Exporting Recordings

Snapshot images can be created in the Live and the Playback views for the displayed camera, and in the Grid view and Grid Playback for all displayed cameras.

Fig. 14: Saving Snapshot Images

To do so, click on the Snapshot button in the Command bar. By default, images are saved in the image folder of the user account. The destination path and the image settings for saved images can be selected via the MxManagementCenter > Settings > Snapshot Images (Mac) or File > Settings > Snapshot Images (Windows) menu item.

The Playback view allows setting a time range for a recording (event recording or continuous recording) in order to select it for exporting.

1. Open the Playback view.
2. Drag the desired camera from the Camera bar or the Device bar.
3. Find the start of the relevant recording.
4. Specify the export range. There are two possibilities for this export:

Select export range using visual markers:

1. Mark the start of the clip by clicking on the gray flag on the left .
2. Play the recording until you have reached the end of the clip you want to export. Mark the end of the clip by clicking on the gray flag on the right. Both flags are now green.
3. Click on Export and select the export profile.

4. The Export dialog box appears. Select a target folder and enter a file name.

Manually capture export range:

First, make sure that no export area has yet been set using the "export flag." If an export area has already been defined, you can delete it. Do so by right-clicking on a flag and selecting Delete Time Range.

1. Click on Export. Then click on the desired export profile (1). The dialog box used for defining the export range appears.

2. Specify the export range (2).
3. Click on OK and then on Save.

The Grid Playback allows for setting a time range for a recording (event or continuous recording) in order to select it for exporting from multiple cameras.

1. Open the Grid Playback.
2. Drag & drop the desired camera group from the Group bar or the Device bar.
3. Find the start of the relevant recording for the camera in the focus window.
   At the same, the search is extended to the other cameras in the group, and the recordings with the closest relevance to those in the focus window recording will be displayed in the tiles.
4. Specify the export range. There are two possibilities for this export:

Select export range using visual markers:

1. Mark the start of the clip by clicking on the gray flag on the left .
2. Play the recording until you have reached the end of the clip you want to export. Mark the end of the clip by clicking on the gray flag on the right. Both flags are now green.
3. Instead of exporting all cameras of this group, you can also select one or more cameras for exporting. To do so, right-click on Export. A circle appears on the camera images in the top left corner. Select the desired cameras by clicking on the corresponding circles (1).
4. Then click on Export and select the export profile (2). The Export dialog box appears.

Fig. 15: Select export range using visual markers

5. Select a target folder and enter a file name.

Manually capture export range:

Make sure that no export area has yet been set using the "export flag." If an export area has already been set, you can delete it. Do so by right-clicking on a flag and selecting Delete Time Range.

1. Before you define the export range, you can limit the selection if you do not want to export all of the recordings that appear in the tiles. To do so, right-click on Export. A circle appears on the tiles in the top left corner. Select the desired cameras by clicking on the corresponding circles (1).
2. Click on Export and select the export profile (2). The dialog box used for defining the export range appears.

Fig. 16: Manually capture export range

3. Specify the export range (3).
4. Click on OK and then on Save.

The Export bar provides a quick and easy way to take camera recordings and MXG clips by dragging and dropping and create a list of recordings for subsequent exporting. From the bar, you can export recording time ranges as combined clips. You can add the clips in the Playback view, in Grid Playback, in the Research view and in the Retail view. After an export, the clips are not deleted automatically. It is deleted when the program is closed.

Adding Clips for Exporting in the Playback View

1. Drag the desired camera or the desired clip from the camera bar or from the Device bar.
2. Find the recording you are interested in.

Fig. 17: Adding Clips for Exporting in the Playback View

3. Mark the start of the time range by clicking on the gray flag on the left . Play the recording until you have reached the end of the clip you want to export. Mark the end of the time range by clicking on the gray flag on the right . Both flags are now green (1).
   You can set the end marker first (gray flag on the right), then play the recording from the beginning so you can set the start marker (gray flag on the left) at the desired point.
4. Click on the image of the recording and maintain the position until you see a scaled-down image of the recording (2).
5. Drag this image to the Alarm bar (regardless of whether or not it is open). The Export bar will open automatically, allowing you to save the image there.

