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KeepingItSimple
29th May 2008, 16:54
I have a video file produced by a surveillance system. The manufacturer is Unisight (http://www.unisight.net/). I need to turn the file over to law enforcement but it is in a strange format. I would like to convert it into something they can view more easily. The program creates two files for each video a small one with the extension .idx and a large one with the extension .264
I checked the .264 files with GSpot and it does not recognize the format. I also tried playing them with VLC and that did not work either. I looked at the .264 files with a HEX editor and they all start with the same series of bytes:
0x4842474B424D572001000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000003030646360180008554
If anyone could assist me in converting these files to a different, more readily used, format I would be most grateful.

Thank you.
Marc

Guest
29th May 2008, 17:20
Have you asked the manufacturer for assistance?

setarip_old
29th May 2008, 18:14
@KeepingItSimple

Hi!

Just to make sure you're interpreting its information correctly, please load the file into GSpot again - and post a screen capture back here...

dat720
29th May 2008, 23:33
Try playing it with Mplayer, if Mplayer can playback the file then mencoder will convert it.

mgh
1st June 2008, 06:06
see if you can load it in Yamb (mp4box gui) and mux it to .mp4 and then try playing with vlc player.