Watchpost
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Live, archive, events and settings in one window

Everything on this page works today with Hikvision, HiWatch and Xiongmai devices. ONVIF cameras get live view.

Live

Watchpost shows the cameras of a site in one grid and groups devices by site in the sidebar. Open a tile to watch one camera full size.

  • Sound from one channel at a time, with volume on the tile
  • Main or extra stream, per tile or for the whole grid
  • Snapshots go to a folder you choose
  • If RTSP is off on a Xiongmai device, the app switches to DVRIP by itself
  • Zoom, focus and pan-tilt from a panel on the camera screen, for Xiongmai and ONVIF cameras

Map

Cameras and recorder channels sit on a map next to the grid. Click a pin to see its live picture, park up to four pictures beside the map, or jump to the archive of that camera.

  • A heading and an angle draw the sector a camera covers
  • Every channel of a recorder can have its own pin
  • The same map works on iPhone and iPad, with a sheet instead of a popover
  • The Devices screen has its own map, with a dot for each address that answers

Archive

A day of recordings sits on one timeline: recordings in blue, motion in yellow. The player runs on your machine, so pause, frame step and speed respond at once.

  • A calendar marks the days that have recordings
  • Export any time range to MP4: the video is not re-encoded, G.711 sound becomes AAC
  • The status bar shows the disks, free space, and the oldest and newest recording
  • Each clip shows its own download progress

Events

The app subscribes to alarms from the device and keeps them in a feed. On a Mac they also arrive as system notifications.

  • One click on an event opens that moment in the archive
  • An event from a camera opens the recording on the recorder that stores it
  • Detection lives in the device settings: sensitivity, zones, schedule, reactions

Settings

Each device gets its own settings window, with native forms for what that device supports. A section the device does not support stays hidden.

  • Before a write you see every change as "was" and "will be"
  • Watchpost backs up a block before it writes to it
  • Encoding, recording schedule, image, OSD and privacy masks, network, recorder IP channels
  • On a Mac: configuration snapshots you can compare

What each edition opens

The same list as on the pricing page: what Free, Home, Pro and Business can do.

FreeEveryone, from the first launchHomeOne person and their camerasProInstallers and solo administratorsBusinessAn organization and its team
Live view, PTZ, device settings, events, the map✓✓✓✓
Archive on one timeline and export to MP4–✓✓✓
Work tools: batch import from a table, registry exchange, configuration snapshots, the site wizard––✓✓

Free

Everyone, from the first launch

Free

  • Live view, PTZ, device settings, events, the map

Home

One person and their cameras

  • Live view, PTZ, device settings, events, the map
  • Archive on one timeline and export to MP4

Pro

Installers and solo administrators

  • Live view, PTZ, device settings, events, the map
  • Archive on one timeline and export to MP4
  • Work tools: batch import from a table, registry exchange, configuration snapshots, the site wizard

Business

An organization and its team

  • Live view, PTZ, device settings, events, the map
  • Archive on one timeline and export to MP4
  • Work tools: batch import from a table, registry exchange, configuration snapshots, the site wizard

For now licenses are sold through support. Write to us and name the edition you want.

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