C550c Operation Manual
6 Operating the system
180
6.12 Record a video
Recording a video is simple. Before you start recording, you just need to decide whether to add the video
to a new or existing survey.
With the C550c system, all videos must be attached to a survey. You can set up a new survey when you
launch a video recording (
), or you can open an existing survey and add new video
recordings to it (
page192
).
Video format and size
The C550c system saves survey videos as MP4 files, encoded in H.264 for video and MP3 for audio.
The controller limits individual MP4 files to 4GB, corresponding to a survey video of approximately
two hours. If a video recording is underway when you reach this file size limit, the controller
automatically stops the recording. If your survey is likely to exceed two hours, you will need to record
two separate videos.
Note: This size limit allows you to export survey videos to a USB memory stick. The memory sticks
supported by the controller use the FAT32 file system. Individual files on FAT32 drives cannot exceed
4GB in size.
