Remote Playback

Search and play back video stored on devices or storage servers — normal, alarm input, event, ATM, POS, VCA, synchronous and fisheye playback, plus low-bandwidth playback.

You can search the video files stored in the local device or the storage server by camera or triggering event, and then play them remotely.

You can set to play back the video files stored in the local device, in the storage server, or both in the storage server and local device. For details, refer to Set Live View and Playback Parameters.

Normal Playback

You can search video files by camera or group for normal playback and download found video files to local PC. You can also add a tag to mark important video footage, and so on.

You can right-click the playback window to select the required operations from the shortcut menu. Some are listed as follows:

Name	Description
Show/Hide Temperature Information	Show/Hide Temperature Information. Note: The temperature information overlay is only supported by thermal camera.
Tag Control	Add default (the default tag name is TAG) or custom tag (the tag name is customized) for the video file to mark the important video point. You can also edit the tag or go to the tag position conveniently.
Other Capture Modes	Print Captured Picture: Capture a picture and print it. Send Email: Capture the current picture and then send an Email notification to one or more receivers. The captured picture can be attached. Custom Capture: Capture the current picture. You can edit its name and then save it.

The Cloud P2P device only supports normal playback and it also does not support the functions of reverse playback, slow forward or fast forward, and adding tag.
For NVR which is added to the client by device's other user name (except admin), if Double Verification is enabled on this NVR, when playing back videos on the client, you are required to enter the user name and password created for double verification. For details about double verification, refer to the user manual of the NVR.

Search Video Files

You can search the video files by date, and you can also enter keyword to filter the matched results for normal playback.

Steps

Enter the Remote Playback module.
Click on the left to enter the Event Playback page.
Optional: Click to set the start date and end date of searching time period.

In the calendar, the date which has video files recorded by schedule will be marked with a corresponding color indicator, and the date which has video files recorded based on event will be marked with a corresponding color indicator.
Start the playback of camera(s) to search the video files of the selected camera(s). You can do one of the followings to start the playback.

Up to 16 cameras can be searched simultaneously.
- Drag the camera or group to a display window.
- Select a display window and double-click the camera or group to start playback in the selected window.
- Double-click the cameras in turn to select the display window automatically and start playback in the windows.

Play Video Files

After searching the video files for the normal playback, you can play the video via time line.

Steps

Enter the Remote Playback module.
Search the video files.
Play video via time line. The video files will play automatically. You can click on the time line to position the desired video segment of specified time for normal playback.
- The time line indicates the time duration for the video files, and the video files of different types are color coded.
- You can use mouse wheel or click / to scale up or scale down the time line bar.
Optional: Perform the following operations on the toolbar to control the playback.
- Single Frame (Reverse) — Click or scroll down the mouse wheel to play the video files frame by frame (reversely).
- Audio Control — Click or to turn off/on the sound. You can also adjust the volume when turning on.
- Download for Multiple Cameras — Click to download video files of multiple cameras at the same time.
  - Note: For more details, refer to Download for Multiple Cameras.
- Download Video Files by Date — Click to download the video files of the camera by date and store them to local PC.
- Accurate Positioning — Click to set the accurate time point to play the video file.

Alarm Input Playback

When the alarm input is triggered and the linked video can be searched for alarm input playback. This function requires the support of the connected device.

For the description of the alarm input playback toolbar and right-click menu of display window, refer to Normal Playback.

Some icons may be not available for alarm input playback.

Search Video Files

You can search the video files by date, and you can also enter keyword to filter the matched results for alarm input playback.

Steps

Enter the Remote Playback module.
Click on the left to enter the Event Playback page.
Select an alarm input channel at the left.
Optional: Click to set the start date and end date of searching time period.
Select Alarm Input from the drop-down list as the event type.
Click Search to start the search. The matched video files of the selected alarm input will display on the right page in chronological order. And by default, the first video file will play automatically.
Optional: Enter keyword in the Search field to filter the results.

Play Video Files

After searching the video files for the alarm input playback, you can play the video via file list or timeline.

Steps

Enter the Remote Playback module.
Click on the left to enter the Event Playback page.
Search the video files of the alarm input.

