To start video playback, first open the Media Player from the system's Main Menu:
The system also allows quick access to the video player from object Context Menus and in the Surveillance Client object list. See the topic on Quick Playback to learn more about this tool. When the Media Player is opened using the Quick Playback method, the time and camera selections are already filled in and the video is already in Playback mode.
If you opened the video player directly from the Main Menu, follow the steps in the following topics, Time Selection and Camera Selection, to start playback, if the video player was opened via Quick Playback, it will already be in Playback status and with the Timeline bar open.