Chapter 5: Live view
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Figure 9: Live view toolbar
Table 8: Description of the live view toolbar icons
Icon
Description
Start Manual Recording
: Start/stop manual recording.
The icon is red when manual recording is enabled. See “Recording schedule” on page
92 for information on setting up this function.
Instant Playback
: Playback the recorded video from the last five minutes. If no
recording is found, then there was no recording made in the last five minutes.
Click the icon and select the desired camera. Click OK.
See “Modify the instant playback duration” on page 39 For more information.
Audio On
: Enable/Disable audio output. The audio option must already have been
setup in the
Display Settings
menu.
Snapshot
: Capture a snapshot of a video image. The image is saved on the unit. See
“By snapshots” on page 34 for more information.
PTZ Control
: Enter PTZ control mode.
See “Configure PTZ settings” on page 75 for more information.
Digital Zoom
: Enter digital zoom. See “Digital zoom” on page 30 for further information.
Image Settings
: Enter the image settings menu to modify the image lighting levels.
There are two options:
Preset Mode:
These are preconfigured image lighting levels. Select one of the four
options depending on current lighting conditions:
-
Standard
: Use in standard lighting situations.
-
Indoor
: Use indoors.
-
Dim Light
: Use when the light level is low.
-
Outdoor
: Use when outdoors. The contrast and saturation values are high.
Customize
: Modify brightness, contrast, saturation, and hue values. Click Restore to
restore image settings to previous values.
Click
Restore
to restore image settings to previous values. Click
Default
to return to
default values.
These settings can also be modified from the Camera Setup > Image menu (see page
“Image settings” on page 70.
Auxiliary Focus:
Automatically focus the camera lens for the sharpest picture.
Lens Initialization:
Initialize the lens of a camera with a motorized lens, such as PTZ
or IP cameras. This function helps to maintain lens focus accuracy over prolong periods
of time.
Stream Information
: Display the real-time frame rate, bit rate, resolution, and video
compression.