See Search Video Files for details about searching video files of the alarm input.
Play video via file list or timeline.
- Double-click the video file to play the video in the playback display window.
- Click on the timeline to positioning the desired video segment of specified time for alarm input playback.
- The timeline indicates the time duration for the video files, and the video files of different types are color coded.
- You can use mouse wheel or click / to scale up or scale down the timeline bar.

Event Playback

The recorded video files triggered by event, such as motion detection, VCA detection, or behavior analysis, can be searched for event playback. This function requires the support of the connected device.

For the description of the event playback toolbar and right-click menu of display window, refer to Normal Playback.

Some icons may be not available for event playback.

Search Video Files

You can search the video files by date and by event type. And you can also enter keyword to filter the matched results for event playback.

Steps

Enter the Remote Playback module.
Click on the left to enter the Event Playback page.
Select the camera at the left.
Optional: Click to set the start date and end date of searching time period.

In the calendar, the date which has video files recorded by schedule will be marked with a corresponding color indicator, and the date which has video files recorded based on event will be marked with a corresponding color indicator.
Select an event type from the drop-down list.
Click Search to start the search. The matched video files will display on the right page in chronological order. And by default, the first video file will play automatically.
Optional: Enter keyword in the Search field to filter the results.

Play Video Files

After searching the video files for the event playback, you can play the video via file list or timeline.

Steps

Enter the Remote Playback module.
Click on the left to enter the Event Playback page.
Search the video files recorded based on event.
Play the video file.
- Double-click the video file to play the video in the playback display window.
- Click on the timeline to positioning the desired video segment of specified time for event playback.
- The timeline indicates the time duration for the video files, and the video files of different types are color coded.
- You can use mouse wheel or click / to scale up or scale down the timeline bar.

ATM Playback

You can search the video files of ATM DVR for ATM playback. This function requires the support of the connected device which is configured with transaction rule.

For the description of the ATM playback toolbar and right-click menu of display window, refer to Normal Playback.

Some icons may be not available for ATM playback.

Search Video Files

You can search the video files of ATM DVR by card number, by transaction type, by transaction amount, by file type, or by date. And you can also enter keyword to filter the matched results for ATM playback.

Steps

Enter the Remote Playback module.
Click on the left to enter the ATM Playback page.
Select the camera of ATM DVR at the left.
Optional: Click to set the start date and end date of searching time period.
Set the search conditions.
- by Card Number — Enter the card number contained in the ATM information.
- Search by Transaction Type — Select transaction type for search, and enter the related transaction amount.
- File Type — Select the type of video files for search.
Click Search to start searching. The matched video files of selected ATM DVR will display on the right of the Remote Playback page in chronological order. By default, the first video file will play automatically.
Optional: Enter keyword in the Search field to filter the results.

Play Video Files

After searching the video files of the cameras connected with ATM DVR, you can play the video via file list or timeline.

Steps

Enter the Remote Playback module.
Click on the left to enter the ATM Playback page.
Search the video files of cameras connected with ATM DVR.
Play the video file.
- Double-click the video file to play the video in the playback display window.
- Click on the timeline to positioning the desired video segment of specified time for ATM playback.
- The timeline indicates the time duration for the video files, and the video files of different types are color coded.
- You can use mouse wheel or click / to scale up or scale down the timeline bar.

POS Playback

You can search the video files which contain POS information for POS playback. This function requires the support of the connected device which is configured with POS text overlay.

For the description of the POS playback toolbar and right-click menu of display window, refer to Normal Playback.

Some icons may be not available for POS playback.

Search Video Files

You can search the video files which contain POS information by keywords or by date.

Steps

Enter the Remote Playback module.
Click on the left to enter the POS Playback page.
Select the camera at the left.
Optional: Click to set the start date and end date of searching time period.
Set the search conditions.
- Keywords — Enter the card number contained in the ATM information.
  
  Up to three keywords can be entered for once. And each two keywords should be separated with a comma.
- Combination Mode — For more than one keyword, you can select "or (|)" to search the POS information containing any of the keywords, or select "and(&)" to search the POS information containing all of the keywords.
- Case Sensitive — Check Case Sensitive to search the POS information by case-sensitive keywords.
Click Search to start searching. The video files contain POS information will display on the right of the POS Playback page in chronological order. And by default, the first video file will play automatically.
Optional: Enter keyword in the Search field to filter the results.

