The present invention relates to a computer implemented method of accessing a video. The method comprises the steps of receiving a request to access the video, the request including information relating to an object of interest. The method then determines a confidence score corresponding to the request for the video capture device and determines a cost associated with adjusting the video capture device from an initial configuration state to at least one of adjusted configuration states. Access to the video is the provided from the video capture device using the at least one of adjusted configuration states based on the confidence score and the cost.