> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.dwe.ai/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Camera Controls > A comprehensive guide to understanding and configuring your camera settings in dweOS. ## Overview Accessing a camera's controls can be done through the dropdown toggle at the bottom of a camera card.

Each camera card has its own **Camera Controls** from which you can adjust the camera parameters to better suit your use cases. Below is an example of our **exploreHD** camera controls. ### Reset Controls You can quickly revert all parameters to their factory defaults at any time by clicking the **RESET CONTROLS** button at the bottom of the camera controls panel.

Below is a general overview of what each parameter controls and what tweaking the values would change. ## Encoding Settings ### Bitrate Determines the amount of data processed per second of video. Higher values yield better video quality but consume more network bandwidth.

### Group of Pictures Sets the interval between key-frames (I-frames) in the video stream. A higher value improves compression efficiency, while a lower value can reduce latency and improve stream stability over weak connections.

### Variable Bitrate When enabled, the stream's bitrate will dynamically adjust based on the visual complexity of the scene (VBR), saving bandwidth during static shots rather than pushing a constant bitrate (CBR). In practice, it will use a bitrate between 10mbps and 70mbps.

## Image & Color Adjustments ### Brightness Adjusts the overall lightness or darkness of the video feed.

### Contrast Modifies the difference between the lightest and darkest areas of the image.

### Saturation Controls the intensity and vividness of the colors.

### Hue Shifts the overall color phase (tint) of the video.

### Auto White-Balance / AI TrueColor Technology™ Toggles our proprietary **auto white-balance algorithm** designed to optimize color accuracy and clarity for underwater.

### Gamma Adjusts the brightness of the mid-tones in the video without severely affecting the extreme shadows or bright highlights.

### Gain Artificially amplifies the video signal to increase brightness in low-light scenarios. Increasing Gain too much can introduce digital noise or "grain" into your video feed.

### Sharpness Enhances edge detail to make the image appear crisper and more defined.

## Exposure & Lighting ### Power Line Frequency Prevents video flickering caused by artificial lights. You should set this to match your local region's electrical grid frequency (e.g., `60 Hz` for North America, `50 Hz` for Europe/Asia).

### White Balance Temperature Adjusts the color temperature of the camera. Lower values produce cooler (more blue) tones, while higher values produce warmer (more orange) tones.

### Backlight Compensation Adjusts the exposure to properly illuminate darker subjects that are positioned against a bright background, preventing them from appearing as silhouettes.

### Auto Exposure When enabled, the camera automatically calculates and adjusts its exposure settings based on the surrounding ambient light.

### Exposure Time, Absolute Allows you to manually dictate the specific duration the sensor is exposed to light per frame. You generally need to toggle **Auto Exposure** off for manual absolute exposure times to take full effect.

### Exposure, Dynamic Framerate When toggled on, this allows the camera to automatically lower its framerate in dark environments. This increases the exposure time per frame, resulting in a brighter image at the cost of video smoothness.