Installing and using the camera utility, Playback window – Linksys WVC54GCA User Manual

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Chapter 4

Installing and Using the Camera Utility

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Wireless-G Internet Home Monitoring Camera

Video Control Buttons

The video control buttons are located along the lower
left edge of the viewing area. These buttons act upon the
selected Camera as explained below.

Button

Function

View

Click this button to view the

current video.

Record

Click this button to record* the

current video.

Snapshot

Click this button to take a

snapshot of the current video image.

Zoom

Click this button to zoom into

current video display. The zoom factor
cycles through 1x, 2x, and 4x.

Flip

Click this button to flip the current

video display top-to-bottom.

Mirror

Click this button to reverse the

current video display left-to-right.

Sound

Click this button to toggle the

sound on or off.

Volume

Slide this bar upward to increase

the volume. Slide the bar downward to
decrease the volume.

* During recording, the Utility’s System Tray icon turns
into an animated icon (arrow moves up and down). When
recording ends, the icon reverts to its original state.

Recording In Progress

No Recording In Progress

Playback Window

The Playback window is used to play back videos that you
have recorded and saved.

Playback Screen

Video Selection

This section of the Playback window lets you select the
video(s) for playback.

Playback Selection

Open Video

Click this button if you want to select the

folder containing the videos on your computer. Otherwise,
use the remaining fields to select the video from the
default recording folder (indicated by the Recording Path
field of the Setup > Preferences screen).

Select Camera

Select the Camera that recorded the

video.

Recording Methods

Specify the criteria to be used to

select the video for the selected Camera:

All Records

Displays all recorded videos for the

selected Camera.

Select Period

Limits the video selections to the range

defined by Start Date/Time and End Date/Time.

Motion Detection

Limits the selections to videos that

were recorded as a result of motion detection.

If the Recording Methods field is set to Select Period,
define the date and time period by filling in the following
fields.

Start Date

Specify the starting date in mm-dd-yyyy

format.

Start Time

Specify the starting time in hh:mm:ss

format.

End Date

Specify the ending date in mm-dd-yyyy

format.

End Time

Specify the ending time in hh:mm:ss

format.

Play

Click this button to begin playing the selected

videos.

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