Customize Icons on Playback Window

You can customize the icons shown on the toolbar of the playback window, adjust the icon order and set whether to always display toolbar on the playback window.

  1. In the top left corner of the platform, select > Security Monitoring > Video > Video Application.
  2. In the top right corner of the page, click > Toolbar.
  3. Scroll down to Customize Playback Tool Bar section, add or remove the icons to show or hide the icons on the playback toolbar.
  4. Customize playback toolbar.

    • Click an icon in the list to add it to the gray frame below to hide the icon. Icons in the gray frame will be hidden in the toolbar of the playback window.

    • Click the icon in the gray frame to add it back to the playback toolbar to show an icon on the toolbar.

  5. Drag the icons in the icon list to adjust icon order.
    Table 1 Icons on Playback Toolbar

    Audio Control

    Turn off/on the sound and adjust the volume.

    Capture

    Take a snapshot of the current video and save in the current PC.

    Note:

    After capturing a picture, a thumbnail will pop up on the upper-right corner. You can click Search by Picture to search the captured picture, , and identity verification related with the captured picture.

    Clip

    Clip the video files for current playback and save in the current PC. You can save the clipped video as evidence, and set the saving path for the clipped video files. For details aboutsaving video files as evidence and setting saving path, see Manual Recording and Capture.

    Add Tag

    Add custom tag for the video file to mark the important video point. You can also edit the tag or go to the tag position conveniently.

    Lock Video

    Lock the video file to avoid deleting the video file and protect the video file from being overwritten when the HDD is full.

    Note:

    For the camera imported from Remote Site, if the video files are stored on the encoding device locally, you cannot lock the video files.

    Digital Zoom

    Zoom in or out the video for cameras that do not have their own optical zoom capabilities. Click again to disable the function.

    Note:

    When in software decoding mode, you can also capture the zoomed in picture after enabling digital zoom function.

    Fisheye Expansion

    Available for fisheye camera for entering the fisheye dewarping mode. See Fisheye Playback.

    Camera Status

    Show the camera's recording status, signal status, connection number, etc.

    Stream Switch

    Switch the stream to main stream, sub-stream (if supported), or smooth stream (if supported).

    If the device supports transcoding playback, start transcoding and you need to set the resolution, frame rate and bitrate for transcoding.

    Note:

    • The smooth stream will show if device supports. You can switch to smooth stream when in low bandwidth situation to make playback more fluent.

    • Only video files stored in DVR and I-series NVR support transcoding playback.

    Video Enhancement

    Adjust the video image including brightness, saturation, etc.

    Two-Way Audio

    Start two-way audio with the camera to get the real-time audio from the device to realize voice talk with the person at the device.

    Rotate Image

    Rotate a image.
    Note:

    The icons shown on the toolbar in the display window will vary with the device's capabilities.

  6. Click Save to save the above settings.