Re: What are these security camera files?

["Frank Olson" <feolson@xxxxxxxxxx>]

"f®ànK panu¢©I" <info@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:W9QHe.31453$W%5.1968@xxxxxxxxxxx
> I've been given some files on CD to re-encode as TV-displayable video for
> a law firm.  All they can tell me is that the files are video taken by a
> security camera, delivered to the defense, as discovery evidence, by the
> police.
>
> XXX is the case number, which I obviously won't post here.
>
> On the CD are three folders, each labelled XXX followed by a number.
>
> In each folder is a program, which is named UBPlayer.exe, and associated
> .dll and .bpl and tbl and cfg files.  When run, its interface says USBird
> Player Version 2.37.  The program resembles an old, incomprehensible DOS
> program, and I have no idea how to make it work.
>
> There are two sub-folders in each of these folders, labelled 'Codec' and
> XXX-AM. Inside the Codec folder is an installer for a Lead Codec, named
> LEADMCMPCodec.exe.  The installer requires a password to run, which was
> kindly provided by the police, even though the codec is of no use with the
> accompanying files.  The other folder, XXX-AM, contains files labelled
> XXX-AM.001, XXX-AM.IDS, and XXX-AM.RCD.  The converter program
> LEADMCMPCodec.exe installs along with the codec itself will not recognize
> the files.
>
> I have looked everywhere online and can find no info about these.  I've
> installed and run every JPEG2000 wavelet reader, and security camera
> software, and MJPEG codecs I could find, with no success in playing these
> files.  The .001 files are not RARs.  I've tried loading the files into
> Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, Premiere, After Effects, and Vegas in
> desperation.  No luck.
>
> Calls to the police who provided the files for clarification or further
> help are greeted with "It should play in any DVD player you put it in. It
> plays fine here - whoa, gotta run >slam phone down<".  I would assume the
> police do not wish to be of further help regarding this particular matter.
>
> Has anyone here seen this video format, if indeed these are anything other
> than dummy files?


The codecs you're quoting only run on a Motorolla DVR.  See if you can rent
one locally.  There's no way to make it work on any other because they use a
proprietory operating system.