WiretapCentral presents a Wiretap network as a hierarchy of hosts, volumes, projects, libraries, reels and clips. When you first point a web browser to the WiretapCentral server, the network tree lists all hosts detected on the network. Clicking on a host (which is the top-level data node) reveals its volumes, and so on down the hierarchy, to clips.

The network tree works in conjunction with the main view area to give you a more complete picture of the network and volume contents. Initially the main view area is empty. Once you start navigating a host, it displays the contents of the host’s volumes, libraries, and reels, as you select them. By default it displays thumbnails for each clip, but it can also display clip metadata in a list view mode.

WiretapCentral can browse volumes on Autodesk Visual Effects and Finishing workstations. With Wiretap Gateway, it can browse volumes on Lustre workstations and any storage device accesible on the network.