Canon vb-s31D Handbuch

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(1) Video window menu button

Click to display a menu for operating the video 

window.

(2) Title bar

Displays the camera name and type of video being 

displayed.

Depending on the on-screen display function of the camera, you 
may need to change the display position if displayed text is 

concealed by the title bar or other objects.

You can configure the video window settings, including 

the window size and the video format (JPEG or MPEG-4).

„ Change the Video Window Size

• [160x120] / [320x240] / [640x480]

Change the size of the video window, selecting from 

small ([160x120]), medium ([320x240]) and large 

([640x480]).

• [Default]

Adjusts the size of the video window to the received 

video size. For the video size during reception, see 

“Change the Video Window Resolution” (p. 67).

• [Full Screen]

Display a video on the entire screen. For details, see 

“Display the video Full Screen” (p. 67).

• Drag any corner of the video window to resize it.

• If the video window size selected in the [Video Receive Size] 

submenu is greater than [640 x 480], the load on the CPU will 

increase and the Viewer may operate more slowly.

• Depending on the grid (p. 72) type that is selected, some of 

the [Video Display Size] submenus are grayed out and cannot 
be selected.

• If the video receive size and video display size have a different 

aspect ratio, black bands may be displayed along the left/right 
edges or top/bottom edges of the video.

To display video from other cameras, repeat step 3.

• When an error occurs, the corresponding error message is 

displayed in the video window. For details, see “Error 

• The number of video windows that can be displayed in the 

Viewer depends on factors such as the graphics card, CPU 
performance, frame rate, camera video size, and the video 

quality.

• Viewer operation may slow down under high CPU loads.

(1)

(2)

Click the video window menu button to display the 
menu.

Click [Video Display Size] and select the video window 
size from the submenu.

Grid type

Sizes that cannot be selected in [Video 

Display Size]

[None]

None (any selection is available)

[Alignment]

None (any selection is available)

[160x120]

[Default]

[320x240]

[160x120], [Default]

[640x480]

[160x120], [320x240], [Default]

[Custom]

[160x120], [320x240], [640x480], 
[Default]