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Export a period of Axxon PSIM main archive

Export of the archive period allows exporting videos for a specified period into a single AVI file.

Export of the archive period is performed via the playback control panel.

To export the archive period, do the following:

  1. Go to the archive mode (see Modes of working with archives).
  2. In the function menu of the surveillance window, select Export → Export period.

In the Export period to file window, set the export parameters:

  1. Date and time of the record start and end (1).

  2. Full path to the folder to which the video will be exported (2). You can set it manually or select it using the button—a standard Windows Explorer window opens. Optionally, you can specify the name of the file to be created, with the .avi extension. An example of a path with a given file name: C:\Users\1\Documents\PSIM\export\videoexport.avi.
    By default, the file is exported to C:\Users\%current username%\Documents\PSIM\export\. The file name is generated as follows: <Camera name><Start date and time specified in the export window>_<Episode number>.avi. For example, "Camera 1 2022-12-02 15-57-22_001.avi". If you set the Default filename checkbox (3), this field is unavailable for editing, but you are still able to select a folder for a video using the button.

    Note

    The default export folder path is set using the ExportDir registry key located at HKLM\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\AxxonSoft\PSIM\Video\AviExport (see Registry keys reference guide).

  3. If you want to save the record in the format in which the archive is stored on the disk, set the Original format checkbox (4). The record is saved in AVI format.

    Note

    By default, the Original format checkbox is not set, and export is performed in the specified format (see Export a video with audio and Export a video without audio). If you close the Export period to file window without clearing the Original format checkbox, the record is exported in the original format, ignoring the codec settings. To export a record with encoding, open and then close the Export period to file window, or set the value of the NativeFormat parameter to 0 in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/AxxonSoft/PSIM/Video registry section.

  4. Click the Start saving button (5).

To stop the export process, click the Cancel button. When video saving is cancelled, the AVI file will contain only that part of the archive that has already been exported at the moment of cancelling.

Note

If captions were added to the video (see Configuring the captions showing), they are present in the exported video. You can set the caption size when configuring the Captioner object. The size can change if the video resolution is reduced. To enable the adaptive caption size, use the ExportFontAdaptive parameter (see Registry keys reference guide).

Note

The size of the resulting file must not exceed 2 GB.

Export a period of an archive located on the edge storage

 Exporting a period of an archive from the edge storage is performed in the same way as exporting a period of Axxon PSIM main archive, except for the following differences:

  1. To export a period of an archive from the edge storage, you must switch to the edge storage playback mode.
  2. Files are exported to the format supported by the edge storage, not necessarily .avi.
  3. If the edge storage does not support video export, then the period of the archive cannot be exported. In the function menu of the surveillance window, the Export period item won't be available in the Export submenu.