So, long story short, somebody stole my sister's credit card and buy 2 ipads at a apple shop. So now we got the CCTV recording, but only can watch on the shop's PC, but when take it home, cannot run at all.

Also included was a .bat file, with this inside



while the .h264 file cannot open, no matter with what player I use.

Any advice?

download a .H264 player to view

Have you tried VLC or MPC?

Tried VLC, Windows Media Player, MP Classic, Real Player, Quick Time.


I'm thinking the shop missed out something when giving me the file.

try opening with internet explorer they will show which spplicant its suitable with..

I think they wrongly copy

maybe don't have codec for it?

download this http://www.free-codecs.com/k_lite_codec_pack_download.htm
choose the standard version and follow the step here

http://www.h264info.com/playh264.html

Go back to the shop and request SelfPlayer installer from them.

Ask the shop for the DVR CD, there should have a player software inside.

use a video camera to record the screen playback from shop.
100% gurantee working

Possible this file is proprietary format, customized for their video camera software suite. Check with the shop for the driver/software CDs which may contain their very own format conversion software...

This post has been edited by lex: Oct 6 2012, 03:17 AM

Mini update:

It seems that the video can be uploaded to youtube, but it doesn't play properly, it looks like a slideshow. It's like video>blank>video>blank non stop.

10fps high compression, cant do anything other than using another device to record.

When viewed at their shop, the video is normal, but I can't view it and when put to youtube, it becomes like this

u need to use back the cctv provided codec, like brand a their have their own codec, same goes to brand b cctv
ask the owner where is the installation cd with the codec

most cctv dvr has their own unique codec/ format which may unplayable with the normal players we normally use

try find the videoplayer from ur cctv cd/dvd

or go access your cctv user interface by network, try looking for something like "Get software" or "Video Player/Viewer"

then download it, (it actually is from the DVR) and use the videoplayer load ur cctv backed up file, should be able to open it

the videoplayer usually looks like a portable/ small version of CCTV like video player.


some CCTV Videoplayer has many feature, like convert the channel into .AVI or .MP4, and thats the best for your need, make it become the normal video format we normally use, so it's playable directly on any PC


mind to tell us your CCTV brand name? and model, maybe we can help out


such as Avtech, VisionTec, Vivotek

This post has been edited by squall0833: Oct 7 2012, 03:31 AM