To get a better view of the finer details of what you are monitoring, you can zoom in on
the live or playback video that is displayed in a tile, regardless of whether you are using
fixed cameras or PTZ cameras.
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What you should know
If the default video stream of the camera is set to Automatic, the video stream
switches to high resolution when you apply digital zoom.
To zoom in and out of tile content:
Select a tile that is displaying live or playback video.
Do one of the following:
Click and drag your mouse to create your desired zooming area (blue rectangle), and then
release the mouse button. This method does not work with PTZ cameras.
Scroll your mouse wheel forwards to zoom in and backwards to zoom out. With PTZ
cameras, this method only works once you apply the digital zoom.
In the camera widget, click Toggle digital zoom ().
Right-click in the tile and click Camera
> Toggle digital zoom ().
A zoom thumbnail of the full image appears in the upper-left corner of the tile, and the
zoom level is displayed in the tile.
In the zoom thumbnail, you can do the following:
Click and drag the red box to reposition the zoom
area.
Click and drag the mouse cursor on the zoomed-in image to
reposition the zoom area.
Use the slider to increase and decrease the zoom level.
To stop zooming, click Toggle digital zoom
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