Instant/preset playback

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Glynn Thomas

• October 23, 2018 22:07

Hi,

This has come up due to an install at a carwash: reducing the timescale of playback so that it will display say the last hour by default.

Bit of background...we have installed 21 cameras to a carwash site, with 6 of those cameras mounted to two poles at the entrance of the tunnel wash to record/view the sides/top of the vehicle- to prove that any dents or damage later claimed by the vehicle owner was pre-existing. I have set up a virtual line trigger in one direction (in only) to create a tagged bookmark in the archive across all 6 cameras, to enable staff to easily go back and find applicable footage.

Problem is, that when they select this layout containing these 6 cameras, the recorded footage shows all the footage from many days, with all the applicable bookmarks. The staff member then clicks on the -/+ to decrease the footage time (which also allows to see the bookmarks individually- not as one merged bookmark).

What would be really useful to this site (and could also be useful for other sites- provided it is somewhat customisable) is to be able to preset how much recorded footage is show when this layout is chosen. For this site, 15 mins would be ideal. For other sites that may be the last hour or even 12 hours. The user can then zoom out to show more footage if required.

Somehow being able to select an 'instant playback' function allocated to a layout (or perhaps by camera(s)) with the ability to chose/select the length of 'instant playback"- either enter a time period or have a series of check boxes. Perhaps located in the camera settings menu- near the pre/post record settings?

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  Norman Graafsma

  • October 26, 2018 10:03

  Hi Glynn,

  Thank you. As our UI designer states, the idea is good, but since we have already sett the roadmap for v4.0 and 4.1, I'm not expecting this feature on a short notice. 

  But if the customer works with the bookmarks, there are two, more convenient ways to find the bookmarks than they do it right now. 

  1. Position the mouse on the timeline and scroll to zoom in (or out) on the timeline. Some mouse enables you to scroll very fast and efficient (tip! Logitech MxMaster mouse)

  2. With Ctrl+B you get the bookmark menu and can see a list of bookmarks in a sequential order which enables you to review the latest bookmarks in a quick and easy way. 

  For a better understanding of this request, can you explain a bit more how and when your customers like to use this feature? 

  You described the case for the carwash, but can you describe the use case for the other projects as well? 

   

   

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  Kieran Vella

  • October 23, 2018 22:12

  This would be good, the latest version of Nx always seems to take the timeline back to the very start of the archive which at the moment is 3 months ago, I'm forever scrolling the timeline right/zooming in to find relevant footage from a few mins ago.

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  Glynn Thomas

  • October 24, 2018 00:14

  Agreed- this is exactly why this function would be useful- especially if customisable.

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  paul chandler

  • October 24, 2018 14:51

  The calendar lets you pick a particular hour which gets you pretty close. But perhaps it would be as easy to add a couple more buttons to the calendar box...ie T-10, T-20, T-30
  
  
  

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  Aleksandr Patc

  • October 24, 2018 15:00

  It is a good idea, thank you!

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  Glynn Thomas

  • October 24, 2018 20:41

  Yea Paul, the calendar is there and kind of achieves the end result, but it still is a multiple step process to get there.

  The current version of NX by default shows all available archive (which can be months)- whereas if that default setting could be customisable, it would make the end user experience better/faster. 

   

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