I recovered some .swf format files from a cctv hdd. These files are not playable in any media player . Please help me with these files i need to extract a theft case footage.
Hey bro i am facing the same problem did you find any solutions or any alternative solutions to get deleted video files from cctv hddÂ
@govanni You can check with MediaInfo ( https://mediaarea.net/de/MediaInfo) which format the video actually is. I've often seen plain H.264 / AVC streams without container so regular players do not know metadata like framerate etc.
With ffmpeg, it is possbile to embed this file into a container like MP4. For me, the following command works good:
.\ffmpeg.exe -framerate 15 -i "[path to the input file on your pc]" -c copy "[path to the desired output file on your pc, must end with .mp4]" -loglevel verbose -safe 0 -ignore_unknown
For example:
.\ffmpeg.exe -framerate 15 -i "C:\Users\nw\Desktop\camera_file.dv4" -c copy "C:\Users\nw\Desktop\output_file.mp4" -loglevel verbose -safe 0 -ignore_unknown
If this doesn't work, you can have a try with txMuxeR / tsMuxeRGUI. But please note that this may reduce the video quality while the "copy" command in ffmpeg doesn't touch the actual file.
check out input ace its great for all those cctv weird formats and if they cant currently play it just reach out to them and they will usually have that fixed within days of asking
