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Network Video Recording
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installation, a subset of the Portal Server application is installed on one machine and the
NVR application is installed on the same machine. If you need to add recording capacity, you
can add multiple Standard NVRs necessary. You use the subset of the Portal Server
application to configure the NVR (see Configuring a Standalone NVR). A
standalone NVR
has these characteristics:
• supports record only.
• records 10 or 40 concurrent streams depending on license.
• is configured with a subset of the Portal Server Admin Console that has limited
features—no VBricks, STBs, etc.
• records from the
Scheduler
module only.
• has limited end user features. End users can see only the
Scheduler
, the
Status
page, and
the
Help
system.
• supports "batch" recording where one large file is recorded into multiple smaller files.
• has an API interface that lets you write custom applications to control the NVR.
NVR Configuration
Configuring a Standard NVR
A standard NVR is installed on a dedicated machine that comes fully loaded with all NVR
software. However, you must still configure the NVR as explained below. NVR configuration
is performed using the Recorders pages on the Portal Server's or Standalone NVR’s Admin
Console. See Recorders on page 43 for more information.
T
To configure a standard NVR in a Portal Server Installation :
1. Login to the Portal Server Admin Console using the host name or IP address of the Portal
Server machine . For example:
http://myserveraddress/admin
2. Define a Record server.
a. Set record
Path
if necessary. Set to local hard drive on NVR or to a network drive.
b. Set
Max. Recording
.
3. Define VOD and FTP Servers (go to
Global Settings > Servers
).
a. Record only – VOD server not required.
b. Record and ingest – must define a VOD server.
c. Record, ingest, and FTP – must define VOD and FTP servers.
d. Record and FTP – must define an FTP server.
4. If Access Control is enabled, you must create a user and grant the following permissions
on the
Users
page in the Admin Console. See Users on page 81 for more information.
a.
Add/Modify Live Channel Privileges
b.
Allow Access To Specific FTP Servers
c.
Allow Access To Specific Recorder Servers
d.
Allow Access To Specific VOD Servers
e.
Allow Content Recording
f.
Schedule Privileges
Note When purchasing additional NVRs, VBrick provides a single combined license that
includes recording capacity for all NVRs onsite (Standard and/or Standalone).