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SEARCHING FOR RECORDED VIDEO
MasterControl provides a search function to allow you to find recorded video. To
search for video, you must enter a time period (starting time and stopping time)
and the type of video you are looking for (motion events, alarm events, or all
video).
To perform a search, complete the following steps:
1.
Click the Search function button to go to the Search page (see Figure 36),
and then select the Search tab.
2.
In the From: area, enter the starting date (month/day/year) of your search
period in the first field by clicking the numbers and typing your date.
You can also use the down arrow to call up a calendar of the current
month and then click a date or use the side arrows to choose a different
month.
3.
In the other field in the From: area, select a starting time
(hour:minute:second:am/pm). You can click the numbers and type in your
entries, or you can use the arrows provided to change the numbers incre-
mentally.
4.
Repeat steps 2 and 3 in the To: area to enter the stopping date and time
for your search period.
5.
Click the Motion or Alarm boxes if you want to search only for video
captured in Motion mode, Alarm mode, or both. You can also select Scene
Loss to search specifically for video segments that contain the loss of
video despite the presence of a video signal. If you leave these boxes
blank, MasterControl will search for all types of video.
6.
In the Include Cameras list, click all the cameras whose video you want
to search for. If you leave all inputs blank (or click the Clear button to
make all of them blank again), MasterControl will search for video from
all cameras.
7.
Click the Search button.
You can search for previously recorded video while MasterControl
is recording—unless the video was captured during the current one-
minute recording segment. If you cannot locate video recorded in
the last couple minutes, wait a short time and try again.
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