Jerry Hofmann

Hi, Newbie here to this world of forensic video, but an old time TV editor and film/video colorist. so maybe down the line I can help others with film/video questions. I have a client with footage copied to CD's from an EyeMax DVR. I don't have a PC here so cannot open the files, but figure they can be opened by any PC as there is a player.exe file also on each of the two disks. The issue is that I need the ability to transfer this file format (.ps is the extension on them) to QuickTime files so I can manipulate them a bit for a court case. Of course showing before/after enhancement side by side shots etc... Anyway, does anyone know of PC or Mac software that can read and transcode these PostScript video files to QuickTime? Big gold star to anybody who can help, and I'll owe ya a big one! Thanks Jerry Hofmann

Thank you so much for your reply Soundy! I'll let you all know how this goes. Hopefully I can return all this sharing of information. I think I can share some maybe. Google me. I know all about video except these timelapse machines, but am encountering them by folks walking in the door here, and it's not the first time now. So I figure I should know some of you smart guys! Ain't the Internet great? Jerry Hofmann

Thanks, Ill get it to a PC and see what capability the .exe gives me. If I can export it to a standard video format of any kind, I'm done. I'll be sure to post back after I've seen the PC .. it's a playable disk I'll wager, taken from a multimedia environment aka Director, and the player likely doesn't have an export feature, but ya never know. I sort of figured this DVR brand was popular enough for you all to have encountered this before. I'm surprised that it apparently hasn't. Odd situation here though with only having the files. I've worked in digital video since there was only analog (35 years), and never seen a disc like this. Thanks Jerry

I agree with all being said here. The CD's in question each have an .exe file and INF file on them, and I suspect it is a player which will only work on a PC... I'll see if I can't get them to open that way, then transcode them to something I can edit. I cannot get back to the machine that recorded the material because it's in the hands of the Police here in Denver. I do understand that editing may or may not be accepted in a courtroom. That's up to the Lawyer. But we want to be able to look at them at least. I'll follow up for sure here, and may yet have to take up the offer to transcode the files for me, thanks! Jerry

I have a DVD of some of this footage that was transfered from one of the discs I have... There is a way to do it out there. Jerry