Milestone XProtect Express 2014 - Manual (Page 47)

Milestone XProtect ® Express 2014 Administrator's Manual
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Configure storage: Live and recording settings (MPEG cameras)
This wizard page only appears if one or more of your cameras use the MPEG video format.
Specify which frame rate to use for each camera, and whether to record all frames or keyframes only.
You can also select pre- and post-recording, allowing you to store recordings from periods preceding
and following detected motion and/or specified events.
Note that all of the properties can also be specified individually for each camera.
Properties available in all XProtect software versions:
Name Description
Live Frame Rate
Required average frame rate for live video from the camera. Select
number of frames, then select the time unit interval (second, minute
or hour).
If the camera supports dual stream and dual stream is enabled, the
Live Frame Rate column will be read-only with the value Dual
streaming
—which cannot be altered.
Record on
Select under which conditions video from the camera should be
recorded:

Always: Record whenever the camera is enabled (see
"General" on page 81) and scheduled to be online (see
"Online period" on page 129) (the latter allows for time-
based recording).

Never: Never record. Live video will be displayed, but —
since no video is kept in the database —users will not be
able to play back video from the camera.

Motion Detection: Select this to record video in which
motion (see "Motion detection & exclude regions" on page
94) is detected. Unless post-recording (see the following) is
used, recording will stop immediately after the last motion is
detected.

Event: Select this to record video when an event occurs
and until another event occurs. Use of recording on event
requires that events (see "Overview of events and output"
on page 104) have been defined, and that you select start
and stop events.
Use the Configure events list, located below the other
fields to define events that suit your needs.

Motion Detection and Event: Select this to record video in
which motion is detected, or when an event occurs and until
another event occurs. Remember to select start and stop
events in the neighboring columns.