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Exporting AVI Video

Video exported in Audio Video Interleave (AVI) format can be played in most media players. Be aware that you can only export one video at a time in this format.

If there is audio linked to the video, the audio is automatically included in the export.

At the top-left corner of the application window, select > . The Export tab opens.
In the Format: drop down list, select AVI video.
From the Cameras: drop down explorer, select the camera video that you want to export.

A preview of the video is displayed in the image panel. Use the Timeline controls to playback the video. For more information, see Playing Back Recorded Video.
Enter the Time Range you want to export. The Time Range is highlighted on the Timeline by black time range markers. You can also drag the time range markers to modify the time range.
In the Encoder: field, select the compression used. The VC-1 (Windows Media Video) compression is included by default because it is tailored for high-resolution AVI encoding.

If you are planning to burn the export to disc, it is important to select a compression method to help reduce the export size and maintain video quality.
In the Quality: drop down list, select the exported image quality level.
NOTE: You can only change the Quality: setting if you've selected an Encoder: for the export.
In the Resolution: field, select a resolution for the video image. You can manually enter the resolution or click the drop down arrow to select a standard resolution.

NOTE: The Resolution: field automatically maintains the image aspect ratio.
From the Image Rate: drop down list, select how many images per second are exported.
For example, the video is streaming at 30 images per second. If you select 1/2, only 15 images for that second will be exported.
To define a specific image rate, select Custom (ips) then enter the image rate in minutes and seconds. If you enter 1 minute and 0 seconds, one frame of video is exported for each minute of the export.
To automatically divide the export into separate files, select a Maximum file size:.

This option allows you to export smaller files for storing in a flash drive or on optical media.

This setting is automatically disabled if you choose to burn the export to disc because the system auto-detects the disc size.
Select the Skip recording gaps check box to avoid pauses in the video caused by gaps in the recording.
Select the image overlays that you want to display in the export: Timestamp, Device name and Device location.

NOTE: The Timestamp displays the time that was recorded by the server that the camera is connected to.

Select the Video Analytics Activity overlay to include classified object bounding boxes in the export. The bounding boxes will be embedded in the video and cannot be removed from the export.
Adjust the image region that is exported. You can zoom, pan, or crop the image to only export the region of interest. Depending on the camera, you can adjust the image region in the following ways:
- If available, use the zoom and pan tools above the image panel to adjust the video image that is exported.
- Otherwise, click Change Image Region…. In the Change Image Region… dialog box, move and resize the green overlay to select the region you want to export, then click OK. Only areas highlighted in green will be exported.
Click Display Adjustments… to adjust the Gamma:, Black Level:, White Level:, or Enable Auto-Contrast.

The Display Adjustment Settings: can be adjusted and restored for all image panels from the Client Settings. For more information, see Changing Display Adjustment Settings.

The Display Adjustment Settings: can be adjusted for each image panel or for all image panels from the Display Adjustments… floating pane. For more information, see Making Image Panel Display Adjustments.
Click one of the following:

Tip: While the file is being exported, you can continue to use the Client software for regular operations in the other tabs.
- Start Export: to save the file locally.
  - In the Save As dialog box, name the export file and click Save.
- Burn to Disc: to burn the file directly to disc media.
  1. When the dialog box appears, insert a disc and select the media burning drive.
  2. Name the export file. The file name is automatically given a numbered suffix to help identify which file you are playing if the export spans multiple discs.
  3. Click Burn to Disc to start the export. If this button is disabled, the disc may be corrupt or full.
  4. Monitor the export progress to see if extra discs are required. When a disc is full, the export automatically pauses and you are asked to insert a new disc. After you insert a new disc, click Resume Export.
The number of discs required to export a video varies widely depending on the type of camera and disc used. Video is stored on the server with minimal compression to enhance the function of Avigilon HDSM technology, so the size of an export can be quite large due to the camera's high megapixel resolution and frame rate.

Generally, if you export a 2 minute video from a 2MP H.264 HD camera into uncompressed AVI format, you will export a 2.7 GB file. If you select an Encoder: format and compress the video, you can export a 224 MB video at high quality. It is recommended that you always select an Encoder: format for AVI export to help significantly reduce the file size.

To further reduce the file size you can select a lower quality setting, lower the export frame rate, reduce the video resolution, or focus the export on a specific image region. Be aware that reducing each of the available settings too much may cause the export to be blurry or missing frames.

If it is important to have a high quality and full frame rate export, it is recommended that you use the AVE export format instead. AVE export intelligently compresses the video to create a smaller export file while maintaining video data so that you can search, re-export video, and authenticate the video against tampering through the Avigilon Control Center Player software.
When the export is complete, click OK.

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