Setting name | Description | |
Name | Type a name (such as camera-settings1) that can be referenced by other parts of the configuration. Do not use spaces or special characters. The maximum length is 35 characters. | |
Video | Select the Recording stream profile used to determine the video quality of the recorded video. Select the Viewing stream profile used to determine the video quality of the streamed video when viewing. Click Add schedule to specify when to use low or high quality video. For example, you could improve the camera’s night performance without sacrificing the quality of video during the day. Note: The higher the quality, the more bandwidth the stream will use. | |
Recording | Select the Recording type that will instruct the camera when to begin filming. • Continuous: records video for the entire duration of the schedule, regardless of movement or any other triggers. • Motion detection: records a video clip up to about 40 seconds long each time the camera’s sensor detects movement. • Digital input: records a video clip up to about 40 seconds long each time the camera receives a trigger from the digital input. For details about how to use digital input and output (DIDO), see “Configuring cameras” on page 44. This option only takes effect if the camera supports DIDO. • Audio detection: records a video clip up to about 40 seconds long each time the camera detects audio activities. You can define the audio sensitivity when configuring camera settings. For details, see “Configuring cameras” on page 44. • PIR detection: PIR based motion detection senses the movement of people, animals, and other objects that produce heat energy. Note: Some recording types may not be available for your camera. If you want to use different recording types at different times, click Add schedule to specify them. For example, you could instruct the camera to start recording for motion detection during the day and PIR detection at night. | |
Storage Options | You can select the storage options of both continuous recordings and detection recordings. • Keep — Retain video until all available disk space is consumed • Delete — Remove video when it exceeds a maximum age. • Move — Relocate video to external storage when it exceeds a maximum age. This option appears if you have configured network storage (see “External storage”). If you choose to delete old video, also configure the maximum amount of time to keep video recording files from this camera. Files whose start time is older than this age will be deleted in order to free disk space for new video recordings. Continuous recordings will be stored on the hard disk as multiple video files. In that case, the oldest part of the recording will be deleted first. | |
Compression Options | Select whether or not FortiRecorder compresses continuous recordings. If compression is enabled, also configure the maximum amount of time to keep the files uncompressed. Files whose start time is older than the specified time will be compressed. Note: Selecting Compress will save storage space at the cost of video quality. | |