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Share a clip as a time-limited link

Share a clip as a time-limited link

Use this procedure when you need to send an event clip to a colleague, law enforcement officer, insurance adjuster, or anyone else who does not have a NovaVMS account. You generate a link; they click it and watch the clip in their browser.

Procedure

  1. Open the Events page.
  2. Click the event whose clip you want to share.
  3. On the event detail page, click Share.
  4. Choose how long the link stays active: 1 hour, 24 hours, 7 days (default), or 30 days.
  5. Click Create link.
  6. Click Copy link.
  7. Paste the link into your email, chat, or ticket.

The recipient sees a page with the camera name, timestamp, AI description, and a player with play, pause, scrub, speed, and fullscreen controls. There is no download button on that page — if they need a file copy, they have to screen-record.

Common variations

  • Change expiry after creation: you cannot. Revoke the existing link (by creating a new one for a shorter period and treating the old one as burned) or wait for it to expire.
  • Revoke a link early: not supported in v1. Plan the expiry before you click Create link.

What is logged

Every share writes an audit log entry you can review later: who shared, which event, when, the expiry chosen, and the link token. See Audit log actions for the full list of fields.

If this didn’t work

  • If Share is missing from the toolbar, the event’s clip did not finish uploading. Wait for the clip player to load, then refresh the event page.
  • If the recipient sees “This link has expired,” create a new link with a longer expiry.