 with 16 kHz sampling rate at significantly lower bit rate of approx 48 kbp
7. curate with extreme values e g hours e For VOT 320 the tasks removed object idle object and crowd detection are not supported e For WLAN cameras viewing recording and replay capabilities are dependent on wireless network quality and throughput Default bit rate values though already lowered may need to be maintained accordingly to match the network s capability e Frame rates in low light mode might vary and cause bit rate control to produce higher bit rates than set as maximum 5 BOSCH and the symbol are registered trademarks of Robert Bosch GmbH Germany BOSCH Security Systems From Telephone Nuremberg STVC PRM Product Management 49 911 93456 0 24 01 2013 e Autopan starts outside of defined range if orientation is set to Inverted e Tilt up limit is treated as lower tilt limit if orientation is set to Inverted e A printout was added to telnet when sending an e mail failed A more detailed printout was added for the three error cases could not connect to server authentication failed and recipient not accepted e For SDXC cards the exFAT file system which is mandatory for SDXC is not supported Using of the bigger storage space is nonetheless possible e Aspect ratios 16 9 and 4 3 are not combinable Aspect ratio from stream 1 will lead e With GOP structure set to IBP and IBBP the I frame distance may not exactly correspond with the set value e Installatio
8. cy Masks when these tamper alarms shall be activated to avoid false alarms e Privacy Masks on AutoDome Junior HD can only be colored gray 4 BOSCH and the symbol are registered trademarks of Robert Bosch GmbH Germany BOSCH Security Systems From Telephone Nuremberg STVC PRM Product Management 49 911 93456 0 24 01 2013 e Privacy masking is not supported for VG4 AutoDome AutoDome Easy II Economy Box cameras NBC 2x5 Economy Dome cameras NDC 2x5 as well as for VIP X1 XF e Access to the BVIP products browser interface with secure connection HTTPS using Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 is only possible with AES Encryption license enabled IE8 does not support 56 bit key DES encryption any more which requires the BVIP products to provide a 128 bit key encryption algorithm This can only be realised by using AES e If the memory protection inside the Internet Explorer is enabled default setting the automatic installation of Autoload Decoder will fail without producing an error message Consequently the replay page will not show video As a work around two options are available o Disable memory protection in Internet Explorer and re connect to the device o Manually download the Autoload Decoder installer from the device The installer can be downloaded via http lt ipaddress gt setup exe and started manually e With I frame only recording and audio also enabled for recording audio will be fragmented
9. ding This can be solved by re formatting the SD card e Throughput limit for simultaneous recording and local replay at 100 playback speed is maximum total recording bit rate of 7 Mbps for external iSCSI recording o maximum total recording bit rate of 10 Mbps for SD card recording depending on SD card performance e SDcard recording performance is highly dependent on the speed class and performance of the SD card e FTP exported files which include audio in a format other than AAC must be renamed from mp4 to m4a to allow correct playback in QuickTime e With streaming set to 1080p or 720p50 60 AES encryption is not possible e For HD cameras the encoder property setting H 264 BP bitrate limited can only be selected for the downscaled second stream e For standard definition devices the encoder property setting H 264 BP HW Decoder can only be selected for one stream If the second H 264 stream is configured for this property the selection of the other stream will be changed to H 264 MP Low Latency e Encoding bit rate for Baseline Profile plus BP is limited to maximum 1 2 Mbps regardless of any other setting in the encoder profile without the special Global License Key applied Additional delay will also be applied maximum end to end delay might be up to 400 ms e Privacy Masks with colors black or white may cause tamper alarms Picture too dark or Picture too bright to trigger Use gray color for Priva
