Playback - Q-See QS SERIES Setup Manual

Display Controls
These controls deal with how the video is displayed on your screen - full screen, multi-
channel, etc.
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Original/Full window. Because displays have various aspect ratios (height versus width), and
because you may resize the browser window, View DVR may stretch out or otherwise distort
the camera video as it attempts to use the space available. Clicking this button will restore the
video to the proper aspect ratio, but may leave some unused black space within the frame.
Full Screen will hide all controls and display the video across the primary video monitor.
Right-clicking will exit this display mode.
Multiple video display modes. These buttons allow you to view multiple video channels
at the same time. If your system does not have as many cameras as the display mode, the
unused channels will be black.
Page controls are used when you have more cameras than are being displayed on the
screen. Clicking on either button will cycle through the remaining cameras, retaining the same
display format - whether you're in single or multiple camera mode.
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3.3 PLAYBACK

The Playback function on View DVR functions in the same manner as the video playback on
the DVR itself. When you click on the Playback button, the Calender will appear showing
days with recorded video in red. The current date's video will automatically be shown in the
timeline below the video displays. You can change the date you want to review simply by
clicking on it in the Calendar, or you may refine your search using the options directly below
it.
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You may optionally click Record List to view a list of the recorded files available for playback.
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It is through this latter format that you are able to backup files from the DVR to the computer's
hard drive by selecting one or more videos and then clicking Backup. These will be saved as
.264 format video files and stored according to your preferences set in the Local Config. You
may also take a snapshot from the video which will be recorded to your hard drive in the same
location that snapshots from live view feeds are stored.
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The display controls at the bottom operate in the same manner as in the Live View. You will
only be able to view the recordings from four channels at a time due to bandwidth concerns.
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