Video Exporting and Playback Instructions

In your MAIN MENU select VIDEO EXPORT which will bring you to a screen similar to the image below.



If you are going to export video to a thumb or jump drive you must first insert the thumb or jump drive into one of the USB slots on the front of your recorder.

1. Press enter with SELECT DEVICE highlighted. You will then be able to select either a CD/DVD Burner (if your unit has one) or the thumb/jump drive you inserted into your recorder. Highlight the option of your choice with the up/down buttons and press enter on the option you want and now that option will say YES. Press the ESC to now go back into VIDEO EXPORT.
2. Under the SELECT CHANNEL option you will unbright the channels that you do not want to be exported by arrowing on to that channel and pressing ENTER. You will notice as you press enter that channel will become less bright compared to the rest. By default all channels are selected.
3. Choose where you want your export to start in the FROM: option.
4. Choose where you want your export to end in the TO: option.
5. DATA TYPE is usually set to Normal
6. EXPORT FORMAT will be AVI or DRV depending on the Model you have. Choose your format. (HVR & Legacy DVRH have option for both)
7. DIGITAL SIGNATURE if set to YES gives you a time & date stamp on the file for Legal Purpose.
8. BEGIN EXPORT set to YES and export will begin.

PLAYBACK

Because you exported to an AVI format your viewing experience will be much easier. If you have a Media Player that will play .avi files simply load it into that player. If not go to our downloads section and run the ffdshow program to install the codec. After you are finished you should be able to play your .avi file in Microsoft Windows Media Player. An alternative would be to download a free media player such as VLC Media Player from our downloads section, which supports and plays many files including .avi files.

If you have an error message or problems exporting, viewing recorded data, or getting your recorder to recognize your jump drive you need to restart your DVR and try again. Like all electronics your DVR will need to be restarted every once in a while.

For any other questions, refer to the Export Video section of your Users Manual!

Video Exporting and Playback Instructions

Your DVR allows users to export wanted video to the built-in CD/DVD+RW or an external storage device, such as a USB ThumbDrive, and the exported video will be saved as *.drv file.

If the video is to be exported to an external device, make sure the device is connected to the DVR.

NOTE: Once an external device is connected to the DVR unit, the device has priority over the built-in CD/DVD+RW. That means the video will be exported to the external device instead of the built-in CD/DVD+RW.

According to the size of video, the exporting process may take about 10 minutes to 1 hour.

ezBurn Intro:

Built with the ezBurn technology, ezBurn function provides users the easier way to export desired video with CD/DVD+RW built in or to an external device connected, such as an USB ThumbDrive. TWO keys (SEARCH and COPY) and THREE touches are all you need for completing the export. The whole exporting process will be done through the front panel, but no need to enter the OSD setup menu. The ezburn export process is illustrated as below figure:

ezBurn steps are as follows:

1. Press SEARCH and play wanted video by entering date and time. Note if you are viewing in multiple channel mode, please make sure there is no window displaying in Live mode. Otherwise, the export won't work.
2. In playback mode, play the video and press COPY on the point that you want to start the export. Continue playback viewing.
3. Press COPY again on the point that you want to end the export. Now, the "ezBurn" window displays as below figure. The information shown on the window is for read only.
   

Your selected device will be your USB thumbdrive or CD/DVD+RW burner depending on your model of recorder.

PLAYBACK

The file that you exported to your jump drive is a .drv file. Your windows media player will not play this file so you must use the DVREH_Player which is avilable in our downloads section.

1. Install this software, open it up and select PLAY and a data list window will open.
2. In the Data list window select OPEN and find your exported video file folder and select OK. (Note you are only selecting the folder your file is in. You will see your file in the next step.)
3. After selecting OK on the previous screen you are now able to see your file with a date and time. Highlight (if there are several files) the date & time you want to view and select PLAYBACK at the bottom of the screen.
4. Now deselect the cameras you do not want to play and check the one you do want to play. Select OK. Your video will begin.

If you have an error message or problems exporting, viewing recorded data, or getting your recorder to recognize your jump drive you need to restart your DVR and try again. Like all electronics your DVR will need to be restarted every once in a while.

For any other questions, refer to the Export Video section of your Users Manual!

Video Export for the ST Series:

• If using USB mouse:
  1. Right click and choose "Backup"
  2. Login
  3. Choose USB from device if it didn't do so automatically
  4. Choose the time period or days you want to export
  5. Choose which channels you want to export video from ( a check mark means it will export from that channel ) - if your cameras support audio recording and you would like that included, make sure there is a check mark by "audio", if your camera don't support it, having it checked or unchecked doesn't matter
  6. If you have no idea how much video data you have, you can click "estimate" and the DVR will calculate an amount to fit the USB drive you have plugged in
  7. Once everything is set, click "start" and the DVR will export the video to the USB drive in H.264 format
• If using the supplied remote:
  1. Press the "Backup" button
  2. Login
  3. Follow the steps above starting with step 3

Video Playback for the ST Series:

• If using USB mouse:
  1. Right Click
  2. Click on ‘Search’
  3. Login
  4. Choose the day you want to playback by double clicking the date on the calendar in the upper left
  5. On the bottom will be a timeline where you can choose the time you want to start viewing
  6. You can press play and watch the video or you can click ‘To Play’ for a full screen view
  7. To exit ‘To Play’ view, press ‘Stop’
• Using the Remote:
  1. Press ‘Search’ button on the remote (the top left of the remote)
  2. Login
  3. Use the Arrows and Enter buttons to navigate and make selections
  4. Choose the date you wish to playback from the calendar in the upper left and press ‘Enter’
  5. Arrow down to the timeline and choose the time you want to start viewing and press ‘Enter’ and it will start playing
  6. Choosing ‘To Play’ will make the video full screen
  7. ‘Fast Forward’, ‘Play’ and other navigating buttons can be found on the remote to navigate through the video