Recording is filtered by dates on the right hand side, you can scrub to certain time frames on the bottom. You can also download the video right on to your computer for archival purposes.
Here are the various options for playback. They are color coded for ease of viewing
RED- Select dates on which you want to playback
GREEN- from left to right the options are as follows, change view layout(single camera view to 16), clear all channels, and on the right is snapshot all cameras selected
BLUE- Here you can play, pause, reverse and fast forward
PEACH- Here you can control the scrub speed
PINK- Here you can scrub through the time of the current day selected