Export recordings on SwannView Link software
DVR16-1000, DVR4-1250, DVR8-1250, DVR4-1260, DVR8-1260, DVR4-1425, DVR8-1425, DVR9-1425, DVR12-1425, DVR16-1425, DVR8-1450, DVR4-1580, DVR8-1580, DVR4-2555, DVR8-2555, DVR8-2900, DVR4-3000, DVR8-3000, DVR16-3000, DVR8-3200, DVR16-3200, DVR4-3250, DVR8-3250, DVR16-3250, DVR8-3260, DVR4-3425, DVR8-3425, DVR16-3425, DVR4-3450, DVR8-3450, DVR4-4000, DVR8-4000, DVR16-4000, DVR4-4100, DVR8-4100, DVR4-4150, DVR4-4200, DVR8-4200, DVR9-4200, DVR16-4200, DVR4-4400, DVR8-4400, DVR16-4400, DVR4-4550, DVR8-4550, DVR16-4550, DVR4-4600, DVR8-4600, DVR4-4750, DVR8-4750, DVR8-5000, HDR6-8000, HDR6-8100, HDR4-8200, NVR4-7072, NVR8-7072, NVR4-7082, NVR8-7082, NVR4-7085, NVR8-7085, NVR4-7285, NVR8-7285, NVR4-7300, NVR8-7300, NVR16-7300, NVR4-7400, NVR8-7400, NVR16-7400, NVW-1080H, NVW-460, NVW-480, NVW-490
How to export recordings using SwannView Link software?
Choosing a download path
- Open SwannView Link software and click
icon to Local Settings.
- Under General, click Browse for Download Path; otherwise, you can get the downloaded file under C:\DownloadFile by default and proceed to downloading recordings.
- Select the path you want to save recordings to.
- Click on OK then Save to apply all changes.
Downloading recordings
- Click on Playback
and choose Remote Playback.
- Look for your DVR or NVR and click the camera
icon to display all cameras.
- Choose the date you want to search from.
- Click and drag a camera to one of the 4 boxes to the left. It should look something like this:
- Click the Save icon
located at the upper-right corner of the channel window.
- On the download window that showed up, tick the checkbox of the recording you want to save.
- Click on Download once you’re done selecting file(s).
- Once downloading is finished, under Progress, it will show Finished.
- Click on
icon then select Transcode.
- If you are using a DVR-1580/4550/4750, skip this step and proceed to How to play exported recordings.
- Select Add and locate the file you just exported.
- Click Browse and choose a path where you want to save the converted file.
- Click on Transcode and it will convert the 264 file to MP4.
- Proceed to the next step.
NOTE: the software used on this guide is v2.1.2.43 wherein downloaded recordings are converted automatically to MP4 format if you are using DVR-1580/4550/4750.
NOTE: Check this article to know how to play the recordings on your computer: How to play exported recordings on a computer?