XProtect format settings

Choose the XProtect format to create an export that can only be opened on a Windows computer in XProtect Smart Client – Player.

To open exports that are created in XProtect version 2020 R1 or later, you must use XProtect Smart Client version 2020 R1 or later.

Name	Description
Include XProtect Smart Client – Player	Include the XProtect Smart Client – Player application with the exported data. The exported data can only be viewed with the XProtect Smart Client – Player.
Prevent re-export	Prevent your recipients from re-exporting the data in any format to ensure that the data has not been tampered with.
Encrypt with password	Encrypt the export using the encryption standard AES-256. When you select Export > Create export, you are asked to enter a password that is at least eight characters long. To open and view the exported data, the recipient of the export must enter the password.
Include digital signature	Include a digital signature to your exported database. Depending on your surveillance system settings, the video or audio might already contain a signature. If this is the case, these signatures will be verified during export and if successfully verified, added to the export. If verification fails, the export for the device will also fail. When opening the exported files, the recipients can verify the signature in XProtect Smart Client – Player. See also Verify digital signatures. If you do not include a digital signature, neither the signature from the server or the export will be included, and the export will succeed even if the video or audio has been tampered with. Digital signatures can be excluded during the export process in two different situations: If there are areas with privacy masksA blurred or solid color that covers an area of the video in the camera view. The defined areas are blurred or covered in live, playback, hotspot, carousel, smart map, smart search, and export modes in the clients., digital signatures for the recording server will be removed from the export If the data you are exporting is very close to the current date and time, the digital signature for the recording server might not be included for the whole sequence. In this case, only part of the export will have digital signatures added The export process will complete, but when you verify the signatures, you will see that the digital signatures for the recording server were removed or partially OK.
Comments	Open the Add comments to export window, where you can add comments to individual cameras or to the export project as a whole.