Overview

Arcules video search can be accessed through the icon in the lower right of any camera’s video player. Video search saves a lot of time when compared to using the playback scrub bar.

Not seeing the icon? User role(s) must have the perform forensic search privilege. Learn more about roles and permissions here

Default filters for video search are 4 hours ago if the user enters search from live. If the user enters search from playback, the search date/time will default to the playback date/time. The user can adjust date and time and, if she entered search through a View, change the camera as well. She can also adjust the duration of the period in between thumbnails and the size of the thumbnails by using the sliders at the top.

The thumbnail video search results can be further refined with forensic filters available from the “more” icon at the top right of the search interface. A drawer will slide out with forensic filtering options.

The first advanced filter is on motion. By default, video search assumes the user wants to search for motion events for the entire FOV, but if that’s not the case, then the user can choose to see all thumbnails from a particular time period by disabling the “Motion” switch. This way a user might look for a particular object showing up or disappearing on a particular date, without involving motion.

Enable the "Motion Overlay" switch to see what triggered motion within the camera's field of view.

The motion search can be constrained to a user-defined area of interest in the camera’s field of view. To do so, switch the area of interest filter on and draw a polygon.

To clear the polygon, click the “Clear'' button. Only one polygon per camera’s field of view is supported.

This filter may be switched on and off in the drawer, retaining the settings already set by the user.

To provide a larger viewing area, the user may close the Advanced search options drawer. A small portion of it will remain visible at the right edge of the screen showing the Area of interest polygon icon and its current filter state (on/off).