not getting full bit rate

[Jessie.slimer]

I have all of my 2mp Dahua cameras set to CBR, with the highest bit rate selected for each in the camera's UI, but when I look at under the camera settings, general tab in Blue Iris, they are all operating around 700-800 kB/s with the exception of my 4mp 5442 which is at around 1000 kB/s. Am I missing some setting somewhere to get full bandwidth? Thanks.

 

[Q™]

Is this the "More is Better" thought process? Setting the your bitrate to CBR's highest available bitrate is just wasting disk space...

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[fenderman]

I have all of my 2mp Dahua cameras set to CBR, with the highest bit rate selected for each in the camera's UI, but when I look at under the camera settings, general tab in Blue Iris, they are all operating around 700-800 kB/s with the exception of my 4mp 5442 which is at around 1000 kB/s. Am I missing some setting somewhere to get full bandwidth? Thanks.

You are confusing bytes and bits

 

[Jessie.slimer]

You are confusing bytes and bits

DOH! Just went back and saw this. Thanks as always for your speedy responses.

 

[Jessie.slimer]

Is this the "More is Better" thought process? Setting the your bitrate to CBR's highest available bitrate is just wasting disk space...

Calculating Required Hard Drive Size

Calculate the hard drive (HDD) size necessary for your surveillance camera system. Pinpoint amount of days of recordings & more. Save & view results later.

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Yes, I did read a bit on CBR vs VBR here a while ago, and was running VBR for a while, but decided to change to CBR when I realized that I only filled my 6TB drive halfway up in a month, and I'm only saving 30 days of video.I figured why not, since hard drive space is no issue in my application. CBR might not be any better, but it certainly is not worse than VBR from what I understand (at least in quality).

I may change my thought process when I get as many cameras as you guys.