My Dahua NVR sends (via ftp) videos to a remote location in dav format. I can watch them with Media Player Classic, but haven't found a way to convert them into a more user friendly format. Has anybody? Thanks.
How to convert dav files?
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looney2ns
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Thanks a lot! That Smart Player is buggy as hell unfortunately, but it does play videos with sound unlike my current method.
HandBrake: Open Source Video Transcoder
Handbrake can convert DAVs, but its one at a time. There are ways to script this for batch conversion. There are also ways to get VLC to playback DAV directly, but it requires changing options kinda deep in the config and it will impact playback for other file types.
Handbrake can convert DAVs, but its one at a time. There are ways to script this for batch conversion. There are also ways to get VLC to playback DAV directly, but it requires changing options kinda deep in the config and it will impact playback for other file types.
Following up for posterity. I built the following MacOS Finder action (using Automator) to build a new MKV container with the stream from the DAV file. Handbrake (which I mentioned previously in this thread) is a lossy re-encode. This ffmpeg passthrough option is lossless, near instantaneous, and gives you a much more compatible file.
ThomPatterson/ffmpeg-passthru-finder-action
ThomPatterson/ffmpeg-passthru-finder-action
I just exported and converted a 20 second clip last night. Handbrake works fine. Cuts file size by about 5x, too.