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This action starts the export of a frame This exports a snapshot or video.

Configuring an action

To configure the action, set up do the following parameters::

1. Go to the Programming tab.
2. In the Event rules or Cycle rules list, click Create... (see Configuring macros).
3. Select a start condition that triggers a macro (see Configuring start conditions).
4. Click the Image Added button below start conditions.
5. From the drop-down list, select Camera: Start export.
Export agent (1) − select Server (aka
6. In the Export agent parameter, select a server (formally the
7. Export agent object) to
send recording to
8. which you want to export a video (see Configuring Export agent).
   
Image RemovedCamera (2) −
9. Image Added
10.  In the Camera parameter, select a camera
for
11. , the video from which you want to export.
An
12. In addition, an implicit camera selection
of a video camera is also allowed −
13. is allowed—Camera that initiated command execution (see Configuring start conditions).
    

    Note
    title Attention!
    If

the start of the macro was triggered by the activation of

14. a macro is initiated by an event from an input or output (see Configuring

filters for event-driven macros

15. start conditions) that is not connected to any camera, you need to select a specific camera

here

16. for this action. If you select a group of cameras or a camera that

triggered

17. initiated the

command

18. macro, the action

will not

19. doesn't start.

Archive (3) −
20. In the Archive parameter, select an archive
for
21. , the video from which you want to export.
Set

22. In the parameter group, specify the export interval

(4). 

23. :

    Option	Description
    Image export	Exports a

snapshot with

24. frame corresponding to the time

stamp identical to the start time of action.

25. when the action was started. Note title Attention! Image

Important! The image

26. cannot be exported if the

video

27. camera

does not

28. doesn't have an archive

.

29. Time schedule	You

need to

30. must select a time schedule. Exports images from within the time schedule.

Video recording interval − [Beginning

31. Interval of the exported video − [beginning of the specified time

slot

32. schedule;

the

33. end of the specified time

slot].

During:

34. schedule]. Note title Attention! If you don't specify the offset (see step 10c), the intervals from the time schedule are taken over the last 24 hours
    During	You must

You should

35. set the export duration in HH:MM:SS. The starting point of the exported video is the

command

36. action start. End point is defined on the basis of the specified duration

−

37. (

Interval

38. interval [

command

39. action start;

command

40. action start + duration])

.

41. Finish after

Select

42. You must select one or more events

that will trigger export stop

43. , after receiving which (any of them) export is stopped. The starting point of the exported video

will be

44. is the

command

45. action start, the end point

−

46. is the moment of receiving any of these events

.
48. You can click the
Image Removed button
49. Image Added button to add additional parameters:

    1. File name

(5)

50. 1. —name of the exported file.

       Note
       title Attention!
       You can use the following templates for file names and text comments (see Text templates in the action settings): %startTime% , or [START_TIME], or {startTime}

: the starting

51. 1. —start time of exported interval. %finishTime% , or [FINISH_TIME], or {finishTime}

 : the finishing

52. 1. —finish time of exported interval. You

may

53. 1. can use the following templates for macros

triggered

54. 1. started by a text message from an event source (see Configuring

filters for event-driven macros

55. 1. start conditions): %startEvent%, or [START_EVENT], or {startEvent}

: an event that triggered exporting

56. 1. —event that initiated export start. %finishEvent% , or [FINISH_EVENT], or {finishEvent}

: an event

57. 1. —event that stopped the export.

Comments

58. 1. Comment that is superimposed as captions over the exported video

(6)

59. 1. .

    2. Offset

(7)

60. 1. is a time period used to roll back the start time of exported video. If you set this this parameter

to non-zero

61. 1. , the time interval of the exported video will be as follows:

62. 1.  [action start − (duration + offset); action start − offset].
       If

exported video(s) fall into a specific slot on Time

63. 1. export is performed within a time schedule, this parameter is used to

define the start time for video retrieval. For

64. 1. determine the period in the past before the action started for which the export must be performed. For example, if you set the

Offset (GUI: Buffer)

65. 1. offset to 48 hours, all videos from the given

Time

66. 1. time schedule

slot

67. 1. recorded within 48 hours before the action start

will be exported.

Example: A macro command for automatically exporting video recordings of all alarm events evaluated by operators as "confirmed".

1. 1. are exported.

   2. Set the Burn titles checkbox to burn titles on JPEG images and AVI videos.
2. Click the Apply Image Added button.

Configuration of the Start export action is complete.Image Removed