The system allows you to search for motion in selectable areas on the cameras, filtering the video playback scope to display only the frames that contain motion. This feature helps a lot when searching for an event, as it reduces the time spent analyzing the recorded images.
To access Motion Search, during a media playback session, click on the Motion Search icon in the Tool Selection Panel:
When you open this tool, the system will display the Motion Search panel, and you will now be able to select areas for motion detection on the desired cameras. The system allows you to search for motion on multiple cameras simultaneously.
•Cameras: Box for selecting cameras. Select the cameras to search for motion.
•Start Time: Start date for the motion search. The search needs a start and end time to be set. This time can be filled in according to the selection in the timeline (blue bar).
•End Time: End date for the Motion search. The search needs a start and end time to be set. This time can be filled in according to the selection in the timeline (blue bar).
•Sensitivity: Motion recognition sensitivity. 80% is the ideal value for recognizing significant motions in the image. If you wish to change this value, motion the bar to obtain the desired value.
•Key-frames only: Motion search in key frames only (H.263, MPEG-4, H.264 and H.265 only). The search speed can be greatly increased by using this option, but the search may be less accurate as the motion will only be recognized in the key frames. It is recommended that the distance between the recorded key frames does not exceed 2 seconds (ideal 1 second).
•Start Search button: Starts the motion search. You can follow the progress of the search in the Timeline tab.
•Clear Data button: Clears the data collected during the search. This data is information on where there was motion in the video, until it is cleared, the timeline will only display recordings where the motion graph (Red Graph) is marked.
To start a search, follow the steps below:
1.Select the desired cameras from the camera list. You must select the camera even if there is only 1 camera on screen. If you are playing back multiple cameras, you must choose the cameras you want to search.
2.Select motion-sensitive areas on the cameras. To do this, click the left mouse button and, while holding down the mouse button, drag the mouse to create the desired area. To remove an area, do the same process, but hold down the right mouse button and draw a larger area that encompasses the areas you want to remove. You can create multiple motion search areas on the camera.
3.Select the start and end dates and times for the search. You can enter these values manually in the visual date and time controls, or you can also select the date and time via the Timeline Time Selection.
4.Set the motion detection sensitivity (Default 80% is recommended).
5.Click Start Search.
You can follow the search via the bar in the Motion search tab as shown in the figure below:
Or in the Timeline as shown in the figure below:
Once the search is complete, a message will be displayed as shown below:
With the motion search finished, the video player will now only display the video of the moments where motion was recognized:
In the example above, all the areas that are completely blank indicate that no motion was found, the player will skip these areas automatically, allowing you to quickly analyze only the images that had motion. A negative effect of this feature can occur during video playback with motion search from several cameras simultaneously, where there is motion on one camera and no motion on another camera for the same time. In this case, the standard message "There are no recordings for this time" will be displayed on the camera where motion was not detected. If there is a common moment where there is no motion on all cameras, the system will automatically skip playback to the next block with motion, regardless of which camera this motion was recognized on.
When the motion search bar is displayed on the timeline, it will act as a filter, allowing video playback only of the sections where motion has been detected. If you wish to remove this filter, select the desired cameras and click the Clear Data button.