Hikvision PCNVR Questions

DriftKing

DriftKing

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Mar 17, 2016
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Hi

I've just setup a couple of DS-2CD3345-I's running on IMVS-4200 PCNVR 1.03.

What's the go with file playback outside of PCVNR? If I go to the drive where videos are stored, the only app that will play them (.mp4) is VLC Player. How do you edit the file? I try to edit the file in Windows Movie Maker and Vegas and neither will open the file.


I read about a Hikvision file converter, but that seems clunky. There must be a simpler way.


Does anyone know much about it?

Also, I can't get it to display a picture when the cameras are set to H.265. I'm guessing PCNVR doesn't support it?

Finally, what the difference between IMVS-4200 and IMVS-4200 PCNVR editions?

Thanks in advance.
 
I try to edit the file in Windows Movie Maker and Vegas and neither will open the file.
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No conversion required, it's using a standard codec. You need to add an h.264 codec to the machine. This is not installed by default in Windows.
When playing a sample with VLC, check out the codec info for the video, you can see the detail there.
 
alastairstevenson said:
No conversion required, it's using a standard codec.
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^I don't think this is quite right.

I tried uploading the native Hikvision file to YouTube and YouTube could not process the file once the upload finished even though its supposed to be a mp4 file.

I did some more research and I came across an app called VS Player on the Hikvision site. This also includes an app called Format Converter. This program converts videos from the "HIK" mp4 format to a ?standard? mp4 format. No other parameters (frame rate, resolution etc.) are changed. Once I converted the file, playback and everything else runs like normal. I am unsure why the native file is non-standard but at least there is a way around it.
 
even though its supposed to be a mp4 file.
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MP4 is a container format, not a codec.
No conversion required, it's using a standard codec. You need to add an h.264 codec to the machine.
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As you are using DS-2CD3345 I should have asked if you were using the h.265 encoder on the camera.
If so - this is a pretty new codec with as yet very limited support.
 
alastairstevenson said:
MP4 is a container format, not a codec.

As you are using DS-2CD3345 I should have asked if you were using the h.265 encoder on the camera.
If so - this is a pretty new codec with as yet very limited support.
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As per my first post, I have the camera set to H.264 as IMVS-4200 PCNVR was not picking up the H.265 stream.
 
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