5.2.3 Settings Menu on the Timeline

You can directly drag the mouse to select a period of time on the timeline or refer to the steps as below to select.

Step1: Right-click the the timeline and a menu window will pop up as below:



Step2: Select the Start Selection and a vertical line will show on the position of right-clicking timeline as below:



Step3: Move the mouse to another position of the timeline and right-click again, a menu show as below:



Step4: Click the End Selection and the selected time show as below:



You can export video, lock file, and add tag directly on the timeline.

Step5: Right click the timeline, a menu show as below:



The meanings of the menu on timeline can be referred to the table below:

Table 1.

Item

Function Introduction

Start Selection

Select start time of period on the timeline.

End Selection

Select end time of period on the timeline.

Clear Selection

Clear selection of start time or selection of a period of time on the timeline.

Zoom to Selection

Zoom the selection of time period in to extend to whole timeline.

Add Tag

Add tag for the selected time period.

Lock file

Lock the selected time period.

Split Playback

Divide the video files into several channels in the specified time period according to needs. When watching playback, users can watch videos of different time simultaneously. More details can refer to “5.3 Split Playback”.

Export Video

Export the video for the selected time period. Settings about Export Video can see Export.

Edit Tag

Edit tag which you set.

ExportTag

Export tag which you set.

Play Tag Video

Play videos with tag you set.

Delete Tag

Delete tag which you set.

Show Thumbnails

Show thumbnail of the corresponding time. Users can also resize the thumbnail timeline as needed.

Show Tags

After setting the tags, you can choose the option to show the tag on the timeline as below:

Show Locks

After setting the lock files, you can choose the option to show the lock file on the timeline as below: