Record a video with your Cisco Desk Camera

You can record videos of on-site events or meetings with the Cisco Accessory Hub desktop app. The recordings are saved as AVI files in the Media folder.

If you close the shutter, the recording stops.

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Open the Cisco Accessory Hub desktop app.

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Click your camera on the Accessories tab to open the accessory settings.

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Hover your mouse over the image frame to call out the video recording buttons and record your video.

  • Click Record to start recording.

  • Click Pause to pause recording.

  • Click Resume to continue recording.

  • Click Stop to stop recording.

  • Click the media folder button to view your recording files in the media folder.

Take a snapshot with your Cisco Desk Camera

Use the Snapshot feature on the Cisco Accessory Hub desktop app to save static images. The captures are saved as BMP files in the Media folder.

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Open the Cisco Accessory Hub desktop app.

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Click your camera on the Accessories tab to open the accessory settings.

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If needed, adjust the settings to optimize the image.

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Below the video frame, click the snapshot button to take a picture from the live video.

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Click the media folder button to open the Media folder where your snapshots are saved.

Flip the image for snapshots and videos

After you flip the image, the snapshots and videos that you take with the camera will appear in a horizontally reversed orientation.

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Open the Cisco Accessory Hub desktop app.

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Click your camera on the Accessories tab to open the accessory settings.

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Click the flip icon at the top-right corner of the video frame.

Mute the microphones

By default, your camera microphones are On. Mute your microphones if you want recordings without audio.

If you use your camera with a meeting application, make sure that you select your camera as the audio channel on the meeting app settings. You can use the meeting app to mute or unmute yourself during a meeting.

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Open the Cisco Accessory Hub desktop app.

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Click your camera on the Accessories tab to open the accessory settings.

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At the bottom of the video frame, click the mute button.

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To resume the audio, click the unmute button.

Adjust the microphone volume

Adjust your microphone volume before you start video recordings. You can't adjust the volume when muted.

If you are using the microphones on the camera for meetings, use the volume feature on your meeting app to adjust the microphone volume.

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Open the Cisco Accessory Hub desktop app.

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Click your camera on the Accessories tab to open the accessory settings.

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Go to the Microphone tab.

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Drag the Volume slider left to decrease or right to increase the volume.

Specify where to save your recordings and snapshots

You can specify a location on your local drive to save your pictures and recordings. By default, media files are saved to the Media folder on your local drive.

The folder path varies with operating systems:

  • Windows: C:\Users\<user_ID>\Documents\CiscoAccessoryHub\Media
  • macOS: Macintosh HD:/Users/<user_ID>/Documents/CiscoAccessoryHub/Media
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Open the Cisco Accessory Hub desktop app.

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Click your camera on the Accessories tab to open the accessory settings.

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Go to the Media tab, click Change under Media file location.

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Choose the desired folder and click Select Folder (for Windows) or Open (for macOS).