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(@mindsmith)
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Hi,

I have a requirement to be able to determine the device a specific .3gp video clip came from. I have been looking at info on 3GP metadata and have a extracted a number of ascii strings from the clip, and been able to decode some of them - mostly related to Quicktime.

Does anyone know of a tool that can assist me, or even if it is possible to identify more specifics about the mobile phone that was used to record a 3gp clip ?

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks & Regards,


   
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keydet89
(@keydet89)
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Check out these
http//www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3839.txt

Check here for specs
http//www.3gpp.org

AtomicParsley might work, too…
http//atomicparsley.sourceforge.net/

hth,

Harlan


   
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(@mindsmith)
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Many thanks - will let you know what I find.

Regards,


   
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(@mindsmith)
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Many thanks - will let you know what I find.

Regards,


   
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(@walkabout_fr)
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Did you have any luck extracting metadatas from 3gp ?

I have a case in which I need as much info about a 3gp as I can…

Thanks


   
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(@samirdatt)
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Any luck people?

I have the exact same case here.

TIA
Samir


   
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E5Pro
(@e5pro)
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If you are on a Mac

Open it in Quicktime then use "Apple J" keystroke.

Sometimes the device will write a value into one of the annotations.

If you have a suspect device and you can create a file on it… the obvious follows.


   
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(@t_oliver)
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3gp files do contain metadata although not that much. They contain the 3GP version, and information about the device that took the movie (in the case of a mobile phone camera phone). That also embed that date and time the movie was taken (as per the phone settings)

I tried about 6 programs which were capable of viewing this data.
All but one decoded the date incorrectly (out by 1 hour).

I did a load of testing, setting the phone clock back to a point in time, taking a movie, then viewing the metadata.

I am working away from my office until the end of the week, so don't have access to the correct free program to hand.

It was called something like 'mediaview' (free), but I will update this post on my return to the office.


   
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(@t_oliver)
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Found it. try this out.

http//mediainfo.sourceforge.net/en


   
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