You can search the video footage of cameras and filter the searched video footage by video type or by storage location.

1. Click Monitoring > Playback on home page to open the Playback page.
2. Optional: Enter a keyword of camera name or area name in the search field and click Search in All Sites or Search in Current Site to search the cameras or areas.

   All the search results display.

   Note:

   You can move the cursor to the camera name to view the image thumbnail.

   Figure 1. Thumbnail
3. Drag the camera to the display window, or double-click the camera to start the playback.
   Note:

   If the system is central system with Remote Site Management module, you can also play back the recorded video of the cameras imported from remote site. For managing remote site's cameras in areas, refer to Manage Area.

4. Optional: Click the date and time on the toolbar to select the date and time to search the video files.
   Note:

   • In the calendar panel, the date with video files will be marked with a triangle.

   • The calendar is not supported by cameras on remote site.

5. Optional: Click on the playback toolbar to select the video file type for playback.
6. Optional: Select the storage location and the stream type of the video files for playback.

   Option	Description
   For camera configured with auxiliary storage:	Select the storage location of the video files for playback.
   For camera configured with dual-stream recording:	Select the stream type of the video files for playback.

   Note:

   For setting the storage location of recording, refer to Configure Recording.