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Using Remote Surveillance
Taking Screen Captures
Use the remote surveillance software to take a
snapshot of the channels on the main display
screen. Screen Captures can be useful for your
own records, or may be needed by authorities
in case of a security incident.
To take a screen capture:
1. From Live Viewing, select the channel you
want t
o capture. The selected channel will
be highlighted in a red frame.
2. Click .
3. Click OK in th
e
confirmation window.
Screen captures are saved as BMP files to the
default save location (
C:\DVR\...).
Playback
Use the Replay menu to search and playback
recorded video on your system and convert
saved video files to AVIs.
To use the replay menu:
1. Click REPLAY at
the top of the main
screen. The main screen will be grey.
2. Click REFRESH b
elow the calendar to view
the recorded files for the current month.
NOTE: Normal recording is indicated by a clock
icon; alarm recording (alarm, loss, and motion
events) are indicated by an exclamation mark
icon.
3. Double-click a file from the File List to
playback the file in the main screen. The
icon in the file list changes to "
X".Control
playback using the buttons at the bottom
of the main screen.
The
purple bar
indicates the download
progress. The
green marker
indicates
playback progress. You can click and drag the
playback marker (will turn from green to
orange) to advance or rewind playback as
needed.
• : Play/Pause playback
• :
Stop playback
• : Fast Forward (click repeatedly for
1X, 2X, 4X, 8X)
• : Slow motion (click repeatedly for
1X, -2X, -4X, -8X)
• : Pause playback—click repeatedly
to advance frame-by-frame
• : 264 TO AVI Click to convert the
recorded video file to AVI format. For more
details see “Appendix J: Converting Files
to AVI” on page 61.
Figure 24.3 Screen capture save path
Figure 25.0 Playback screen
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