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[Technical Notice] Failing to Play UA-SNVR/HD DVR Recordings

Posted: March 29th, 2023, 4:12 pm
by amber
Article ID: GV3-23-03-28-A
Release Date: March, 28, 2023


Applied to
  • UA-HD DVR
  • UA-XVL810
  • UA-XVL1610
  • UA-XVR810
  • UA-XVR1620
  • UA-SNVR
  • UA-SNVRL810-P
  • UA-SNVR1620-P
  • UA-SNVR3240-N
  • GV-Edge Recording Manager
  • GV-Control Center
Symptom
When playing UA-SNVR/HD DVR recordings exported from the devices locally or remotely from GV-Edge Recording Manager / GV-Control Center on Windows Media Player / Movies & TV, it may fail or the video images may appear distorted.

Cause
The video codec of the exported recordings is not supported by Windows Media Player / Movies & TV.

Solution
To successfully play the recordings, use the following players instead:
  1. USAVision Player: download here
  2. VLC Media Player: https://www.videolan.org/vlc/