Overview of the video timeline
2022-03-15Last updated
The timeline appears below the video in a tile and provides a graphical representation of the contents in a video sequence.
With the video timeline, you can do the following:
- Move to a specific position within the timeline by clicking and dragging the timeline either left or right.
- Watch video that was recorded at a specific date and time by clicking and dragging the playback cursor either left or right on the timeline.
- Zoom in and out of the timeline to view the contents in your video sequence. You can zoom
in and out of the timeline as follows:
- 1By moving the mouse pointer over the timeline and using your mouse's scroll wheel
- After browsing backwards or forwards in the video you can recenter the timeline on the
current time by using the center timeline buttons (
and
).
A | Timeline scale. In this example, the timeline scale is in increments of 5 minutes.
The timeline scale is displayed in seconds by default. Note: 1The
timeline scale changes according to the chosen zoom level. |
B | Green bars indicate motion. The bigger the bar, the more motion is present. |
C | Grey background indicates that a recording is present. |
D | Black background indicates that no recording is present. The black background
appears in the following situations:
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E | Playback marker (orange). Slide the blue line to watch video sequences at different points on the HTML5 video player timeline. |
F | Red ribbon icon (![]() ![]() Tip: Moving the
blue marker in the timeline near to a bookmark or below a bookmark on the
timeline causes the cursor to jump to that bookmark in the timeline. The red
ribbon icon ( ![]() ![]() |
G | Bookmark message and time stamp. Move the mouse pointer over the bookmark to make it appear. |
H | Purple background indicates the future. |