Recording Video, Recording Preferences | LevelOne WCS-2000 instruction

Recording Video

You can record Video while watching, or schedule recordings to occur when you are absent. Recordings are stored in a standard Microsoft ASF file format, and can be played using Microsoft Media Player.

Before doing any recording, you should review the Recording Preferences to ensure they are suitable for your PC.

Recording Preferences

To set the Recording Preferences, click the Preferences button below the Recordings panel on the main screen. You will see a screen like the example below.

Figure 37: Recording Preferences

If necessary, change these settings to suit your environment.

File Location This is the Drive and Folder where recorded files will be placed. You need a drive which has large amounts (Gigabytes) of free space.

	Note that file names are automatically assigned, using the date and time.

Time Limit	This sets the maximum size of a recording which is started by clicking
	the Record button on the View screen.
	If the recording is not stopped manually, it will be terminated after the
	time period indicated here.

Live Recordings

Recordings in progress are listed in the Recordings panel of the main screen.

Figure 38: Recording Panel

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