10  Playback

Search through and playback recorded video files on the system.

10.1  Playing Back Video from the hard disk drive

    To play back recorded video:
  1. From the Live View display, right-click to open the Quick Menu, then click Playback.
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  2. Use the calendar on the right to select the day to playback.
  3. Check the channels you want to play back. Click the icons to the right of each channel name to choose the video quality (icon for Main Stream, icon for Sub Stream).
  4. Click inside the video bar to select the playback time. The system will begin playing back video from the selected time.

10.2  Playback Controls

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  1. Select Playback Device: Choose between searching the recorder’s hard disk drive or a USB flash drive (not included).
  2. Calendar: Select the date to playback.
  3. Channel Selection: Select channels and video quality for playback.
  4. Viewing Modes:
    • icon Bookmark List: Shows all bookmarked recordings for a single channel on the selected date (requires bookmarked recordings — see below for details).
    • icon File List: Shows all available recordings for the selected date and channel(s) in list format.
    • icon Fullscreen: Shows video in fullscreen. Right-click to return to split-screen viewing.
  5. Live View: Click to return to the live view display of connected cameras.
  6. Playback Bar Time Scale: Select the length of the time period shown on the playback bar.
  7. Playback Bar: Click inside the bar to select a playback time.
  8. Main Menu & Help Menu: Click to go to either the Main Menu or the Help Menu.
  9. Recording Type Filters: Click to show/hide recording types.
  10. Playback Controls:
    • icon Slow Playback: Click repeatedly to slow the video down by half speed up to 16× slower than normal. Click again to return to regular speed.
    • icon / icon Play / Pause
    • icon Stop
    • icon Play Backwards
    • icon Fast Playback: Click repeatedly to double the speed of the video up to 16× faster than normal. Click again to return to regular speed.
    • icon Previous Frame: Go to the previous frame when video is paused.
    • icon Next Frame: Go to the next frame when video is paused.
    • icon Volume / Mute: Click on the volume bar to set the volume for audio in playback. Click the icon to mute/unmute.
    • icon Digital Zoom: Click to enable digital zoom. Click-and-drag over the camera image to zoom in on the selected area. Right-click to return to the full camera image. You can then repeat to zoom in on a different area, or click the icon again to disable zoom.
    • icon Area Search: Click to select an area of the camera image and play back all recordings with motion in the selected area. For full details, see 10.4 Smart Search .
    • icon Person and Vehicle Filter: Hover over to reveal Person or Vehicle options. Click to filter recordings on selected channels to show only Person and/or Vehicle detection events.
    • icon Snapshot: Save a snapshot of the current camera image to a USB flash drive (not included).
    • icon Add Bookmark: Bookmark recordings for easy retrieval.
    • icon Video Clip: Back up a custom video clip to a USB flash drive (not included). For full instructions, see 10.5 Video Clip Backup .

10.3  Playing Back Video from a USB Drive

If you have video files saved to a USB flash drive (not included), you can play them back using the system.
For full instructions on backing up video to a USB flash drive, see 11 Backup .
    To play back video from a USB flash drive:
  1. Connect the USB thumb drive (not included) with video files on it into a free USB port on the recorder.
  2. From the Live View display, right-click to open the Quick Menu, then click Playback.
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  3. Click the dropdown and select From IO Device.
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  4. Click Browse to locate the video file on your USB flash drive.
  5. Double-click the video file you want to open from the file list to start playback.

10.4  Smart Search

Play back all recordings from a single channel with motion in a specific area of the camera image.
    To perform a Smart Search:
  1. From the Live View display, right-click to open the Quick Menu, then click Playback.
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  2. Use the calendar on the right to select the day to playback.
  3. Check a single channel you want to play back. Click the icon to the right of the channel name to choose the video quality (icon for Main Stream, icon for Sub Stream).
  4. Click inside the video bar to select the playback time. The system will begin playing back video from the selected time.
  5. Click icon to configure an area for Smart Search.
  6. The camera image appears with a grid overlay. Click or click-and-drag to add / remove squares from the grid. Solid blue areas mark the area of the image that will be searched for motion events.
  7. Click icon to begin Smart Search.

10.5  Video Clip Backup

Video clip backup allows you to select a duration of video during playback mode and save it to a USB device (not included).
    To use video clip backup:
  1. Connect the USB thumb drive (not included) to a free USB port on the recorder.
  2. From the Live View display, right-click to open the Quick Menu, then click Playback.
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  3. Use the calendar on the right to select the day to playback.
  4. Check the channels you want to play back. Click the icons to the right of each channel name to choose the video quality (icon for Main Stream, icon for Sub Stream).
  5. Click inside the video bar to select the playback time. The system will begin playing back video from the selected time.
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  6. Click icon to mark the beginning of the video clip, then click again to mark the end of the video clip.
  7. Click icon to open the backup menu.
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  8. Select a filetype for your backup file.
  9. Click Backup.