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# Genetec Ingest Engine

The Genetec ingest engine ingests video from Genetec Security Center.

NOTE: To use this ingest engine your system must meet the following requirements:

- You must run Media Server on Windows.
- You must set the parameter GenetecSDKDirectory to the path of the Genetec Security Center 5.6 SDK (which you must obtain from Genetec).

To configure the Genetec ingest engine, you can set the following parameters:

Configuration Parameter | Description
--- | ---
BasicPassword | The password to use to retrieve video.
BasicUsername | The user name to use to retrieve video.
RecorderHost | The host name or IP address of the Genetec Security Center recording server.
RecorderPort | The port of the Genetec Security Center recording server.
StartTimeout | The maximum amount of time to wait to receive the first frame from the Genetec Security Center recording server.
StreamTimeout | The maximum amount of time to wait for the next record from a stream.
Type | The type of ingest engine to use. Set this parameter to `GenetecIngest`.

The Genetec ingest engine produces the following tracks, where `taskName` is the name of the ingest task:

- `taskName.Image_1` - an image track which contains the video frames. This track can be referred to using the alias `Default_Image`.
- `taskName.Proxy` - the proxy track.

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Product: Knowledge Discovery Media Server 26.2

Topic Title: Genetec Ingest Engine