Depending on which program you use to access the camera view (ibaCapture Manager, ibaPDA or ibaQPanel), there are different methods to add a camera to the view. Usually this can be done by double-clicking on the camera in the server overview or by means of drag & drop.

For information on how to add a camera view, please refer to the corresponding descriptions in the ibaPDA or ibaQPanel manuals.

The camera view allows the simultaneous display of several cameras.

By double-clicking on one of the cameras in the configuration tree or by means of drag & drop, the live image of the camera is opened in a player. With each double-click on a camera icon in the tree another player opens. All players are displayed next to each other by default.

For further actions, the respective players can be selected. If a camera view only contains one player, this player is always selected. If multiple players are displayed in the camera view, simply click inside the camera window in order to select the player. Yellow highlighted corners indicate that a player is selected. Multiple players can be selected by holding down the <Shift> or <Ctrl> key and clicking on the player areas. To uncheck a player from the multi-selection, press <Ctrl> and click the relevant player area.

However, the arrangement of the players can be modified to customize the layout.

When the mouse cursor is moved to the upper left corner of a player the positioning icon appears. This icon will only appear if multiple players have been added to the camera view.

Hold down the left mouse button on the positioning icon. Move the mouse pointer to the desired position. There will always be four indicators in the camera view, one at each side. If you drag the mouse over another player, it will also display position indicators.

Release the mouse button over one of these indicators to realign the opened players.

To change the size of a player, you can move the separator line between two camera windows horizontally or vertically – depending on the orientation.

In order to resize one player to full screen, double click on the player area or on the positioning icon in the upper left corner of the respective player area.

If a player is selected and displayed in full screen format, the icon is displayed in the top left corner.

After double-clicking on the icon again, the previous layout is displayed.

Open all cameras

If you want to add all active cameras of a selected ibaCapture Server to the camera view, open the context menu of the server and select "Open all cameras".

View modes

The camera view provides different view modes which can be toggled cyclically using the <F10> key or with the <Enter fullscreen mode> button on the Home ribbon:

• Normal view

• Enlarged (menu bar and tree view are hidden)

• Full screen (is equivalent to the "enlarged" display, but enlarged to the whole screen).

• Full screen on all monitors (display on all available monitors. This mode is only available if more than one monitor is connected.)

Saving the camera view configuration

After having created a layout according to your needs, it is possible to save the camera view configuration and load the configuration at a later point in time again. For this purpose switch to the Home menu and click Save in the ribbon.