Finding Recordings in the Video Archive

You can search the video archive for recordings made from one or more cameras.
For background information see Video Recording Archive Reference.

 

Prerequisites

  • System Manager is Operating mode.
  • System Browser is in Application View.

 

1 - Open the Video Archive

  1. Select Applications > Video > Archive.
  1. Select the Video Archive tab.
  1. If necessary, click Reset to clear any previous query options and start a new one.

 

2 – Enter Basic Query Parameters

  1. In System Browser, select the Manual Navigation check box.
  1. From Applications > Video > Cameras > drag-and-drop the [cameras] whose recordings you want to search into the Cameras field. You need to include at least one camera.
    NOTE: To remove a camera from the list, select it and click Remove.
  1. In the Start date and End date fields, set the time period in which to search. Leave this field blank to search for recordings made at any date/time.
  1. In the Free Text field, enter a Tag comment text to search for (case insensitive). Leave this field blank to search for recordings irrespective of comment text.
    NOTE: The specified string will be searched for in any position of the tag comment. For example, entering “fire” will match “automatic fire alarm”. The text search is case-insensitive.

 

3 - (Optional) Enter Advanced Tag Filters

  • Click Filter to access the additional query parameters. Refer to the tag filters reference for details about how to complete these fields.

 

4 - Run the Query and View the Results

  1. Click Search to run the query.
  • The results display in the Timeline section.
  1. In the timeline, locate the video recording you want to play back. To help do this you can:
  • Click Graphic to see the camera recordings and tags as symbols (colored bars and diamonds) on a graphical timeline. Hover the mouse pointer over the symbols to see any comment text, and other details .
  • Click Textual to display a compact table with details about each recording.
  1. If you cannot find the recording in the timeline, modify the query parameters and try again.

 

5 - Play Back the Video Recording

  1. Drag-and-drop a timeline symbol or table row onto the preview monitor, or onto a monitor in the video view.
  • The monitor displays the recorded video images.
  1. Use the controls on the monitor to play back the video:.
  • / and /: play/pause and fast forward/rewind.
  • : jump to start point of the recording
  1. When you are done, close the playback session by clicking X on the top right of the monitor.

 

Too many query results
Depending on the scope of your query, the number of items found may exceed the limit that the system can manage in the result display.
In such a case, you will only be able to access part of the video recordings that match the query. A message will display advising you to modify the search parameters and define a more restricted scope.