User Manual

Chapter 7: Playing back a recording
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Playing back recordings from the system log
You can also playback recordings from the system log. The system log provides a
much wider range of options for playback than Advanced Search, which deals with
video detection and alarms only.
Figure 26: View log screen
To play back video from the system log:
1. Click System Settings > Log Search in the menu toolbar.
2. Select the search start and end times.
3. Under Major Type and Minor Type, select an option from the drop-down list. The
minor type list of options available depends on the option selected under major type.
4. Click the Search button. A list of results appears.
5. Select a file and click:
- Details: Displays information on the log or recording. For a recording, it lists such
information as start time, type of information, camera number, and gives a
description on the types of events recorded and when record time was stopped.
- Play: Click to start playback of the selected recording.
- Export: Click to archive the selected file to a USB device. The export screen
appears.
- Back: Click to return to live view.
Playing back frame-by-frame
You can easily play back a selected video at different speeds. This allows you to
carefully examine an event frame-by-frame as it happens.