Video View Reference

The video view displays when you select the main Applications > Video folder. (In Operating mode in the Default tab, in Engineering mode in the Video tab.)

It presents a grid-like arrangement of monitors that can be used to display live or recorded video images.

Video Sources and Monitors

You can display video on the monitors of the video view by selecting or dragging-and-dropping video source objects (cameras, camera groups, or sequences) or video recordings. For details see Video Operation Quick Guide. For step-by-step instructions see Video.

Camera connections to managed monitors (those belonging to the station’s assigned monitor group) persist until you change them again. This means that when you next display the video view, images from the last session are retained. For details about managed monitors see Monitors and Monitor Groups Reference.

Video View Layouts

A toolbar lets you switch between different monitor layouts, (3x3, 4x4, 8+2, widescreen, and so on). The layout you apply is specific to your station, but is reset to the 5+1 default at each new client session.

The layout you select will be automatically populated with images from your station’s managed monitors. Unassigned frames in the layout are marked with -- you can still connect video sources to these unmanaged monitors, but the connection will not be persistent.

Conversely, if you select a layout that is too small, for example single view, not all the managed monitors will display.

Controls on Monitors Displaying Live Video

When you hover the mouse over a monitor in the video view, some command icons may become available.

Indications on Monitors without Video Images

When you display the video view, you may also see monitors that do not show any video images, as follows:

Controls in the Contextual Pane

The currently selected monitor is highlighted with a red border. You can click a monitor to select it. When you select a monitor, the name of its connected camera displays in the Operation/Extended tabs of the Contextual pane, along with properties and commands for that camera. For details see Video Properties and Commands.

In addition, if the connected camera is a PTZ camera, you can control its pan-tilt-zoom settings from the Video Controls tab of the Contextual pane. See PTZ Panel.

Replay Controls on Monitors

Monitors that are playing back recorded video are highlighted with a green border. When you hover the mouse over the monitor, playback controls become available.

Replay Controls
	Item	Description
1	Speed and direction	Current speed and direction of playback, as set by the playback controls (play, rewind/fast forward).
2	X symbol	Close the playback session.
3	Export	Export the recording of the time period being displayed.
4	Snapshot	Take a snapshot of the image being played back on the monitor. The image file is saved on the Desigo CC server. See Snapshot Location on Server. NOTE: Icon available if the Snapshot application right is set.
5	Tag	Bookmark the current point in the video clip. This creates a playback tag (yellow diamond) in the timeline.
6	End time	Based on the post-trigger time (see Global Video Control Commands). It is set to 1 hour for recordings started by Manual and Free tags. Depending on the VMS configuration, video images may not be available as far as one hour later.
7	Playback controls	Rewind , play/pause / and fast forward. Jump to recording trigger time
8	Start time	Based on the pre-trigger time (see Global Video Control Commands). It is set to 1 hour for recordings started by Manual and Free tags. Depending on the VMS configuration, video images may not be available as far as one hour earlier.

Video Command Toolbar

A vertical command toolbar is provided on the left side of the video view, just below the name of the selected video object. The following table describes the different toolbar icons.