GE Appliances 30, User Manual

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Chapter 4: Basic operation
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This option is only enabled if you select Event as the data type. A list of events
displays on the Event List screen.
b. Click an event in this screen to be archived.
You can click additional events you want to archive.
Note: When archiving a motion event, the DVR archives the motion event for the
selected camera as well as post-event video from all other cameras. The duration
of the post-event video is based on the value you specified on the Post-Alarm
Seconds option in the Alarms screen.
8. Select a file format.
Use the Format option to specify whether to export to an original, DRV or AVI file
type. Selecting the original format results in faster archiving of large amounts of
video compared to the DRV format.
Although selecting the original format results in faster archiving, you cannot
select which camera to archive. The system archives all the data in the DVR. In
addition, when specifying a time range to archive, selecting the original file format
results in the exporting of video clips that include the specified time range, but
may not be contained in a single file.
The DVR identifies a video clip when the clip reaches 20 MB in size. If you select
the original file format and specify a time range with both the start and end times
falling in the middle of two video files, both video files are archived.
9. Select Yes for the Begin Export option to start archiving.
Note: The Watermark box is always set to On.
Archiving a video segment in playback mode
While playing back recorded video, you can mark a video segment to archive.
To mark and archive a video segment:
1. Play back recorded video.
See “Playing back video” on page 29 for more information.
2. Press Archive to mark the start time of the video segment you want to archive.
3. Press Archive again to mark the end time of the video segment you want to
archive.
This segment is then archived to the media.