{"id":1512,"date":"2010-12-22T18:33:30","date_gmt":"2010-12-22T22:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ipcamerasupply.com\/?p=1512"},"modified":"2010-12-22T18:33:30","modified_gmt":"2010-12-22T22:33:30","slug":"ip-video-management-features-recording-and-viewing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/ip-camera-supply\/ip-video-management-features-recording-and-viewing\/","title":{"rendered":"IP Video Management Features &#8211; Recording and Viewing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Managing the video captured from your IP cameras is an important function of your surveillance system.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve talked about the <a title=\"ip video management hardware platforms\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.ipcamerasupply.com\/video-management\/ip-video-management-hardware-platforms\" target=\"_blank\">hardware platform<\/a> and <a title=\"ip video management software platforms\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.ipcamerasupply.com\/video-management\/ip-video-management-software-platforms\" target=\"_blank\">software platform<\/a> options that are available.\u00a0 Once you&#8217;ve made the right hardware and software choices for your surveillance system what features and functions can you expect from the video management system?<\/p>\n<p>This post\u00a0is about\u00a0recording and viewing features which probably sounds like the simplest and most obvious functions but, there are interesting options available that you may not have considered.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>IP Video Recording<\/h2>\n<p>Recording video is a major function of a video management system.\u00a0 The ways in which you can set up the recording function and the advanced searching methods that can be used are the valuable parts of this common feature.<\/p>\n<p>Surveillance video\u00a0recordings can be:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Continuous<\/li>\n<li>Triggered (Motion or Alarm based)<\/li>\n<li>Scheduled<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Continuous recording, as the name implies, is non-stop recording and therefore takes up more disk space than triggered recording.\u00a0\u00a0Motion or alarm-triggered recording saves storage space because recording only occurs\u00a0when video motion detection (VMD) or an external device, hooked up to a camera&#8217;s input port,\u00a0is activated.<\/p>\n<p>Scheduled recording is activated by the times and days that you specify.\u00a0 It can also be set to\u00a0include a combination of continuous and motion\/alarm-triggered recordings.<\/p>\n<p>Once you choose how you&#8217;re going to record you can then specify the quality of the recordings by:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Format:\u00a0 M-JPEG, MPEG-4, H.264<\/li>\n<li>Resolution<\/li>\n<li>Image Compression Level<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Audio Recording<\/h2>\n<p><a title=\"ip camera audio recording\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.ipcamerasupply.com\/uncategorized\/ip-camera-advanced-audio-detection\" target=\"_blank\">IP camera audio recording <\/a>is not widely used yet but, should you choose to incorporate this available option you probably want to have the audio syncronized with the video.\u00a0 Therefore time-stamped audio and video packets is required.<\/p>\n<p>The recommended video compression for proper time-stamping is MPEG-4 or H.264 because these video streams are sent using RTP &#8211; Real Time Transport Protocol.<\/p>\n<h2>Storage<\/h2>\n<p>The majority of <a title=\"ip video management software platforms\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.ipcamerasupply.com\/video-management\/ip-video-management-software-platforms\" target=\"_blank\">IP video management software platforms<\/a> use a Windows based file system for storage.\u00a0 You should be able to use any system drive or network attached drive to store your IP video.\u00a0 You will also be able to store video on one drive and archive video on a different drive of your choosing.<\/p>\n<h2>Searching and Exporting Archived Video<\/h2>\n<p>Being able to search through your recorded video is a great time saver and an important tool for your surveillance needs.\u00a0 A few search options are available such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Date and Time<\/em>:\u00a0 Enter specific dates and times and\u00a0video will be replayed from one or more cameras.<\/li>\n<li><em>Motion-Based Search<\/em>:\u00a0\u00a0Define an\u00a0area (ex. entranceway) where you want motion to be detected. Advanced searching can then replay video that exhibits activity.<\/li>\n<li><em>Alarm or Event-Triggered Search<\/em>:\u00a0 Any video with the alarm or event that you define will be played back.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After you&#8217;ve found the video you&#8217;re looking for you can then export the files in either standard formats (ex. AVI) or leave the video in the proprietary format which will ensure security, integrity, and proper encryption.<\/p>\n<h2>Playback<\/h2>\n<p><a title=\"ip camera software\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ipcamerasupply.com\/ip-camera-software\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Most <a title=\"ip camera software\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ipcamerasupply.com\/ip-camera-software\" target=\"_blank\">IP camera software <\/a>allows many users to view many cameras at the same time while also allowing fo<a title=\"ip camera software\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ipcamerasupply.com\/ip-camera-software\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"float: right\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ipcamerasupply.com\/media\/catalog\/product\/0\/2\/02-110427.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"220\" \/><\/a>r simultaneous recording.<\/p>\n<p>The software allows a number of cameras, split view,\u00a0to be replayed at the same time to give you a better overview of an incident.<\/p>\n<h2>Camera Mapping\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>Video management software allows you to import a photo, map, or drawing of your facility.\u00a0 You can then drag and drop camera icons onto that map that highlights where your camears are located.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"sony imz-ns104\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ipcamerasupply.com\/sony-imz-ns104\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"float: left\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ipcamerasupply.com\/media\/catalog\/product\/0\/2\/02-110430.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"220\" \/><\/a>This makes it easier to locate the cameras in the area\u00a0you need to view.\u00a0 Click on the camera and live video will be displayed.\u00a0 And if an alarm occurs from a particular camera, that icon will change color to alert you.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>IP video management has many features and\u00a0coming up\u00a0I&#8217;ll go into more detail about some of the others such as video motion detection, tampering alarms, and event management.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-share-button\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share\">Tweet<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Managing the video captured from your IP cameras is an important function of your surveillance system.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve talked about the hardware platform and software platform options that are available.\u00a0 Once you&#8217;ve made the right hardware and software choices for your surveillance system what features and functions can you expect from the video management system? This&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/ip-camera-supply\/ip-video-management-features-recording-and-viewing\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[88],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-video-management"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/ip-camera-supply\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/ip-camera-supply\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/ip-camera-supply\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/ip-camera-supply\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/ip-camera-supply\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/ip-camera-supply\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1512\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/ip-camera-supply\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/ip-camera-supply\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/ip-camera-supply\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}