How-to remotely backup video surveillance footage from an iDVR-PRO security camera DVR
with the Windows CMS software.
When the Windows software is starts, the initial display is the live security camera view.
When you double click on any of the cameras the single camera view is displayed and 1080p
video resolution is displayed.
When you switch to a multi-camera view, lower resolution video is displayed.
I switch from live video to recorded video playback mode by clicking on this playback
tab.
A timeline scrubber is displayed on the bottom of the screen that is used to select the time
to begin video playback.
After I select, the time on the scrubber, I click on the plat button in the play control
window.
You can hide the side and bottom panes of the window for a larger view.
Just like the live camera view, you can switch between single and multiple camera views when
playing back recorded video.
From the sixteen camera view, I can switch to a single camera view by double clicking
on any one of the cameras.
When you switch to a single camera view in playback mode, the video displays in the highest
recorded resolution.
In this case, we are using 1080p resolution security cameras.
Next, I am going to backup and export a segment of video.
I bring the side pane back into view so that I can access the video backup controls.
First, I select a start time and end time for the video export.
I am going to export one minute of video for this demo.
After selecting the start and end time, I select which cameras I want video exported
from.
Then, I click on the backup button.
This opens the backup screen.
On the backup screen, I can choose the directory location where I want the exported video files
saved to.
I am going to create a folder called backup.
I also change the size of the video files to the larger option.
Last, I click on the start backup button.
If you export a large segment of video, please be patient because the export can take a while.
Now, lets navigate to the file location in windows so that we can play them back using
Windows Media player.
IN addition to the 4 video files that are exported, the windows software also exports
the video codec that is needed to recognize these MPEG video files.
If this is your first time playing back files exported from the CMS software, run the video
codec installer first.
Once the codec is installed, you can simply double-click on each of the video files.
This will open Windows Media player and begin playing back the exported video.
We used 1080p resolution security cameras for this demo, so 1080p is the resolution
of the exported video files.
I am going to open each one for a quick view.
We have these exported files and the video codec available to download on our website
if you would like to play them back on your PC.
To learn more about iDVR-PRO video surveillance DVRs and to download the exported video files
seen in this video, please visit www.cctvcamerapros.com/CMS-Export.
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