Playing Video Segments

The Video Event List window is divided in two panes: the left-hand pane displays all video events that were retrieved according to the search criteria. The lower pane of the window displays the legend explaining the status of each event. It also contains buttons that enable operators to perform operations on video recordings. The right-hand pane contains three tabs:

  • The Details tab displays the text description of the video event such as the video server that recorded the event, the operator who was logged on, etc.
  • The Cameras tab shows cameras that are associated with a selected event.
  • The Image tab contains the key frame for the video sequence. The key frame serves as preview of the video sequence. It is from this pane that you can associate a video key frame and link it to the video segment.
    Note: Video recordings can be streamed from the left-hand pane ( Play button) or from the Camera tab. You can also view camera recordings from the Message desktop. To do so, you have to select a video recording event (identified by a camera button in the Message desktop), right-click it and select Video recording > Play from the shortcut menu.
  1. From the Video event list, select an event, then click the Play button. The video clip appears in the Video Playback window.
  2. You may select the Cameras tab to view information about the camera that captured the selected event.
    • Start/End dates and times when the recording event occurred.
    • Recording time (mm:ss) : duration of the video segment. This duration is specified when defining recording parameters ( Video menu > Recording parameters ).
    • Video trigger , if any: the video trigger is defined in the Video trigger menu and then selected in the Recording parameters definition.
      Note: The status indicator next to the video server name indicates the current connection status of the server.
  3. You can:
    • Click the Play button to view this video segment of the selected camera for the duration of the recording. The video appears also in the Video desktop ( Desktop menu)
    • Click the Export button to export it for future use. For details, see Exporting Video Files.