How it works

Upload your saved .264 recording and check its first frame for free. If the check works, you can choose full recovery and download the video from your account.

Check your video
Security camera mounted on an exterior wall

Upload file

Choose your saved .264 recording. The first-frame check is free and needs no account. If we can decrypt the first frame, you will see it on screen.

Decrypt it

If the free check works, review the price and choose full recovery. We decrypt the recording and prepare a video you can play.

Access your video

Find the recovered video in your account and download it before the expiry date shown on your job page.

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Why won't the file open?

Some Zmodo recordings need their camera's software to play. A normal video player may show a black screen or an error, even when the recording is still there. We can test whether we can open your saved file and, when possible, turn it into a video you can play normally.

We cannot retrieve deleted footage, access your camera, or fill in missing parts of a damaged recording.

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