10. est Web browser generations like IE9 e SNMP community names can be defined e HTTP streaming server push allows mobile clients to access video e MTU can be configured to adapt to network conditions 9 BOSCH and the symbol are registered trademarks of Robert Bosch GmbH Germany BOSCH Security Systems From Telephone Nuremberg STVC PRM Product Management 49 911 93456 0 24 01 2013 Recording e Continuous recording files can be exported to a FTP server e Pre alarm recording for short time spans can be done RAM e FTP login data can be verified during setup e Recording ID can be delivered with triggering a virtual alarm and stored within metadata e Filenames for FTP export can be defined more meaningful by using pre defined variables in an Alarm Task Script Please refer to the Alarm Task Scripting Language manual Alarm e Alarm images JPEGs attached to alarm emails can be defined more meaningful by using pre defined variables in an Alarm Task Script e Quality of Service QoS level for video can be set higher on alarm e True HTTP request is now possible in the Alarm Task Editor as an additional SendHTTPCommand VCA e 5 5 has been incorporated in firmware 5 50 Please refer to the respective release letter for details 10 BOSCH and the symbol are registered trademarks of Robert Bosch GmbH Germany BOSCH Security Systems From Telephone Nuremberg
11. fter clicking the Defaults button in the Installer Menu due to WLAN settings are also defaulted e Wit VG5 AutoDomes and Privacy Masks defined in Normal orientation then orientation set to Inverted existing Privacy Masks will be disabled thus the Privacy Masks do not cover the previously defined areas anymore Make sure to adjust the Privacy Masks to the correct position Please check the responding release letter of a camera or encoder for further device specific restrictions 4 System Requirements e Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 0 or higher e Oracle Java Virtual Machine 1 6 0_26 e DirectX 9 0c e MPEG ActiveX 5 30 or newer e Configuration Manager 4 35 or newer 7 BOSCH and the symbol are registered trademarks of Robert Bosch GmbH Germany Security Systems BOSCH From Telephone Nuremberg STVC PRM Product Management 49 911 93456 0 24 01 2013 5 Previous Revisions 5 1 Changes with FW 5 52 0015 e AutoTracker has been renamed to Intelligent Tracking e support has been moved under license and is not available anymore for free 5 2 New Features with FW 5 52 0015 e Support of new DSA E series iSCSI storage arrays e Intelligent Tracking formerly AutoTracker for HD resolution PTZ dome cameras Intelligent Tracking can be controlled by video analysis via an IVA task e g when an object crosses a line Intelligent Tracking starts tracking this object A user can man
12. g the NTCIP Delta command e Bugfix for Junior HD Cogging at full zoom is not acceptable for casino project 3 BOSCH and the symbol are registered trademarks of Robert Bosch GmbH Germany BOSCH Security Systems From Telephone Nuremberg STVC PRM Product Management 49 911 93456 0 24 01 2013 3 Restrictions Known Issues e The camera date time will be set to default Year 2000 after power loss exceeding the buffer period It is important to ensure that the date time is correct for recording An incorrect date time setting could prevent from correct recording e After firmware upload while daylight saving time checkbox is activated the time zone must be adjusted e After reboot the system time re synchronisation may be delayed up to 9 seconds for SNTP respectively up to 14 seconds for time server protocol e LUN size for local recording via Direct iSCSI is limited to 2 TB e VRM version 2 10 or higher is required e n some cases formatting errors on external iSCSI drives may occur which might need multiple tries to overcome e In rare cases it may happen that the owner of an iSCSI LUN is not displayed correctly Recording is not affected just previous owner remains displayed e device had primary and secondary recording running on SD card and is then added to a VRM system the blocks used for primary recording will not be re used reducing the available recording space for the ANR recor
13. n of Autoload Decoder fails if more than one NICs are installed in a PC e For VG5 when Fast Address was changed a reboot is required to activate it e Replay using Autoload Decoder may be jerky when a device is close to or in an overload situation e IVA and flow need at least 12 5 frames per second video input frame rate If IVA or Flow are configured minimum frame rate of 12 5 must be set in ALC mode e In Firefox no audio is audible on the Audio Settings page e Opera mini for mobile devices can not work in Intranets because it gets all pages through an opera proxy in the Internet If there is no Internet connection no content is provided e When changing GUI language the browser cache may have to be deleted and the web browser be reloaded before the language will be selected correctly e QoS values are set according to group Video Audio Control for UDP packets but for TCP packets only the QoS value for Video is inserted e In camera menu of VG5 700 High sensitivity setting is not functional e Blanked sectors in dome cameras may cause too dark alarm or global change alarm when activated e A separate subnet should be used for wireless cameras to avoid access points being overloaded by network traffic Otherwise the connection to the camera might get lost e In AutoDomes blanked sector may trigger too dark alarm e AutoDomes if placed too close to the edge of a scene privacy masking does not cover
