9 Playback
Search through and playback recorded video files on the system.
9.1 Playing Back Video from the Hard Drive
To play back recorded video:
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From the Live View display, right-click to open the Quick Menu, then click Playback.
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Use the calendar on the right to select the day to playback.
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Check the channels you want to play back. Click the icons to the right of each channel name to choose the video quality (
for Main Stream,
for Sub Stream).
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Click inside the video bar to select the playback time. The system will begin playing back video from the selected time.
9.3 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
10 Backup
.
To play back video from a USB flash drive:
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Connect the USB thumb drive (not included) with video files on it into a free USB port on the recorder.
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From the Live View display, right-click to open the Quick Menu, then click Playback.
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Click the dropdown and select From IO Device.
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Click Browse to locate the video file on your USB flash drive.
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Double-click the video file you want to open from the file list to start playback.
9.4 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:
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From the Live View display, right-click to open the Quick Menu, then click Playback.
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Use the calendar on the right to select the day to playback.
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Check a single channel you want to play back. Click the icon to the right of the channel name to choose the video quality
(
for Main Stream,
for Sub Stream).
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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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Click
to configure an area for Smart Search.
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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.
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Click
to begin Smart Search.
9.5 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:
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Connect the USB thumb drive (not included) to a free USB port on the recorder.
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From the Live View display, right-click to open the Quick Menu, then click Playback.
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Use the calendar on the right to select the day to playback.
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Check the channels you want to play back. Click the icons to the right of each channel name to choose the video quality (
for Main Stream,
for Sub Stream).
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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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Click
to mark the beginning of the video clip, then click again to mark the end of the video clip.
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Click
to open the backup menu.
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Select a filetype for your backup file.
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Click Backup.