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Item windows display basic device information and provide icons for powerful built-in functions. Information and icons shown depends on whether the item is showing live or recorded video.
Upper Left
The upper left corner displays the camera name for live streams, or the file name for recorded video, and an icon for the current Recording Mode.
– Constant Recording (green circle)
– Motion Recording (red circle)
– Low Resolution always/High Resolution for motion (red circle with green diagonal stripe)
– Not Recording (grey circle)
Upper Right
The upper right corner contains the following buttons:
– Rotate
– Dewarping – for fish-eye cameras
– Pan, Tilt, and Zoom (PTZ) – for live streams, if supported by the device
– Information – displays additional information about the device settings
– Close – removes the item from the current layout
Bottom Right
The bottom right corner indicates LIVE for live streams, or displays the date and running time for archive or local files. If supported by the device you may also see:
– Using 2-Way Audio button
Custom Soft Triggers
Additionally, these messages may appear for camera items:
•NO SIGNAL – Camera is offline (see "Diagnosing Offline Devices")
•NO DATA – No recording was performed, no data is available
•Loading – Awaiting data from server
•Unauthorized – Incorrect/missing login or password
Click on the Information icon or right-click on any selected item to open the context menu, and choose Show Info (Alt+I) to display the following item information:
•Resolution of the stream in pixels
•Frames per second (FPS) of the stream
•Bitrate of the stream. The letter after the bitrate value is the video traffic delivery method indicator – Direct Connect, NAT traversal (N) and Proxy (P).
•Codec (e.g., H.265, H.264, or MJPEG). If "Hardware Decoding" (Intel Quick Sync) is enabled, the stream will display the (HW) indicator to the right of the stream codec.
•Stream in use – Hi-Res or Lo-Res.
