Anyone know how to convert a .AV file?

[Des]

I have a disk with a Panasonic AV Viewer on it and a .AV file.
The file is from a car cam. I need to convert the file to make it more universally playable.
The file does play in the Panasonic viewer but not in anything else.

Mediainfo gives me this:

General
Complete name : D:\K4218.AV
Format : MPEG-4 Visual
File size : 660 MiB

Video
Format : MPEG-4 Visual
Format profile : Advanced Simple@L5
Format settings, BVOP : Yes
Format settings, QPel : No
Format settings, GMC : No warppoints
Format settings, Matrix : Default (H.263)
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Standard : NTSC
Color space : YUV
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Compression mode : Lossy

Some Googling seems to indicate it's a Final Draft format but no info on conversion.

Any thoughts?

--dES

[Cornucopia]

I think a simple file extension rename from *.av to *.mp4 should do the trick. Whatever you'd like to do, try that first.

Scott

[Des]

Thanks Scott, I just gave that a try. Still can't play it.
However Xmedia Recode will now accept it and gives me a very poor highly pixilated and blocky preview. I'll play around wit other converters.
Potplayer gives me this when I open up the error:


The file's contents.
48 46 50 52 58 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 31 33 35 30 HFPRX.......1350
30 37 30 39 33 39 00 00 00 00 00 00 0C B1 3E 29 070939........>)
00 00 00 00 E0 00 00 00 10 33 3E 29 9B 72 78 50 .........3>).rxP
00 00 00 00 A7 3A 01 00 00 00 00 00 A7 3A 01 00 .....:.......:..
00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 00 40 1F 00 00 FA 00 00 .........@......
D0 02 E0 01 1E 00 00 00 48 43 4E 54 2C 00 00 00 ........HCNT,...
00 00 00 00 1C 00 50 61 6E 61 73 6F 6E 69 63 41 ......PanasonicA
47 2D 43 50 44 31 35 20 20 20 01 01 04 00 00 00 G-CPD15 ......
00 00 00 00 48 45 58 54 28 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ....HEXT(.......
31 39 34 32 31 38 00 00 14 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 194218..........
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 48 43 4F 44 ............HCOD
34 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 0B 49 53 4F 5F 4D 50 4.........ISO_MP
45 47 2D 34 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 EG-4............
02 06 47 2E 37 32 36 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ..G.726.........
44 48 45 44 30 32 3E 29 00 00 00 00 A7 3A 01 00 DHED02>).....:..
00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 44 50 41 43 00 00 00 00 ........DPAC....
40 34 00 00 42 46 9B 09 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 @4..BF..........
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 28 9A DA 00 ............(...
00 00 00 00 A0 00 00 00 28 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........(.......
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00 01 20 08 8C 5D 4C 28 B4 21 E0 A3 1F 00 00 01 .. ..]L(.!......
B6 1B 8E D8 6C A1 59 EA 3A 45 52 47 FF 7F 1B 7B ....l.Y.:ERG....
09 96 E3 68 0B EA 37 71 D2 FE 29 83 3A F5 F6 F3 ...h..7q..).:...
34 7A FE 1B EF 88 F9 BB A4 FD 1E B9 D1 66 54 73 4............fTs
6F 9D 12 7F 99 FD E9 D9 AF BB 43 B2 F5 08 57 4F o.........C...WO
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15 16 71 85 03 86 ED 88 BE 80 56 C1 57 69 3B 91 ..q.......V.Wi;.
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F7 DE C5 4E 99 60 55 CF D4 A6 2D A7 A3 02 5B 31 ...N.`U...-...[1
79 E9 D3 93 46 67 3C A9 F8 A4 6B 52 E9 DA 82 2D ....Fg<...kR...-
81 B1 E5 E7 69 68 A9 3E 72 85 69 7E CC F5 A1 BC ....ih.>r.i.....
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4C 11 52 67 98 B4 32 71 E6 37 3E 8B 3E E7 AE 88 L.Rg..2q.7>.>...
4A 34 D7 FF 21 A4 60 BD 2C C7 BB B0 2D 14 A2 E4 J4..!.`.,...-...
C4 20 E7 16 F6 59 9E B4 D7 62 C7 4D B5 8A 4B 59 . ...Y...b.M..KY
D1 12 74 4E 68 4B 06 40 C4 46 8D E4 93 C8 A8 7D ..tNhK.@.F......

--dES

[Des]

Still no joy. I can view and convert it using many of the FFmpeg GUI encoders but the results have large blocks, plays too fast and looks practically scrambled. It also loses all audio.
Found out it's from a Police cam if that helps.

Ready to give it up.

--dES

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I have a disk with a Panasonic AV Viewer on it and a .AV file.
The file is from a car cam. I need to convert the file to make it more universally playable.
The file does play in the Panasonic viewer but not in anything else.

Mediainfo gives me this:

General
Complete name : D:\K4218.AV
Format : MPEG-4 Visual
File size : 660 MiB

Video
Format : MPEG-4 Visual
Format profile : Advanced Simple@L5
Format settings, BVOP : Yes
Format settings, QPel : No
Format settings, GMC : No warppoints
Format settings, Matrix : Default (H.263)
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Standard : NTSC
Color space : YUV
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Compression mode : Lossy

Some Googling seems to indicate it's a Final Draft format but no info on conversion.

Any thoughts?

--dES

How to convert av file into MP4 (CCTV or IP Camera Recorded av Files) https://goo.gl/WlU5zl

[hmate]

Hi, do you still have the AV Viewer app lying around? l have a .av3 file from a police cam but no software to open it so if possible can you send me the software? Thanks!