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This chapter provides information about the Video Summarizer app for Cisco IP cameras. This app this app generates snapshots from video recordings and uploads the snapshots to an FTP server.
The Video Summarizer app generates snapshots from video recordings at configured intervals and uploads the snapshots to the designated FTP server.
Before you can use the Video Summarizer app, you must configure it on each IP camera on which it will run. To configure this app, perform the following steps.
Install the Video Summarizer app on the IP camera on which it will run. See the “Related Documentation” section for more information.
Using this app requires continuous recording to be enabled in the Local Storage window in the IP camera web-based user interface. For information about configuring continuous recording, see the Configuration Guide for your IP camera model.
In addition, the IP camera CIVS-IPC-7030, CIVS-IPC-7030E, and CIVS-IPC-7070 models support this app only if the Video Resolution option in the Setup > Streaming window in the IP camera web-based user interface is configured as shown:
Step 1 From the IP camera web-based user interface, click the Setup link, click Application Manager to expand the menu, then click App Setup .
Step 2 Click the VideoSummarizer radio button, then click Configure .
The Cisco Video Summarizer configuration page appears.
Step 3 Enter appropriate values in the Cisco Video Summarizer page fields as described in the following table:
Step 4 Click the Save button in the Cisco Video Summarizer configuration page, and then click OK in the confirmation dialog box.
If you want to reset the options in the Cisco Video Summarizer configuration page to their default values, click the Reset button, click OK in the two dialog boxes that appear, click the Save button, and then click OK in the confirmation dialog box.
If you change configuration values while the Video Summarizer app is running, you must stop and then restart the app before the changes take effect.
To run the Video Summarizer app on an IP camera, perform the following steps:
Step 1 From the IP camera web-based user interface, click the Setup link, click Application Manager to expand the menu, then click App Setup .
Step 2 Click the VideoSummarizer radio button.
Step 3 (Optional) If you want the Video Summarizer app to run automatically each time the IP camera reboots, in the Installed Application List area, check the Start on Boot check box that corresponds to this app.
If you do not check this check box, you must run the app manually each time the IP camera reboots.