Chapter 7: Playback functionality
44 TruVision DVR 15HD User Manual
24-hour playback modes
You can select one of seven different 24-hour playback modes (see item 1 in Figure 14
on page 42). They are:
Playback mode Description
Normal Play back recordings from the selected cameras of the selected day.
Select the desired cameras and day to play back. Playback starts
immediately.
You can select all the playback toolbar options.
Event Play back recorded selected VCA, alarm inputs or motion events. See
“Event playback” on page 44 for more information.
Bookmark Select the desired cameras and time period to search for bookmarks. Enter
the desired keyword to search for a specific file name, if required. Click
Search. The list of bookmarks appears. Change the pre and post-play
times, if required.
Click Play for the desired bookmark to play back.
Click the Exit button to exit the playback of the selected bookmark and do
another search, or click the Search icon to open the Search window
and select the Bookmark tab.
Note: You can only search for a bookmark by file name in the 24-hour
playback mode.
Smart This feature lets you selectively playback the parts of a recording with VCA
and motion events and skip over video that does not have such events.
See “Smart playback” on page 46” on page 44 for more information.
Sub-periods This feature lets you see simultaneously the 24-hour playback recording
for a selected camera split over several consecutive time periods. See
“Split-screen playback” on page 47.
Select the desired camera and number of split screens. Playback starts
immediately.
External file Import a file to play back.
Insert the storage device, such as a USB flash drive, in the recorder and
select a video file to play back.
Snapshot Select the desired cameras and the time period. Click Search. The list of
snapshots appears. Click Play to see the desired snapshot.
To search again, click the Search icon to open the Search window and
select the Snapshot tab.
Event playback
This feature lets you selectively playback VCA, alarm input and motion events.
To do an event playback:
1. In 24-hour playback mode, select Event from the drop-down list on the upper left-
corner of the window.
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