Hangzhou, China, May 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Hikvision announced the launch of Guanlan Encoding, an AI-powered video compression technology that delivers average storage savings of 30% to 50% without compromising critical video quality.
As resolutions improve, channel counts increase, and retention periods extend, storage has become one of the major cost drivers for video security. Guanlan encoding is built on the H.265 international standard and leverages Hikvision’s Guanlan large-scale AI model. Extend Guanlan from video analytics to encoding pipelines.
For security deployments, especially large-scale security deployments, Guanlan encoding can halve HDD requirements and rack space while significantly reducing long-term power consumption and reducing total cost of ownership over the project lifecycle.
Stay focused and reduce storage
Traditional codecs treat all pixels equally, forcing operators to choose between higher resolution images and more efficient storage. Guanlan encoding solves that dilemma. Identify important objects in a scene, such as people and vehicles, and preserve them in full clarity through precise region of interest (ROI) segmentation while hyper-compressing redundant background data.
Jason Yang, vice president of Hikvision International Business Center, said: “Guanlan encoding first examines the image and then decides what is worth keeping in full clarity.”
This technology combines two complementary modes. Dynamic sensing adjusts bitrate allocation in real time to preserve detail in complex, fast-moving scenes. Static optimization applies ultra-high compression to still images or footage with little movement, reducing some frames to just tens of bytes. Together, they move video encoding from a one-size-fits-all solution to an intelligent, on-demand encoding approach.
Tested in various scenes
Internal comparison testing between traditional H.265 and Guanlan encoding confirms consistent bitrate savings.
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Dining room (24 hours): 49% savings across daily traffic fluctuations
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Office Park Admission (30 minutes): 42% savings during peak hours
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Corporate Lobby (2 hours): Save 38% in a standard indoor environment
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Bustling Shopping Street (1 hour): Save 18% on highly complex and high-activity scenes
Standards compliant, zero migration
Guanlan encoding is built on H.265, so it works seamlessly with existing H.265 decoders, Hikvision, and third-party devices, and supports advanced AI analytics. Encoding format, frame rate, and resolution remain unchanged, making it easy to implement in both new and existing projects.
