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Exporting Video to a Network Share

In order to export to a network drive, you first have to Map it.

To Map a Network drive go to File Explorer in Windows.

1. Open File Explorer from the taskbar or the Start  menu, or press the Windows logo key  + E.

2. Select This PC from the left pane. Then, on the Computer tab, select Map network drive. 

Screenshot of File Explorer

3. In the Drive list, select a drive letter. (Any available letter will do.)

4. In the Folder box, type the path of the folder or computer, or select Browse to find the folder or computer. To connect every time you log on to your PC, select the Reconnect at sign-in check box.

5. Select Finish.

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Why is my exported video shorter than the search length?

When exporting video, from time to time you may notice that the length of the exported AVI or MOV file is slightly shorter than the video you marked in the client to be exported.

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This occurs because when the video from the client is transcoded to a different format the length is determined by (frame rate * number of frames). The software must estimate the frame rate in order to account for things such as motion recording or time lapse where there are gaps. The longer your exported file is the more you may notice this, but the total export will still contain all the frames recorded during that time.

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If this is a serious concern, we recommend exporting to our proprietary PS file format or the EXE file format which does not transcode the video. In addition, EXE files provide the benefit of a watermark to authenticate that the video has not been tampered with.

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Why-is-my-exported-video-shorter-than-the-search-length.pdf

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Auto Export to a Network Share from Linux-based Exacq Server

To configure auto export from a Linux-based Exacq Server to a network share, complete the following steps: (Windows procedure here)<br><br>

NOTE: For Linux-based systems, this procedure is available in exacqVision Server/Client version 6.6 and later.<br><br>

  1. On the Archiving page in exacqVision Client, add a new archiving target with appropriate credentials and verify that it successfully connects. Do NOT configure an archiving task for this target.
  2. On the Auto Export page in exacqVision Client, click the Refresh Status button once to ensure that the configured target will be presented as an available auto export location.
  3. When you configure an Auto Export profile (or click the Auto Export Now! button), your network target will be available in the Export Path or Partition drop-down list.<br><br>

To remove the network target, complete the following steps:

  1. On the Archiving page in exacqVision Client, delete the archive target.
  2. On the Auto Export page in exacqVision Client, click the Refresh Status button once. The target will no longer be available as an Auto Export location.

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Enabling Automount in Linux

This procedure is useful if you cannot export to a non-optical USB drive using the operating system’s user account.


Requirements

Non-bootable USB drive with at least 2GB of available space.
USBMount.tar.gz file copied to USB drive (file attached below).
An exacqVision Server running Ubuntu version 10.04.


Notes

Only one USB drive can be auto-mounted at a time. This means that only one USB drive can be seen by the OS user, while the OS admin can see multiple drives as normal.
Performance while exporting video is affected by usbmount because cache is not used.


Step 1: Use the Auto-mount script to install needed packages

  1. Log out of user account and log in to admin account on the exacqVision server:
    a.) Press Alt-F4 to close exacqVision Client.
    b.) Click the Power icon in the bottom-left corner.
    c.) Select OK and then select admin.
    d.) Type the password for admin (default: admin256)
  2. Insert the USB drive into the exacqVision server.
  3. Press Alt-F4 to close exacqVision Client.
  4. Click Places and then the USB drive name.
  5. Navigate to and right-click USBMount.tar.gz, and then Copy to, and then Desktop.
  6. Double-click USBMount.tar.gz and then select Extract.
  1. Confirm that the extracted USBMount folder is going to the Desktop and select Extract.
  2. Select Show the Files and then open the USBMount folder.
  3. Double-click Automount.sh and then select Run in Terminal. Type the admin password.
  1. Close all open windows. Select the Power icon in the upper-right corner and select Restart.
    NOTE: Leave the USB drive in the system.

Step 2: Export to the USB Drive

  1. After the server restarts, exacqVision Client will be open. Navigate to the Search Page. Select a camera and enter a short search range (no more than 15 minutes). Click Search.
  1. When the results are returned, scrub to the start of the export and right-click the timeline to mark the start point. Then scrub to the end of the export and right-click to mark the stop point. Then right-click and select Download and Export Video.
  1. A /media/usb0 option should now be available in the Download and Export Video window.
  1. Double-click /media/usb0, then give the video a name, and select Save.

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Auto Export to Windows Network Share from Windows-based Exacq Server

On a Windows system, exacqVision Server runs as a service. This is desirable because the service starts recording video without user interaction when the system is started. However, this creates an issue with the management of credentials for access to network storage, as the exacqVision Server does not run from a normal user account that requires credentials, but runs from the System account.

If you would like to use the Auto Export feature to export video to a network share in Windows, please follow the steps below. (Linux instructions here):

  1. On the Exacq NVR, log into the Windows operating system as an admin user.<br><br>
  2. Download PsTools and extract PsExec.exe from the zip file.<br><br>
  3. From the Start menu, select All Programs and then Accessories. Right-click on Command Prompt and select Run as Administrator.<br><br>
  4. Change the directory to the location where you extracted PSExec.exe.<br><br>
  5. At the prompt enter: psexec -i -s cmd.exe
    If necessary, agree to the SysInternals license agreement.<br><br>
  6. In the new command window, type
    net use z: \\192.168.1.23\SHARE /persistent:yes
    The mapped drive letter (z: in this example) and the network share location (192.168.1.23\SHARE) can vary as desired your installation. Replace SHARE with your own directory path.<br><br>
    • If the above should fail, you may need to provide credentials to connect to this share directory, these may be added to the command, like so:
      net use z: \\192.168.1.23\SHARE /persistent:yes /user:"USERNAME" "PASSWORD"
    • Additionally, in some environments you may need to provide the domain name:
      net use z: \\192.168.1.23\SHARE /persistent:yes /user:"DOMAIN\USERNAME" "PASSWORD"
      or in the case of a local user account:
      net use z: \\192.168.1.23\SHARE /persistent:yes /user:"local\USERNAME" "PASSWORD"<br><br>
  7. If credentials are required to access this network share, you should be prompted. Enter the username and password.
  8. Once the command completes successfully, close both command prompt windows.
  9. In exacqVision Client, open the Auto Export page under Config. Click Refresh Status to display the newly configured drive in the Export Path drop-down list.<br><br>

The network share mapped to the Z:\ drive is now available for use in an export profile for event-driven exports or for user-initiated Auto Export.

If you desire to remove this share from the machine in the future, use CMD run as Administrator to run PsTools again:
psexec -i -s cmd.exe

At the new prompt, enter:
net use DRIVE: /delete
where DRIVE is replaced with the letter of the mapped drive to remove.<br>

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Exporting Video as Domain User with exacqVision Client in Windows

When logged into Windows as a domain user (instead of as a local user), exacqVision Client restricts the locations where video may be exported. An administrative user can export video to any directory or drive, whereas a restricted user can export video only to exacqVision Client’s designated file area.

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When a Windows system is added to a domain, Windows automatically adds the domain’s Domain Admins group to the local system’s Administrators group. (Domain Admins is a standard administrative group in Active Directory.) Therefore, by default any domain user that belongs to Domain Admins is seen as an administrative user by exacqVision Client and can choose any location when exporting video. If a domain user is unable to choose a location when exporting video, verify that the user is a member of a domain group that belongs to the local system’s Administrators group.

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Domain groups can be added to or removed from the local system’s Administrators group via the Computer Management control panel, found under Administrative Tools in Control Panel.

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Exporting-Video-as-Domain-User-with-exacqVision-Client-in-Windows.pdf