Adding Clips for Exporting in Grid Playback

The Export bar in Grid Playback is useful for combining sequential time ranges of different cameras.

1. Drag the desired camera to the focus window in the grid and find the relevant recording.
2. Mark the start of the time range by clicking on the gray flag on the left . Play the recording until you have reached the end of the clip you want to export. Mark the end of the time range by clicking on the gray flag on the right . Both flags are now green.
3. Click on the image of the recording in the focus window and maintain the position until you see a scaled-down image. Drag this image to the Alarm bar (regardless of whether or not it is open). The Export bar will open automatically, allowing you to save the image there.
4. After you have set the end marker of the time range, the recordings of all other cameras will reposition to show the same time. Drag the camera with the next recording in the sequence of events into the focus window. Mark the start and the end of the clip as described above, then drag the recording into the Export bar.
5. Repeat these steps until you have added all recordings you want to export.

You can also add time ranges from several cameras in the Export bar.

1. Simply drag the desired camera group from the Group bar or from the Device bar and search for the relevant recording.
2. Mark the start and the end of the clip as described above. The recordings of the other cameras will reposition accordingly.
3. Right-click on Export. A selection box with a checkmark appears in the top left corner of the recordings. If you do not want to add the recording range of a specific camera to the list, uncheck the selection box for that camera.
4. Click on the image of the recording in the focus window and maintain the position until you see a scaled-down image. Drag this image to the Alarm bar (regardless of whether or not it is open). The Export bar will open automatically, allowing you to save the image there. The selected clips will be copied to the Export bar.
5. Repeat these steps until you have added all time ranges you want to export.

Adding Clips for Exporting in the Research View

In the Research view, you can add recorded event sequences to the list. The length of the event sequences is currently 10 seconds.

1. Set filters by camera, by group or by event type as needed.
2. Right-click on Export. A selection box appears on the event images in the top left corner. Select the desired events by clicking on the corresponding selection boxes.
3. Open the Export bar by clicking on the lower frame border of the open Alarm bar. Click on an event image and maintain the position until you see a scaled-down event image. Drag this image to the Export bar. The clips of all selected event images are added to the Export bar. (An alternative option is: In the Export bar, click on . The clips of all selected event images are added to the Export bar.
4. If needed, you can set new filters and add more event images to the Export bar.

Adding Clips for Exporting in the Smart Data View

You can add clips for the individual Smart Data transactions to the Export bar. The default clip length is ten seconds on either side of the transaction time stamp, that is, for a total of 20 seconds.

1. Right-click on Export. A selection box appears on the preview images in the top left corner. Select the desired transactions by clicking on the corresponding selection boxes.
2. Open the Export bar by clicking on the lower frame border of the open Alarm bar. Click on an preview image and maintain the position until you see a scaled-down preview image. Drag this image to the Export bar. The clips of all selected preview images are added to the Export bar. An alternative option is: In the Export bar, click on . The clips of all selected preview images are added to the Export bar.

You can also add clips for the individual preview images of the selected transaction to the Export bar:

1. Drag the transaction preview image in the Preview Image section and drop it on the Export bar.

If you have added a recording to the Export bar for which you previously used distortion correction or zoom features during playback, you can choose to export the clip with or without zoom. Likewise, you can export the clip with or without audio. To do so, move the mouse pointer over the recording in the Export bar. Three icons appear:

• : Clip is exported with zoom.
  Click on to export the clip without zoom. The icon is disabled.
• : By default, the clips are exported with audio (provided that audio had been recorded).
  To export without audio, click on . The icon is disabled.
• : Note that you can play back the individual clips directly in the Export bar before exporting.
  Click on  to do so.

Right-click on a clip to open a context menu with these functions: Manually adjust time range, activate/deactivate audio and zoom for all clips, duplicate a clip, delete one or all clips.

Click on Export, then select MOBOTIX to export an MXG clip. Select a different profile to create an AVI, MP4 or MKV file. However, depending on the data source (e.g., MOBOTIX NAS) not all export profiles are available.
Select a destination path in the Export dialog and enter a file name. Activate the Automatically Import After Export checkbox in the file selection dialog to automatically add the MXG clips to the Export bar after exporting.