Play Video Files

After searching the video files which contain POS information, you can play the video via file list or timeline.

Before You Start

Start the normal playback of cameras configured with POS information overlay.

Steps

Enter the Remote Playback module.
Click on the left to enter the POS Playback page.
Search the video files which contain POS information.
Play video via file list or timeline.
- Double-click the video file to play the video in the playback display window.
- Click on the timeline to positioning the desired video segment of specified time for POS playback.
- The timeline indicates the time duration for the video files, and the video files of different types are color coded.
- You can use mouse wheel or click / to scale up or scale down the timeline bar.

VCA Playback

You can set VCA rule to the searched video files and find the video that VCA event occurs, such as motion detection, line crossing detection, and intrusion detection. This function helps to search out the video that you may be more concerned and mark it with red color.

Steps

For some devices, you can filter the searched video files by setting the advanced attributes, such as the gender and age of the human and whether he/she wears glasses.

Enter the Remote Playback module.
Click on the left to enter the Camera Playback page.
Select the camera and start the normal playback.

Refer to Play Video Files for details.
Right-click the display window to pop up the shortcut menu.
Click VCA Search and enable the VCA Type, draw the detection region and set the sensitivity.
- Motion Detection — Get all the related motion detection events that occurred in the pre-defined region.
- Line Crossing Detection — Bi-directionally detect people, vehicles and other moving objects that cross a virtual line.
- Intrusion Detection — Detect whether there are people, vehicles and other moving objects intruding into the pre-defined region.
You can click VCA Settings to set the sensitivity and filter the searched video files by setting the target characters, such as the gender and age of the human and whether he/she wears glasses. This function should be supported by the device.
Optional: Click to set the start date and end date of searching time period.
Start the VCA playback. The VCA events occurred in the defined area will be red marked on the timeline.
- By default, the playback speed of concerned video will be 1X, and the playback speed of unconcerned video will be 8X.
- You can set to skip the unconcerned video during VCA playback in System Configuration and the unconcerned video won't be played during VCA playback. Refer to Set Live View and Playback Parameters for details.

Synchronous Playback

In synchronous playback, the video files can be played back in synchronization. Perform this task when you need to play the video files in synchronization.

Steps

Video files from up to 16 cameras can be played back simultaneously.

Enter the Remote Playback module.
Start playback of at least two cameras.
Click in the toolbar to enable the synchronous playback. The camera under playback will start synchronous playback.
Click to disable the synchronous playback.

Fisheye Playback

You can play the video files of a fisheye camera in fisheye expansion mode.

Steps

For other playback control instruction, refer to Normal Playback. Some icons may not be available for fisheye playback.

Enter the Remote Playback module.
Select a fisheye camera to start playback.

For detailed configuration about playback and playback control, refer to Normal Playback.
Enter the Fisheye Expansion mode.
- Right-click on the display window and select Fisheye Expansion.
- Click in the toolbar. See Set Icons Shown on Toolbar for details about setting the toolbar.
The mounting type in playback of fisheye expansion is set according to the mounting type in live view. For details, refer to Perform Live View in Fisheye Mode.

turns to its active state.
Select the expanding mode for playback as you desired.
- Fisheye — In the Fisheye view mode, the whole wide-angle view of the camera is displayed. This view mode is called Fisheye because it approximates the vision of a fish's convex eye. The lens produces curvilinear images of a large area, while distorting the perspective and angles of objects in the image.
- Panorama / Dual-180° Panorama / 360° Panorama — In the Panorama view mode, the distorted fisheye image is transformed to normal perspective image by some calibration methods.
- PTZ — The PTZ view is the close-up view of some defined area in the Fisheye view or Panorama view, and it supports the electronic PTZ function, which is also called e-PTZ.
  
  Each PTZ view is marked on the Fisheye view and Panorama view with a specific navigation box. You can drag the navigation box on the Fisheye view or Panorama view to adjust the PTZ view, or drag the PTZ view to adjust the view to the desired angle.
- Half Sphere — By the half sphere mode, you can drag the image and rotate it centering on the diameter, in order to adjust the view to the desired angle.
- AR Half Sphere — AR half sphere mode overlaps images far and near, so that you can view a dimensional image in a wide angle.
Optional: Right-click on a playing window in the Fisheye view mode and you can switch the selected window to full-screen mode.

