Exporting Video

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Affected Roles: System Owner • System Administrator • Developer
Related Nx VMS Apps: Nx Desktop • Nx Server 
Difficulty: Medium
Introduced: v1.0
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Exporting Video from Nx Witness VMS

Nx Witness has flexible video export capabilities that allow operators to find an export video from single or multiple cameras in different formats and variable speeds and with embedded system-generated information like Timestamps, custom logos/images, custom text, and operator info. 

Exporting Video from a Single Camera

• Select the camera/video you would like to use to begin your export.
• On the Timeline/Playback Panel click and drag to highlight the time period you would like to export in blue.
• Right-click the newly selected area (now highlighted blue) and select Export Video to launch the Export Video dialog.
• In the Single Camera tab you will see a preview of the video you would like to export.
• Single Video Export Options include:
  • Add Timestamp - allows operator to export video with a timestamp
    • Long - Day, Month DD, YYY HH:MM:SS AM/PM
    • Short - MM/DD/YY HH:MM:SS AM/PM
    • ISO 8601 - YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS
    • RFC 2822 - DD Mon YYYY HH:MM:SS UTC Offset
  • Add Image - add an image to be overlaid on exported video for branding / watermarking
    • bmp, gif, jpeg, jpg, pbm, pgm, png, ppm, tif, tiff, xbm, xpm
  • Add Text - add text to be overlaid on the exported video
    • Plain text
    • HTML
  • Rapid Review - compress the time of the exported video to grab key frames and create a shortened video for rapid review of a long video.
• Click Export to start the export and browse to the location the file should be exported to 
  •  An indicator of export progress will be shown
• When the export is complete see the exported file in the Local folder, and you can directly drag the file into the main screen to play the video.

Exporting Video from Multiple Cameras

• Select the cameras/video you would like to use to begin your export.
• On the Timeline / Playback Panel click and drag to highlight the time period you would like to export in blue.
• Right-click the newly selected area (now highlighted blue) and select Export Video to launch the Export Video dialog.
• In the Multi Video tab you will see a preview of the video you would like to export.
• Multi Video Export Options include:
  • Make Read Only - creates an .nov (Network Optix Video) or .exe (executable) file which can only be viewed, preventing additional video export.
  • Protect with password - allows protection of the .nov or .exe file with a user-generated password.
• Click Export to start the export and browse to the location the file should be exported to 
  •  An indicator of export progress will be shown
• When the export is complete users can browse to the file and double-click to open.

Watermarking

All exported video from an Nx Witness System contains a system-generated Watermark which can be used for analyzing video authenticity.