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How to set up FPS speed up in XProtect VMS

This is a general guide for XProtect Corporate, XProtect Expert, and the XProtect ‘+’ products to be
used in conjunction with the already created KB 2820 (“Increase the frame rate on event in XProtect
Corporate and Expert (how-to)”):
https://supportcommunity.milestonesys.com/SCRedir?art=000002820&lang=en_US

Essentially you need to configure the system to run at a low frame rate then build a rule that will
change the frame rate on an event like motion. With the rules engine you can change the frame rate
on the device a few different ways. It is worth noting that when changing the frame rate on
h.264/h.265 there will be a slight drop in feeds as the setting is applied to the device. This is
unavoidable due to the design of advanced H.26x encoding and will require a restart of the camera
video stream. Depending on the device brand and model, this typically takes from 1 to several
seconds. If you require fully variable frame rate, only MJPG encoding allow this.

The pictures below will only effect the recorded framerate and not the live framerate, so when
testing the rule make sure you are reviewing recorded footage and not monitoring the live frame
rate.

Step 1: Setting up the camera settings:

- Ensure your device is running a supported device pack / firmware combination please check
https://www.milestonesys.com/community/business-partner-tools/supported-
devices/xprotect-corporate-and-xprotect-expert/
- Set the frame rate and keyframe setting on the stream settings page to be the same value
(this is to give you 1 FPS, if you wish to have another value you will need to calculate the
keyframe setting vs the FPS setting as we will be using the “record keyframe only” setting.
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Step 2: Ensure you have the “Record keyframes only” setting ticked under the recording tab for that
stream.

Step 3: Build the rule as per below. As mentioned, there are a few different combinations of rules
you can use, see the KB link at the top of this guide.

The rule seen below is to change the FPS from 1 FPS to full frame rate that is set in the camera
settings tab.

With the configuration setup in this guide the outcome should be a 1 FPS when there is no motion,
and 20 FPS speed-up when motion is detected.
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