Overlay - Monitor vs. Preview

[pdxrealtor]

Can someone explain the difference? I would like to privacy mask a couple of areas. I would like to be able to monitor in real time without the mask, but in playback mode I would like the privacy overlay to be applied.

[TheUberOverLord]

This would defeat the purpose of the Privacy mask.

Many areas in the world have laws about what you as the camera owner can record. One example would be using a camera that records other homes across the street while it records your homes front area. If that recording happens to record a window in another home where from time to time someone inside that home walks by that window naked. You could be committing a crime or could be sued civilly. Your recordings could be used as evidence.

So, adding Privacy masks later would not save you from that happening

Note: Just because you own and operate a camera does not entitle you to point it anywhere you want. Depending on the laws where you live.

Don

[pdxrealtor]

Good info.

So... what is the difference between Monitor and Preview?

[TheUberOverLord]

Monitor = screen of device viewing camera
Preview = Viewing live video in real-time from the camera.

These references seem to be more of a language translation issue from Chinese to English.

Here is the Users manual and you can do a find on both Monitor and Preview to see what I mean:

https://support.amcrest.com/hc/en-us/ar ... -IP2M-841-

Don