How do I enable local recordings in Ivideon Server?
You can save camera archive recordings to the internal or external hard drive connected to your PC. To do so, please follow the instructions below:
Stop the server if started. Open the Settings window by clicking the Settings button on the toolbar.
On the General tab, enable archive recording by putting a checkmark into the Archive checkbox.
Specify the path to the folder where video recordings will be stored.
Allocate the amount of space to be used for storing recordings.
Click OK to confirm.
The recording mode chosen by default is When detector is triggered. i.e., motion- or sound-based detection. This can be changed for each specific camera/channel in its settings. To locate camera settings of your specific device, please do the following:
When the server is stopped, right-click the name of your camera in the list in the main window of the program;
Choose the Settings… option from the context menu;
Switch to the Recording tab. This is where you will see the list of recording modes available:
NB! The allocated archive size must be less than the free space available on the hard drive in order for the recordings to function properly.
The local archive records loop, meaning that the older recordings get overwritten by newer ones in case the allotted storage space runs out.
You can find more information on archive recordings and their storage in the Recording and Storing archive section of our knowledge base.
How do I configure the location and the size of the local archive?
Size and location of archive
Ivideon Server has parameters of the local archive recordings made to the hard drive of your PC. You can alter the maximum amount of storage space they will take up and their location.
To manage these settings, please do the following:
Stop the server and click on the Settings button on the toolbar of the main window.
In the General tab of the Settings window, you can set up the path to the archive folder, as well as how much space it will be able to occupy.
The Advanced settings option allows you to set up multiple locations for archive storage (e.g., if you need to set up different separate amounts of storage space for each camera).
After adding a new location for the archive, please go into the settings of each of your cameras and choose which archive location they will be using.
When setting up multiple archive locations for the server, you can specifically select the location that will be used for each of the cameras. To do so, go into this camera’s settings and on the Recording tab find the Archive option in the Settings section of the tab:
NB! Please note that when the archive reaches its maximum allocated size, the oldest recordings will start to be replaced with new ones (i.e., overwritten).