Media Server 26.1
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# Type

The analysis engine to use. Set this parameter to one of the following values:

`AlertPath` | Generates an alert when an object follows a specified path through the scene.
`AlertRegion` | Generate an alert when an object is present within a specified region for a specified amount of time.
`AlertStationary` | Generate an alert when an object is stationary for a specified amount of time.
`AlertTripWires` | Generate an alert when an object crosses a tripwire.
`AudioCategorize` | Identify and classify audio segments, for example as "speech", "silence", "noise", or "music".
`AudioMatch` | Recognize known audio clips in ingested media.
`Barcode` | Detect and read barcodes.
`Clothing` | Provides the location of the clothing worn by a person whose face has been detected.
`ClusterSpeech` | Segments an audio recording into different speakers.
`ColorCluster` | Determine the dominant colors in images or video frames.
`FaceDetect` | Detect faces
`Demographics` | Obtain demographic information such as age, gender, and ethnicity for detected faces
`FaceRecognize` | Run face recognition on detected faces.
`FaceState` | Obtain additional information, such as facial expression, about detected faces.
`ImageClassification` | Classify images.
`ImageComparison` | Identify which parts of an image have changed, when compared to an original image that is stored in the training database.
`ImageEmbedding` | Generate a numerical representation of an image - a vector that you can index into your Content component.
`ImageHash` | Generate a hash that describes the approximate color distribution of an image or video frame.
`Keyframe` | Identify keyframes.
`LanguageID` | Identify the language of speech.
`NewsSegmentation` | Identifies the times at which news stories start and finish.
`NumberPlate` | Detect and read license plates on vehicles.
`ObjectClassRecognition` | Recognize objects that belong to known classes.
`ObjectRecognition` | Recognize known objects.
`OCR` | Run Optical Character Recognition (OCR).
`PersistentChangeDetection` | Detects moving objects and generates an alert when an object becomes stationary and remains stationary.
`PersonAnalysis` | Reports information about a person - such as the person's gender, clothing style and color, hair style and color, and hat style and color.
`RemoteAnalysis` | Sends records to another Media Server, which performs analysis and returns the results.
`SceneAnalysis` | Run scene analysis to identify important events in CCTV footage.
`SpeakerID` | Identify speakers.
`SpeechToText` | Transcribe speech into text.
`TextDetection` | Find regions of images and video frames that contain text.
`TrafficLight` | Determines the state of traffic lights.
`VehicleModel` | Identify the manufacturer and model of a vehicle detected by number plate recognition.
`VideoMatch` | Recognize known video clips in ingested media.
`VideoSegmentation` | Divides video into segments that end with a transition to the next scene.

Type: | String
Default: |
Required: | Yes
Configuration Section: | TaskName
Example: | `Type=Barcode`
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Product: Knowledge Discovery Media Server 26.1

Topic Title: Type