Play Video File

After searching the video files for the normal playback, you can play the video via timeline or thumbnails.

1. In the top left corner of the Client, select > All Modules > Video > Video Security.
2. Click the Playback tab to enter the playback page.
3. Select a date with videos to start playing video and show the timeline after searching the video files.
   Note:

   The video files of different types are displayed in different colors on the timeline.

4. Play video in specified time period by timeline or thumbnails.

   • Drag the timeline forward or backward to position the desired video segment.

   • Move the cursor over the timeline to take a quick view of video thumbnails (if supported by the device) and click the appearing thumbnail to play the specific video segment.

   Note:

   • Click / on the right of the timeline bar, or use the mouse wheel to zoom in or zoom out the timeline.

   • Click / to show or hide the thumbnail bar.

   • Move the cursor to the top border of the thumbnail bar and drag to adjust the height of the thumbnails when the cursor changes into . You can also click to lock the thumbnail bar above the playback timeline, and click to hide the thumbnail bar automatically.