Smart ICRSS: Navigating Live View

Live View is used to monitor and interact with cameras in real time. Live View can be accessed by selecting Live View from the New page. By default, all added devices will appear under the Default Group tree.

Usage:

Double click on a device that you want to start streaming. If the device is an NVR/DVR then it will load all of the cameras that are currently enrolled to that machine. Double clicking will pull the mainstream which is higher quality but more resource intensive i.e. higher network traffic and higher CPU usage. If resources are limited then the substream can be used as an alternative. The substream can be accessed by right clicking on a device and selecting substream. Camera streams can also be started by dragging an icon into the camera grid. The grid size can be changed by using the icons in the bottom right. While a camera is streaming it can be reordered by dragging it to a different grid.

Right clicking on a streaming camera gives additional options:

• Close Video - Closes the selected stream
• Close All Videos - Closes all currently active streams
• Start Audio - Toggles audio if the device supports it
• Start Talk - Toggles 2-way audio if the device supports it
• Start Record - Records the live stream to the local computer until toggled off
• Snapshot - Takes a single snapshot and saves it to the local computer
• Triple Snapshot - Takes 3 snapshots and saves them to the local computer
• Start Instant Playback - Rewinds the video 5 minutes by default. This can be changed in the software settings
• Playback - Opens playback for the selected camera
• Multi-screen Track - Splits the image up into multiple, controllable images
• Window Scale - Changes the aspect ratio of the stream
• Stream Type - Changes the stream type to either mainstream or substream
• Image Adjust - Alter the image settings of the camera
• IVS Rule - Shows the IVS rules in the stream if IVS was set up
• Full Screen - Toggles full screen

Shortcuts:

SmartICRSS offers shortcuts for commonly used features while monitoring a video feed. The shortcut icons can be found in the top right corner of the stream. From left to right the icons are:

• Local Record - Records the live stream to the local computer until toggled off
• Snapshot - Takes a single snapshot and saves it to the local computer
• Audio - Toggles audio if the device supports it
• Audio Talk - Toggles 2-way audio if the device supports it
• Instant Replay - Rewinds the video 5 minutes by default. This can be changed in the software settings
• Zoom In - Zooms into a designated area on the video feed. *Note that this is a digital zoom and not a motorized zoom
• Close Video - Closes the current video stream