Gevisz <gevisz <at> gmail.com> writes:
> I have to watch a lot of dav video files and possibly convert > them to a more common video format like avi or mp4. TI has a proprietary h.264 implemetation, encoding and encryption technology built into various processors and DSPs, know as DaVinci [1]. The proprietary videos are stored in a propriatary format. They provide a high-performance TI DaVinci series DSP H.264 video. Many asian manufacturers use a bastardized versions known as h.264-lite (AVCHD lite). Acutally, the chineese video offering is a plethora of divergence and your experience, vendor to vendor can vary widely. TI is the 800 lb gorilla in the h.264 space, probably providing the raw technology to 80% of the manufactures of anything that runs h.264, or licensing via their patents on h.264. There are tools/software to convert these video clips to other formats, as you like, under windows, readily available[2]. You run into a lot of bullshit, deception and re-branding in this effort, both from the camera and headend (storage) devices, as well as the snakes that license these offering. All pay homage to MPLA (bastards). [3] TI is one of the largest h.264 patent holders that MPLA enforces. Here is an interesting discussion about a linux SDK [4]. A posible slick (but expensive) way to do this is purchase an expensive package, like Sony's Vegas Pro12. I hear that is does everything, but, I have not tried to work with .dav files....... I have not tried the latest offering of handbrake, but since it is voiced to be stable and capable, I am interested in this possibility too. hth, James [1] http://www.ti.com/lsds/ti/dsp/video_processors/overview.page [2] http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/KLite-Codec-Pack-Full/1094057842/3 [3] http://www.bahamassecurity.com/cctvforum/forum_posts.asp?TID=499 [4] http://www.bahamassecurity.com/cctvforum/forum_posts.asp?TID=176
