Simple tool to convert surveillance cameras ".264/.265" files into any a/v format supported by LibAV/FFMpeg.
Usage: ipcam264convert [-n] [-f format_name] [-q] input.26x [output.fmt]
-n Ignore audio data
-f format_name Force output format to format_name (ex: -f matroska)
-q Quiet output. Only print errors.
-y Overwrite output file if it exists.
input.26x Input video file as produced by camera
output.fmt Output file. Format is guessed by extension (ex: output.mkv
will produce a Matroska file). If no output file is specified
one will be generated based on input file and the default
extension associated with the format provided through -f.
Note that you have to provide at least a valid output file
extension or a format name through -f option.
Available output formats and codecs depend on system LibAV/FFMpeg libraries.
This tool doesn't perform any transcoding: the original audio and video data is copied directly to the output container streams. This work has been inspired by Ralph Spitzner reverse engineering of his KKMoon camera output files (https://spitzner.org/kkmoon.html). If you like this tool, please consider donating to Ralph via the "Donate" button available on his page.
Probably many, however it's difficult to make a comprehensive list. There is a good chance that if you own a cheap IP camera that supports motion detection, H.264/H.265 and saves videos on an SD-Card you will be able to convert your videos using this tool. The expected input format is the one described in https://spitzner.org/kkmoon.html which is essentially a sequence of custom format packets, each carrying either a video frame or some audio samples.
The tool detects the video codec from the input file structure while the audio codec is assumed to be a-law.
Video size, frame rate and audio sampling frequency are guessed from the input while the audio is assumed to be mono.
There are four videos included under test_videos
- two
1920x1080, H.264 @ 12FPS, a-law mono @ 8000Hz - two
2560x1920, H.265 @ 13FPS, a-law mono @ 8000Hz
If you happen to have a .264/.265 video which doesn't work with this tool, feel free to share it with me.
A recent version of libav/FFmpeg is required, along with cmake, pkg-config and gcc and obviously git. For instance, under Debian you can just
apt install gcc cmake pkg-config libavformat-dev libavcodec-dev libavutil-dev git
Depending on your distro, you might want to check out http://www.deb-multimedia.org/ first. Then
git clone https://github.com/francescovannini/ipcam26Xconvert.git
cd ipcam26Xconvert
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make
./ipcam26Xconvert