CCTV system at work has 4 cameras which split screen on the monitor. It is
recorded as an AVI but because its 4 cameras, when I take a copy of an event
it ends up as 4 AVI files - one for each camera which play independently of
each other in windows media player (with the included codec).

I need to give some CCTV to the police. On previous occasions I have just
given a copy of the CCTV to the police and they have had to watch all files.
Its a pain having to watch all files independently because you want all
cameras showing at once on the screen so you can link up from different
angles what is going on.

After much rambling, basically what I need to know is how to take the 4
individual CCTV videos and put them side by side into one video so they can
all be seen at once. Can Vista Movie Maker do this please?

On Fri, 8 May 2009 09:56:29 +0100, Beck wrote:
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> CCTV system at work has 4 cameras which split screen on the monitor. It is
> recorded as an AVI but because its 4 cameras, when I take a copy of an event
> it ends up as 4 AVI files - one for each camera which play independently of
> each other in windows media player (with the included codec).
>
> I need to give some CCTV to the police. On previous occasions I have just
> given a copy of the CCTV to the police and they have had to watch all files.
> Its a pain having to watch all files independently because you want all
> cameras showing at once on the screen so you can link up from different
> angles what is going on.
>
> After much rambling, basically what I need to know is how to take the 4
> individual CCTV videos and put them side by side into one video so they can
> all be seen at once. Can Vista Movie Maker do this please?[/color]

People in the video forums (there aren't any on Microsoft's news server,
AFAIK) know a lot about this sort of stuff.

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"Gene E. Bloch" <not-me@other.invalid> wrote in message
news:183ycldmf6bkg$.osc3b9rmybgu.dlg@40tude.net...[color=blue]
> On Fri, 8 May 2009 09:56:29 +0100, Beck wrote:
>[color=green]
>> CCTV system at work has 4 cameras which split screen on the monitor. It
>> is
>> recorded as an AVI but because its 4 cameras, when I take a copy of an
>> event
>> it ends up as 4 AVI files - one for each camera which play independently
>> of
>> each other in windows media player (with the included codec).
>>
>> I need to give some CCTV to the police. On previous occasions I have
>> just
>> given a copy of the CCTV to the police and they have had to watch all
>> files.
>> Its a pain having to watch all files independently because you want all
>> cameras showing at once on the screen so you can link up from different
>> angles what is going on.
>>
>> After much rambling, basically what I need to know is how to take the 4
>> individual CCTV videos and put them side by side into one video so they
>> can
>> all be seen at once. Can Vista Movie Maker do this please?[/color]
>
> People in the video forums (there aren't any on Microsoft's news server,
> AFAIK) know a lot about this sort of stuff.[/color]

Thanks Gene, I shall have a hunt. Have a good day.

On Sat, 9 May 2009 12:03:57 +0100, Beck wrote:
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> "Gene E. Bloch" <not-me@other.invalid> wrote in message
> news:183ycldmf6bkg$.osc3b9rmybgu.dlg@40tude.net...[color=green]
>> On Fri, 8 May 2009 09:56:29 +0100, Beck wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>>> CCTV system at work has 4 cameras which split screen on the monitor. It
>>> is
>>> recorded as an AVI but because its 4 cameras, when I take a copy of an
>>> event
>>> it ends up as 4 AVI files - one for each camera which play independently
>>> of
>>> each other in windows media player (with the included codec).
>>>
>>> I need to give some CCTV to the police. On previous occasions I have
>>> just
>>> given a copy of the CCTV to the police and they have had to watch all
>>> files.
>>> Its a pain having to watch all files independently because you want all
>>> cameras showing at once on the screen so you can link up from different
>>> angles what is going on.
>>>
>>> After much rambling, basically what I need to know is how to take the 4
>>> individual CCTV videos and put them side by side into one video so they
>>> can
>>> all be seen at once. Can Vista Movie Maker do this please?[/color]
>>
>> People in the video forums (there aren't any on Microsoft's news server,
>> AFAIK) know a lot about this sort of stuff.[/color]
>
> Thanks Gene, I shall have a hunt. Have a good day.[/color]

Happy hunting!

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