# Viewing Archive and Live Display

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The Timeline provides a convenient way to navigate through live and archived footage. It can be set to display local or server time (see "Customizing Look and Feel of Nx Witness"). Note that the Export and Preview Search features depend on this time settings as well. Timeline shows archive for a single selected camera in the upper wide bar, and combined archive for all cameras in layout cameras in the lower narrow bar.

IMPORTANT: It is not possible to navigate through the last minute of archive (this increment is represented in stripes on the Timeline).

By default, all cameras display a live images when first opened. It is only possible to navigate through recorded fragments. If the Timeline position indicator is placed in a moment with no recording, it will jump to the next available recorded fragment.

•Click the LIVE button (shortcut L) or move the p osition scrollbar all the way to the right to view live images.

•Click the SYNC button to synchronize all items in layout to the same date and time, whether live or archive.

Note: When SYNC is enabled, the speed slider and LIVE button apply to all items in layout. When SYNC is off, the speed slider and LIVE button apply only to the selected item.

Main sections of the Timeline (see "Navigating with the Timeline" for more details)

Position indicator – When you click on the Timeline, that position is indicated by a white marker with a box showing the exact date and time. The marker remains until you click somewhere else on the Timeline. The marker remains in the scrollbar area as well, so you can tell where you are in relation to the indicator.

Day/date display – can be scaled from increments of 100ms to 1 month.

Recorded segment indicator – The timeline has color indicators as follows:

Black – indicates no recorded footage

Green – indicates recorded segments

Blue – indicates a Bookmark. See "Using Bookmarks".

Red – indicates regions where motion has been detected, if Smart Search is active. See “Performing Smart Search”.

Scrollbar – Use this gray button to quickly move backwards and forwards along the Timeline. Note that the scrollbar scales with the Timeline.

Thumbnails – Click-and-drag the top of the Timeline to open thumbnails of the currently selected item. See "Using Thumbnails for Better Navigation".

Note: All users are allowed to view cameras live. However, to view archive footage a viewer must have the appropriate permissions.