SalvationData Video Investigation Portable User Manual

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VIP (Video Investigation Portable)

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XLY Salvationdata Technology INC.

2018,Sept

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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Contents 1. Product Introduction ....................... 3 Recommended Configuration................. 4 1.1. Software Installation ..................4 1.2. Software Activation ..................7 1.3. 2. System Setting and Function Introduction ..............9 System Setting ....................9 2.1. Function Introduction ..................9 2.2. 3. Disk Extraction ......................12 4.
Page 3: Product Introduction
1. Product Introduction Figure 1.1 VIP Package with Laptop VIP (Video Investigation Portable) is a forensically sound system for video extraction, recovery and analysis from CCTV DVRs of video surveillance system during investigations. Through VIP, it helps clarify the visual evidence and restore the truth rapidly.
Page 4: Recommended Configuration
1.1. Recommended Configuration To realize best usage experience, we recommend computer platforms with following (or higher) configuration. Desktop platform Mobile platform Intel Core I7-4790 Intel Core I5-6200U Internal 16GB Memory (System) Drive 120GB SSD Monitor 1920× 1080（1080p） Ports USB 3.0 × 2 RJ-45 internet access ×...
Page 5 Figure 1.2 Installation Home Page Step 2: Setup configurations 1) Click “Custom Install” to setup install path and case storage path. 2) Click “Start Install” Note: System will automatically use default installation paths if you don’t want to specify. Figure 1.3 VIP Setup Wizard Step 3: Setup MySQL database...
Page 6 1) If you don’t have a MySQL database installed on your PC before, MySQL installation is required. Please enter a password and VIP setup wizard will automatically finish database setup. 2) If you have installed MySQL database before, choose a MySQL instance from the list and enter the password.
Page 7: Software Activation
Figure 1.5 Installation Complete 1.3. Software Activation Users must activate the software when they open the program for the first time. The software can be activated by a license code or USB dongle. Please contact our sales people for the software authorization. The activation procedure is as follows: License Code Activation Step 1: Please contact us for your license code, and you will receive an e-mail notice containing the license code.
Page 8 Figure 2.4 Activation Successful Invalid Verification Code In case the activation failed, please check your e-mail and verify that your license code is correct. Please contact us for support if you failed to activate the software Figure 2.5 Invalid Verification Code USB Dongle Activation Step 1: Insert your USB dongle to your PC Step 2: Start the software, an activation window will be shown, and the license within...
Page 9: System Setting And Function Introduction
2. System Setting and Function Introduction 2.1. System Setting Figure 2.1 System Settings Service Settings: Set storage path for VIP case data and temp files. Extraction Settings: Set extraction settings including Hash type. Other Settings: Set UI language, clear VIP data. 2.2.
Page 10 Figure 2.2 System Home Page ➢ Disk Extraction Scan and extract deleted and damaged video files on disk. ➢ Network Extraction Connect surveillance host through the network, and extract video files from surveillance host. Being restricted by cable and hardware of targeted surveillance host, the extracting speed is 150M/min.
Page 11 Analyze and retrieve all moving objects in videos, and quickly capture key information.
Page 12: Disk Extraction
3. Disk Extraction Figure 3.1 Disk Extraction Interface Step 1: Choose or add a source drive. Connect your DVR hard drive or load a disk image file for inspection. The system will automatically detect a list of hard disks connected to the pc, and will display the basic disk information in the disk selection page.
Page 13 Note: 1. Scan history is not supported in fragmented data reconstruction, currently fragmented data reconstruction is supported for Dahua and Hikvision. 2. Scan history is not supported in EXT file system, Tiandy and Uniview are not supported. 3. Scan history will not be recorded if VIP is accidently shut down before a scan is complete.
Page 14 Figure 3.5 Partition Information Diagnose Connection: If VIP fails to detect the hard drive you connected, click “ ” to re-detect hard drives. If you still fail to detect the drive, click “Log Export” and send the log to our technical support for help. Figure 3.6 Disk Check Step 2: Choose one or multiple target hard drives or image files, and click “Scan”.
Page 15 Figure 3.7 Choose Inspection Target Step 3: Wait for VIP to scan the target drive or image. While scanning, you can view the number of video clips that has been detected. Click “Stop” if you want to terminate the scanning process. (Scanning time is decided by the file system type and disk size.) Figure 3.8 Scanning Target...
Page 16 Expert Mode: Deep Scan Deep Scan utilizes SalvationDATA’s patented DVR surveillance video data recovery technologies, and is able to recover video clips after they are deleted, formatted or sabotaged. See below instructions to learn how to use Deep Scan:...
Page 17 Step 1. After quick scan is complete, click “Expert” on the lower right corner to enter expert mode. Select the partitions you wish to recover. Step 2. Check the partition file system. If the file system is falsely detected, you can manually select and correct the file system.
