User guide

SiraView User Guide

month and day of the recording (for example "20070306". The folder

contains an "Index" folder containing .inx files and other folders containing

.img files. Opening any one of the .inx or .img files will open all of the video

with the folders.

Video recorded from different cameras may have different images size.

SiraView shows the smaller images surrounded by a grey border so that

each image is displayed at an identical resolution.

DV file

Decoder only supports PAL format files.

DV25 AVI

Decoder only supports PAL format files.

DVR Videoplayer

This handles a type of CCTV video file which has a .dvr file extension. This is

a common extension used by a variety of unrelated CCTV formats by

different manufacturers so SiraView may open a DVR file with this decoder,

open it with another decoder or may fail to open it if it is a format not yet

implemented in SiraView.

Export Viewer MPEG2

This is a video format from recorders manufactured by Vigilant.

The video for each camera is held in a file with an .mpg file extension. That

file extension is commonly used for MPEG2 video and the files will play in

Windows Media Player, but it shows the images as incorrectly stretched

and without time information. Windows Media Player also doesn't give the

precise frame stepping provided by SiraView.

Each video is contained in a separate file with an .mpg file extension. This

file extension is also used to a wide variety of other video types that are

based on the MPEG2 standard.

Export Viewer MP4

Each video is contained in a separate file with an .mp4 file extension. This

file extension is also used for a wide variety of other video types that are

based on the MPEG4 standard.

Faiveley X Track

Loads a single video file with an “arc” extension.

Decompression has been calibrated for “WEAK” and “AVERAGE”

Compression Rates. Images recorded with other rates may not be displayed

correctly.

This format is also known by the name of GE's viewer called Wavereader.

The video from multiple interleaved cameras is held in a file with a .60d file

extension.

SiraView displays the whole of the images recorded in the file. As well as

the edges of the images, this includes a strip at the bottom of the image

that contains random data.