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Extracts videos recorded by Hikvision IP camera

hikstract

Extracts videos recorded by Hikvision IP camera.

Configuration

All configuration is done inside config.cfg. Edit this file to suit your needs:

# The directory, which the camera writes to
data_dir = 

# Output directory for extracted recordings
output_dir = 

# Debug logging
debug = off

# Extension of output files.
# If no conversion is done, defaults to mp4 
output_format = 

# Take snapshots from extracted recordings in this format
# Any format, supported by the chosen converter is possible 
# Set to empty to disable
snapshot_format = 

# A/V converter to use, choices are: avconv, ffmpeg
# Set to empty to preserve original stream
converter = 

Usage

Simply run hikstract from the command line.