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 from 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 cannot be stopped by the user (
). - On motion/Manual
- Recording begins when triggered by the following:
- A specific action, such as Start recording, Add bookmark, or Trigger alarm
- Motion detection
- User requests
In this mode, the Record button in Security Desk indicates the recording status:
- 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 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, 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).NOTE: 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.
- 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. For more information, see Setting up redundant archiving.
- 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.
- 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 is not encrypted.
- In transit from Archiver
- (Default) The video is encrypted only when it is streamed from the Archiver. The
video archive is not encrypted. All users who have the right to access the camera
can view the encrypted video. There is no need to install any encryption
certificates. Use this option if your archive storage is secured behind
firewalls.
Enable Secure communication on the Media Router for this option to work.
This option has the following limitations:- Multicast from the unit is not supported
- Audio streamed from Security Desk only supports TCP connection type
- Video streamed to analog monitors is not encrypted in transit
- Privacy-protected streams are not encrypted in transit
- Backward compatibility (Security Center 5.7 and earlier) is not supported:
- Clients in compatibility mode cannot view video encrypted in transit
- Auxiliary Archiver roles in backward compatibility mode cannot archive video encrypted in transit
- Redirectors in backward compatibility mode cannot 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 recommend 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 are not supported.
- Multicast from the unit is supported only if the unit supports encryption.
- Video encrypted in version 5.8 and later cannot be decrypted in version 5.7 and earlier.
- Custom settings per server
- Switch ON to configure different archiving and retention settings for each server assigned to this Archiver role. Per-server settings are useful when managing limited data storage.
- Archiving enabled
- Switch ON to enable video archiving on this server. When disabled and the Archiver role is running on this server, cameras are used only for live viewing and any recording schedule configuration is ignored.
- Archiving stream usage
- The stream quality we will record on this server. Select one of the following:
- Live: Stream used for viewing live video.
- Recording: (Default) Stream recorded by the Archiver for future investigation.
- Remote: Stream used for viewing live video when bandwidth is limited.
- Low resolution: Stream used instead of live stream when the tile used to view the stream in Security Center is small.
- High resolution: Stream used instead of a live stream when the tile used to view the stream in Security Center is large.
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.