DCS Pre-Deployment 4: Video Recording Checklist

Directory:

• Directory: Browse to and select a directory where you wish to store your recording and still image files.

• Directory Template: Default is ${channelname}\${yyyy}\${MM}\${dd} however, you can modify this directory template as you wish.

• Filename Template: Default is ${hh}${mm}${ss}_${fff} however, you can modify this filename template as you wish.

• Tags: A new ${type} tag allows users to have better control over their directory structure to keep like files together. This can speed up post-processing time to get results more quickly.
  You can add/append tags (such as channel name, Year\Month\Day &/or Hour\Minute\Second\Milliseconds) by placing the cursor anywhere you want the tag to appear on the Directory or Filename template paths, then select the desired tag from the Tags field drop-down list.

• Enable Black Box - Click this button to open a Windows file explore and select a folder in which to store Black Box recording files.

  • Open the File/Folder Settings again to adjust your Black Box-Folder Limit using the slider button.

  • Note: The Folder Limit - The Day(s) / Hour(s) values are an estimation and will change depending on how many GBs you allocate to the BlackBox folder Limit.
    Example: Limit: 100.0 GB Black box recordings will not be overwritten until after at least 1 Day(s) 13 Hour(s) of recording.

Selecting Microphone

Select a Microphone before configuring any Channels if you wish to Embed Audio &/or Save audio as a separate file.

Recording Settings:

• Embed Audio: Embeds any audio from the microphone input into the recorded video.

• Save Audio as a separate file: Select the “Save the audio as a separate file” option if you prefer to have your audio and video files separate.

• Smart Encoding: Automatically selects the best available encoder and bitrate based on your selected input resolution and the system’s capabilities.

• Encoder: Choose the type of compression applied to the videos. H.265 (HEVC) is recommended(*see note). For more information,

• Resolution:

  • Auto

  • 3840x2160

  • 1920x1080

  • 1280x720

  • 720x480

• Framerate (fps):

  • Auto

  • 30

  • 20

  • 15

  • 5

• Split Time (Minutes): Set the amount of time before a recorded video file splits

• Reevaluate tags on split: When selected, will modify the filename of recorded video files each time they split according to the tags in the Filename Template.

Directory:

Selecting Microphone:

Recording Settings: