# Setting a Recording Schedule

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Use the 24 hour recording schedule calendar to define, in 1 hour blocks, when a device will be recorded. Remember that the image quality settings in the recording schedule dictate live stream view settings as well.

Note that if recording is not enabled, motion detection will only be active when the camera is being viewed in a layout.

To set a Recording Schedule

1.Select the desired camera(s) in the Resource Tree or in layout.

2.Choose Camera Settings in the context menu and go to the Recording tab.

IMPORTANT: If the server and c lient are in different time zones, the schedule displays server time.

3.Click the Recording button at the upper-left to enable recording.

Note that the total number of licenses available and the number of licenses used is displayed below this button. If the number of available licenses is insufficient, you can click the Activate License button and proceed with activation.

4.If desired, set the frames-per-second (FPS) rate and Quality (Low, Medium, High, or Best) that will apply to the device(s). When available for the devices selected, you can also set the Bitrate by clicking on More Settings.

IMPORTANT: If changes to streamed settings are prohibited, these image quality settings are ignored. See "Preventing Nx Witness from Changing Camera Streaming Settings".

5.Check the Show Quality and Show FPS boxes to display the respective values in the recording schedule calendar.

6. If desired, adjust the length of time that will be added to the recording before (Pre-recording) and after (Post-Recording) motion is detected.

7.If desired, u se the Fixed Archive Length fields to assign high or low priority to the camera (see "Configuring Minimum and Maximum Archive Storage"). It is usually best to leave Min. Days and Max. Days set to Auto.

8.Once all parameters are set, select the desired Recording Mode – Record Always, Motion Only, Motion + Lo-Res, or Do Not Record. See "Recording Modes".

9.A blue outline around the button indicates the active recording mode. Click in calendar blocks to apply a recording mode. You can also:

•Click-and-drag to select multiple time blocks

•Click on the hour number to select an entire column

•Click on the name of the day to select an entire row

•Click All at the top left corner to select an entire week

•Use Alt+click to copy a recording mode

10.Repeat steps 8 and 9 as desired to schedule other recording modes.

11.If Motion Recording is used, it is possible to set regions that will trigger a motion event and how sensitive to motion the regions will be. See "Setting up Motion Mask and Motion Sensitivity".

12.Click Apply or OK when finished, or Cancel t o discard changes.

Example

This example uses the following settings:

•Weekdays 7:00 AM-7:59 PM – Record Always, 15 FPS, High quality

•Weekdays 8:00 PM-6:59 AM – Motion + Lo-Res, 6 FPS, Low quality

•Weekends – Motion Only, 15 FPS, Medium quality