Milestone Smart Client 3.6 - Manual (Page 54)

Milestone XProtect Smart Client 3.6; User’s Manual
Viewing Live Video
You view live video on the Smart Client’s Live tab.
When you select the Smart Client’s Live tab, the Smart
Client will connect to the surveillance system server,
and display live images from the cameras in the
selected view.
Note: Particular user rights may be required in order
to access the Live tab. In order to view live images in
the Smart Client, the surveillance system’s recording
server must be running; consult your surveillance
system administrator if in doubt. Depending on your
user rights, access to viewing live images from some
cameras may be restricted.
Tip: The Smart Client supports use of multiple windows. This is especially useful if your
computer has more than one physical display attached, but from the Live and Browse tabs you can
send individual views to separate windows as well. This way, you can watch more than one view at
a time. See Using Multiple Windows on page 94 for more information.¨
Live Video Is Not Necessarily Recorded
Even though you can see live video from a given camera, the
video stream from the camera is not necessarily being recorded.
Start Recording Yourself
You can (provided you have
the necessary user rights)
start recording while viewing
live video. See page 61 for
more information.
This is actually one of the benefits of an IP-based digital
surveillance system: Unlike old-style analog surveillance
systems, where everything was usually recorded on a tape
regardless whether it was relevant or not, an IP-based digital
surveillance system allows much more targeted recording.
Targeted recording frees security personnel, investigators, etc. from having to go through
seemingly endless amounts of recordings in order to find a particular incident. Instead, the reduced
amount of recordings, combined with the Smart Client's advanced browsing and search features,
allows recordings of particular incidents to be found quickly and effortlessly.
Basically, live video streams from cameras pass through the surveillance system server. When
required, the video stream is saved (recorded) on the server; when not required, the video stream
is simply discarded. Video streams are typically saved on the server (recorded) either
• according to a schedule (example: every morning from 10.00 to 11.30)
- or/and -
• whenever the surveillance system detects special events (examples: motion generated by a
person entering a room; a sensor registering that a window is being opened; input from
users).
The surveillance system server's recording settings are determined by your surveillance system
administrator. However, as a Smart Client user, you can also (provided you have the necessary
user rights) start recording while viewing live video. See page 61 for more information.
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