How to Filter Footage with People or Vehicles

Configuration Guide
Updated 01-28-2026 01:14:06 AM Number of views for this article11

Contents

Introduction

Requirements

Configuration

Using the VIGI PC Client to View

Using the NVR GUI to View

Conclusion

Introduction

In current NVRs, you can filter events in playback. You can choose to filter out events recorded by the IPC for people and cars, and view them at specific times in the VIGI PC Client or NVR GUI. This helps you retrieve relevant records more quickly.

Requirements

  • NVR with Human/Vehicle Filtering Function

  • VIGI PC Client

Configuration

Before viewing the filtered results, ensure that Human Detection and Vehicle Detection are enabled on the IPC. Configure these settings in the IPC's Event > Smart Event.

Enable Human Detection on the IPC.

Enable Vehicle Detection on the IPC.

Next, we will separately introduce how to filter human and vehicle recording results in Playback using two different methods: the VIGI PC Client and the NVR GUI.

Using the VIGI PC Client to View

Step 1. Log in to the VIGI PC Client and navigate to Playback.

Enter Playback.

Step 2. Select one or more IPCs.

Select an IPC.

Step 3. Filter the results for recorded people and vehicles in Playback. Here, you can also set the desired time period to view.

Check the boxes for Human Detection and Vehicle Detection, and select the time period.

Alternatively, after selecting an IPC, you can click the human or vehicle icon at the bottom for quick filtering. After clicking, you will see the filtered results on the right side, and each entry will indicate the time when the event occurred.

Directly click the human or vehicle icon below to filter.

Using the NVR GUI to View

This section explains how to use the NVR GUI to filter recordings of people and vehicles. The configuration on the GUI is relatively straightforward, mainly involving the following two steps:

Step 1. Right-click to open the pop-up menu and click on Playback.

Show the location of the Playback.

Step 2. After selecting the channel, click the human or vehicle icon at the bottom to filter human and vehicle data.

Filter the results for people and vehicles.

Conclusion

This article explains how to filter recorded people and vehicles in playback using both the VIGI PC Client and the NVR GUI.

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