I know it’s a little obscure, but I found this after days of searching and I needed somewhere to keep the link and share my findings..

Plus, checking online, there are people in the same situation as I was, being unable to playback some random security camera capture files.

The file extension is mp4, and if you look at the files in a hex editor, the first 4 characters are 4HKH. However, it’s not a normal mp4 file, but one created with a virtually unknown codec that not even the fabled VLC can handle..

Anyway, after much searching, I have found where the filter exists, so you can open these odd video files in Windows Media Player! I can now rest =)

Hikvision Digital Technology Co.,Ltd.–http://www.hikvision.com.

OK – I realised that if this company disappears, or if the website changes, the filter may disappear into obscurity again. So I thought good old Mediafire should be able to help out!!

Download the Media Player Filter HERE.

  • alexwls

    Thank you very very very much!!! :)

  • Viktor

    Thanks a lot

  • Viktor

    Thanks a lot

  • Nick

    Which file is it to download?

  • Manitou

    Thank you, man. Save me ton of time

  • Ivanomatteo

    Thank you!!!!!
    Save also me ton of time!!!

  • idc2814

    bigthx

  • Dmitrij

    Thanks a lot!!!

  • Aleksandr from Ukraine

    Огромное спасибо

  • mabene

    Thanks a lot, this was a big help. There’s also a format converter available that will transcode to more usefull formats.

    I had the additional problem that my source file(s) were > 4GB – neither the converter nor the filters will touch those files.

    Found a way to split them though, I used a linux system for manipulation the files, should be possiblein windows with the right tools as well.

    The files have a fixed header of 40 bytes followed by the av stream.
    1) truncate a copy (part1.mp4) of the original file to just under 4GB (perl -e “truncate ‘part1.mp4′, 2**32-1″).
    2) use the “cut file” feature of the format converter to cut out ~10 seconds near the end of the file from 1)
    3) get the first ~32 bytes of the AV stream from this cut sample (dd if=sample.mp4 bs=1 count=32 skip=40 of=pattern.dat)
    4) find this pattern in the original file (binfind -f pattern.dat orig.mp4)
    5) truncate your copy to the offset found at step 4 (perl -e “truncate ‘part1.mp4′, 4286789252″)
    6) build a new file with the rest of your original (dd if=orig.mp4 bs=1 count=40 of=part2.mp4; dd if=orig.mp4 bs=1 skip=4286789252 >> part2.mp4)

    if your part2.mp4 is still > 4GB, repeat until you’re left with parts < 4GB that can be handled using the tools from hikvision.com.

  • Paul Godden

    Thanks for the comment. Hopefully somebody else will find it very helpful!

  • Andrey

     Спасибо, реально заработало видео. Весь интернет облазил и вот только у здесь нашел.

   
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