API question

I have dozens of PC’s in a LAN, all have XProtect screen recorder. I need to tell them all to start/stop recording together. Can I do it using the API? or write a plugin to the VMS?

This sample might be helpful for you – VideoViewer sample -

https://doc.developer.milestonesys.com/html/index.html?base=samples/videoviewer_sample.html&tree=tree_2.html

The VideoViewer sample can show live and recorded video for two cameras.

Also, you can do it with making a new rule, this means you don’t need to develop with MIP SDK.

In this case, you can start and stop recording when you fire user-define event. Let me tell you the instructions.

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1. Make two new user-define events, such as start and stop.

2. Make a new rule, for example –

Perform an action on start

 from External

start recording immediately on Camera Group 1

Perform stop action on stop

 from External

stop recording immediately

3. When you fire start/stop user-define event, then you can start/stop recording your cameras.

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