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 can’t be stopped by the user (
). - Manual
- Records only when a user or a system action, such as Start recording,
Add a bookmark, or Trigger an alarm, requests it. In this mode, the
Record button in Security Desk indicates the
recording status:
- 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 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, 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).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 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.
- 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.