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The Local Storage window allows you to enable storing video on a local storage device in case of a network loss. You can download these video recordings from the Local Storage window.
When you use local storage, be aware of the following:
1. Groom files that are marked as deleted.
2. Groom the oldest files on the local SD or MicroSD card when available space on the card is less than 1 GB.
To display the Local Storage window, perform the following steps:
Step 1 From the IP camera user interface, click the Setup link.
Step 2 Click Feature Setup to expand the menu.
Step 3 From the Feature Setup menu, click Local Storage .
The Local Storage window appears. If you change any options in this window, you must click the Save button to save the changes. If you do not click this button, changes are not retained when you exit the window.
Table 6-1 describes the options in the Local Storage window.
Note To use the features in the Recordings area, ActiveX must be installed on your client PC. If ActiveX is not installed, the Recordings area displays a message with this information. To install ActiveX, From the window IP camera web-based interface that instructs you to install the Cisco Camera UI Control, click Install in the yellow banner. If a Security Warning dialog box appears, click Install.
Display only. Serial number of the SD or MicroSD card that is installed in the IP camera. |
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Display only. Total storage capacity in megabytes of the SD or MicroSD card. |
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Display only. Free storage space in megabytes of the SD or MicroSD card. |
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Mount button—When you insert an SD or MicroSD card, the IP camera typically mounts it automatically. If you see a message that indicates that the card is not mounted, click this button to mount it. Unmount button—Click on this button to prepare an SD or MicroSD card for ejection from the IP camera. |
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Formats an SD or MicroSD card. Use this button to format a card if you switch recording modes or switch the video stream configuration. |
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Click this button to permanently delete all data on an SD or MicroSD card. This function us useful when you switch between recording modes. (Recording mode options are Local Storage on Network Loss and Continuous.) |
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Displays the percentage of total memory on an SD or MicroSD that is consumed by network loss recordings, continuous recordings, or event records. |
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This options causes the IP camera to save video recordings to its local SD or MicroSD card if the IP camera looses network connectivity. When the network connectivity is restored, recording to the card stops. This option and the Enable continuous recording option cannot be enabled at the same time. |
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Available only if Enable recording to Local Storage on network loss is enabled. Check to encrypt video that is recorded to the local SD or MicroSD card during a loss of network connectivity. |
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When encryption is enabled, choose one of the following encryption methods: |
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This options causes the IP camera to save all recordings to its local SD or MicroSD card. This option and the Enable recording to Local Storage on network loss option cannot be enabled at the same time. |
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Choose which video stream is recorded with continuous recording is enabled. Options are: |
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When continuous recording is enabled, saves audio recordings to the camera local SD or MicroSD card. |
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Click this button to save changes that you make in the Settings area. |
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Display only. Displays whether video recording is on or off. On means that the Enable continuous recording check box is checked in the Local Storage > Settings window. |
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Display only. Displays whether audio recording is on or off. On means that the Enable Audio check box is checked on the Streaming window, and that the Enable continuous recording and the Enable audio recording check boxes are checked in the Local Storage > Settings window. |
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To delete recordings from the camera SD or MicroSD card, click one of the following radio buttons and then click Delete : |
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Displays a list of video recording on the local SD or MicroSD card and the following information and options for each recording:
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To download a video recording to your local drive or a network drive, check the Select check box for the recording that you want, then click the Download button. Follow the on-screen prompts to save the recording. When you save a recording, the system creates a directory called Recordings_ TimeStamp in the location that you choose and saves recordings in that directory. If the recording that you download contains more than 10 minutes of video, the system divides the recording into separate files that contains 10 minutes of video each. Note If you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer on a system that is running Microsoft Windows 8 or 10 and the recording that you download does not display properly, make the Internet Explorer configuration updates as described in the “Browser Notes” section. |
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To delete a video recording from the SD or MicroSD card in the IP camera, check the Select check box for the recording that you want, then click the Delete button. You can quickly select all video recordings in the list by right-clicking in the Recordings list and then choosing Select All . |
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To refresh the list of video recording so that the list shows the latest information about the recordings on the SD or MicroSD card in the IP camera, click the Refresh button. |
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This button appears when a video recording is downloading. To cancel the download operation, click the Cancel button. |