Preview video from search results

To determine whether you have found the video sequence you were looking for, you can do a quick preview.

  1. When you have run a search on the Search tab, select a search result. A still image from the associated video sequence appears in the preview area.

    2. Preview area on the Search tab in XProtect Smart Client.

  2. Click to play back the video.

  3. To preview the video in full-screen mode, double-click the individual search results. Double-click again to return to the search results.

  4. Scroll with your mouse wheel to zoom in or out. You can even click and drag to zoom in on a specific area.

The yellow marker in the search timeline indicates the event time. Hover over the marker to view the event time.

Event time marker on the Search tab in XProtect Smart Client.

Multiple markers appear in the same search timeline when search results are combined.

This happens, for example, if you have searched for Motion and Vehicles, and the search result match both criteria. In this example, one marker would indicate when the motion started. The other marker would indicate when the vehicle was identified as a vehicle.