Stats for Nerds

Topics included in this article:

• Overview
• Add the "Stats for Nerds" Layer
• Included Stats
• Helpful Links
• Contact Support or Sales

Overview

The "Stats for Nerds" overlay provides real-time technical information about a camera's live video stream, helping to troubleshoot streaming quality and performance. The overlay displays key details such as stream type, network connection, resolution, and dropped frames. This article explains how to enable the "Stats for Nerds" layer and describes the information it provides.

Add the "Stats for Nerds" Layer

1. Navigate to the "Devices" page and select a camera.

2. Hover over the ellipsis menu on the video player, click "Layers," then select "Stats for Nerds."

Included Stats

This layer displays the following information:

• Live: Indicates whether you are viewing live or historical footage.
• LAN: Indicates whether the connection is over a local area network (LAN) or a wide area network (WAN). 
• Host: Displays the server address.
• Codec: Displays the video codec in use (for example, H.264).
• Viewport: Displays the size of the browser window used to view the video.
• Resolution: Displays the video's pixel resolution.
• Dropped Frames: Displays the number of video frames that were not successfully received or rendered.

Helpful Links

• Camera & Image Settings
• Logging in to the Rhombus Console

Contact Support or Sales

Have more questions? Contact Rhombus Support at +1 (877) 746-6797 option 2 or support@rhombus.com.

Interested in learning more? Contact Rhombus Sales at +1 (877) 746-6797 option 1 or sales@rhombus.com.