Channels Configuration Parameters
The parameters in this section configure the number of processing channels Media Server requests from your License Server. You might want to restrict the number of processing channels if you have multiple Media Servers.
Channel Type | Permitted Operations | Allocating Channels |
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VisualChannels |
The only operations not included in a visual channel are those for audio processing. |
Allocate one channel for each concurrent For example, to run OCR and object recognition on one video stream, set |
SurveillanceChannels |
The following features are included if they are used with face detection, ANPR, scene analysis, or text detection:
A surveillance channel also includes all video management features. |
Allocate one channel for each analysis task, multiplied by the number of concurrent To run face detection and face recognition on the video from one camera (with a database of up to 250 faces), you can set |
AudioChannels |
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Allocate one channel for each concurrent process action that includes audio processing. For example, if you want to run object recognition, language identification, and speech-to-text on one video stream, set VisualChannels=1 and AudioChannels=1 . |
VideoManagementChannels |
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Allocate one video management channel for each concurrent Visual, surveillance, and audio channels all include these operations, so you do not need to allocate a video management channel for any action that is already allocated another type of channel. |