You can use the Camera recording page to configure the default recording settings applied to all cameras associated to the Auxiliary Archiver role. Recording settings defined on the Recording page of individual cameras supersede the settings defined on the Camera recording page of the Auxiliary Archiver.
Click the Camera recording tab to view or configure the
following settings:
- Video stream
- Select the default video stream that the Auxiliary Archiver should record for each camera. The video streams are configured for each individual camera.
- Recording modes
- Apply different recording modes on different schedules.
- Continuous
- Records continuously. Recording cannot be stopped by the user (
). - Manual
- Records only when a user or a system action, such as Start recording,
Add bookmark, or Trigger alarm, requests it. In this mode, the
Record button in Security Desk appears in one of the
following ways:
- Grey (
) when the system is not 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 cannot be stopped
by the user, such as on alarm.
- Grey (
- Custom
- Recording is specified by custom schedules.CAUTION:Two recording schedules of the same priority level, for example two daily schedules, cannot 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 is not 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 is not 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.
- 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.
- 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 cannot stop the recording.
- Default manual recording length
- Use the slider to select the duration (in minutes) the recording lasts when it is started manually by a user, or when the Start recording action is triggered.