Feature overview

The features available in XProtect Smart Client depend on your user rights and which of these systems you are using:

XProtect Corporate
XProtect Expert
XProtect Professional+
XProtect Express+

XProtect Essential+

For information about the features available in your XProtect VMS, see Surveillance system differences.

Name	Description
Workspaces	Task-oriented tabs: Live Playback Search Alarm Manager System Monitor Tabs for XProtect add-ons: Access Control for XProtect Access LPR for XProtect LPR Transact for XProtect Transact
General features and personalization	Toggle between light and dark themes Toggle between a simplified and an advanced workspace Customize the general behavior and look of XProtect Smart Client, for example the availability of control panes and functions. It can also be centrally enforced by the system administrator through Smart Client profiles You can make advanced application settings, for example multicasting, hardware acceleration, video diagnostics overlay, and time zone settings Use shortcuts to select specific windows or cameras in a window Search for cameras and views, and create temporary views for the cameras on the fly Create keyboard shortcuts to quickly execute commands Configure joystick controls You can configure the behavior of alarms and access control notifications You can change the application language
View handling	Set up views that show video from 1-100 cameras per monitor or view Centralized storage of shared and private camera views allowing other operators using the system to access the views Choose between different view layouts optimized for 4:3 and 16:9 display settings in both landscape and portrait modes Support for multiple windows, where you can operate secondary windows in independent playback mode or in synchronized mode Distribute camera views over different monitors Add other types of content to views than just cameras, for example alarms, camera navigators, carousels, hotspots, HTML pages, images, maps, Matrix, video walls, and text Switch to full screen mode Instantly rearrange cameras in views to optimize monitoring of incidents, either by dragging and dropping cameras from one view item to another, or by dragging cameras from the Cameras pane into any view item
Matrix	Through the Matrix, send or receive video from any camera to any Matrix recipient on your network.
Alarm handling	Get a consolidated and clear overview of security and system-related alarms Use the alarm list or desktop notifications to respond to alarms and preview the incidents that caused the alarms The alarm list and alarm preview are located on the Alarm Manager tab, but you can add them to any view Filter and sort alarms, for example by priority or source Search for alarms on the Search tab. Receive instructions through the alarms so that you can take immediate action Escalate and forward alarms Create alarm reports to document incidents Suppress alarms from specific devices If you are using Milestone Federated Architecture™, get an overview of alarms across all connected sites
Audio	With two-way audio support in live mode, you can: Record live audio from microphones connected to the cameras Play audio from the operator's microphone to one or more camera speakers
Bookmarks and search	Bookmark incidents in live, playback, and search mode. Add notes to the bookmarks for easy identification and sharing Bookmark multiple search results in one go. Find bookmarks through search and take further action, for example editing the details or exporting the recording
Bounding boxes	Enable bounding boxes to help you identify objects in a camera image. Bounding boxes appear as pink rectangles surrounding objects.
Camera navigator	Switch between all cameras that cover a specific area, for example a floorplan. This is useful, for example, if you want to follow a suspect who moves inside a building. As the person moves, you can switch to the next camera.
Carousels	If you want one view item to shift between selected cameras, set up a carousel.
Digital zoom	Use digital zoom to see the details.
Evidence locks	Prevent recordings from being deleted for a selected set of cameras in a given time interval To increase manageability of the evidence locks, you can add details to them Export video with evidence locks through a single-step operation
Export and print	Export video in XProtect format to allow authorities to view the exported video with XProtect Smart Client – Player. XProtect Smart Client – Player is included in the export Export video in AVIA popular file format for video. Files in this format carry the .avi file extension. or MKV format to view the video in other media players Add comments to your exports Encrypt and password protect exported video Add digital signatures to exported video to enable the recipients of the export to verify that the video has not been modified or tampered with Export still images as JPEGAn image compression method, also known as JPG or Joint Photographic Experts Group. The method is a so-called lossy compression, meaning that some image detail will be lost during compression. Images compressed this way have become generically known as JPGs or JPEGs. files Print incident reports, including a still image, surveillance details, and comments
