Opening .H264 Video Files: Recommended Video Players and Converters for Camera Footage

Hello. I have several video files with the .h264 extension
The files are the recording from the camera that is part of the monitoring. Unfortunately, I have a problem with opening them. No standard player displays files.
I tried to convert the files with the Xvid codec to the avi container with the Format Factory program, but without success.
Gentlemen, maybe you have any ideas, what else can I do to open these files? Do I need a dedicated video viewer for them?
Thanks in advance for any info :)

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As far as I know, a program for recording and playback should be included in the "kit". Anyway, it is not a strange format - it is otherwise MPEG-4 and every reasonably good converter should be able to do it, e.g. Any Video Converter. This tool converts virtually anything, e.g. to AVI.

Have you tried VLC?

Robson_85 wrote:

Hello. I have several video files with the .h264 extension
The files are the recording from the camera that is part of the monitoring. Unfortunately, I have a problem with opening them. No standard player displays files.
I tried to convert the files with the Xvid codec to the avi container with the Format Factory program, but without success.
Gentlemen, maybe you have any ideas, what else can I do to open these files? Do I need a dedicated video viewer for them?
Thanks in advance for any info

H264 is a codec, probably some producer called the extension like that. maybe look for a converter in the original software, maybe the program has such an option.
Regards

Yes, I have already tried to open files with VLC, unfortunately without success.

As for the recorder, I currently do not have access to it. I know that the image was recorded with the KONIG KG-5009AAS outdoor camera. From what I noticed, these cameras are often offered with the BCS recorder, therefore I downloaded the player which is used to play back recordings from BCS recorders. Unfortunately, I was unable to play the video files. The conclusion is that the registrar must be from another company.

Earlier, I also tried to use Any Video Converter on the advice of one of the gentlemen. After adding the file for conversion, the information appears at the beginning that the selected video file does not have an audio stream, and therefore the resulting file will not contain sound (I guess most of the monitoring recordings are soundless).
In the information about the added file, it is stated that the video resolution is 352x288 and the format is 0x10000005. I choose the conversion options "customized MP4 movie" and click Convert. I wait 15 minutes and nothing happens so I stop converting. I would like to add that the video files I have are from 13 to 14 MB, so at that time the image from one file should probably be encoded to the new format.
Oddly enough, I was able to preview this original file before converting. Unfortunately, the image is partially blurry and it cannot be scrolled, but you can see that it works. Do you have any suggestions or other ideas, gentlemen?

Robson_85 wrote:

Yes, I have already tried to open files with VLC, unfortunately without success.

Try again after changing the file extension to mpeg4, 264, avi etc.
In this way, I managed to open unusual registration files several times.

I changed the extension of one of the selected files to mpeg4, 264, avi and tried to open the file in VLC but unfortunately either an error pops up or the program does not open the file. Or maybe you know any other dedicated browsers for playing monitoring files?

have you tried mPlayer under Linux? maybe if it is Konig cameras, then the recorder was also Konig and then ask the distributor for the software

I haven't tried to open files with mPlayer yet, but tomorrow, as soon as I have access to Linux computer, I'll take care of it. I still have a question. Does anyone know if there is software available somewhere on the network to play files from Konig recorders on a computer? I have just checked on a dozen websites where you can buy Konig recorders, but I found nothing.

Do not get tired and take the program from the recorder
If you don't have it, I attach it.

Gentlemen, thanks for the recorder program. I installed it and tried to use it to open video files that I have unfortunately without success. Apparently, the recorder must be from another company than Konig or BCS. Earlier, I tried to figure out something else with video players under Linux. MPlayer did not detect the files, but in Totem we managed to open some of them, but without the possibility of scrolling, which makes it very difficult to view the monitoring record.

Do you have any more ideas? Thanks in advance for asking info

I have a cure for it (attached) player, I have files with the .h264 extension flickering

Download the K-Lite Megapack, most likely you are missing a codec in your system. I had the same problem with the Pixord IP cameras which record video files in the h264 format. After installing the package it helped.

I installed K-Lite Megapack, and Best Player did not open it

It seems to me that this file is damaged or it is not a .h264 file

Self Player program for reading recordings in h264 format, taken from the recorder.

Nothing, the format has been changed from .mkv to .h264 Media Player Classic is also not good with it

Or maybe write to the company that sells these pseudo "cameras"? As far as I remember, eltrox sells these toys. Sometimes a short e-mail is enough and the service will send you instructions?

It is best to write to the seller, but with the second solution I think it would be good to post a short recording on the forum and we would check it if it works for us.

I also support my preface, what a few heads are better than one

Powolniak1987 wrote:

Nothing, the format has been changed from .mkv to .h264 Media Player Classic is also not good with it

Why did you change the format from .mkv? Does the mkv format work properly? Maybe record a sample of the movie and add to it, we'll see what kind of file it is.

Also, I can't view monitoring files, how to open H264 files, I can't paste a file here to figure it out together

Install file 1 and / or 1a.
Check player 2 and / or 2a, 2b.
Alternatively, convert with the program 3.

Hello,
The first codec 1a - H264ax_V10102 and the program 2 - player helped to recreate the surveillance recordings.
Thank you and best regards.

Hello
I was able to restore with VLC but only after changing the settings.
Tools> Preferences> Input / Codecs (here, lower left corner select full settings)> Select "Demultiplexers" from the Input / Codecs tab, select the module from the drop-down list H264 image emuxer, then save and run the program again.