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06-01-2015, 10:17 AM
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Convert .264 to .avi
Can someone recommend a free program, that they have used, that can batch convert .264 (security cam footage) to .avi?
Currently the security cam software comes with a program that converts but it only does one at a time, so converting hundreds of clips is a tedious task.
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06-01-2015, 08:02 PM
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h.264 is a way more compatible format... Was that a typo and you want to go the other way?
Any way, most of these would probably have what you need: All In One Video Converters
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06-01-2015, 08:05 PM
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06-01-2015, 08:06 PM
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Yeah handbrake is good if you're going TO h.264 (which I assume that's what OP wants, since it makes no sense going the other way). But if going from h.264 to avi, you'll need something else
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06-02-2015, 03:56 PM
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when i pull footage off from the security cam harddrive it, it has a (.264) extension. i pretty much just need to convert that (.264) extension to something easily readable on the computer so I can use Windows Movie Maker (don't ask, lol).
will take a look at the link you posted, SP.
also will look at handbrake.
currently the security camera CD came with a (.264) to (.avi) generator. But it only allows for single file conversions.
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06-02-2015, 06:39 PM
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Try just changing the file name to .mp4 or .mov or something. If it's a normal h.264 file, the format should be the same even if the name is weird.
If so, that would be so fucked up that it came with an avi converter instead of just naming the files correctly.. or saving them as an mp4 
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06-02-2015, 07:55 PM
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A lot of cheap Chinese DVRs export video as files with a .264 or similar extension... it's based on an H.264 codec but often with a proprietary wrapper that will only play back in its own player. Part of the reason for doing this is to embed metadata like camera name, date and time, etc. that can't be encoded in a pure video stream; part of it is often to prevent video from being editable (and thus useless for evidence).
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06-02-2015, 08:08 PM
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Might help to know what brand of DVR this is...
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06-02-2015, 10:28 PM
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It's a digi summit / flir camera setup, cheap brand and model but that's besides the point now. I'll try the changing the name to (.mp4), if it works then I can just use the batch file name changing program I've used before.
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06-03-2015, 06:47 AM
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You could try just installing the Digimerge codec, which should allow other apps to read the files properly: http://www.flirsecurity.com/wp-conte...500R_codec.zip
Why do you need to convert "hundreds" of clips? Why not just leave them all in native format and then convert as needed?
Thing with generic AVI format is, unless the metadata is added to the video as an overlay, there's no way for it to contain things like timestamp info, so you generally want to keep the original files around anyway.
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