Streaming capacities for the Genetec Web App - The number of video streams and amount of traffic that Security Center 5.12 can deliver vary depending on several factors. For example, the camera stream settings, the Media Gateway role settings, the video resolution, and the performance of the server that hosts the Web App Server role. - Security Center 5.12

Security Center System Requirements Guide 5.12

Product
Security Center
Content type
System requirements
Version
5.12
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en-US
Last updated
2025-01-31

The number of video streams and amount of traffic that Security Center 5.12 can deliver vary depending on several factors. For example, the camera stream settings, the Media Gateway role settings, the video resolution, and the performance of the server that hosts the Web App Server role.

The Media Gateway role is used by Genetecâ„¢ Mobile, Security Center Web Client, and Genetecâ„¢ Web App to get transcoded video from Security Center. The Media Gateway role supports the Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP), which external applications can use to request raw video streams from Security Center.
The stream settings are configured in Config Tool. For more information, see the following topics: The Web App Server sends the video stream that best fits the size of the video tile in the Genetecâ„¢ Web App requesting the video.

Security Center cameras configured to H.264 (320 x 240) 15 FPS @ 250 Kbps

Requested dimensions Max number of streams Outbound network traffic Outbound network traffic per stream
MJPEG (320 x 240) 180 65 Mbps 0.36 Mbps1
H.264 (320 x 240) 150 42 Mbps 0.28 Mbps

Security Center cameras configured to H.264 (640 x 480) 15 FPS @ 500 Kbps

Requested dimensions Max number of streams Outbound network traffic Outbound network traffic per stream
MJPEG (320 x 240) 80 40 Mbps 0.5 Mbps1
MJPEG (640 x 480) 110 125 Mbps 1.14 Mbps1
H.264 (640 x 480) 150 90 Mbps 0.6 Mbps

Security Center cameras configured to H.264 (1280 x 720) 15 FPS @ 2.5 Mbps

Requested dimensions Max number of streams Outbound network traffic Outbound network traffic per stream
MJPEG (320 x 180) 45 30 Mbps 0.67 Mbps1
MJPEG (640 x 360) 40 60 Mbps 1.5 Mbps1
MJPEG (1280 x 720) 55 190 Mbps 3.45 Mbps1
H.264 (1280 x 720) 135 120 Mbps 0.89 Mbps

Security Center cameras configured to H.264 (1920 x 1080) 15 FPS @ 2.5 Mbps

Requested dimensions Max number of streams Outbound network traffic Outbound network traffic per stream
MJPEG (320 x 180) 23 12 Mbps 0.52 Mbps1
MJPEG (640 x 360) 20 28 Mbps 1.4 Mbps1
MJPEG (1280 x 720) 16 65 Mbps 4.1 Mbps1
MJPEG (1920 x 1080) 16 140 Mbps 8.75 Mbps1
H.264 (1920 x 1080) 60 260 Mbps 4.33 Mbps

1 The Web App Server automatically transcodes the video stream when required, which can result in a different bit rate than the original stream.