Category Archives: Amped DVRConv Updates

Amped DVRConv Update 27228: Hardware Acceleration and Adding New Extensions

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A new update for Amped DVRConv has just landed! Amped DVRConv is the batch converter of choice for forensic video practitioners and CCTV investigators alike, enabling quick and quality preserving batch conversions of proprietary video formats into a compatible open format. It is empowered by the same conversion engine used by Amped Replay and Amped FIVE, but unlike its big sisters, it also performs batch conversion of different formats by using a simple and effective drag and drop and/or watch folder architecture; ideal for those of you in need to convert a large quantity of CCTV coming from several different sources. Let’s go and have a look at what new features we have in store for you.

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Amped DVRConv Update 25916: New Formats and Codec Variations

It’s update time again! Amped DVRConv is the stand-alone drag-and-drop conversion tool used by Forensic Video Units worldwide. Its success has been down to its simplicity and flexibility. With the capability of batch converting unlimited files, DVRConv ensures that departments become more efficient and can spend more time on analysing evidence rather than converting it.

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Amped DVRConv Update 24628: More Formats Decoded, New Format for Writing, and New Frame Rate Adjustment Option

It’s update time again! Amped DVRConv is the stand-alone drag-and-drop conversion tool used by Forensic Video Units worldwide. Its success has been down to its simplicity and flexibility. It can ‘watch’ directories for incoming multimedia files, parameters can be set for all files, or individual settings can be made for specific tasks. And with new CCTV formats being identified daily, it’s important for us to get these to you quickly, ensuring your investigations can be completed quicker and easier.

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Amped DVRConv Update 21854: More New Formats and Codec Variants

Hot on the heels after last week’s huge update to Amped FIVE, we now have another update to Amped DVRConv.

For those people not familiar with DVRConv, this is the stand-alone conversion tool that utilizes the powerful Amped Conversion Engine. Conversion is a small (but important) part when using Amped FIVE or Amped Replay but with Amped DVRConv, it is the sole purpose.

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Amped DVRConv Update 20711: Important New Formats and Codecs

Format and codec conversion is a huge part of any video lab’s workload. Day after day, there is a requirement to extract video data from proprietary formats and perhaps convert files for playback in standard players. Although seamlessly integrated into all our video applications, having this video conversion ability as a stand-alone product can dramatically speed up triage and batch processing. That’s exactly where Amped DVRConv fits in.

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DVRConv Update 18959: New Formats, New Codec Variations and Increased Date and Time Decoding

With the simplicity of drag and drop conversion, it is no surprise that Amped DVRConv is used by so many labs to conduct quick and easy conversion for viewing and triage. Using the same powerful decoding, cleaning and conversion engine that powers Amped Replay and Amped FIVE, this standalone tool can be a powerhouse to prepare files for analysis in a streamlined forensic workflow.

Before we get down to the details of what is included in this update, we will take a more in-depth look at the workflow of DVRConv. Let’s first take a quick look at the initial setup to remind ourselves of the interface before going into more detail.

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Amped DVRConv Update 17521: H.264 Quality Settings and New Formats

Today we bring you a new update to our powerful conversion software Amped DVRConv. Our development team continues to work diligently to ensure we can convert those proprietary videos you struggle to view.

In today’s update, we have added more formats that DVRConv can reliably convert for you as well as introducing H.264 quality settings which we have been recently rolling out to our other software packages.

H.264 Quality

In Update 16112 of Amped FIVE, we introduced the following quality settings for exporting H.264 video through the video writer:

  • Default = Good quality, high compatibility, low file size
  • High = High quality, high compatibility, medium file size
  • Visually Lossless = Best quality, high compatibility, high file size

In today’s update, we have now enabled these quality settings within DVRConv.

To choose the quality settings for H.264, simply access the program options from the DVRConv interface and select your preferred option.

We continue to add new formats with every update and today’s update is no exception. Remember that you can always view the hundreds of formats we currently support and that we have recently added, by clicking on the Help button within DVRConv.

After clicking Help the Amped DVRConv Help manual will open, here you can view all the formats currently supported.

Don’t Delay – Update Today

If you have an active support plan you can update straight away by going into the menu About > Check for Updates within Amped DVRConv. If you need to renew your SMS plan, please contact us or one of our authorized partners. And remember that you can always manage your license and requests from the customer support portal.

Amped DVRConv Update 16432: New Formats and Support for the Spanish Language

We’re here with another new update for Amped DVRConv, our intuitive and powerful automatic batch converter for proprietary DVR formats.

Amped Software continues to grow as a global leader in the development of software solutions for image and video forensics. As we expand into new countries, we strive to constantly update our accessibility by adding additional language support to our software.

In this update, you will find support for the Spanish language, the fourth largest spoken language in the world.

We continue to support our users by evolving and updating our software to your specific needs. Recently, we handled support cases involving 4 new formats and each of these formats have been successfully added to DVRConv. Alongside this, we’ve also added 8 new variations of already supported file formats.

Remember that you can always view what formats are currently supported and have been recently added by clicking on the Help button within DVRConv.

After clicking Help the Amped DVRConv Help manual will open, here you can view all the formats currently supported.

As always, there is more coming as we continue to develop our software daily. Look out for future updates soon.

Don’t Delay – Update Today

If you have an active support plan you can update straight away by going into the menu About > Check for Updates within Amped DVRConv. If you need to renew your SMS plan, please contact us or one of our authorized partners. And remember that you can always manage your licenses and requests from the customer support portal.