10 recycling option for video files – CCTV Camera Pros Geovision 8.5 Multicam Digital Surveillance System User Manual

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4.1.10 Recycling Option for Video Files

You can choose whether to recycle your video files. To apply this function, follow the steps below.

1. Select a desired video event from Video Event List (No. 6, Figure 4-1), and then right-click it to call

up a menu as shown below.

The never-recycling option

The never-recycling flag

Figure 4-22

2. Select

the

Mark Never Recycle option. A never-recycling flag will appear next to the video event.

3. To disable the never-recycling function, right-click the video event again and select Unmark

Never Recycle.

Unmarking All Never-Recycling Flags

The above step 3 illustrates how to unmark never-recycling flag one by one. When you like to unmark

all the never-recycling flags in certain cameras, follow the steps below.

1. Shut down ViewLog and Main System if they are running.

2. Go to the Windows Start menu, select Programs, point to the GV folder, and then click

RepairLog500.exe. A valid ID and a password are required.

3. When the Select Camera for Repair Database dialog box appears, select the cameras of video

files that you want to unmark their never-recycling flags.

4. Click

OK to open the Repair Database dialog box. See Figure 5-8 in Chapter 5.

5. Uncheck

Reserve Never-recycle Flag.

6. Click

the

Use Default Path button to unmark all the never-recycling flags.

Reserving Never-Recycling Flags

If you like to reserve all the never-recycling flags you marked on video events even after repairing the

database, check Reserve Never-recycle Flag on the Repair Database window before making repairs.

See Figure 5-8 in Chapter 5.

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