You can right-click on the window and select Quit Full Screen to exit the full-screen mode.

Playback in Low Bandwidth

In situation of low network bandwidth, the speed of video streaming might be much slower due to the bandwidth limit. To provide normal quality in less streaming speed for low bandwidth users, the client provides playback in low bandwidth mode. Before that, you need to set the streaming protocol and perform other operations first.

For details about the settings, refer to How to get better performance of live view and playback when network bandwidth is low?.

You can search the video files stored in the local device or the storage server by camera or triggering event, and then play them remotely.

Normal Playback

You can search video files by camera or group for normal playback and download found video files to local PC. You can also add a tag to mark important video footage, and so on.

You can right-click the playback window to select the required operations from the shortcut menu. Some are listed as follows:

Name	Description
Show/Hide Temperature Information	Show/Hide Temperature Information. Note: The temperature information overlay is only supported by thermal camera.
Tag Control	Add default (the default tag name is TAG) or custom tag (the tag name is customized) for the video file to mark the important video point. You can also edit the tag or go to the tag position conveniently.
Other Capture Modes	Print Captured Picture: Capture a picture and print it. Send Email: Capture the current picture and then send an Email notification to one or more receivers. The captured picture can be attached. Custom Capture: Capture the current picture. You can edit its name and then save it.

The Cloud P2P device only supports normal playback and it also does not support the functions of reverse playback, slow forward or fast forward, and adding tag.
For NVR which is added to the client by device's other user name (except admin), if Double Verification is enabled on this NVR, when playing back videos on the client, you are required to enter the user name and password created for double verification. For details about double verification, refer to the user manual of the NVR.

Search Video Files

You can search the video files by date, and you can also enter keyword to filter the matched results for normal playback.

Steps

Enter the Remote Playback module.
Click on the left to enter the Event Playback page.
Optional: Click to set the start date and end date of searching time period.

In the calendar, the date which has video files recorded by schedule will be marked with a corresponding color indicator, and the date which has video files recorded based on event will be marked with a corresponding color indicator.
Start the playback of camera(s) to search the video files of the selected camera(s). You can do one of the followings to start the playback.

Up to 16 cameras can be searched simultaneously.
- Drag the camera or group to a display window.
- Select a display window and double-click the camera or group to start playback in the selected window.
- Double-click the cameras in turn to select the display window automatically and start playback in the windows.

Play Video Files

After searching the video files for the normal playback, you can play the video via time line.

Steps

Enter the Remote Playback module.
Search the video files.
Play video via time line. The video files will play automatically. You can click on the time line to position the desired video segment of specified time for normal playback.
- The time line indicates the time duration for the video files, and the video files of different types are color coded.
- You can use mouse wheel or click / to scale up or scale down the time line bar.
Optional: Perform the following operations on the toolbar to control the playback.
- Single Frame (Reverse) — Click or scroll down the mouse wheel to play the video files frame by frame (reversely).
- Audio Control — Click or to turn off/on the sound. You can also adjust the volume when turning on.
- Download for Multiple Cameras — Click to download video files of multiple cameras at the same time.
  - Note: For more details, refer to Download for Multiple Cameras.
- Download Video Files by Date — Click to download the video files of the camera by date and store them to local PC.
- Accurate Positioning — Click to set the accurate time point to play the video file.

Alarm Input Playback

When the alarm input is triggered and the linked video can be searched for alarm input playback. This function requires the support of the connected device.

For the description of the alarm input playback toolbar and right-click menu of display window, refer to Normal Playback.

Some icons may be not available for alarm input playback.

Search Video Files

You can search the video files by date, and you can also enter keyword to filter the matched results for alarm input playback.

Steps

Enter the Remote Playback module.
Click on the left to enter the Event Playback page.
Select an alarm input channel at the left.
Optional: Click to set the start date and end date of searching time period.
Select Alarm Input from the drop-down list as the event type.
Click Search to start the search. The matched video files of the selected alarm input will display on the right page in chronological order. And by default, the first video file will play automatically.
Optional: Enter keyword in the Search field to filter the results.

Play Video Files

After searching the video files for the alarm input playback, you can play the video via file list or timeline.

