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Chapter Play Back Video Recordings 4 Besides viewing live feeds, Surveillance Station also supports various video playback features. This chapter introduces the basics of operating Timeline. Timeline In Timeline, you can play back recordings that were captured with IP cameras and stored on your device. Videos can be filtered according to camera modes, recordings, or dates. No. Name Function Displays video feeds from IP cameras. Click a camera feed to select it, and use 1 Recordings Viewer the Controller Panel to change viewing options; the currently selected camera feed is highlighted with a yellow frame. Double-clicking any camera feed enlarges the image of that feed. Double-clicking again returns to the normal layout. Search for recordings based on the capture time. There are two columns: the left 2 Timeline represents all camera feeds; the right represents the currently selected camera feed. Controller Panel Controls for recordings playback: 1. Choose to play back recordings captured on specific dates on the calendar. Dates with recordings are shown in blue. 2. Control recording playback with the buttons below the calendar, including play/ pause, fast forward/slow motion, next/previous, and next frame/previous frame. Layout Panel Edit timeline layouts, or enable/disable layout related features. For basic information on configuring layout, please refer to the Configure Live View Layout section above. 3 Left Panel Filter the recordings you wish to view using the following options: Filter Panel 1. Select a specific recording mode on the timeline to filter out sections of time with a specific recording mode. 2. Select the show events only option to filter out sections of time with events such as motion detection, audio detection, and other events. Seek Panel Specify the hour, minute, and second, and click Go To to quickly search the specific time in a camera feed. You can also launch Smart Search to obtain more accurate search results. 4 On-screen Buttons Hover the pointer over a selected camera feed to display the on-screen buttons. Buttons will show according to the features supported by the cameras. For more information, please refer to Surveillance Station Help > Timeline Playback > Work with Timeline. 31 Chapter 4: Play Back Video Recordings

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Chapter 4: Play Back Video Recordings
Play Back Video Recordings
4
Chapter
Besides viewing live feeds, Surveillance Station also supports various video playback features. This chapter introduces the
basics of operating
Timeline
.
Timeline
In
Timeline
, you can play back recordings that were captured with IP cameras and stored on your device. Videos can be filtered
according to camera modes, recordings, or dates.
No.
Name
Function
1
Recordings Viewer
Displays video feeds from IP cameras. Click a camera feed to select it, and use
the
Controller Panel
to change viewing options; the currently selected camera
feed is highlighted with a yellow frame. Double-clicking any camera feed enlarges
the image of that feed. Double-clicking again returns to the normal layout.
2
Timeline
Search for recordings based on the capture time. There are two columns: the left
represents all camera feeds; the right represents the currently selected camera
feed.
3
Left Panel
Controller Panel
Controls for recordings playback:
1.
Choose to play back recordings captured on specific dates on the calendar.
Dates with recordings are shown in blue.
2. Control recording playback with the buttons below the calendar, including play/
pause, fast forward/slow motion, next/previous, and next frame/previous frame.
Layout Panel
Edit timeline layouts, or enable/disable layout related features. For basic
information on configuring layout, please refer to the
Configure Live View Layout
section above.
Filter Panel
Filter the recordings you wish to view using the following options:
1.
Select a specific recording mode on the timeline to filter out sections of time with
a specific recording mode.
2.
Select the show events only option to filter out sections of time with events such
as motion detection, audio detection, and other events.
Seek Panel
Specify the
hour
,
minute
, and
second
, and click
Go To
to quickly search the
specific time in a camera feed. You can also launch
Smart Search
to obtain more
accurate search results.
4
On-screen Buttons
Hover the pointer over a selected camera feed to display the on-screen buttons.
Buttons will show according to the features supported by the cameras.
For more information, please refer to Surveillance Station
Help > Timeline Playback > Work with Timeline
.