Summary 

The WAVE Client Desktop can be installed on most modern computers with a 64-bit architecture. That being said, WAVE Client, and all software in general, is only as stable as the hardware it is installed upon. Although WAVE Client Desktop is an extremely lightweight application that uses a minimum amount of hardware resources, we do recommend using the following hardware specifications for most situations. 

Prerequisites

To use the Wave Desktop application, a computing device must have at least the following:

• A supported 64-bit Operating System
• OpenGL 2.1 Support or better
• An Intel or AMD CPU

NOTE: The recommendations below are based on the assumption that the computer being 
used is dedicated to the WAVE Client application with the default settings and is 
not used to run additional applications concurrently as this may impact the 
performance and stability of your System.

Hardware Recommendations

We recommend using the following specifications and prerequisites mentioned above to have a smooth user experience when using the WAVE Desktop client with up to 64 devices in a layout. 

Single Monitor Workstation

Dual Monitor Workstation

Quad Monitor Workstation

NOTE: WAVE Client Desktop uses only the CPU for video decoding and can display up 
to 64 items on the viewing grid. The GPU is used for de-warping on the fly, 
drawing animations, controls, and rendering UI elements in the client. 

NOTE: We assume that one instance of WAVE Desktop runs on one monitor. If you 
want to run two instances of WAVE Client Desktop on one monitor, use the 
recommended specs of the "Dual Monitor Workstation". For three or four instances 
of WAVE Desktop, use the recommended specs for the "Quad Monitor Station". 

NOTE: Please take notice that de-warping a fish-eye camera will set its resolution 
to "High". As a result, the specifications as mentioned above might not apply and 
are dependent on the camera settings (e.g., resolution, framerate, etc). It is 
better to take the suggestions mentioned below in the decoding capabilities 
paragraph. 

Decoding Capabilities

Although it is difficult to offer reliable recommended specifications with regard to the decoding capabilities of a system due to multiple variables of a stream, we tried to provide some guidance to select the right workstations for your requirements.  

The following camera settings were taken into consideration when creating these recommendations: 

• Resolution of 1920 x 1080 or less
• Framerate of 15 fps or less
• Bandwidth of 2 Mbps or less
• Group of Pictures (GOP) of 15 (IBBBBPBBBBPBBBBI)
• H.264 compression method

Up to 8 high-resolution streams

Up to 16 high-resolution streams

Up to 32 high-resolution streams

NOTE: Please keep in consideration that most monitors have a native resolution of 
1920x1080. As a result, there is no benefit of displaying more than 1 Full HD camera 
in High Resolution on such a screen. The same applies to displaying more than 4 Full 
HD cameras on a 4K screen or more than 16 Full HD cameras on an 8K screen.  

Why No Minimum Hardware Requirements?

Although WAVE Desktop is a very lightweight application that can run on an Atom Powered Intel Compute stick there are too many variables and use cases to determine viable minimum requirements. 

A user who only reviews footage based on events/notifications and exports only small sections of footage would have very different requirements than a professional operator that interacts with many cameras/resources at the same time.

Do You Have Different Requirements?

Every project has its unique needs, but the recommendations above will fulfill the needs of most projects. If you have special requirements like displaying many high-resolution streams, using more than four monitors for a video wall, or other project-specific requirements, reach out to your local Hanwha Wave distributor/reseller to discuss these requirements and possible solutions.

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