To access the Symphony Client Settings dialog box:
1. From the View menu, select Settings. The Symphony Client Settings dialog box opens.
2. Click the Camera View tab.
• Symphony allows you to open a split screen or virtual video matrix window that can show 1 to 25 cameras simultaneously. This requires a lot of CPU resources on the client PC.
• Frame Rate section - allows you to configure whether to run Camera View windows at a decreased frame rate to reduce CPU load on the client PC.
• Camera view tool button default behavior section - allows you to select the default camera view layout (either floating for docked) when Symphony Client is launched.
In Symphony version 6.9 and prior, the Camera View tab is referred to as Multi View tab.
Should you run a Camera View (multi view) at a decreased frame rate? What is the benefit?
• If you run it at 1 FPS instead of 5, 15, 30, you benefit from decreased client CPU and GPU load, about 10% of current values (a major savings).
What is the loss?
• Video will not be smooth.
When should you consider it?
• Use this feature if you have a large number of panels in the Camera View (multi-view), for example, 9 or more panels.
• If your CPU & GPU are powerful enough, you probably never have to reduce the frame rate.