Enabling Onboard Storage
To use the camera’s onboard storage feature, you must first insert an SD card into the camera. Refer to the
camera’s installation manual for the location of the SD card slot.
1. On the Storage page, select the
Enable Onboard Storage
check box.
2. By default, the camera is set to only record to the SD card when it is unable to communicate with the
network video management server. If you prefer to have the camera record video to both the network
video management server and to the SD card, clear the
Record only when server connection is
interrupted
check box to disable the setting.
3. Select one of the following recording modes:
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Continuous:
the camera never stops recording to the SD card.
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On Motion:
the camera only records when there is motion in the scene.
If you are configuring an Avigilon video analytics camera, the On Motion setting will record either
pixel change in the scene or analytics motion events depending on how the camera is configured
in the Avigilon Control Center Client software.
The recorded video will be divided into files no more than five minutes in length or 100 MB in size.
4. On the Compression and Image Rate page, make sure the format is set to
H.264
to maximize the SD card
recording capacity and performance.
Downloading Recorded Video From the Web Interface
Listed in the Recordings section are all the videos that have been recorded to the SD card.
It is recommended that you download recorded video from the web interface. However, if your bandwidth is
limited, you can choose to download the recorded video directly from the SD card. For more information, see
Downloading Recorded Video From the SD Card
To download recorded video from the web interface, perform the following:
1. On the Storage page, select the check box beside all the videos you want to download.
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To help you find the video you want, you can filter the videos by date and time. Select the
Filter
check box then select the time range.
2. Click
Download
.
The selected video files are automatically downloaded to your browser’s default Downloads folder. If you are
prompted by the browser, allow the download to occur.
NOTE:
Do not close your browser window until the download is complete or the file may not download correctly.
This is important if you are downloading multiple video files because the files are downloaded one by one.
Downloading Recorded Video From the SD Card
If you do not have enough bandwidth to download recorded video directly from the web interface, you can
choose to download the recorded video directly from the SD card.
To download recorded video directly from the SD card, perform the following:
Enabling Onboard Storage
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