# nDVR IPcamera recommended settings **URL:** \ **Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\ **Created:** [February 26, 2014, 12:58pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/ndvr-ipcamera-recommended-settings/38583 "2014-02-26T12:58:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sathishkumar\_KPS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/51bf81/32.png) [@Sathishkumar\_KPS](https://community.wowza.com/u/Sathishkumar_KPS)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 12:58pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/ndvr-ipcamera-recommended-settings/38583/1 "2014-02-26T12:58:00Z")
Hi, I’m planning to setup a CCTV environment. For that I’m using 2 IP camera now ( Dahua and Hikvision) ( cameras will be increased later). I have setup nDVR application in the server and my current server spec is Intel® Xeon® CPU E5-2630L 0 @ 2.00GHz - 4 core 1 Gb/sec network 8 GB Ram Could someone please let me know the wowza recommended IP camera settings if any like Resolution, Frame rate, Bit rate type( CBR , VBR ), Bit rate, I frame interval Please let me know if you want any other information additionally. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Lanham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2014, 11:06am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/ndvr-ipcamera-recommended-settings/38583/2 "2014-02-27T11:06:38Z")
It depends on what you are doing. If you are transcoding you’ll want to a high quality (bitrate, frame size, fps) source to transcode. I would choose VBR over CBR if that is the only choice, or a constrained VBR if that is available, i.e. VBR within limits. It is a good idea to have a fixed gop (I frame interval) and FPS setting that is half that (e.g. 48gop, 24fps): 2 second key frame frequency, which is ideal for HTTP stream types. Richard