Steps

Enter the Remote Playback module.
Click on the left to enter the Event Playback page.
Search the video files of the alarm input.

See Search Video Files for details about searching video files of the alarm input.
Play video via file list or timeline.
- Double-click the video file to play the video in the playback display window.
- Click on the timeline to positioning the desired video segment of specified time for alarm input playback.
- The timeline indicates the time duration for the video files, and the video files of different types are color coded.
- You can use mouse wheel or click / to scale up or scale down the timeline bar.

Event Playback

For the description of the event playback toolbar and right-click menu of display window, refer to Normal Playback.

Some icons may be not available for event playback.

Search Video Files

You can search the video files by date and by event type. And you can also enter keyword to filter the matched results for event playback.

Steps

Enter the Remote Playback module.
Click on the left to enter the Event Playback page.
Select the camera at the left.
Optional: Click to set the start date and end date of searching time period.

In the calendar, the date which has video files recorded by schedule will be marked with a corresponding color indicator, and the date which has video files recorded based on event will be marked with a corresponding color indicator.
Select an event type from the drop-down list.
Click Search to start the search. The matched video files will display on the right page in chronological order. And by default, the first video file will play automatically.
Optional: Enter keyword in the Search field to filter the results.

Play Video Files

After searching the video files for the event playback, you can play the video via file list or timeline.

Steps

Enter the Remote Playback module.
Click on the left to enter the Event Playback page.
Search the video files recorded based on event.
Play the video file.
- Double-click the video file to play the video in the playback display window.
- Click on the timeline to positioning the desired video segment of specified time for event playback.
- The timeline indicates the time duration for the video files, and the video files of different types are color coded.
- You can use mouse wheel or click / to scale up or scale down the timeline bar.

ATM Playback

You can search the video files of ATM DVR for ATM playback. This function requires the support of the connected device which is configured with transaction rule.

For the description of the ATM playback toolbar and right-click menu of display window, refer to Normal Playback.

Some icons may be not available for ATM playback.

Search Video Files

Steps

Enter the Remote Playback module.
Click on the left to enter the ATM Playback page.
Select the camera of ATM DVR at the left.
Optional: Click to set the start date and end date of searching time period.
Set the search conditions.
- by Card Number — Enter the card number contained in the ATM information.
- Search by Transaction Type — Select transaction type for search, and enter the related transaction amount.
- File Type — Select the type of video files for search.
Click Search to start searching. The matched video files of selected ATM DVR will display on the right of the Remote Playback page in chronological order. By default, the first video file will play automatically.
Optional: Enter keyword in the Search field to filter the results.

Play Video Files

After searching the video files of the cameras connected with ATM DVR, you can play the video via file list or timeline.

Steps

Enter the Remote Playback module.
Click on the left to enter the ATM Playback page.
Search the video files of cameras connected with ATM DVR.
Play the video file.
- Double-click the video file to play the video in the playback display window.
- Click on the timeline to positioning the desired video segment of specified time for ATM playback.
- The timeline indicates the time duration for the video files, and the video files of different types are color coded.
- You can use mouse wheel or click / to scale up or scale down the timeline bar.

POS Playback

You can search the video files which contain POS information for POS playback. This function requires the support of the connected device which is configured with POS text overlay.

For the description of the POS playback toolbar and right-click menu of display window, refer to Normal Playback.

Some icons may be not available for POS playback.

Search Video Files

You can search the video files which contain POS information by keywords or by date.

Steps

Enter the Remote Playback module.
Click on the left to enter the POS Playback page.
Select the camera at the left.
Optional: Click to set the start date and end date of searching time period.
Set the search conditions.
- Keywords — Enter the card number contained in the ATM information.
  
  Up to three keywords can be entered for once. And each two keywords should be separated with a comma.
- Combination Mode — For more than one keyword, you can select "or (|)" to search the POS information containing any of the keywords, or select "and(&)" to search the POS information containing all of the keywords.
- Case Sensitive — Check Case Sensitive to search the POS information by case-sensitive keywords.
Click Search to start searching. The video files contain POS information will display on the right of the POS Playback page in chronological order. And by default, the first video file will play automatically.
Optional: Enter keyword in the Search field to filter the results.

Play Video Files

After searching the video files which contain POS information, you can play the video via file list or timeline.

