What should my camera's bitrate be?

Modified on: Wed, 4 Jan, 2023 at 4:37 PM

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To find the recommended bitrate for a camera the recommendation is to download the network and storage calculator from us.hikvision.com. Using the calculator enter the information of the camera including resolution, framerate, scene complexity and encoding. The calculator will make the recommended bitrate. Below is an example using the calculator for a standard 4 megapixel camera.