Patent ID: 8879886

Claim:
A computer implemented method of configuring a storage device having a storage capacity for recording video data from a plurality of video sources, the method comprising: providing, to a user, a list of camera parameters that control settings of the plurality of video sources, the settings affecting an amount of video data provided by at least one of the plurality of video sources; allowing the user to select a camera parameter from the list; allowing the user to change the selected camera parameter; determining an effect of changing the selected camera parameter on the amount of video data expected to be provided by the plurality of video sources; providing the user with feedback concerning the effect of changing the selected camera parameter; enabling the user to change a global camera parameter that affects the settings of all of the plurality of video sources; enabling the user to lock a local camera parameter related to a particular video source from the plurality of video sources so that the local camera parameter pertaining to the particular video source is not changed when a user changes the global camera parameter that affects the settings of all of the plurality of video sources; and adjusting at least one unlocked camera parameter based on the local camera parameter having been locked, the global camera parameter, and the storage capacity provided by the storage device.