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Video monitoring
To get the most value out of your FortiRecorder system, use it to monitor your property — not
just to analyze after-the-fact. Your FortiRecorder NVR has a variety of monitoring tools for the
appliance itself, but administrators can also view the live video feeds from cameras.
You can use the tools in this section to monitor your FortiRecorder NVR and surveillance
cameras.
Watching live video feeds
Once the cameras are connected and configured, administrators can use the web UI to view
live video feeds from the cameras.
Administrators will use the surveillance system slightly differently than other users (“operators”
or “viewers”) such as security guards. Operators and viewers can only watch the live video and
do not have the privilege to configure the system settings.
Quality of live video feeds may be different for administrators than it is for operator or viewer
accounts, which use the camera’s settings in