Hardware acceleration	Improve the video quality and viewing performance by rendering video using hardware accelerated decoding. Particularly useful when you view multiple video streams that have a high frame rate and high resolution.
Hotspots	Use hotspots to put a camera in a view into focus. This allows you to view the video magnified and in a higher image quality or frame rate, for example if the other cameras in the view are in a low image quality or frame rate Through local hotspots, you can display cameras from the current view Through global hotspots, you can display cameras from any view or display
HTML pages	Incorporate HTML pages into your views, for example to combine an online news channel with a set of cameras.
Independent playback	View recorded video independently of the timeline in the main window. Available on both the Live and Playback tab.
Input, output, and events control	Use input from external units to trigger rules in the VMS system, for example a rule that starts recording. Activate or deactivate functionality in output devices, for example starting or stopping a siren. You can control output devices manually or by setting up rules server-side.
Login authorization	Increase the system security by enforcing that XProtect Smart Client operators during log-in must be granted access to the system by a second person or supervisor.
Manual recording	Record video manually from cameras on the Live and Playback tab.
Map function	Add multi-layered and interactive maps that display the location of cameras and gives you control of all system components Maps can represent cities, streets, buildings, and rooms The map feature is integrated with XProtect Smart Wall
Motion search and smart search	Search for recordings with motion on the Search tab Search for recordings with motion in selected areas on the Search tab.
Playback timeline	Navigate recordings through the timeline Play back video fast and slowly Jump to date and time Jump to the next or previous image Jump to the first or previous sequence Set the time span for the timeline Get a visual overview of recordings, motion, and bookmarks through colored markers Select time interval for exports, evidence locks, and video retrieval from edge storage devices and interconnected systems
Privacy masks	During export, you can mask specific areas in the recordings, for example to hide the identify of someone. You do this one camera at a time.
PTZPan-tilt-zoom; a highly movable and flexible type of camera.	Go to predefined positions through presets. Use a joystick to navigate Assign commands to keyboard shortcuts and joystick buttons Add overlay buttons for navigation Zoom in and out Manage PTZ presets and patrolling profilesThe exact definition of how patrolling with a PTZ camera is carried out, including the sequence for moving between preset positions, timing settings, etc. Also known as a "patrol scheme". Stop, start, and pause patrolling Take manual control of a camera that is running a patrolling scheme View who has control of a PTZ camera, and when it gets released Lock PTZ control Wash and wipe the camera through auxiliary commands
Smart map function	Get a geographical overview of cameras and navigation through Bing Maps, OpenStreetMap, and Google Maps services Add geo-referenced shapefiles and CAD drawings, for example to illustrate city boundaries Add buildings, levels, and floorplans allowing you to accurately position your cameras Add location links to quickly jump to places of interest Jump to custom overlaysA user-defined, graphic element that users can add to a smart map, for example to illustrate a floorplan in a building, or to mark borders between regions. A custom overlay can be an image, a CAD drawing, or a shapefile. and cameras from various places in XProtect Smart Client Select several cameras in one go to quickly preview video Turn on and off the different layersThe geographic background on a smart map, a custom overlay, or a system element, for example a camera. Layers are all the graphic elements that exist on the smart map. on the smart map With Milestone Federated Architecture™, view all cameras across the connected sites on the smart map
Snapshots	Take instant snapshots from cameras on the Live and Playback tab.
Storyboarding	Include video sequences from different or overlapping time intervals from different cameras in the same export.
System monitoring	Get an overview of the current state of your servers, connected devices, and the computer running XProtect Smart Client. This includes system performance.
XProtect Smart Wall	Through XProtect Smart Wall, you can set up video walls to share video, alarms, maps, bookmarks, and text information with other operators.
User interface languages	Supported languages: Arabic Bulgarian Croatian Chinese (simplified) Chinese (traditional) Czech Danish Dutch English Farsi Finnish French German Hebrew Hindi Hungarian Icelandic Italian Japanese Korean Norwegian (bokmål) Polish Portuguese (Brazilian) Russian Serbian Slovak Spanish Swedish Thai Turkish
Help languages	The help function (F1 key) is available in these languages: Arabic Czech Chinese (simplified) Chinese (traditional) Danish Dutch English French German Italian Japanese Korean Polish Portuguese (Brazilian) Russian Spanish Swedish Turkish

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