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Setting the preferences
Customize the recording settings
through the
Preferences
dialog
box. To open the
Preferences
dialog box,
select
Options: Preferences.
In the
Preferences
dialog box,
you can specify the folder where
you want to store the recorded
data, compression scheme,
recording type, password
protection, IP address change
notification, and recording state.
Recorded storage
allocation
Before recording, a certain
space in the storage (e.g. hard
disk) of your computer should be
defined.
Select
Options: Preferences
to
open the dialog box.
In
Record storage
section,
choose the folder where you
want the recorded data to be
stored.
Check
Recycle storage
if you
want the storage to be reused
after the space is used up.
Set
Minimum free space
to
leave out some space for operat-
ing system usage.
Set
Record file length
to break
up the file length into the number
of minutes you specify 1 to 60
minutes.
Preferences and options settings
Preferences and options settings
Searching video recording
To search the recorded video, click the button shown at the left on the Con-
trol bar or select
Command: Search Records
to bring up SecuExpress
Player to playback.
Resizing the main user interface for SecuExpress Watcher
You can adjust the size of SecuExpress Watcher by dragging one of the corners
of the main user interface when the menu bar is shown.
Hiding the menu bar and status bar
To further save your desktop space, you can hide the menu bar and the status bar
by selecting
View: Menu Bar
and
View: Status Bar
to uncheck (hide) the bars.
Alternatively, you can click the arrows on the system bar to hide the menu and
status bars altogether. To display the menu bar and the status bar again, select
View: Menu Bar
and
View: Status Bar
to check (show) the bars, or click the ar-
row buttons on the system bar.
Last recording and detection state at the next program
restart
You can use the same recording and detection state at the next SecuExpress
Watcher launch. Simply check
Keep last recording and detection state
in the
Preferences
dialog box to save the recording and detection state.
*NOTE: Hidden cameras may not have microphones therefore audio
recording in NOT available.
