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  • how to watch SSF files copied from a CCTV hard disc drive?

    From SH@21:1/5 to All on Thu Aug 11 18:52:37 2022
    XPost: uk.comp.homebuilt, alt.comp.misc, england.comp.misc
    XPost: uk.comp.misc

    I have a CCTV recorder that appeared to have some missing recordings
    according to the CCTV management software on some days. I think is is
    related to the recent heatwave we had recently.

    I pulled the discs out and had a look under Ubuntu.

    The actual video recordings are there on the HDD as 4.3 GB files in the
    SSF file format.

    The system has 8 cameras so I am assuming the SSF files is a multiplexed
    video file of all 8 video streams. So it might need demultiplexing into
    5 files?

    Does SSF adhere to a common video standerd like MPEG?

    So I think the issue is with the *.db2 log files that go with each of
    the SFF files which was making the front end software "claim" there were
    no video recordings of the day in question.

    I have copied an entire day's worth of the (62) SFF files onto another
    hard disc (266 GB in total!)

    (all the other days show similar daily recorded file sizes and file
    quantities so thats how I know there is indeed video files even though
    the software says otherwise.

    Does anyone know of any video viewers/players that can play SSF video files?

    I can run this software on either Linux or Windows.

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  • From Kees Nuyt@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Fri Aug 12 19:08:47 2022
    On Thu, 11 Aug 2022 18:52:37 +0100, SH <[email protected]> wrote:


    Does anyone know of any video viewers/players that can play SSF video files?

    I can run this software on either Linux or Windows.

    A quick search suggests IrfanView can open these files.
    (untested)
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    Kees Nuyt

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