Managing camera recordings (explained)
You can manage your video recordings on the Views tab and the Investigations tab.
- On the Views tab, go to a camera view and click on it to start playing video in live mode. Select Playback from the timeline controls, then you can do the following:
- Play back recordings from one or multiple cameras.
- Play back incoming and outgoing audio in video recordings (see Playing back audio in video recordings (explained)).
- Go to the beginning of the previous or the next recording.
- Use the speed slider to specify the playback speed of the recordings.
- Use the time slider to define the time span for the recordings that you want to play back.
- Add a bookmark to a recording or view the details of an added bookmark by clicking the bookmark icon on the timeline.
- On the Investigations tab, you can:
- Play back or investigate recordings from one or multiple cameras.
- Play back incoming and outgoing audio in video recordings or investigations.
- Specify the time of the recordings that you want to play back or investigate. The specified time applies to all cameras included in the specific view or added to your investigation.
- You can specify a time span for your recordings and configure their exact start and end dates and hours.
- You can manage your saved investigations: update their state, edit their configuration by adding or removing cameras, delete investigations, or export and download video recordings.
In the investigation mode, when you want to play back recordings without creating an investigation, you can always play back, simultaneously, recordings from all cameras in the current view.
To ensure that the recordings are stored for the right amount of time in the system database, set the retention time to match your needs (see Retention time and storage of recordings and investigations (explained)).