convert CCTV footage to a playable format to view it in PC

Hi ,

I have a CCTV footage from our surveillance camera . It is in ".264" format .for ur reference this is how the filename is "ch00000000000001-xxxxxxxxxx-02p001000000.264 ".i went through and found it is a compressed format and a RAW file .i have figured out a way to play this footage using HS player and a couple of players .However i am not able to find out any software /converter to convert these files on to a playable format like say ".avi or mov or mp4 "file . this file is very important and need to convert it to a playable format in most pc /tablets /phones .Please do help me out .

thanks a lot

hi. you might find it better to learn how to do a backup from your dvr. it will save you alot of problems in the future.

what make is your dvr. or can you post a picture

hi. you might find it better to learn how to do a backup from your dvr. it will save you alot of problems in the future.

 

what make is your dvr. or can you post a picture

@tomcctv

thanks for ur reply . Sir i dont have any details rite now other than the camera make is unicam and the dvr is a 10008A series which i am not sure .However will get u a complete details ASAP. I agree with u and yea we didn have much knowledge about saving the footage and would love to learn .

it would be a great help if u could guide me how to convert this exiting format sir.is there anything that we could try out with this file to be converted ?

Will it play with VLC? One program (free) that works well converting certain files is Handbrake, I've used it to convert ASF. Don't know if either would help in your case though.

Hi ,

 

I have a CCTV footage from our surveillance camera . It is in ".264" format .for ur reference this is how the filename is "ch00000000000001-xxxxxxxxxx-02p001000000.264 ".

I'm very familiar with that as that's the file name output on some QSee DVRs a couple of clients have. What you need is the avi generator program. You can get it here:

http://qsee.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/918/kw/qr414%20playback

Click on the Download AVI Generator link.

Even if you don't have a QSee branded DVR I believe this program will work.

Once installed and running, choose the .264 file as the source, then choose an output folder & filename. If you can't play back the avi file, then you may need to install the K-Lite Codec Pack. Instructions are here: http://www.q-see.com/files/HowToFiles/E-K%20Lite%20Codec%20Pack%20Install.pdf

Additionally, after converting to AVI, get the Any Video Converter software:

http://download.cnet.com/Any-Video-Converter/3000-2194_4-10661456.html?tag=mncol;7

This program can convert the AVI file to other formats, such as mpg, wmv, flv, mp4, etc. I use it all the time to convert and send video clips to people with smart phones.

Had the same problem as you with a storage options DVR

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1669671 - Scroll down to post 9 and have a read Easy to do

Thank you!!!!! francisuk22

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Had the same problem as you with a storage options DVR

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1669671 - Scroll down to post 9 and have a read Easy to do

Works Perfectly!

You may try this step by step guide http://www.idealshare.net/video-converter/dvr-converter.html to convert DVR-MS or DVR recordings to other video formats like convert DVR to AVI, convert DVR to MP4, convert DVR to WMV, convert DRR to DivX, Xvid, MPEG, MKV, FLV, VOB, RMVB, WebM, OGV, ASF, MOV, 3GP, DV and other video format.

Convert DVR video to audio format like DVR-MS to MP3, WMA, WAV, AAC, AC3, M4A, AIFF, FLAC, OGG, MP2 and etc audio format.

I HAVE FOUND A SOLUTION!

We have similar DVRs at our company, and I would have had to manually convert over 2000 files of an incident. After days of searching, and trying everything I can, it turns out the AVI MP4 Converter made by Hoo Technologies works perfectly. It even will convert them all to one MP4 file!!!

http://www.avi-mp4.com/avi/h264-to-avi.htm

Saved me days of wanting to hit my head on the desk, manually converting DVR files!

For reference our .264 files were off a Kguard DVR.

Cheers,

Shaun Brookman