By default, the Multiscreen is set to limit the cumulative FPS (Frames Per Second) of all cameras being displayed to 30. This means that if 10 cameras are being viewed, each camera would stream at an average 3 FPS. The Multiscreen has some troubleshooting capabilities built into it, which detects when 30 cumulative FPS is not possible due to lack of network or video card resources, and notifies you when the Multiscreen is closed.

The message will tell you what the current setting is, and a suggested setting based on the resources currently available to the machine such as: FPS Set = 30, FPS Calculated = 15. For best performance, adjust the Max Cumulative FPS setting in the Multiscreen section of the Client Settings to be closer to the suggested (calculated) number. The suggested setting can vary with each time the client is run, based on the current network traffic and number of people connected to the cameras. After adjusting the setting for better performance, the notification can be disabled by un-checking the Show/Adjust FPS checkbox in the Multiscreen section of the Client Settings.

If the suggested (calculated) setting is very low, check your network and video card resources. The minimum suggested Video Card specification for a DETEXI Client machine is to have at least 128MB of dedicated on-board memory. Many video cards do not have on-board memory, but share memory with the Operating System – such video cards are not robust enough for live video streaming, as is done in the DETEXI Client software.