WiLife V2.5 manual Manage Disk Usage, Change Video Storage Options

Setting System Options User Guide

Manage Disk Usage

The Command Center Disk Usage dialog allows you to view and change the disk allocation rules. The adjustable options include the Video Path and Max Allocation. You can also view the free disk space, current usage, and discard date among other statistics. You open the Command Center Disk Usage dialog by clicking on the VIEW DISK USAGE button on the Setup > Recording dialog.

This graphic shows a screen shot of the Disk Usage dialog. A description of each field is also included:

Dialog	Item	Usage
	Video Path	The path where Command Center stores video
	(adjustable)	files. The default value is C:\WiLife Video.
	Browse	The browse button allows you to navigate and
	Button (…)	pick another video storage directory.
	Free Disk	The amount of free space on the drive
	Space	Command Center is using to store video files.
	Max	The max amount of space you allow to
	Allocation	Command Center for storing video files. The
		number is in megabytes. The gray calculations
		shows the percent of the disk drive allocated
		for video storage use.
	Current	Current usage shows the megabytes in
	Usage	current use for video files. The gray
		calculation shows the percent of the
		maximum allocated in use.
	Discarding	Discarding From shows the date of the oldest
	From	file and the one Command Center will delete if
		it needs to recycle space to make room for a
		new clip.
	Command	Here you can review a detailed list of the
	Center Disk	storage and files in use by each camera.
	Usage Per
	Camera

Change Video Storage Options

Setup > Recording > Recording section > VIEW DISK USAGE button.

Command Center allows you to store captured video segments in any directory you wish. Once you have chosen a directory, Command Center allows you to specify the maximum space you want to allocate for video. By default, when you choose a path, Command Center will guess at a reasonable maximum disk allocation, which you can change.

To change the storage directory,

1)From the Setup dialog, click on the Recording tab.

2)Click the VIEW DISK USAGE button.

3)Either enter the path for the video files or click the browse (…) button and navigate to the path.

4)Finally, set the amount of disk space you wish to allocate to video files in this directory.

Note: If you reduce the amount of disk space allocated to video files to a number less than that currently in use, Command Center will slowly reduce the space used as new recordings are created.

5)Click the APPLY button to apply the changes.

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