Video monitoring

If a layout contains the Video Monitoring module, you can view live video from any cameras that are connected to your system through compatible VideoEdge NVRs and Exacq NVRs. You can also create video clips, and perform video searches through recorded video.
Note: This feature is compatible with VideoEdge NVR v5.6 and higher, and Exacq NVR.
Figure 1. The Video Monitoring module
The Video Monitoring module
Callout Name Description
A Device Finder pane and Search Tools pane

From this pane, you can perform a device search or a video search. On the Device Finder pane you can search for cameras, video views, or tours to display in the monitoring pane. Drag the object onto the monitoring pane.

On the Search Tools pane you can perform a video search. Search results appear in the Video List.

Click the Video Monitoring or Video Search button to switch between the Device Finder pane and the Video Search pane.
B Video Monitoring and Video Search toggle

Click this button to show or hide the Device Finder or Video Search pane.
C Video monitoring pane

From this pane you can view live video, video views, and video tours. You can also drag video search results onto individual panes.
D Video pane Displays video from a camera, video view, video tour, or search result. Double-click the pane to switch between global controls and single-pane controls.
Note: If you move to another tab or screen while a live video is streaming, video playback stops until you return to the live video viewer.
E Video controls These icons include the video playback controls, clip and snapshot creation, and video settings. For more information, see Video controls.
F Camera controls From this pane, you can use pan tilt zoom (PTZ) or virtual PTZ (vPTZ) camera controls, camera zoom controls, enable fisheye dewarping, and toggle Picture in Picture (PIP) mode. To enable PTZ or vPTZ controls, select a video pane that contains a compatible camera.
G Video Search button or Video Monitoring button

Click this button to switch the module between video monitoring and video search.

Click the Video Search button to display the video search features. Click the Video Monitoring button to display the video monitoring features.

You can access the Video Monitoring module from the following pre-configured layouts:
  • Access View and Video
  • Video Monitoring

Alternatively, you can select a custom web layout that contains the Video Monitoring widget. For more information about custom web layouts, see Creating a web layout

Figure 2. Configuring a Video Monitoring widget
A screeshot of the configuration page for video monitoring layouts.

When you configure a Video Monitoring widget, you can pre-configure the default view settings for the widget. You can select the cameras that you want to monitor, and you can show or hide the filter options pane and the camera controls pane.