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1. Select the display window.
2. Click the icon that appears in the upper-right corner when the mouse pointer is over the display
window,
or click Stop Live View on the right-click menu to stop the live view of the display window.
You can also click the button in live view toolbar to stop all the live view.
8.4.2 Manual Recording and Capture
Toolbar in Each Live View Display Window:
In each live view display window, the following toolbar buttons are available:
Capture the picture in the live view process. The capture
picture is stored in the PC.
Start/Stop manual recording. The video file is stored in the PC.
Switch to Instant
Playback
Switch to the instant playback mode.
Manual Recording in Live View
Purpose:
Manual Recording function allows you to record the live video on the Main View page manually and the video
files are stored in the local PC.
Steps:
1. Move the mouse pointer to the display window in live view to show the toolbar.
2. Click in the toolbar of the display window or on the right-click Live View Management Menu to start the
manual recording. The icon turns to .
3. Click the icon to stop the manual recording.
A prompt box with the saving path of the video files you just recorded will pop up if all the operations
succeed.
Notes:
During the manual recording, an indicator appears in the upper-right corner of the display window.
The saving path of video files can be set on the System Configuration interface. For details, see Section
14.2.3 File Saving Path Settings.
For Hik Cloud P2P device, the manual recording is not supported during live view.
Viewing Local Video Files
Steps:
1. Click File->Open Video File to open the Video Files page.
2. Select the camera to be searched from the Camera Group list.
3. Click the icon to specify the start time and end time for the search.
4. Click Search. The video files recorded between the start time and end time will be displayed.
Select the video file, and click Delete. You can delete the video file.
Select the video file, and click Send Email. You can send an Email notification with the selected video file
attached.
Select the video file, and click Save as. You can save a new copy of the video file.
Note: To send an Email notification, the Email settings need to be configured before proceeding.