Player Software

User Manual

Manual Version: V1.08

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 Contents

1 Introduction ......................................................................................... 1

2 GUI Introduction................................................................................... 1
3 System Configuration............................................................................ 2
4 Play Local Videos .................................................................................. 2
Add Video Files ......................................................................................... 3
Play Videos ............................................................................................... 3
Play Control .............................................................................................. 4
Fisheye Control......................................................................................... 5
Channel List .............................................................................................. 6

5 Play Network Video Streams ................................................................. 7

6 Watermark Detection ........................................................................... 8

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1 Introduction
This video player software can be used to play recording files that are saved
on your computer and play video streams from the network. It can also be
used to verify videos by watermark detection.

2 GUI Introduction
The main GUI can be divided into three areas. Take the Files list as an
example.

No. Description
List area. The Files list and the Channels list are used to play local videos
(videos that are saved on your computer); and the Netlist is used to play
video streams from the network. Switching from one tab to another will
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stop the video that is playing.
Note: Clearing the Files list will also clear the Channels list. Clearing a list
does not delete files from your computer.
2 Video playing area.
3 Top toolbar, including watermark detection and system configuration.

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3 System Configuration
System configuration allows you to:
⚫ Set the path and format of videos and snapshots.
⚫ Enable Smart Tag to analyze structured attributes of videos (only
support analyzing videos of a device that has enabled attribute
collection).
⚫ Select the temperature unit.
⚫ Set the maximum number of frames to buffer in poor network
environment to improve the viewing experience (the larger the
number of frames, the smoother the play).
⚫ Switch the language.
⚫ Open the user manual.
⚫ View the software version.

4 Play Local Videos

The software can play *.TS, *.MP4, and *.UVRD files on your computer.

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Add Video Files
Use the following methods to add videos to the Files list.

 Click at the window center.

 Click and then click Add File.

 Click , click Add Folder and then select a folder. This will add all
the videos in this folder (including folders under it) to the list.

NOTE!
⚫ When selecting files, you can use the mouse with the Ctrl or Shift key to
select multiple files at a time.
⚫ You need to choose a mode when adding a folder. To add without
changing the existing files on the list, choose Add; to clear the existing
list and then add new files, choose Overwrite.

Play Videos
Use the following methods to play videos on the Files list:
 Double-click a file.
 Drag a file from the Files list to a window.
 Drag a file from your computer to a window.

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Play Control

No. Description
Set the play mode for files on the Files list.
⚫ One: Play a file.
⚫ All: Play all files on the Files list in sequence.
A
⚫ Repeat One: Play a file repeatedly.
⚫ Repeat All: Play all the files on the Files list in sequence
repeatedly.
B Close the video playing in the window.
You can do the following while playing video in the window. From
left to right:
⚫ Clip the video and save the clip.
⚫ Snapshot: Take a snapshot of the video image.
⚫ Enable or disable digital zoom. When enabled, use the mouse
wheel to zoom in or out, and drag the image to view the area
of interest.
C ⚫ Adjust sound volume, turn on or off the sound.
⚫ Locate the video file in its folder.
⚫ Adjust the playing speed.
⚫ Compression format, resolution, and frame rate of the video
playing.
Note: The fisheye control button appears when playing fisheye
video (see Fisheye Control).
D Click to hide or display the play list.

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 No. Description
E Set the screen layout.
F Close all the videos that are playing.
Slow Forward/Fast Forward. Click the buttons to increase or
G/K decrease the video playing speed. The speed range is 1/4x, 1/2x, 2x,
4x, 8x, 16x.
H Click to play the previous I frame of image.
I Pause/resume the video in the selected window.
J Click to play the next frame of image.
L Switch to full screen mode. Click again or press Esc to exit.
M Progress bar for playing videos.

NOTE!
⚫ In a multi-window layout, you can double-click a window to expand it to
the whole playing area, and double-click again to restore.
⚫ You can drag video from window A to window B. If video is also playing
in window B, then the videos switch windows.

Fisheye Control

The fisheye control button appears in the window toolbar when

fisheye video is playing. You can click the button to open the fisheye control
panel and set the mount mode and display mode:
• Mount Mode: Ceiling, Wall, Desktop.
• Display Mode: Original Image, 360°Panoramic+1PTZ, 180°Panoramic,
Fisheye+3PTZ, Fisheye+4PTZ, 360° Panoramic+6PTZ, Fisheye+8PTZ,
Panoramic, Panoramic+3PTZ, Panoramic+4PTZ, Panoramic+8PTZ
(clicking Original Image switches from dewarping mode to normal
mode).

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 NOTE!
• In dewarping mode, you may click a PTZ window and then use the
mouse to drag the image, or zoom in/out using the scroll wheel; or click
a panoramic window and then drag, zoom in or out on the demarcation
area.
• Digital zoom is disabled in dewarping mode, and the digital zoom button
is hidden. If you switch to dewarping mode when digital zoom is
enabled, digital zoom will be disabled automatically, and the image
restores its original size.

Channel List
The Channel list only shows files that are named in this format: Channel
name_Syyyymmddhhmmss_Eyyyymmddhhmmss
S means "start", and E means "End", yyyymmddhhmmss means time.
You can add such files on the Files list or add them on the Channels list
directly.
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No. Description
1 Click to add video files. See Add Video Files. Operations are similar.
2 Date(s) with recordings are highlighted in gray on the calendar.
3 Click a date. Channels with recordings on this day are displayed.

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 No. Description
Select a channel. Recordings of this channel are listed. Double-click
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to play.
5 Select channels (up to 16) and then click the play button.
6 Switch play mode: synchronous or asynchronous.
Click to zoom in or out on the timeline. Or place the mouse cursor on
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the timeline and then use the scroll wheel to zoom in or out.

5 Play Network Video Streams

Add URL of network video steams to play. RTSP and RTMP format are
allowed.
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No. Description
Add or export video stream URLs.
⚫ Open Net Stream: Enter the URL and name of a network video
stream.
⚫ Import List: Add URLs by importing a .CSV file that contains
1 stream information including name, URL, and username and
password for authentication. The Encryption column in the file
indicates whether the password is encrypted (1 for
"encrypted", and 0 for "unencrypted").
⚫ Export List: Export existing URLs to a .CSV file. You can choose

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 No. Description
to include password or not. If you choose to include
passwords, the exported passwords are encrypted.
The streams that are added successfully are listed. Double-click to
play.
2 Click to hide or display the list area.
3 Click to set the layout.
4 Click to close all videos.
5 Click to play.
Click to start sequence (play video streams on the Netlist in
sequence in the set screen layout)
For example, play 8 video sources in a 4-window layout at a 20-
second sequence interval:
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1 2 5 6 1 2
20s 20s

3 4 7 8 3 4

7 After sequence is started, you can click to pause or resume.

8 Set sequence interval.
9 Switch to full screen. Click again or press Esc to exit.

6 Watermark Detection
Click Watermark on the top toolbar verify that video is intact.

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Status and Result Description

Succeeded: video intact Detection succeeded, and the video is

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 Status and Result Description
intact.
Detection succeeded, and the video has
Succeeded: video altered
been altered.
Detection succeeded, and no watermark
Succeeded: no watermark
is detected.
Failed: no video or video is too Detection failed because the video is not
short long enough for detection.
Detection failed because it is stopped by
Failed: not detect
user manually.