User manual

AXIS P7210 Video Encoder

Recordings

TheAxisproductcanbeconﬁgured to record video continuously or according to an action rule:

• To start a continuous recording, see page 30.

• To set up action rules, see page 28.

• To access recordings, see Recording List, on page 30.

•Toconﬁgure camera controlled storag e, see Storage, on page 38.

Recording List

Recordings made to the SD card and network share are listed on the Recordings > List page. The list shows each r ecor ding’s start

date and time, duration and the event that triggered the recording.

To play or download a recording, follow these steps:

1. Go to Recordings > List.

2. Use the ﬁlter to narrow the list of recordings. Enter the desired ﬁlter criteria and cl ick Filter. Some ﬁlters may take

a long time to complete.

3. Select the recording.

4. Click Play to play the recording, or click Download to download the recording.

Multiple recordings can be downloaded at the same time. Select the recordings and c lick Download. The downloaded ﬁ le is a zip ﬁle

containing a minimum of three ﬁles, of which the Matroska (mkv) ﬁles are the actual recordings. The recordings are time-stamped

with the date and time they were downloaded (that is, not the date the

recordings were made).

Note

To play recordings in Windows Media Player, AXIS Matroska File S plitter must be installed. AXIS Matros ka File Splitter

can be downloaded from www.axis.com/techsup/software

For detailed recording and video information, select a recording and click Properties.

To remove a recording, select the recording and click Remove.

Continuous recording

The Axis product can be conﬁgured to continuously save video to an SD card or network share. To prevent the disk from becoming

full, it is recommended to conﬁgure the disk to auto m atically remove old recordings see Storage, on page 38.

To start a continuous recording, follow these steps:

1. Go to Recordings > Continuous.

2. Select Enabled.

3. Select from the SD card or network share from the Disk list.

4. Select a Stream proﬁle to use for continuous recordings.

5. Click Save to save and start the recording.