Overview
Below you will see the basics of video Viewing and Working with views with Milestone Smart Client
Detailed Information
Some of the most fundamental tasks for a user of XProtect Smart Client include:
- Viewing video from cameras
- Listening to audio from microphones
- Accessing other data from devices added to your XProtect VMS system.
Here are a few ways you can do these tasks.
Selecting views
You view video and other content by selecting different views. If there is audio, you can hear it. You select views:
- From the Views Pane.
- From the views selection list in the workspace toolbar.
- Through keyboard shortcuts if you have assigned keyboard shortcuts to your views.
View items and content-related menus and overlay buttons
If you select a view item in a view, a menu related to the content in the view item is shown at the bottom of the view items.
For example, overlay buttons can give you quick access to pan or zoom in the video.
To view details in the content of a view item, you can double-click the view item to maximize it.
Navigating the video
On the main timeline, you can switch between viewing live and recorded video and go back and forth in the recorded video. You can also search for video or other content.
Multiple windows and tabs
To view video from multiple views simultaneously, you can send views to detached windows. You can also have multiple views tabs in all your open windows.
To restore all your windows and tabs the next time you log into XProtect Smart Client, remember to enable the setting for restoring them.
Navigating cameras
XProtect Smart Client has features for viewing live and recorded video, going back and forth in time in recorded video, zooming in on details in the video, and much more.
You can see and use different navigation features depending on several factors. They include:
- The type of camera
- The camera’s capabilities
- If you’re viewing video in live or playback mode
- Your user permissions
Zoom in and out
In live and playback mode, you can digitally zoom in and out on the video from any supported camera.
You can only use optical zoom in live video if the selected camera has movable camera lenses. If you zoom in or out optically, this also affects what is recorded.
PTZ (pan-tilt-zoom)
You can use digital PTZ in the video from any supported camera in live and playback mode.
In live video, you can physically move (pan, tilt, and zoom) the view direction and focal length of a PTZ camera. If you move a PTZ camera, this also affects what is recorded.
You can add the dewarped video from a fisheye camera to multiple view items to display different areas of the video in each view item. You can still move inside the video in a camera view item with digital zoom in both live and recorded video.
Time navigation
You can go back and forth in time in recorded video. To find video sequences, use the controls in the main timeline to change the time for all cameras’ video in the view. You can also go back and forth in the recorded video displayed in a single camera view item. This is called independent playback.
Additional Assistance
Please contact the DoIT Security Camera Team for further questions:
mudoitsecuritycameras@missouri.edu