Quadrox Fast Touch Video Browser User manual
Quadrox Fast Touch Video Browser User manual Contents 1. Introduction . . .................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....... 2. Minimal hardware requirements............. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....... 3. Installation. . . . . . ................................... .
Quadrox Fast Touch Video Browser User manual 1. Introduction Quadrox Fast-Touch Video Browser is a native touch enabled video browser that guarantees the finest user experience: simple, flexible and smart navigation among multiple recorders and cameras. Fast-Touch Video Browser is built for speed and touch from the ground up giving you the fastest possible access to live and recorded video. It intuitively anticipates your next move by already having those images ready at your fingertips.
Quadrox Fast Touch Video Browser User manual 3. Installation To install Fast-Touch Video Browser you have to do the following steps: 1. Run the installation file as administrator. 2. Click Next in the appeared window. 3. Read the License Agreement carefully. If you agree, mark the checkbox “I accept the terms in the License Agreement” and click Next.
Quadrox Fast Touch Video Browser User manual 1. Choose the destination folder where Fast-Touch Video Browser will be installed. You can use the default location or change it if necessary. Click Next. 2. The installer will inform you that everything is ready for proper installation and suggest you to continue. Click Install to proceed or Back to change the installation settings. 3. The installer will inform you that everything is ready for proper installation and suggest you to continue.
Quadrox Fast Touch Video Browser User manual 1. You will see the progress of installation. Wait until it finishes. 2. The installation is completed. Click Finish. If you need to uninstall Fast-Touch Video Browser for some reason, you can do this using the Windows Control Panel.
Quadrox Fast Touch Video Browser User manual 4. Interface overview 4.1. First start When the installation is finished, you will see an icon on your desktop: Launch the application. After the first start you will see a window as shown below. Recorders/Layouts panel Main view controls Server settings window Recorders/Layouts controls At first launch the application will suggest you to add a new recording server; the Server settings window will appear.
Quadrox Fast Touch Video Browser User manual The Server settings window allows you to enter basic recording server options, as Friendly name, IP and user credentials. If you need to set additional options (port or domain), click on Additional settings.
Quadrox Fast Touch Video Browser User manual 4.2. Controls The main view controls of Fast-Touch Video Browser are located on the top part of the application. There are three buttons, the active ones are highlighted in green: Show/Hide recordings panel This button allows you to show or hide the panel with recorders. It helps to increase the main window to a more comfortable usage, especially when there is a big amount of cameras in the mosaic view.
Quadrox Fast Touch Video Browser User manual At the bottom of the window, under the Recorders/Layouts panel, are located panel-specific controls. Using these, you can add, remove or edit your recorders or layouts. Add Recorder/Layout. Pressed in the appropriate panel, this button allows you to add a new Recorder or Layout. Remove Recorder/Layout. Pressed in the appropriate panel, this button allows you to add/remove existing Recorder or Layout.
Quadrox Fast Touch Video Browser User manual As you can see, in case of a successfull conection to the server, Fast-Touch Video Browser will provide you basic information about the recorder, such as connection state (online or offline) and amount of cameras. If you have entered wrong credentials you will receive the message “Wrong log on credentials”. 5.2. Viewing video from cameras You will also see an arrow next to the name of the Recorder.
Quadrox Fast Touch Video Browser User manual In our example we have two cameras called “Street 1” and “Street 2”. The names of the cameras and their particular settings have been set up on the server. It is impossible to change settings of a camera in FastTouch Video Browser. It is designed only for viewing purposes. Default, only Single layout is added to Fast-Touch Video Browser.
Quadrox Fast Touch Video Browser User manual Playback Opens playback of recordings from the current camera. Maximize Maximizes current camera view to fill full main window area. Useful option if you are using layouts containing multiple cameras and need to expand one of your cameras to see details on the video. Close This button closes the current camera view and the layout cell becomes empty. 5.4. Layouts Pressing the button you will see the Layouts panel instead of the Recorders panel.
Quadrox Fast Touch Video Browser User manual There are lots of options available to select under the Template drop-down list. According to your needs you can use the following templates with camera mosaics: • • • • • • Single 2x1 2x2 3x2 3x3 4x4 • • • • • • 5x3 5x4 Zoom+3 Zoom+5 Zoom+7 2Zoom+8H All templates have small icons next to their names which can show you a basic view of the layout, so you are able to select right a mosaics template that fits your needs perfectly.
Quadrox Fast Touch Video Browser User manual When you have all layouts added and filled their cells with cameras you can easily switch between the layouts in Layouts panel by clicking on their names. If you have a PTZ camera (pan-tilt-zoom) you can operate it in Fast-Touch Video Browser. Maximize the view of your PTZ camera cell and you will see the PTZ controls in the right lower corner. It contains a 8-directional control pad (buttons with arrows) and zoom buttons.
Quadrox Fast Touch Video Browser User manual 5.6. Recordings and Playback To access video recorded by a camera you have to click on the button on the active view controls stripe. Click this button on the control stripe of the camera you want to see. If the camera made some recordings and the server was set up properly you will see the window shown below. Return to Layout button Live View Hide Timeline button Timeline The biggest amount of space is used by Live view; the current view from your camera.
Quadrox Fast Touch Video Browser User manual Recording’s timestamp Playback View Selected thumbnail with recorded video Live View Also, you are able to change the scale of the Timeline. Use your scroll wheel to change it. You will see stretching or shrinkage of the Timeline and the amount of thumbnails will increase or decrease accordingly. At the highest scale you will see a thumbnail for every 5 seconds of recording. It is useful when you are searching for a short incident caught on video.
Quadrox Fast Touch Video Browser User manual The Playback control panel has the following buttons: Calendar Allows you to set playback precisely. When you push it, the button will change its icon to see the following window: and you will In this window you can define the date and time of the recording you would like to see. When your time and date are selected, you can push the button and the recordings from the defined period of time will start to play.
Quadrox Fast Touch Video Browser User manual 5.7. Smart Search This function allows you to make a search in the recorded videos according to a user-defined search mask. It means that you can search for videos containing activity that only takes place in the selected areas. When you click on the Smart Search button, you will see additional buttons in the playback controls panel. Close Smart Search Closes the Smart Search function and returns the view to normal playback mode.
Quadrox Fast Touch Video Browser User manual Exclude area from search. Allows you to exclude an area from the Smart Search selection. f you want to decrease an area you have selected before you can use this option. Click on the mark the area you want to exclude (it will be marked in red). When done, press videos according to the updated criteria.
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