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record configuration

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in this chapter we will learn how to configure the recording parameters of the system

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click on the menu button and then choose settings

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the second category is record

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after clicking on it you will see a subcategory appearing on the right. we'll start with record

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setting the recording must be done after setting the camera

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if no cameras are configured yet please go back to the previous chapter

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also our assumption is that the hard drives were formatted during the wizard configuration

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if not please note that the record will not take place until the hard drive is formatted

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if you wish to learn how to format the hard drive you can skip to the disk settings chapter

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the Ossia recording interface was redesigned to be clearer and easier to configure

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it is based on statistics showing that most users configure the recording to work year long in 24/7 setting

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the auto mode is the best choice for these users.

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manual mode- is for users who wish to customize the recording and schedule configuration

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auto mode- is actually built from 6 presets of 24/7 recording as follows :

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motion record- will trigger record upon motion alarm under 24/7 schedule for all channels

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sensor record- will trigger record upon sensor alarm under 24/7 schedules for all channels

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motion record + sensor record- will trigger record upon motion and sensor alarms under 24/7 schedules for all channels

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always record + motion record- all the channels will be recorded continuously

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motion alarms will be marked in the event list

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always record + sensor record- all the channels will be
recorded continuously

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and sensor alarms will be marked in the event list

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always record + motion record + sensor record- all the channels will be recorded continuously

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motion and sensor alarms will be marked in the event list

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selecting one of the auto modes will pop up the stream settings window

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in this window you should set the video encode type, resolution, FPS, bitrate type,

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bitrate and audio for each of the cameras and click OK to save the settings

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below we can configure the manual record duration

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this setting will define how long the
manual record stays active after enabling

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now that we have finished with the auto modes we will continue to manual mode

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once the manual mode is selected you will need to set the encode parameters and schedules for each of the cameras

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failing to do so will result in recording inconsistency or complete lack of recording by the system

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we will get to the schedule settings in a few minutes but now let's better explain the encoding section

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the encoding section is divided into -event recording stream and normal recording stream

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the idea is to allow the system to record on a 24/7 basis

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but to reduce storage consumption
while there is no alarm

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so basically you can set lower record configuration for when there is no alarm

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and higher configuration when alarm is occurring

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it is important to understand that the pre alarm record will be recorded in the lower configuration

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as it takes 2 to 3 seconds for the system to switch from lower to higher configuration

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this means that if you choose any of the continuous record modes

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or you use scheduled recording you must configure both

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if you use only recording based on alarms configuring only the event recording stream is enough

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let's understand better the encoding parameters

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video encode is the compression type, basically the available options are h.265 and h.264

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if the camera doesn't support h.265 this
encoding type will not be available

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resolution is the image resolution for
recording the higher the resolution the bigger the image

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FPS or frames per second refers to how many images build up one second of video

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for example 25 FPS means that each second of video contains 25 frames or images

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higher frame rate delivers more fluency however more storage space will be required

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bit rate type offers you the choice between CBR which is constant bit rate and VBR which is variable bit rate

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this is a very broad topic and we will not
explain it deeper in this tutorial

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bit rate stands for the compression aggressiveness the lower the bit rate the higher the compression

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high compression means lower bandwidth and storage space usage

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but also decreasing the video quality

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recommended bit rate range is not configurable but very important  for choosing the correct rate for your camera

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the system offers the best bit rate range that will balance between quality

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and bandwidth and storage consumption according to the configuration you set

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it is recommended to follow this recommendation

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Audio offers you to select whether to record
audio or not for the chosen channel

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this was the main stream recording configuration

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now we should go to the sub stream settings and set it as well

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the encoding parameters are the same except for audio recording which only applies to main stream recording

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after setting the sub stream we will
have to set the schedule

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the schedule section is grayed out if any of the auto modes are selected since they all work on 24/7 schedules

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if you switch to
manual the schedule will become active

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in the schedule you will have a list of
all cameras with the option to assign a schedule

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to each of the cameras based on
motion sensor and normal situations

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you can use a specific schedule to each of the cameras individually

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or set a schedule to all cameras in one go

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there are three pre-made schedules

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24/7 all week ; 24/5 which is for weekdays Monday to
Friday;

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and 24/2 - which is for weekends Saturday and Sunday

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24/7 schedule cannot be deleted or modified while 24/5 and 24/2 can be edited or deleted

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click the schedule name to display the detailed schedule information on the left side of the interface

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the lines on the left stand for the 7 days of the week. each line stands for the daily 24 hours

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red marks the active selection and grey
marks inactive selection

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if you wish to add an existing schedule click on the pencil icon next to it

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if you wish to create a new schedule click on the plus button on the top right corner

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when adding a new schedule you will have to input the
schedule name and set the schedule times

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setting the schedule can be done in
several methods the easiest way is the manual input

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you can use it for all the
channels from the top line

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or for a specific channel from the buttons under
the corresponding day

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first choose if you wish to add or delete time duration from the schedule

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by using the marked time or delete time icon

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after choosing click on manual and set the start time and end time

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you can repeat this process to input as many duration's as you wish

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the minimum duration is 15 minutes

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the second method is by using the mouse cursor

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choose if you wish to add time by using the mark time icon

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or to delete time by the delete time icon

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and then click hold and drag the mouse cursor from the start time to the end time

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under each one of the days you have several options-

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copy to- will open a window allowing you to copy the schedule of selected days to other days

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manual- is the manual input method as described above

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all- will mark all the day as active

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invert- will invert the active and inactive durations

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clear all- will delete all the active duration

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now you will have to assign your schedules

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click on schedule settings

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and assign the required schedules to the cameras for sensor motion and normal recording

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remember that when switching to manual mode the default schedule settings is none

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which means that if you will not set a schedule for it the device will not record any event

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after setting the schedules click apply to save the settings

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after finishing with the scheduled settings we only have to configure the Advanced Settings

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you will find it under record

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cycle recording is enabled by default. it means that the recording will work in FIFO method-  first in first out

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so that the oldest recording will be automatically overwritten by new recording once the HDD is full

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tick it as you wish

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notice that disabling it will trigger an
alarm once the disc is full

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no new records will be saved until you
free some space from the disk

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set the pre alarm record time which is the
recording duration before an alarm event started

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set the post alarm record time which is the recording duration after an alarm event ended

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finally set the expiration time which means that recordings will not be kept

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for duration's longer than the specified time even if the disk is not full

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once finished click apply to save the settings

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now you can go to record status and see the recording situation of each of the cameras

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here you can see immediately if you have configured anything wrong by the record status of each camera

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this finalizes the recording configuration