14. ncrease the bandwidth limitation for H 264 BP encoded video from 1 2 Mbps up to 2 Mbps H 264 BP requires CAVLC entropy encoding which is handled by the built in CPU The required computational power for CAVLC at 2 Mbps does not allow for more additional functions than MOTION on the CPU Using this mode needs special care for the setup of a camera or encoder to ensure full functionality Please consider the following restrictions to avoid erroneous behaviour Do not enable o JPEG encoding in any way including JPEG Posting or JPEGs in alarm emails iSCSlor SD card recording neither local nor remote o FTP export of recordings o AES encryption Do not allow o Access to the second stream H 264 MP o Access to the JPEG stream Access to RTSP streams If necessary access protect the devices with passwords or disable the relevant ports In case of less than the 2 Mbps being required there may be sufficient computational power left for an additional function The needed performance is dependent on various settings and must be very carefully evaluated using the real environment CPU load must be ensured to be continuously below 90 to keep the system functional Exceeding the available computational power will cause undeterminable behaviour including the risk of loosing video recording of multiple GOP lengths 14 BOSCH and the symbol are registered trademarks of Robert Bosch GmbH Germany Security Systems BOSCH From
15. or not audible during replay Please disable audio recording in case of I frame only recording e With JPEG Posting active when device is booting the first posted JPEG image may be a no cam logo e M JPEG HD resolution always follows HD resolution of stream1 respectively the stream with the higher resolution e Numbering of the recorded files on the replay page is not always contiguous If snippets across block borders belong together like pre alarm and alarm recording the snippets become logically united and only the lower file number is presented in the list e Video and audio may be asynchronous during replay via Web page e FTP posting with resolution 1080p delivers JPEG with size of 1920x1072 pixels due to 16 pixel macroblock boundary of the JPEG encoder e JPEGs from HD cameras in downscaled formats 480p and 240p are not scaled to 16 9 aspect ratio but to aspect ratio of 4CIF respectively CIF e When DHCP is switched on Web browser has to be restarted and reconnected to the newly assigned correct IP address e Video loss might occur when the I frame quality is set to a low value e g 9 a complex scene with a high video resolution With these settings I frames may become too big which might cause a buffer overflow e When configuring a secondary VRM recording while a primary recording is active a gap of a few seconds will occur in the primary recording until all recordings are restarted e Pre alarm time might become less ac
16. s e Firmware files of all three platforms are combined into a common file that can be uploaded to any applicable product regardless of the platform Camera specific features e Enhanced tone mapping for VOT cameras e installation aid for motorized lens devices 5 7 Changes with FW 4 54 0026 e For wireless cameras protocol for connection handling to access point has been improved e For VOT 320 no alarm was signalled when VCA was reconfigured This has been fixed 11 BOSCH and the symbol are registered trademarks of Robert Bosch GmbH Germany Security Systems BOSCH From Telephone Nuremberg STVC PRM Product Management 49 911 93456 0 24 01 2013 5 8 Changes with FW 4 54 0024 e Support of new devices o Wireless LAN cameras NBC 255 W and NBC 265 W Economic version VIP X1XF E AutoDome 700 IP IVA o Video Conference Dome IVA e False Color tables for VOT 320 for better visualization of content of IR image e JPEG stream on HD devices now always delivers HD resolution JPEG Stream 1 Stream 2 Stream 3 Stream 4 Quadruple HD 720p25 30 Downscaled stream _ frame only JPEG HD 720p streaming from stream 1 limited frame rate Alternative HD 1080p25 30 1080p25 30 frame only JPEG HD 1080p streaming copy of stream 1 from stream 1 limited frame rate Alternative 720p50 60 HD 720p50 60 frame only JPEG HD 720p streaming copy of stream 1 from stream 1 __ limited
17. te the key from this release letter e MOTION alarms can be applied with a debounce time of 1 second to reduce event load to management systems e Multiple MOTION or IVA alarms can be aggregated over a configurable time period e Recording of transparent e g ATM or POS data via plain TCP channel is possible Data is stored as metadata and can be searched later on e time limit for tamper detection with reference image has been extended to 9999 seconds 13 BOSCH and the symbol are registered trademarks of Robert Bosch GmbH Germany Security Systems From STVC PRM Product Management BOSCH Telephone Nuremberg 49 911 93456 0 24 01 2013 RTSP audio connections use 8 kHz timestamps to allow audio with standard media players like QuickTime or VLC NTCIP is supported for all AutoDome series Audio is possible in 16 kHz quality for live connections This mode requires approx 500 kbps for such an audio stream Recording of 16 kHz audio is also possible UPnP discovery support can be enabled or disabled Extended multi connectivity by increasing RCP connections to 100 minimum Temperature values current and maximum included in system overview for applicable products with temperature sensor Decentralized event pre processing is possible via Alarm Task scripting Devices can register for RCP messages and payload as input for script actions Implementation of a licensable function to i
