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IPCAM Network Camera Series MPEG-4 Estimated Recording Time Calculator

This calculation tool is to be used for reference purposes only. This calculation tool should be used as reference with the 4XEM IPCAM IP Network Camera and IP Network Video Server line of products that are designed to utilize MPEG-4 compression as the Video Compression Method.

Recording Time Calculator
Enter the amount of Hard Drive space you have set aside for recording your camera video and the Bit Rate your camera will be set to. This will calculate the amount of time you will have to record video.

HDD size (GB)
Bit Rate (Kbps)

Recording Time (days)

Fixed Bit Rate Calculator
This will display the amount of recording time you have by setting your camera to a specific Bit Rate. Changing the frames per second will not change the recording time but will change the quality of the video.

Fixed Bit Rate (Kbps)	64	128	256	384	512	768	1000	1200
Frames per Second
Frame Size (KBytes)
Record Size per Second (MBytes)
Record Size per Minute (MBytes)
Record Size per Hour (MBytes)
Record Size per Day (MBytes)

Fixed Quality Record Time Calculator
By changing the Frames Per Second you will see how much recording time you will have with each quality setting.

Fixed Quality	Medium	Standard	Good	Detailed	Excellent
Frame Size (KBytes)
Frames per Second
Record Size per Second (MBytes)
Record Size per Minute (MBytes)
Record Size per Hour (MBytes)
Record Size per Day (MBytes)