How to auto enable showing info on video items in the Desktop Client – Network Optix

This article describes how to automatically enable the information overlay on video items in Desktop client (for both Windows and Ubuntu platforms).

If enabled, all video items within the client will open up with the Info button enabled by default and thus showing the Camera name and the information box by default.

There are two configuration parameters to control the behavior of this option:

Parameter name	Default value	Description
showFullInfo	false	If True: Client will overlay an info box in the bottom left corner providing resolution, fps, and codec information for every video item with the Info button enabled.
showInfoByDefault	false	If True: Client will make every new video item added to the layout have the Info button enabled.

NOTE: Enabling these options will affect the performance of the Nx Witness Client application and will slow down the rendering of visuals.

For Windows:

Navigate to:

C:\Users\<User>\AppData\Local\Network Optix\Network Optix HD Witness Client\settings\local

With any text editor, open the showFullInfo (or showInfoByDefault) file.
Change the value from false to true, and save the file.
(Re)start the Desktop Client

For Ubuntu:

Navigate to:

cd ~/.local/share/Network\ Optix/Network\ Optix\ HD\ Witness\ Client/settings/local/

With any text editor, open the showFullInfo (or showInfoByDefault) file.
Change the value from false to true, and save the file.
(Re)start the Desktop Client

For Windows:

For Ubuntu:

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