mail theft video - license plate possible?

[crc2004]

I've attached a video of my mail being stolen this morning and obviously I'd like to catch these hoodlums. How can I get the best quality from a bvr file? Is it possible to get a license plate from this? Thanks in advanced.
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The video:

 

[fenderman]

You need a dedicated license plate cam...that camera will never read a plate

 

[bp2008]

No, you can't get a license plate from this. Since you are using direct to disk you are already getting the best quality into your BVR files. If you want to read plates, you need another camera with much (much) tighter zoom and a fixed exposure of about 1/500th second or faster. Your camera there was probably running 1/30 or 1/60th at best and so the bright spots (car lights and plate) were totally washed out.

No non-fictional image enhancement can turn that into a readable plate. Here is the best you'll get:

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[crc2004]

You need a dedicated license plate cam...that camera will never read a plate

That's what I thought. Mail theft was my intended use for that camera, it was to keep an eye on the front and the cars in the driveway. Thanks for taking a look.

 

[crc2004]

No, you can't get a license plate from this. Since you are using direct to disk you are already getting the best quality into your BVR files. If you want to read plates, you need another camera with much (much) tighter zoom and a fixed exposure of about 1/500th second or faster. Your camera there was probably running 1/30 or 1/60th at best and so the bright spots (car lights and plate) were totally washed out.
No non-fictional image enhancement can turn that into a readable plate. Here is the best you'll get:
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Darn...I guess I've watched too many movies. The girls face came in pretty good.

 

[Xeddog]

Aw c'mon. They do it on tv all the time, and with much lower quality video.

 

[mat200]

That's what I thought. Mail theft was my intended use for that camera, it was to keep an eye on the front and the cars in the driveway. Thanks for taking a look.

Remember to report this to the post office.

 

[tangent]

why is there mail in your mailbox at 4:31am?

 

[tangent]

sign up for informed stalker [delivery] @ usps.com see what mail was stolen

 

[mat200]

sign up for informed stalker [delivery] @ usps.com see what mail was stolen

lol... didn't know enough about this so I looked it up..

USPS ‘Informed Delivery’ Is Stalker’s Dream — Krebs on Security

 

[looney2ns]

I've attached a video of my mail being stolen this morning and obviously I'd like to catch these hoodlums. How can I get the best quality from a bvr file? Is it possible to get a license plate from this? Thanks in advanced.
How the camera was configured;
View attachment 23044
How it was recorded;
View attachment 23043
How it was converted;
View attachment 23045

The video:

Read here> LPR

 

[crc2004]

That's what I thought. Mail theft was my intended use for that camera, it was to keep an eye on the front and the cars in the driveway. Thanks for taking a look.

I had meant to say that Mail theft was NOT my intention for that camera though I may still look at LPR. I checked my "Informed Delivery" and they only got away with some junk mail. Time for me to get a locking mail box.

Thanks everyone for your help,

 

[tangent]

I had meant to say that Mail theft was NOT my intention for that camera though I may still look at LPR. I checked my "Informed Delivery" and they only got away with some junk mail. Time for me to get a locking mail box.

Thanks everyone for your help,

Even though it was junk mail, it's still worth reporting to USPS.

Also consider OptOutPrescreen.com to stop most credit card offers in the mail.

 

[crc2004]

Even though it was junk mail, it's still worth reporting to USPS.

Also consider OptOutPrescreen.com to stop most credit card offers in the mail.

I had opted out of credit card offers a few years ago along with Penny saver and a couple others.

I forgot to mention that I did report it to the postmaster and provided a link to the video.

In October of last year I had some free UPS shipping supplies stolen off the front porch. Since it was UPS and not USPS I reported it to Riverside police dept and provided them the following video;

 

[crc2004]

why is there mail in your mailbox at 4:31am?

Yea, kind of stupid of me, I'm usually pretty good getting my mail and I know better. I think I'm becoming forgetful in my old age...

 

[Kawboy12R]

You need two more cams. One zoomed in on the mailbox to get faces and another on the road to get plates.