Page 18 Figure 3.10 Expert Mode Fragment Scan Video Time Mapping Video Time Mapping is a video time analysis feature of VIP to save your scanning time and increase work efficiency. By doing Video Time Mapping, VIP will access a certain number of positions across the disk data area and mark the video time of each position.
Page 19 Figure 3.11 Video Time Mapping Step 3. Click “Analyze” and begin Video Time Mapping. Step 4. After Analysis complete, click “Scan” to begin Fragment Scan according to your range selection. Note: Fragment Scan will overwrite previous Deep Scan results.
Page 20: Network Extraction
Figure 3.12 Fragment Scan 4. Network Extraction Figure 4.1 Network Extraction...
Page 21 There are three scanning modes provided in VIP: ① Standard Scan: If you cannot map the current network, you can choose to automatically scan all surveillance and personal computers in current network. ②Direct Connection Scan: It is good to use this method if the local host has been connected to the surveillance host via network cable.
Page 22 two connection modes for you to choose, VIP direct connection, and web connection. It it recommended to use VIP direct connection. Figure 4.3 Connect to DVR Step 5: View the video list from the connected DVR, you can also set time/channel filters to search for target videos like in Disk Extraction.
Page 23: Disk Imaging
Figure 4.4 Manual Connection Notes: ① It requires certain basic network knowledge for operator to extract from DVRs through network extraction. ② Device information should be completed when detail information of current extracting surveillance host is adequate. ③ The network extracting speed depends on current network speed and extracting amount.
Page 24 Figure 5.1 Disk Imaging Page The system will automatically check disk list, including source disks and target disk. Step 2: First select an imaging source, the source can be a full disk, a disk partition or a range of custom sectors. Then click “Next” to continue. Figure 5.2 Source Selection...
Page 25 Step 3: Select an imaging target. There are two options available, disk to disk or disk to file. Figure 5.3 Target Selection ① Disk to Disk: Copy the data from source to a physical hard drive in a bit-to-bit way. ②...
Page 26: Video Retrieval
Users can start imaging again until all data is imaged if it is incomplete. 6. Video Retrieval With SalvationDATA’s self-developed video analytic technology, VIP’s video retrieval module can search in video without transcoding. It can analyze and isolate all moving objects in video, make analysis and view according to user-specified filter conditions of moving objects (color, people, vehicle, moving direction, trigger line, and interested zone), and fast lock suspicious targets.
Page 27 information. Figure 6.1 Video Retrieval Step 1: Click “ ” to open Video Retrieval player. Step 2: From the new video player window, click “ ” to open a new video file.
Page 28 Figure 6.2 Open File Step 3: Select the target video, and click “Retrieval” to begin the retrieval process. Figure 6.3 Begin Retrieval Retrieval progress will be displayed below the video thumbnail window. Step 4: Wait for retrieval complete, then play the video.
Page 29 Figure 6.4 Play Retrieved Video Detected objects and motions are marked by squares. If there are marked objects or motions in the footage, the time bar will be highlighted in yellow. Available Options: Figure 6.5 Retrieval Options...
Page 30 ① Set filters (by color, motion etc.) to quickly locate video footage of interest. ② Double click a thumbnail on the right panel to directly jump to the detected footage and play. ③ Playing control (set playing speed, play, stop, cut video etc.) is located at the bottom of the player interface.
Page 31: Ultra Player
7. Ultra Player Step 1: Ultra Player can be found in the Toolbox. Click “ ” to open the Ultra Player window Figure 7.1 Ultra Player Step 2: Open a new video file to play. (See last chapter for instructions.) Available Options: ①...
Page 32: Toolbox
⑥ Pause: Pause playing the current video. ⑦ Cut Video: Click to enter video cutting mode. Specify the beginning and ending of the cut, and click to save the footage. ⑧ Snapshot: Capture and save a snapshot of current player screen. ⑨...
Page 33: Vip Tools
8.1. VIP Tools Ultra Player: A SalvationDATA self-developed video player, supports 500+ video formats including many proprietary DVR video formats. Figure 8.2 Ultra Player Image Process: A SalvationDATA self-developed image processing and enhancement tool, supporting histogram adjustment, haze reduction, light adjustment, auto level, noise remove etc.
Page 34 Figure 8.3 Add Custom Tools...
Page 35: Faq
9. FAQ 1. Supported manufacturers of VIP At present, supported manufacturers of VIP include: Hik Vision, Dahua, Honeywell, SONY, SAMSUNG, BOSCH, JOVISION, RaySharp, WAPA, VISIONDIGI, HANBANG, JOOAN, iCatch, Viewse, Woshida, Hanbang, Landun, Streamax, Zhiling, Loosafe, Diesbo, MHK, ZHONSH, XENON, Tiandy, Uniview, Seeyou, Streamax, Andon, etc.
Page 36 named: “current video name” + “_transcoding.avi”. Video retrieval results are saved in database. Retrieved data will be automatically loaded during the video playing.
Page 37: Help & Support
Help & Support Do you have any question or problems of the operation? You can get assistance by following methods. Telephone +86-28-6873 1486 Email Technical Support: support@salvationdata.com Sales & Marketing: info@salvationdata.com Address Room 1101-1102, Zhonghang City Plaza, Wuhou, Chengdu, Sichuan, China 610041...

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