Before You Start

Start the normal playback of cameras configured with POS information overlay.

Steps

Enter the Remote Playback module.
Click on the left to enter the POS Playback page.
Search the video files which contain POS information.
Play video via file list or timeline.
- Double-click the video file to play the video in the playback display window.
- Click on the timeline to positioning the desired video segment of specified time for POS playback.
- The timeline indicates the time duration for the video files, and the video files of different types are color coded.
- You can use mouse wheel or click / to scale up or scale down the timeline bar.

VCA Playback

Steps

For some devices, you can filter the searched video files by setting the advanced attributes, such as the gender and age of the human and whether he/she wears glasses.

Enter the Remote Playback module.
Click on the left to enter the Camera Playback page.
Select the camera and start the normal playback.

Refer to Play Video Files for details.
Right-click the display window to pop up the shortcut menu.
Click VCA Search and enable the VCA Type, draw the detection region and set the sensitivity.
- Motion Detection — Get all the related motion detection events that occurred in the pre-defined region.
- Line Crossing Detection — Bi-directionally detect people, vehicles and other moving objects that cross a virtual line.
- Intrusion Detection — Detect whether there are people, vehicles and other moving objects intruding into the pre-defined region.
You can click VCA Settings to set the sensitivity and filter the searched video files by setting the target characters, such as the gender and age of the human and whether he/she wears glasses. This function should be supported by the device.
Optional: Click to set the start date and end date of searching time period.
Start the VCA playback. The VCA events occurred in the defined area will be red marked on the timeline.
- By default, the playback speed of concerned video will be 1X, and the playback speed of unconcerned video will be 8X.
- You can set to skip the unconcerned video during VCA playback in System Configuration and the unconcerned video won't be played during VCA playback. Refer to Set Live View and Playback Parameters for details.

Synchronous Playback

In synchronous playback, the video files can be played back in synchronization. Perform this task when you need to play the video files in synchronization.

Steps

Video files from up to 16 cameras can be played back simultaneously.

Enter the Remote Playback module.
Start playback of at least two cameras.
Click in the toolbar to enable the synchronous playback. The camera under playback will start synchronous playback.
Click to disable the synchronous playback.

Fisheye Playback

You can play the video files of a fisheye camera in fisheye expansion mode.

Steps

For other playback control instruction, refer to Normal Playback. Some icons may not be available for fisheye playback.

Enter the Remote Playback module.
Select a fisheye camera to start playback.

For detailed configuration about playback and playback control, refer to Normal Playback.
Enter the Fisheye Expansion mode.
- Right-click on the display window and select Fisheye Expansion.
- Click in the toolbar. See Set Icons Shown on Toolbar for details about setting the toolbar.
The mounting type in playback of fisheye expansion is set according to the mounting type in live view. For details, refer to Perform Live View in Fisheye Mode.

turns to its active state.
Select the expanding mode for playback as you desired.
- Fisheye — In the Fisheye view mode, the whole wide-angle view of the camera is displayed. This view mode is called Fisheye because it approximates the vision of a fish's convex eye. The lens produces curvilinear images of a large area, while distorting the perspective and angles of objects in the image.
- Panorama / Dual-180° Panorama / 360° Panorama — In the Panorama view mode, the distorted fisheye image is transformed to normal perspective image by some calibration methods.
- PTZ — The PTZ view is the close-up view of some defined area in the Fisheye view or Panorama view, and it supports the electronic PTZ function, which is also called e-PTZ.
  
  Each PTZ view is marked on the Fisheye view and Panorama view with a specific navigation box. You can drag the navigation box on the Fisheye view or Panorama view to adjust the PTZ view, or drag the PTZ view to adjust the view to the desired angle.
- Half Sphere — By the half sphere mode, you can drag the image and rotate it centering on the diameter, in order to adjust the view to the desired angle.
- AR Half Sphere — AR half sphere mode overlaps images far and near, so that you can view a dimensional image in a wide angle.
Optional: Right-click on a playing window in the Fisheye view mode and you can switch the selected window to full-screen mode.

You can right-click on the window and select Quit Full Screen to exit the full-screen mode.

Playback in Low Bandwidth

For details about the settings, refer to How to get better performance of live view and playback when network bandwidth is low?.

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Remote Playback

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