The Export video dialog box

The Export video dialog box opens when you are exporting video from any task in Security Desk that is displaying a playback video sequence in the canvas.

The figure that follows shows the Export video dialog box during the exporting video process.

The Export dialog box displays the following information about the export progress:
  • Camera:
    Camera name.
  • File name:
    Name of the file being exported.
  • Status:
    The export status, which can be one of the following:
    • Queued:
      The export operation is queued, but has not started.
    • Exporting:
      The export is in progress. The progress is indicated by the number of bytes transferred.
    • Converting:
      If you chose to encrypt the video file or export in ASF format, this step comes after the Exporting step. The progress is indicated by the percentage of work completed.
    • No video:
      There is no recorded video from that camera for the selected time period.
    • Partial export:
      The export has to be aborted due to some unexpected problem. Click on the sequence to see a description of the problem in the Status field found at the bottom of the dialog box. When this happens, the remainder of the video is exported to a separate video file.
    • Archiver server not running:
      The Archiver that manages the selected video sequence is not running.
    • Cancelled:
      The export operation has been cancelled by the user.
    • Successful:
      The complete video sequence has been exported successfully.
    • Error occurred:
      The export operation failed. Click the sequence to see why the export failed in the Error field found at the bottom of the dialog box.
  • Progress:
    The export progress
  • Length:
    Total length of the video file.
  • Start:
    Start time of the video sequence contained in the file.
  • End:
    End time of the video sequence contained in the file.
  • Source:
    The archiving source of the video sequence.
  • Elapsed time:
    The total elapsed time since the export operation started.
  • File name:
    Name of the file being exported. You can click Rename () to edit the filename.
  • Error:
    The error message explaining why the selected export failed or was aborted (partial export).
  • Cancel:
    Interrupt the export before it completes. If the operation already started, the partial sequences that were already exported are saved as video files.
  • Cancel all:
    Interrupt the export of all remaining video files. The sequences that were already exported (marked as Successful) are saved as video files.