Exporting video evidence, Exporting in avi and jpeg formats – Milestone Smart Client 3.6 User Manual

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Exporting Video Evidence

With the Smart Client you are able to quickly export video evidence in the AVI (movie clip), JPEG
(still image) and Milestone XProtect database formats. With the AVI and database formats you can

include video as well as audio in your exports.

Note: Export in the database format is only available when connecting to selected surveillance

systems; see Surveillance System Differences on page 100 for more information. Depending on

your user rights, access to exporting AVI, JPEG and database evidence from some or all cameras
may be restricted.

Exporting in AVI and JPEG Formats

To export video evidence in the AVI or JPEG formats, do the following:

Note: Date and time formats used when browsing recorded images may vary depending on your

computer’s regional settings.

1. Select the Smart Client’s Browse tab.

2. In the Browse tab’s Export section, specify when

the period to be covered by the export should
start. You do this by typing the required date in

the first Start Time field and the time in the s

field.

econd

Tip: Instead of manually specifying date and

time, you may use the Browse tab’s Time

Navigation features to move to the required start

point, then click the upper of the Export section’s
Set buttons. This will automatically set the date

and time of the viewed image in the Start Time fields.

3. In the End Time fields, specify end date and time

for the export. You may use the Set button as

described above.

4. Select the required camera from the Source list.

You must select an individual camera from the list

as your source; the Current View Sources option
only applies when exporting in the database

format.

Only relevant if you are going to export in

AVI format: If the selected camera has a

microphone attached—and the surveillance system
supports audio—audio from the microphone will