You can use the Camera default settings page to configure the default recording settings applied to all cameras that are controlled by the Archiver role.
Click the Camera default settings tab to view or configure the
following settings:
- Video quality
- Select a Resolution.
- High
- 1270x720 and greater.
- Standard
- Between 320x240 - 1280x720.
- Low
- 320x240 and less.
- Default
- Manufacturer default settings.
- Frame rate
- You can select a value between 1 - 30 fps. Does not apply to default settings.
- Recording mode
- Specifies when recording should take place. Select one of the following modes:
- Continuous
- Records continuously. Recording can’t be stopped by the user (
). - On motion/Manual
- Records when:
- triggered by an action, such as Start recording, Add bookmark, or Trigger alarm,
- required by motion detection settings, or
- requested explicitly by a user.
In this mode, the Record button in Security Desk appears in one of the following ways:
- Grey (
) when the system isn’t recording. Clicking
the button starts the recording. - Red (
) when the system is recording. Clicking the button
stops the recording. - Red with a lock () when the system is recording and can’t be stopped by the
user, such as on motion or on alarm.
- Manual
- Records only when a user or a system action, such as Start recording, Add bookmark, or Trigger alarm, requests it.
- Custom
- Recording is specified by custom schedules.CAUTION:Two recording schedules of the same priority level, for example two daily schedules, can’t overlap, regardless of the recording mode configured for each. When a scheduling conflict occurs, the Archiver role and the video units are displayed in yellow in the entity browser and they issue entity warning messages. For more information, see Schedule conflicts.
- Off
- Recording isn’t permitted (
), even when alarms are triggered.
- Automatic cleanup
- Specifies a retention period for recorded video (in days). Video archives older than this period are deleted.
- (Optional) Show advanced settings
- Click to configure the advanced recording settings.
- Record audio
- Switch ON to record audio with your video. A microphone entity
must be attached to your cameras.NOTE: It isn’t necessary for the attached devices to belong to the same unit as the video encoder. However, for audio recording to work, ensure that the microphone belongs to a unit managed by the same Archiver, with the same Archiver extension, as the video encoder.
- Record metadata
- Switch ON to record metadata with your video. Recording metadata is useful for analytics and for filtering recorded video.
- Redundant archiving
- Switch ON to allow primary, secondary, and tertiary servers to archive video, and audio, at the same time. This setting is effective only if failover is configured.
- Time to record before an event
- Use the slider to set the duration (in seconds) recorded before an event. This buffer
is saved whenever the recording starts, ensuring that whatever prompted the recording is
also captured on video.NOTE: If you set the Time to record before an event parameter to a high value, it increases the memory resources (RAM) required by the Archiver. This reduces the number of cameras that the Archiver can handle. Setting a higher resolution on cameras has the same effect on the Archiver memory resources.
- Time to record after a motion
- Use the slider to set the duration (in seconds) recorded after a motion event. During this time, the user can’t stop the recording.
- Default manual recording length
- Use the slider to select the duration (in minutes) the recording lasts when it’s started manually by a user, or when the Start recording action is triggered.
- Encryption
- Specifies whether or not to encrypt your video data. In this context, video refers to all media types:
video, audio, and metadata.
- None
- The video isn’t encrypted.
- In transit from Archiver
- (Default) The video is encrypted only when it’s streamed from the Archiver. The
video archive isn’t encrypted. All users who have the right to access the camera
can view the encrypted video. There’s no need to install any encryption
certificates. Use this option if your archive storage is secured behind
firewalls.
You must enable Secure communication on the Media Router for this option to work.
This option has the following limitations:- Multicast from the unit isn’t supported
- Audio streamed from Security Desk only supports TCP connection type
- Video streamed to analog monitors isn’t encrypted in transit
- Privacy-protected streams aren’t encrypted in transit
- Backward compatibility (Security Center 5.7 and earlier) isn’t supported:
- Clients in compatibility mode can’t view video encrypted in transit
- Auxiliary Archiver roles in backward compatibility mode can’t archive video encrypted in transit
- Redirectors in backward compatibility mode can’t redirect video encrypted in transit
- In transit and at rest
- The video is encrypted after it reaches the Archiver, using fusion stream
encryption. The video archive on disk is also encrypted. If the video unit
supports encryption and is connected through HTTPS, then the video is encrypted
end-to-end.
To enable this option, you must install at least one encryption certificate on the server hosting the Archiver role.
The video can only be viewed in one of the following ways:- Using a workstation with a certificate that matches one of the listed certificates on the Archiver. Access is restricted to the workstation.
- Using a smart card with a certificate that matches one of the listed certificates on the Archiver. Access is restricted to the holder of the smart card.
We recommended this option when your data center is managed by a third party.
This option has the following limitations:- Video thumbnail and motion detection by the Archiver aren’t supported
- Multicast from the unit is supported only if the unit supports encryption
- Video encrypted in version 5.8 and later can’t be decrypted in version 5.7 and earlier
NOTE:
- Recording settings that are configured in the Security Center installer assistant are carried over to the Camera default settings tab.
- Recording settings defined on the Recording tab of an individual camera supersede the settings defined on the Camera default settings tab.