18AXIS 243Q Blade - Video & image settingsAdvanced - MPEG-4 settingsTools for adjusting the MPEG-4 settings and for controlling the video bit rate.The MPEG-4 standard provides many different coding tools for various applications indifferent situations. As most MPEG-4 clients do not support all of these tools, it is usual toinstead define and use subsets for different clients or groups of clients. These settings allowyou to define the type of viewing client to use.Adjusting the maximum bit rate and setting it to variable or constant is a good way ofcontrolling the bandwidth used by the MPEG-4 video stream.For more information on these advanced settings, please see the online help.Advanced - Overlay/Mask settingsOverlay/Mask typeOverlay/Mask type allows you toplace an overlay, or up to three pri-vacy masks over the video image:• Upload and place animage as an overlay -usually used to provideextra information in thevideo image.• Place up to 3 configurableprivacy masks to concealdifferent areas of thevideo image.Selecting the overlay/mask typefrom the menu will display furthersettings available for the selected type. See the online help for further information.Note: A privacy mask cannot be bypassed, but an overlay image can be bypassed with the help of the AXIS VAPIXAPI.Upload and use an overlay image1. Select Uploaded image as overlay in the drop-down list for Overlay/Mask Type.New options appear.2. In the field Upload own image, click the Browse button and locate the image fileon your computer or server.3. Click the Upload button and follow the on-screen instructions.To use an already uploaded image:1. Select an uploaded image from the Use image drop-down list.TextoverlayImageOverlay