# Playback Panel

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The Playback Panel provides smooth archive playback, extensive search capabilities, local file playback, and seamless transition from live to archived footage.

The Playback Panel contains the following controls:

•Playback Buttons – used to start and stop playback and control playback speed.

•Speed Slider – also sets playback speed of selected Item(s).

•Timeline – represents the archived data for selected Item(s). The Timeline can be expanded by dragging the upper edge upward to reveal image Thumbnails.

•Volume Control – adjusts audio volume of client application.

•Additional Buttons:

•LIVE – switches selected camera(s) to live playback mode (green bar on this button indicates live status). See "Navigating through Archive and Live Display".

•SYNC – performs time synchronization of all cameras displayed on the current layout. See "Navigating through Several Cameras Synchronously".

• – use to show/hide calendar for navigating through archives. See "Using Calendar".

• – use to show/hide Bookmarks that mark important or saved time segments. See "Using Bookmarks".