Brinno MAC100 - Manual (Page 13)

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1.4.5. Pause Control
NOTE
1.6. Playlist
1.7. Motion Search
1.7.1. Threshold
1.7.2. Search Forward
1.7.3. Search Backward
1.7.4. Stop Motion Search
HomeWatchCam Player allows
you to play multiple files,
either from the same directory
or from multiple directories.
To add files to an existing
playlist, simply drag and
drop one or more files into
the HomeWatchCam Player
window. Alternatively, using the “File – Open”
dialog box will allow you to select multiple files.
Files will be sorted in the playlist by their date and
time stamp.
Wherever possible, the HomeWatchCam Player
moves from one file in the playlist to the next,
whether in regular play, single-frame, or motion
search mode.
To skip files in the playlist, you can either click
on the “Previous” or “Next”: buttons, or you can
double-click on any filename in the playlist.
To clear the playlist, you can click on the “Clear”
button.
For certain uses such as
surveillance and security
applications, HomeWatchCam
Player incorporates a motion
search algorithm. This lets you
quickly scan through long
sequences in which nothing
moves, and only see frames
where the scene has changed.
Motion Search is only available when
HomeWatchCam Player is in a paused or stopped
state.
Note that during motion search, the main display
This sets how sensitive the motion detection is. A
value of 0 is most sensitive; any variation from one
frame to the next stops the motion search.
A threshold of 255 or greater is least sensitive; no
change in the image will stop the search.
HomeWatchCam Player scans from the
current frame toward the end, looking for
a frame differing from the previous frame
by more than the threshold value. When
HomeWatchCam player detects a frame
with motion, that frame is displayed in the
main image window and the player is put
into Pause mode.
Backward motion search functions the
same as forward motion search, except that
it scans from the current frame toward the
beginning of the sequence.
Stop Motion Search stops the motion
search at the current frame, and place
HomeWatchCam player into Pause mode.
is not updated. This allows the motion search to
proceed more quickly than normal playback.
A subset of the image is displayed above the
motion search controls, to provide visual feedback.