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AXIS Q2901-E Temperature Alarm Camera
Recordings
Recordings
The Axis product can be congured to record video continuously or according to an action rule:
• To start a continuous recording, see page 42.
• To set up action rules, see page 38.
• To access recordings, see Recording List on page 42.
• To congure camera controlled storage, see Storage on page 53.
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) les are the actual recordings. 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. For information about storage devices, see Storage
on page 53. To prevent the disk from becoming full, it is recommended to congure the disk to automatically remove old recordings.
If a new stream prole is selected while a recording is ongoing, the recording will be stopped and saved in the recording list and a
new recording with the new stream prole will start. All previous continuous recordings will remain in the recording list until they
are removed manually or through automatic removal of old recordings.
To start a continuous recording, follow these steps:
1. Go to Recordings > Continuous.
2. Select Enabled.
3. Select the type of storage device from the Storage list.
4. Select a Stream prole to use for continuous recordings. To include audio in the recording, use AAC audio encoding and
make sure that audio is enabled in the selected stream prole.
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