I have someone who has a rule to archive the bookmark data to another source.
AFAIK, bookmarks are kept during archiving. The bookmarks are so to speak part of the footage.
How then may we make a copy of all of the bookmarks without having to do the export over and over.
I have a feeling I misunderstood you.
You wrote “I have someone who has a rule to archive the bookmark data to another source.”
Do you by any chance mean “I have someone who needs a rule to archive the bookmark data to another source.” ?
Yes, by ‘rule’ I meant their organization’s rule, not an XProtect Management Server rule. They use bookmarks often, and wish to see these video segments archived onto a separate medium. They generate many bookmarks and would like to see some automation in their exporting.
Is this kind of bulk exporting of bookmark data possible via either the Smart Client or the Management client?
I hope that I have explained myself better.
Also, we are looking into making a software plug-in using the Milestone SDK to perform these tasks.
In the Smart Client a user can easily find bookmarks and can decide to do an export.
There is no build-in functionality to do an automatic export of all bookmarks.
If you have the MIP SDK-
It would be possible to develop a plugin for the Smart Client that could read bookmarks and then do an export based on that information. This could also be a standalone application or service. If fully automatic I imagine that a client application as such would not be needed.
-You could start by exploring the Smart Client Bookmark sample and the Smart Client Export sample (or similar standalone samples).