Thumbnail Search in the Cloud Player
For more information on Thumbnail Search in other clients:
Command Station | Legacy Web Client
Best Practices
- Begin with the default grid display of 9 thumbnail images within a 24 hour range and with the OSD enabled.
- Click on the image that displays an event. This will automatically narrow the time range displayed across the images and move the selected image to the center.
- Continue to click on images containing the event image you want to isolate.
Note: When you click on images to narrow the thumbnail search, clicking while on the shortest time range will automatically start video playback in the Video Player. Additionally, you can right-click an image to expand the time range across the images and move the selected image to the center.
Thumbnail Search
Thumbnail Search 
in OWS enables you to quickly find the video you need by clicking through thumbnail images based on subtle scene changes, going from 24 hours of video footage down to minutes in just a few clicks. Never spend hours reviewing video again looking for a specific event; Thumbnail Search in OWS saves your team time so they can focus on what matters most - keeping your business secure.
NOTE: Thumbnail Search in the Cloud Player is only available with certain licensing tiers. See the Search section in OWS Licensing for more information.
Thumbnail Search Controls
| Thumbnails | Choose a 9, 16, or 25 video grid display from the dropdown. The grid display will determine what Time Range options are available. |
| Time Range | Choose a time range between the first video image (upper left) and the last video image (bottom right) displayed. |
| OSD | Select OSD to display the time and date On-Screen Display on the thumbnail images. |
Perform a Thumbnail Search
NOTE: Thumbnail searches allow for only one camera to be displayed at a time.
- Select a camera from the Camera List.
- Select the Number of Thumbnails, the Time Range, and turn the OSD On/Off as desired.
NOTE: The combination of thumbnail quantity and time range will determine the time interval between each snapshot displayed. For example, 25 thumbnails in a 24-hour time range will result in 1-hour time intervals between displayed pictures.
- Left-click on the desired thumbnail to narrow the time interval, opening new thumbnails.
NOTE: When the thumbnail is narrowed to the smallest time interval, left-clicking again will begin recorded video playback in the Video Player.
- Right-click the desired thumbnail to expand the time interval, opening new thumbnails.
Thumbnail View
Click thumbnail view 
to display the device list with a thumbnail image from each device.
