Viewing live video (explained)
"What can I do with live video? And what are the red and green circles in the upper-right corner of the video?" |
On the Live tab, find and click a camera.
In the camera title bar :
- See the name of the camera.
- Check if the video that you are seeing is in live or playback mode.
- Check if the camera is detecting motion, recording video, or both.
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Is motion being detected? |
Is the video being recorded? |
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On the camera toolbar :
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Pause live video and play back recorded video (see Play back recordings from one camera). |
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Move and zoom your PTZ camera (Only for PTZ cameras). |
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Move your PTZ camera to a PTZ preset position that you specified in XProtect Smart Client (Only for PTZ cameras with presets). |
Start or stop listening to incoming audio (see Requirements for listening to incoming audio). | |
Click and hold to start push-to-talk to one camera. Release the icon to end transmitting audio (see Requirements for using push-to-talk). | |
Add a bookmark to a live video to quickly locate relevant video sequences (see Add or edit bookmarks). | |
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View all actions for the camera. Select and activate an action. |
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Enter full screen. Click again or press Esc to exit full screen. |
On the thumbnail strip :
- See live video from all cameras in the view.
- See which of the cameras have microphones attached.
- See which of the cameras have speakers.
- Click another camera to switch to it.
- To resize the thumbnail strip, move your mouse to the top of the thumbnail strip, click, and drag the strip up or down.
On the view toolbar :
- Click and hold to start broadcasting audio to all the cameras in the view that have audio equipment.
- Click to view all actions for all cameras in the view. Select and activate an action.
- Click to view bigger live video from all cameras in the view.