On play back that is not possible. You do not have to pick a time per say you could just search by day and see what comes up. The DVR by default cut the video into hour long segments if recording all the time or a motion event is that long. Once they get use to the interface it is fairly quick. Getting familiar with it takes time. There are a ton of features and options built in so it can overwhelm people when they only need to use a few things.