Avigilon ACC Player User Manual
Avigilon™ Control Center
Player User Guide
Version 5.2.2
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Table of Contents
What is the Avigilon Control Center Player? 5
For More Information 5
Avigilon Training Center 5
Support 5
Upgrades 5
Feedback 5
Starting Up and Shutting Down the Avigilon Control Center Player 6
Starting Up the Player 6
Shutting Down the Player 6
Authenticating Video 7
What are Views? 8
Making a View Full Screen 8
Ending Full Screen Mode 8
Selecting a Layout for a View 8
Editing a View Layout 9
Video 12
Adding and Removing Cameras in a View 12
Adding a Camera to a View 12
Removing a Camera from a View 12
Playing Back Recorded Video 12
Zooming and Panning in a Video 14
Using the Zoom Tools 14
Using the Pan Tools 14
Maximizing and Restoring an Image Panel 14
Maximizing an Image Panel 14
Restoring an Image Panel 14
Listening to Audio 14
Reviewing Recorded POS Transactions 15
Video Display 15
Adjusting Video Display 15
Displaying Analog Video in Deinterlaced Mode 16
Looping Playback 16
Displaying Image Overlays 16
Changing Display Quality 17
Making Image Panel Display Adjustments 17
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Camera Properties 18
Search 20
Performing an Alarm Search 20
Viewing Alarm Search Results 21
Performing an Event Search 21
Viewing Event Search Results 22
Performing a License Plate Search 23
Viewing License Plate Search Results 24
Performing a Pixel Search 24
Viewing Pixel Search Results 26
Performing a POS Transaction Search 26
Viewing POS Transaction Search Results 27
Performing a Thumbnail Search 28
Viewing Thumbnail Search Results 29
Export 30
Exporting Native Video 30
Exporting AVI Video 32
Exporting a Print Image 36
Exporting a Snapshot of an Image 37
Exporting Still Images 40
Exporting WAV Audio 41
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What is the Avigilon Control Center Player?
The Avigilon Control Center Player is the video player for Avigilon Native Video Export (AVE) files and Avigilon
Backup (AVK) files.
The Player displays video in image panels, and allows you to control their playback through the Timeline. The
Player is able to authenticate video files against tampering, and can be used to re-export video into other
formats. Both AVE and AVK video include event data embedded in the file, so you are also able to search for
specific alarms, POS transactions, and other events that are linked to the video.
A copy of the Player can be downloaded from the Avigilon website, or exported with the AVE file from the
Avigilon Control Center Client software (see the Avigilon Control Center Client User Guide for more information).
For More Information
Visit Avigilonat http://www.avigilon.com/ for additional product documentation.
Avigilon Training Center
The Avigilon Training Center provides free online training videos that demonstrate how to set up and use the
Avigilon Surveillance System. Register online at the Avigilon Partner Portal site to begin:
http://avigilon.force.com/login
Support
For additional support information, visit http://avigilon.com/support-and-downloads/. The Avigilon Partner Portal
also provides self-directed support resources - register and login at http://avigilon.force.com/login.
Regular AvigilonTechnical Support is available Monday to Friday from 12:00a.m. to 6:00p.m. Pacific Standard
Time (PST):
l North America: +1.888.281.5182 option 1
l International: +800.4567.8988 or +1.604.629.5182 option 1
Emergency Technical Support is available 24/7:
l North America: +1.888.281.5182 option 1 then dial 9
l International: +800.4567.8988 or +1.604.629.5182 option 1then dial 9
E-mails can be sent to: support@avigilon.com.
Upgrades
Software and firmware upgrades will be made available for download as they become available. Check
http://avigilon.com/support-and-downloads/ for available upgrades.
Feedback
We value your feedback. Please send any comments on our products and services to feedback@avigilon.com
What is the AvigilonControl Center Player? 5
Starting Up and Shutting Down the Avigilon Control Center Player
The Avigilon Control Center Player can be started up or shut down at any time.
Starting Up the Player
The Player can be opened in any of the following ways:
l
Double-click the shortcut icon on the desktop.
l In Windows, select All Programs or All Apps > Avigilon > Avigilon Control Center Player > Avigilon Control
Center Player.
When the application first opens, you will be prompted to open an AVE or AVK file.
l Double-click an Avigilon Native Video Export (AVE) file or Avigilon Backup (AVK) file. The Player will open
and display the video file.
Shutting Down the Player
l
In the Avigilon Control Center Player software, select > Exit.
6 Starting Up and Shutting Down the Avigilon Control Center Player
Authenticating Video
All Avigilon Native Video Export (AVE) and Avigilon Backup (AVK) files contain an encrypted digital signature
that is used to confirm that exported images have not been tampered with.
l
To authenticate a video, select > Authenticate Images....
