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Users can capture playback screenshots, view the playback status, and check whether the playback content is normal. If needed, for example in an emergency, users can turn off the screen immediately.

This function has requirements for the terminal version, as described below. If the requirements are not met, please upgrade the terminal according to section Upgrading Terminal Software.

• • • Synchronous player: VPlayer V2.0.0 or later
    • Asynchronous player: Taurus V1.2.4 or later

After the player is unbound from the terminal player, the system will clear screenshots of the player.

Step 1    Choose  > Players Management > Players.

Step 2    Select one or multiple players and click Screenshot.

Step 3    Click OK.

The screenshot status in the Configure column displays Capturing. When the status displays View screenshot, the screenshot has been captured successfully.

Step 4    Perform one of the following operations to view the screenshot and related information.

• Click View screenshot.
• Click a player name to enter its attribute page and click the Screenshot tab.

For the internal video source, the screenshot window shows the latest screenshot. For the external video source, the screenshot window shows the system default image.

Parameter description:

• Player Name: Indicates the player that current screenshot belongs to.
• Captured (terminal player time zone): Indicate the terminal player time when the screenshot was captured. The terminal player time zone is a variable and depends on the time zone of current terminal player, such as "GMT+08:00".
• Solution Source: For the internal video source, the solution source shows the name of the system that publishes the video. For the external video source, the solution source only shows External source.

Step 5    (Optional) If there are other screenshots of current player or other players, you can click the page turning button to view them.

Step 6    (Optional) Click Recapture to capture a screenshot again from the playback window.

Step 7    (Optional) Click Emergency off to turn off the screen immediately.

The terminal player software version is displayed in the player list. Users can upgrade the software to a desired version.

For VPlayer, if the selected target version is earlier than current version, current version can be rolled back to the target version. For Taurus, version rollback is not supported.

Step 1    Choose  > Players Management > Players.

Step 2    Perform one of the following operations depending on the demand to upgrade the software.

• Upgrading a single player: Select a player, click Upgrade and select the target version, or click the Please upgrade link in the player list.
• Upgrading a batch of players: Select multiple players, click Upgrade and select the target version.