AXIS Q1602 Network Camera
Recordi ngsRecordings
TheAxisproductcanbecongured to record video continuously or according to an action rule:
To start a continuous recording, see

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To set up action rules, see

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To access recordings, see

Recording List, on page 33

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•Tocongure camera controlled storage, see

Storage, on page 41

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Recording List
Recorded videos are listed on the Recordings > List page. The list shows each recording’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 lter to narrow the list of recordings. Enter the desired lter criteria and click Filter. Some lters 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 click Download. The downloaded le is a zip le
containing a minimum of three les, of which the Matroska (mkv) lesaretheactualrecordings.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 Splitter must be installed. AXIS Matroska 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 congured to continuously save video to a storage device. See

Storage, on page 41

for more information
about storage devices. To prevent the disk from becoming full, it is recommended to congure the disk to automatically remove
old recordings.
To start a continuous recording, follow these steps:
1. Go to Recordings > Continuous.
2. Select Enabled.
3. Select type of storage device from the Disk list.
4. Select a Stream prole to use for continuous recordings.
5. Click Save to save and start the recording.
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