The Authenticate Images dialog box appears and displays the progress as the application checks all the
video images for tampering.
When the process is complete, the Authenticate Images dialog box displays the number of images that are
authentic and the number of images that have been corrupted.
Figure 1: Authenticate Images dialog box
AuthenticatingVideo 7
What are Views?
A View tab is where you watch camera video. Inside the View tab is a set of image panels that allows you to
organize how video is displayed.
You can arrange image panels into different layouts to take advantage of different camera angles and save View
layouts that you like.
Making a View Full Screen
You can maximize a View to fill an entire monitor screen.
l
On the toolbar, click .
Ending Full Screen Mode
l
While the View is in full screen mode, click .
Selecting a Layout for a View
You can organize how video is displayed by selecting a View layout. The figure below shows the default View
layouts.
8 What are Views?
l
On the toolbar, select , then select one of the following layout options.
Figure 2: Layouts in the toolbar
Editing a View Layout
If the default View layouts do not fit your surveillance requirements, you can customize a View layout.
Editing a View Layout 9
1.
On the toolbar, select >Edit Layouts....
Figure 3: Layouts in the toolbar
2. In the Edit Layouts dialog box, select the layout you want to change.
3. Enter the number of Columns: and Rows: you want in your layout.
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4. In the layout diagram, do any of the following to further customize the layout.
Figure 4: Edit Layou ts dialog box
l To create a larger image panel, select a gray line to delete the border between two image panels.
When a line is highlighted in red, the line can be deleted.
l To restore an image panel, select a dotted line to divide a larger image panel into two. When a
dotted line is highlighted in green, the line can be restored.
l To restore all default View layouts, click Restore Defaults. All custom layouts in the Layouts: list will
be replaced.
NOTE: You can only add or subtract lines to create a rectangular shape.
5. Click OK to save your changes. The previous View layout has been replaced with your customized
layout.
Tip: The keyboard commands used to access View layouts are linked to the layout's position in the Layouts: list.
For example, if your custom layout is placed at the top of the Layouts: list (layout 1), you can press Alt + 1 to use
that layout.
Editing a View Layout 11
Video
The Avigilon Control Center Player allows you to watch exported Avigilon Native Video Export (AVE) video and
Avigilon Backup (AVK) video in View tabs, similar to the Avigilon Control Center Client software.
If the video file contains video from multiple cameras, the video can be displayed in multiple image panels. You
can zoom and pan the exported video images, and use the Timeline to control the playback of the recorded
video.
Adding and Removing Cameras in a View
You can add and remove cameras from the View to focus on specific parts of the video file.
Adding a Camera to a View
Do one of the following:
l Drag the camera from the System Explorer to an empty image panel in the View tab.
l Double-click a camera in the System Explorer.
l In the System Explorer, right-click the camera and select Add To View.
The camera is added to the next empty image panel in the View layout.
Tip: You can drag the same camera to multiple image panels to watch the video at different zoom levels.
Removing a Camera from a View
Do one of the following:
l Right-click the image panel and select Close.
l
Inside the image panel, click .
Playing Back Recorded Video
The Timeline displays when video was recorded and lets you control video playback.
The colored bars on the Timeline show the camera's recording history:
l A red bar shows the camera has recorded a motion event.
l A blue bar shows the camera has recorded video.
l White areas show periods of time during which the camera has not recorded any video.
l An yellow bar is a bookmark in the camera's recording history.
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Figure 5: Playback con trols on the Timeline
To... Do this...
Select a playback
time
Start playback
Stop playback
Jump forward or
backward on the
Timeline
l Click the dark gray date display and select a specific date and time.
l Click a point on the Timeline.
Click .
l
Click to fast forward. Tap the arrow again to increase the playback speed.
l
Click to rewind. Tap the arrow again to increase the playback speed.
You can play the video up to eight times the original speed.
Click .
l
Click to step forward one frame.
l
Click to step backward one frame.
On the Timeline, click or to move to set points on the
Timeline.
l Move the slider on the bottom left to zoom in or out
on the Timeline.
Zoom in or out of the
Timeline
l Place your mouse over the Timeline and use the
scroll wheel to zoom in or out on the Timeline.
You can zoom in to a quarter of a second, and zoom out to
see years if recorded video exists.
Center the Timeline
on the time marker
Right-click the Timeline, and select Center on Marker.
l Click and drag the time marker through the
Timeline.
Pan the Timeline
l Move the horizontal scroll bar under theTimeline.
l Right-click and drag the Timeline.
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