Webcam Watchdog provides you digital video recording feature. Before you start recording, please configure the setting for video recording. You can find the video files in the directory you specified in this dialog box. Each video file is named with date and time for you to manage them easily. You may find the file by using Microsoft Windows Explorer and double-click on month-date-year-hour-min-sec.wmv to view the video. To setup the video recording:
- Click on Setup, and then click on Files tab.
- To change the default video recording folder, click Browse to select a folder for storing the video recording.
- Limit the tape to x MB
You can limit the tape size for your video by input a number in the "Limit the tape size to" box. Webcam Watchdog will switch the recording to a new file when current video file reaches the limit. - Stop VCR when only x MB left on HD
You can input a number here to limit hard drive space being used by Webcam Watchdog. If you enter 1000 MB in the box, Webcam Watchdog will stop recording when only 1000MB left on your HD. - Auto delete the oldest tape in video folder when no space on HD.
You may want to turn this feature on if you want Webcam Watchdog to delete the oldest video recording in your video folder to recycle the hard drive space. For 24/7 video recording, you may need to turn this feature. Please be careful with this option. Your WMV video files in video folder may be deleted if you check the box.
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Playback the video
You can simply double click on the .wmv or .wma files to open the video, if you are using Windows Media Player 7.0 or above. If you are using Windows Media™ Player 6.4, please follow the steps to open the .wmv file.
- Double click on wmv file
- When you see the "Open With ..." dialog box, please select Windows Media Player to handle wmv.
- The player will begin downloading the codec from the net.
