Ingest Video from Genetec Security Center

Media Server can ingest live video from Genetec Security Center.

NOTE: This feature is available only when you run Media Server on Windows.

Before you begin

  1. Install the Genetec Security Center SDK, version 5.6, on the same machine as Media Server.
  2. In the [Paths] section of the Media Server configuration file, set the configuration parameter GenetecSDKDirectory to the directory that contains the SDK, for example:

    [Paths]
    ...
    GenetecSDKDirectory=C:\Genetec_Security_Center_5.6_SDK
  3. Restart Media Server.

To ingest video from Genetec

  1. Create a new configuration to send to Media Server with the process action, or open an existing configuration that you want to modify.

  2. In the [Session] section, add a new task by setting the EngineN parameter. You can give the task any name, for example:

    [Session]
    Engine0=Ingest
  3. Create a configuration section to contain the task settings. Type the task name inside square brackets, and then set the following parameters:

    Type The ingest engine to use. Set this parameter to GenetecIngest.
    RecorderHost The host name or IP address of the Genetec Security Center recording server.
    RecorderPort The port of the Genetec Security Center recording server.
    BasicUsername The user name to use to retrieve video from Genetec Security Center.
    BasicPassword The password to use to retrieve video from Genetec Security Center. Micro Focus recommends encrypting user names and passwords before entering them in configuration files. For information about how to do this, see Encrypt Passwords.

    For example:

    [Ingest]
    Type=GenetecIngest
    RecorderHost=Genetec
    RecorderPort=5500
    BasicUsername=user
    BasicPassword=encrypted_password
  4. Save and close the configuration file. Micro Focus recommends that you save your configuration files in the location specified by the ConfigDirectory parameter.

You can now start ingesting video. When you use the process action, you must set the source parameter to the logical ID of a camera. For information about how to find the logical ID, refer to the Genetec Security Center documentation. For more information about how to start processing, see Start Processing.