Video recording (properties)

When you configure video and recording, you can specify certain properties for many cameras in one go. Either in order to speed up things, or because the relevant properties are shared by all cameras rather than being specific to individual cameras.

The term recording means saving video and, if applicable, audio from a camera in the camera's database on the surveillance system server. Video/audio is often saved only when there is a reason to do so, for example as long as motion is detected, when an event occurs and until another event occurs, or within a certain period of time.

You can edit all properties on a white background. You cannot edit properties on a light blue background.

Note that you can also specify all of the Video Recording properties individually for each camera.

Name	Description
Template	The template can help you configure similar properties quickly. Say you have 20 cameras and you want to change the recording path, archiving path, and retention time for all of them. Instead of having to enter the same three pieces of information 20 times, you can simply enter them once in the template, and then apply the template to the 20 cameras with only two clicks.
Apply Template	Select which cameras you want to apply the template for. Use one of the two Set buttons to actually apply the template.
Camera Name	The name as it appears in the Management Application as well as in clients. You can overwrite the existing name with a new one. Names must be unique, and must not contain any of these special characters: < > & ' " \ / : * ? \| [ ]
Record on	Select under which conditions video from the camera should be recorded: Always: Record whenever the camera is enabled and scheduled to be online. The latter option allows for time-based recording. Never: Never record. Live video is shown, but users cannot play back video from the camera because no video is kept in the database. Motion Detection: Select this to record video when motion is detected. Unless you add post-recording, recording stops immediately after the last motion is detected. Event: Select this to record video when an event occurs and until another event occurs. Use of recording on event requires that events have been defined, and that you select start and stop events. Use the Configure events list located below the other fields to define events that suit your needs. Motion Detection and Event: Select this to record video in which motion is detected, or when an event occurs and until another event occurs. Remember to select start and stop events in the neighboring columns.
Start Event	Select the relevant start event. Recording will begin when the start event occurs (or earlier if using pre-recording; see the following).
Stop Event	Select the relevant stop event. Recording will end when the stop event occurs (or later if using post-recording; see the following).
Pre-recording	You can store recordings from periods preceding detected motion and/or start events. Select check box to enable this feature. Specify the required number of seconds in the neighboring column.
Seconds [of pre-recording]	Specify the number of seconds for which you want to record video from before recording start conditions (that is motion or start event) are met. Usually, only some seconds of pre-recording is required, but you can specify up to 65535 seconds of pre-recording, corresponding to 18 hours, 12 minutes and 15 seconds. However, if specifying a very long pre-recording time, you can potentially run into a scenario where your pre-recording time spans scheduled or unscheduled archiving times. That can be problematic since pre-recording does not work well during archiving.
Post-recording	You can store recordings from periods following detected motion and/or stop events. Select the check box to enable this feature. Specify the required number of seconds in the neighboring column.
Seconds [of post-recording]	Specify the number of seconds for which you want to record video from after recording stop conditions (that is motion or stop event) are met. Usually, only some seconds of post-recording is required, but you can specify up to 65535 seconds of post-recording, corresponding to 18 hours, 12 minutes and 15 seconds. If you specify a very long post-recording time, you can potentially run into a scenario where your post-recording time spans scheduled or unscheduled archiving times. That can be problematic since post-recording does not work well during archiving.
Camera	Click the Open button to configure detailed and/or camera-specific settings (such as event notification, PTZ preset positions, and fisheye view areas) for the selected camera.
Select All	Click the button to select all cameras in the Apply Template column.
Clear All	Click the button to clear all selections in the Apply Template column.
Set selected template value on selected cameras	Apply only a selected value from the template to selected cameras.
Set all template values on selected cameras	Apply all values from the template to selected cameras.