Search: Playback - Swann Pro-series User Manual

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To initiate playback:
Select the channels you'd like to playback. Note that
the DVR can only playback a limited number of channels
simultaneously: the DVR cam playback 2 channels at
realtime, and up to four channels at near-realtime.
From the Video Type menu, select the type(s) of video
you'd like to playback. The options are Manual, Schedule
and Motion.
Set your Start Time and your End Time.
Select Search.
Choose which event(s) you want to play back, and up to
four cameras you'd like to view the video(s) from.
To initiate playback, select Play.
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Why can't I playback all channels at once?
The DVR only has so much processing power, and we've
con gured it so that it has more resources dedicated to
recording than to playback.
While you're playing back footage, the DVR continues
to monitor and record normally. Recording from four or
eight channels at once (depending on your model) is so
resource intensive that playback is limited to two channels
simultaneously in realtime.
If you do require playback of more channels than the DVR is
capable of at once, then we suggest using the Backup process
to copy information o the DVR and then playing it back via
the remote interface on a PC.
When we say that it can "playback so many channels at near
real-time", this doesn't mean things will be in slow motion.
Rather, the action will unfold at normal speed, but be
represented by half the number of frames per second (12.5fps/
PAL or 15fps/NTSC).
Notes about playback, backup, media and so forth can go
here.