As part of our recent partnership with Cellebrite we can now offer users around the world more accessible and in-depth training opportunities. The Video Evidence Recovery and Analysis (VERA) course is one such opportunity. Leading experts in the field of video forensics have designed this hands-on training, including course materials created by our own FounderRead more
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In this digital era, investigators are now able to access a large and diverse set of evidence from mobile devices, computers, cloud platforms, and more. To meet this challenge, DME Forensics has partnered with Cellebrite to include DVR Examiner as part of the Cellebrite Digital Intelligence (DI) Platform.
Many DVR Examiner users find value in the ability to run a DVR scan or export unattended, so you can focus on other tasks while the program recovers vital video evidence. For DVR Examiner to successfully scan the hard drive, it is important to be sure to set your USB Power Settings correctly.
Did you know that DVR Examiner can help save time and resources in the field? In this example case study, we look at how to safely and securely recover CCTV/DVR surveillance video in the field.
In the latest release of DVR Examiner – 2.6 – the DME Forensics team focused on updating the DVR Examiner software to allow for increased support functionality. One of the benefits you see in this update is improved scan times for filesystems with many clips.
While other disk imaging programs can be time consuming, DVR Examiner can create a forensically sound disk image in just one simple step.
When purchasing a write blocker, the required features depend on your specific needs. However, there are some general points to keep in mind that we recommend to customers.
At the heart of DVR Examiner is its ability to read a proprietary DVR filesystem and display and extract the data contained on the device. This post touches on some of the first steps our team takes to understand how each different filesystem works.
There are several different methods commonly used when recovering video evidence from DVRs. DVR Examiner is a useful tool because it allows you to recover the video fast – usually much faster than traditional methods – and in a forensically sound manner. Still, there is no one solution for every case, and it’s important to know what to do when DVR Examiner doesn’t work as you might hope.
Depending on the file system of the DVR hard drive you are scanning, you may come across a distorted split frame video clip when previewing. At first glance, it appears the same video frame is displayed twice, however, what you are seeing is half of the frame displayed on the top and half of the frame displayed on the bottom.
