Managing Video Walls

If you want to watch multiple video feeds at one time, then you will want to setup a Video Wall. 

• Setup
• Sharing Video Walls
• Video Wall Camera Limit
• Realtime Streaming

Setup

From the left navigation, select the third tab from the bottom and then Add Video Wall.

You will then be prompted to name the video wall:

After hitting Create you will then see the video wall setup screen.

From here, you'll be placed on the main Video Wall configuration page. You can choose which cameras to add, what type of grid you want (4x4 max, 16 feeds), and if you select more cameras than feeds, how often you want them to rotate by selecting from the dropdown menu.

From left to right here are the button definitions associated with the top bar:

• Visible to others: Default off, but when toggled on it allows others to see the wall
• Editable by others: Default off, but when toggled on it allows others to edit the wall
• Rotate Default: Default none, but can select Interval or Motion based rotation (Note: You must have more cameras then layout selection to be able to use this)
  • Interval: Selecting this rotation option will rotate cameras based on a specific duration
  • Motion: Selecting this rotation option will rotate cameras based on captured motion
• Layout Default: Default one camera, but can select up to a 4x4 grid (16 cameras) max on desktop
• Camera navigation arrows: This allows you to cycle through the remaining cameras that are not shown on the video wall but are selected to display on the wall
• Full Screen: Allows you to view the video wall in full screen mode

Once you've configured a wall to your liking, simply click "Save" and this preset wall will be saved for you and everyone else for fast access. 

Please note that if another user tries to access this wall, but does not have access to all cameras (see role-based access for more info), they will only be able to view the cameras they have access to. If they do not have permission to any of the cameras, this Video Wall will not show up as one of the cameras they have access to.

Sharing a Video Wall

Once you have saved the video wall you created, you are then able to share it by clicking the share button at the top:

When the Sharing popup appears you can password protect, allow past footage viewing, and set an expiration on the stream.

By clicking on the sharing button once more after the original sharing creating you can Copy the link, directly open it, or send the URL via email or text. You can also add an additional sharing stream by clicking the add another. To remove a stream simply click the red trash can next to the URL.

Video Wall Camera Limit

The maximum cameras viewable at one time is 16, but you can add as many cameras as you want to the Wall and they will automatically be rotated through as described above. The limitations are 20 - 30 cameras on one screen while viewing through an Apple TV. To learn more visit our article here.

Realtime Streaming

By checking this box you'll be able to the video wall in "Realtime" (~6 second delay). However, increase the processing demand on the computer and may cause issues on some computers. The delay is to help create a smoother viewing experience.