Playback of video uses the same controls described in Video Playback. There is an added Review Step feature that is exclusive to StopArm.  

 

 

 

 

StopArm video playback consists of the following features:

 

Video Comments

 

Click on the Video Comments button to open the comments dialog box. Refer to the Video Playback section for more information about using the Video Comments functionality.

 

 

Video Hub

 

Change Video

 

Users can make video selections from directly within the video player to save time opposed to closing the video player, returning to the video grid, and searching for another video.

 

 

Clicking on the ‘Change Video’ button from the top of the Video Hub accesses a pair of drop-down menus. The first is the Vehicle drop-down that displays all the vehicles that have available videos. The second is the Time drop-down that displays the date and time of the videos pertaining to the specified vehicle. It is possible to only change the date and time for an existing vehicle selection.    

 

Select a vehicle from the Vehicle drop-down. Select an available date and time from the Time drop-down. When the change video function is enabled, the 'Change Video' button changes to indicate the functionality is active. Click the 'Change Video' button to close the change video function.

The Video Hub side bar can be collapsed by clicking on the Hide button. The Video Hub view can be restored by clicking on the Video Hub button.

 

 

 

Information

 

 

 

Playing Main Stream or Sub-Stream – The appearance of 'Playing Main Stream' indicates the video has been selected in ARMOR Actions, or manual download, to play in Main Stream quality. The recommended video play for automated downloads is the 'Playing Sub Stream' quality setting.

 

Channel Views

A different array of channels can be viewed by selecting one of the four Channel View buttons above the Channel bar. This enables the viewer to review a group of channels simultaneously without displaying the entire number of available channels. A fewer number of selected channels allows a larger view of the selected channels. For example, the View 1 array of channels could encompass channels 1 through 6 and View 2 could just include channels 7 and 8.  The channels to include in an individual Channel View (i.e. View 1) can be set by clicking on a View button followed by clicking on the individual channels (i.e. 1 through 4) to include on the Channel View.  

 

Click on Individual Channel View (View 1)

 

Click on individual channels  (i.e. 7 through 10) to include in the Channel View (i.e. View 7)

 

Above each channel window there is a tool bar in the upper right corner of the window to allow the user to expand the channel to encompass the entire video playback window (click again to contract the window view), mute the sound of the video , and close the channel .

It is possible to zoom in and zoom out within an individual channel. Once the channel has been expanded by clicking on thebutton, the Video Channel Toolbar appears in the upper right corner of the image. Clicking on the zoom inbutton allows the image to be expanded while clicking on the zoom outbutton zoom the image towards its initial view. Click and drag the cursor in the image to pan within the frame. Click the button to revert to the view with multiple channels.  Refer to the Video Playback section in the Introduction for more information about zoom in and zoom out and panning video.

 

Show Blurs – Clicking the Show Blurs button enables the user to conceal any details in the video by creating and applying a blur over the image.  It is also possible to apply motion to the blur effects. Click the Clear All Blur Effects button to erase the blurs. Refer to the Video Playback section for more information about using the Show Blurs functionality.

 

Memo – Description of the StopArm video and any unique characteristics about the video.

 

Review Step: – Drop-down list located in the bottom of the Information box below the Video Hub column on the right side of the window. Allows the user to set a review step from playback.

 

Run Report Button – This buttonappears with the other Action buttons when the event playback has been launched.  Press to run the report for the video being played back. Refer to View Report for more information about StopArm Reports.

 

 

 

 

 

Video Action Controls – Share Video, Download to VMS,  Lock/Unlock Video, and Delete Video buttons. Refer to the Actions section for more information about using the Action Controls.

 

 

Data Pane

Map display, Charts Data or Live Data can be selected and displayed.

 

 

Map  

Shows the current location of the vehicle when the stop arm video was recorded. The view can be zoomed in and out using the +/ - buttons on the map display. The movement of the vehicle icon on the map correlates with the video during the playing of the video.

 

       

 

Charts

Graph display can be adjusted to depict only Speed (MPH) or only Acceleration, or select none or both, by clicking on the appropriate Speed and Acceleration icons at the bottom of the graph.

 

 

Speed graph – Graph depicts vehicle speed (mph).

Acceleration graph – Graph depicts the rate of acceleration of the vehicle.

 

 

Live

 

 

 

Acceleration (g) – Rate of acceleration of the vehicle when the video was recorded.

Speed (mph) – Speed of the vehicle when the video was recorded.

Blind Channels – Channels that are blocked by objects or covered when recording (turned on initially at DVR).

Motion Channels – Channels that record moving objects (turned on initially at DVR).

Input Channels – Selected inputs that were recorded events at the time the video was recorded.

 

 

Advanced Settings

 

Use the Max Channels counter to set the number of channels displayed for viewing. The default number of channels is six.

 

 

If more than six channels are selected, a message appears stating that problems with certain browsers can occur when more than six videos are played simultaneously. For information about utilizing a fix to allow the playing of more than six channels, refer to the Video Playback Fix at the end of the Video Playback section under the Introduction of this manual.

 

 

Video Playback

Video can be played, paused and the speed of the video can be adjusted up to 4x from the video playback control at the bottom of the Video Playback window. The progression of the video playback as the video is played is displayed on the tracking bar above the playback buttons.

 

 

During video playback, the forward and back buttons are grayed-out and inactive.

 

 

 

 

Click the button in the top right corner of the window to end the video reviewing session and return to the main page.