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The main window will be shown on the top of the screen and the display resolution
will change to 1024x768 automatically. There are four main areas in the window:
Display area
,
Histogram
area
,
Control area
, and
Status area
. There are
also three controls the
Area selection indicator
, the
Frame selection
indicator
, and the
Pull bar
. Explanations of the main Playback screen follow:
Logging-in
Before you start the
Playback
software program, it is necessary to login.
For
security reasons, only the administrator account can login to
Playback
. To
change the password of the admin account refer to the section of this manual
titled
Logging-In
located in the main section
Using IP Surveillance
software.
After completing the installation of IP S
urveillance
, you can run the
Playback
program from:
Start\Program Files\D-Link\IP Surveillance\Playback
or the directory you specified during the installation.
Playback Program (continued)
Using IP Surveillance Software (continued)
Installation of the
IP Surveillance
software is detailed in an earlier
section of this manual titled
Installation of IP Surveillance Software
under the main section titled
Software Installation
.
Display Area
Control
Area
Pull Bar
Area
Area Selection Indicator
Status Area
Histogram Area
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Display Area
The display area shows the surveillance database of each camera by events
triggered by an alert or by time. You can change the video size through the
Display Adjustment Tool
, and the playback method through the
Play Control
Tool
. Under the normal display mode you can double click on the frame area to
change the frame size to a 1:1 or 2.25:1 ratio. In the Preview mode, double
clicking on any frame area can change the display mode to normal and show a
10-second interval including the event you selected.
Histogram Area
The histogram is an interactive control. Not only can you get the event°s location
in terms of time, but
you can select a group of events or period from the event
histogram area and show it on the display area.
Control Area
The control area contains almost all the control selectors and toolboxes you
need to browse the database (except the page control). The
Page Control
Tool
is located on the right-bottom corner of the display area when the program
is operating in the preview mode. These control tools include location selector,
period selector, playback method selector, jog dial, display adjustment tool,
exporting tool, and system control tool.
Status Area
The
Status Area
is located at the bottom of the main window. It tells you
about
the program status including display mode, display size, display speed, exporting
file format, and exporting file name.
Area Selection Indicator
In the main
Playback
screen as shown above the display area has been
highlighted with a yellow rectangle. This rectangle is the area selection indicator.
This indicator can be set to either
Display Area
or
Histogram Area
, by moving
your mouse cursor to the Area you want to select. When you select the
Display
Area,
the
Display Adjustment Tool
will appear in the control area, and if you
select the
Histogram Area
, the
Display Adjustment Tool
will disappear and
the
Searching Range Adjustment Tool
will be shown in the control area.
Playback Program (continued)
Using IP Surveillance Software (continued)
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Explanations of the
Settings
screen are on the following pages.
Playback Program (continued)
Using IP Surveillance Software (continued)
Frame Selection Indicator
The frame selection indicator only appears when you change the display mode
to
Preview Mode
. It appears as a red rectangle surrounding
one of the nine
Event Preview Frames
. Once you select one of these frames, you can control
its play status through the jog dial in the control area.
Pull Bar
The
Pull Bar
is a fast, flexible control for seeking data in the selected time
period. It represents the total length of time in that period. You can click or pull
the indicator on the pull bar to the point you want to see. And the current displaying
video will halt and start to play the video sequence from the point you choose.
If the video sequence has been paused, the display area will show the point
you select without playing. The
Pull Bar
will only function under the normal
display mode.
Settings
After the main window is shown on the screen, you must modify the settings
to make it work properly. Click on the
Settings
button in the system control
tool, and the dialog box appears on the screen as shown below:
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Database path
The most important item in the settings dialog is the database path setting.
You must set it to the directory that contains the surveillance database to
make the program work properly.
AVI file location
It sets the storing directory when you export AVI files. The exported AVI
files will be stored in the sub-directory under the directory you set here
with the name of the location you select.
Bitmap file location
It sets the directory to use the for snapshots when exported as bitmap
files. These exported bitmap files will be stored in the sub-directory under
the directory you set here with the name of the location you select.
AVI Frame rate
This setting sets the amount of frames per second that will be used to
convert a saved video into an AVI file.
Change AVI compression mode
During the AVI compression mode selection, you can select one of the
compression methods that your computer supports to export the AVI file.
Alert window settings
There are three alert windows you can activate during using the monitor
program. In the playback program, you can choose whether these alert
windows will be shown or not. If you check one window, then you will see
that rectangle in green or red color shown in the displaying video sequence.
Modulation mode
The modulation mode should not be changed without knowledge of the
various modes . The quality of the video depends on how you recorded the
video sequence in the monitor program. If you select the wrong mode, the
video shown in the display area will become deformed. If
you choose the
wrong modulation mode, you may open the settings dialog again, change
to the correct mode, and restart the playback program, It should then display
properly.
Playback Program (continued)
Using IP Surveillance Software (continued)
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Control panel position
With this setting you can place the Control panel on either the left or the right of
the screen.
Once you change the setting of modulation or Control panel position, you have
to restart the program to for these changes to take effect. If you set the database
path correctly, the video sequence will start displaying in the normal display
mode when you click on the
OK
button.
Normal (Single Frame) Mode
You can enter the
Normal Mode
when you:
°
Change the database path in the settings dialog
°
Change the location selector to another location
°
Change the playback method selector to
Full Range
°
Change the playback method selector to
Time Period
°
Double click on one of the nine frames in the display area under
the preview mode.
Under the single frame mode, you can use all the tools the playback program
provided except the
Page Control
. In this mode, the two labels under the pull
bar show the start and end time of the period individually as shown below:
Histogram Area
The
Histogram Area
in the single frame mode only shows the event°s occurred
time and the percentage of motion detection with red bars. If you want to access
the
Histogram Area
, you must change the
Area Selection Indicator
to the
Histogram Area
. You can select a color-inverted region by dragging your mouse
with the left button pressed. When you release the left button, the color-inverted
region will be enlarged to the whole histogram area.
Playback Program (continued)
Using IP Surveillance Software (continued)
Period Start Time Label
Period End Time Label
2003/01/15 00:28:44
2003/02/15 03:08:01

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