18. the complete configured area Center the target part of the scene before creating a privacy mask e AutoTracker bounding box and trajectories are visible behind a blanked sector e AutoTracker requires decent lighting to reliably track objects and will not show optimal performance during night mode e For proper function of AutoTracker digital zoom should be disabled e local media is exchanged existing former recordings are only discovered after rebooting the device e AAC audio timestamps are 90 kHz instead of 16 kHz to ensure compatibility with VideoSDK e If LIVEPAGE is refreshed during recording of Tour AutoDomes the button Stop display will falsely display Start recording but still continue tour recording 6 BOSCH and the symbol are registered trademarks of Robert Bosch GmbH Germany BOSCH Security Systems From Telephone Nuremberg STVC PRM Product Management 49 911 93456 0 24 01 2013 e There is only one configuration for IVA When analysis type is changed e g from IVA to IVA Flow the former configuration is lost Due to this it is not possible to change the analysis type in a VCA profile switch e f FTP export files contain only a few frames some players might not correctly replay such a file or the replay is too quick to recognize something The exported file is not corrupt though it might seem so e AWLAN camera might not be accessible over WLAN anymore a
19. ually start Intelligent Tracking by clicking on an object In auto mode Intelligent Tracking will follow the biggest object e The compass function for AutoDome 700 and 800 series allows calibration for geographic OSD within the video The compass function interferes with Intelligent Tracking and therefore is automatically turned off when Intelligent Tracking is activated 5 3 Changes with FW 5 51 0045 e Mp4 files have been internally restructured to allow almost immediate replay access 5 4 New Features with FW 5 51 0045 e AutoTracker for SD resolution PTZ dome cameras AutoTracker can be controlled by video analysis via an IVA task e g when an object crosses a line AutoTracker starts tracking this object A user can manually start the AutoTracker by clicking on an object In auto mode AutoTracker will follow the biggest object e Support of new device o MIC IP PSU 8 BOSCH and the symbol are registered trademarks of Robert Bosch GmbH Germany BOSCH Security Systems From Telephone Nuremberg STVC PRM Product Management 49 911 93456 0 24 01 2013 5 5 Changes with FW 5 50 0059 e DHCP is enabled by default with new devices to achieve ONVIF Plug amp Play compatibility Settings remain untouched during firmware upgrade e support is now a licensable option for dome cameras e Class D IP addresses are denied for standard address fields in Web browser e Unused pre alarm buffer is released
20. when changing the recording block e RTSP multicast connections need retrigger to keep alive initiated by the CGI parameter mcRetrigger which is set by default It can be disabled by setting mcRetrigger 0 in the RTSP URL for environments where no keep alive messages are sent Otherwise the connection will time out after 1 minute 5 6 New Features with FW 5 50 0059 Encoder e Predictable rate control for long term recording ensures that maximum bit rate is not exceeded by peaks due to high motion This makes storage calculation more reliable e Downscaled images from HD cameras can use resolutions with undistorted 16 9 aspect ratio e JPEGs are also possible with downscaled resolutions e Adaptive Bit Rate encoding is available in TCP mode for replay and live This is activated as long as there is only a single client connected to the stream With the second connection the profile settings become active e Quality settings QP settings are harmonized over all products Network e IPv6 support for Web browser access to product pages including live view control and replay has been introduced e Quality of Service QoS allows setting different priorities for video audio and control connections e Filtering allows defining two IP address ranges allowed to communicate with a device e Flexible path for FTP can be defined using a built in FTP explorer e HTTPS encryption using AES and 3DES ensures compatibility with lat
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