The Library Feature

Orchid Alto VMS supports the Library feature. This feature allows for exporting important video clips to Alto for long-term storage. These clips are automatically made available to all Orchid Alto VMS Administrators. (With a standard export, the video file is saved to the hard drive of the client machine that performed the export, which may not be readily accessible.)

The Orchid Alto VMS Library also supports saving these clips to an external cloud storage service. Available options include Box.com, Dropbox, Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, and others. With this option, exported clips will be sent directly to the external service for storage and sharing. This functionality requires some additional configuration that must be performed by IPConfigure Support.

Beginning in version 22.3, the Orchid Alto VMS Library will apply a secure digital signature to each exported clip, by default. This provides a means by which the video’s authenticity can be verified. (In order to disable this feature, IPConfigure Support personnel must edit the Alto properties file.)

*IPConfigure Support personnel will need to configure the system to work with an external cloud storage service (if used).

*You must be a member of an Administrator group to export library items and to access the Library feature.