mail theft video - license plate possible?

crc2004

crc2004

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I've attached a video of my mail being stolen this morning and obviously I'd like to catch these hoodlums. How can I get the best quality from a bvr file? Is it possible to get a license plate from this? Thanks in advanced.
How the camera was configured;
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How it was recorded;
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How it was converted;
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The video:
 
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No, you can't get a license plate from this. Since you are using direct to disk you are already getting the best quality into your BVR files. If you want to read plates, you need another camera with much (much) tighter zoom and a fixed exposure of about 1/500th second or faster. Your camera there was probably running 1/30 or 1/60th at best and so the bright spots (car lights and plate) were totally washed out.

No non-fictional image enhancement can turn that into a readable plate. Here is the best you'll get:

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fenderman said:
You need a dedicated license plate cam...that camera will never read a plate
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That's what I thought. Mail theft was my intended use for that camera, it was to keep an eye on the front and the cars in the driveway. Thanks for taking a look.
 
bp2008 said:
No, you can't get a license plate from this. Since you are using direct to disk you are already getting the best quality into your BVR files. If you want to read plates, you need another camera with much (much) tighter zoom and a fixed exposure of about 1/500th second or faster. Your camera there was probably running 1/30 or 1/60th at best and so the bright spots (car lights and plate) were totally washed out.
No non-fictional image enhancement can turn that into a readable plate. Here is the best you'll get:
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Darn...I guess I've watched too many movies. The girls face came in pretty good.
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Aw c'mon. They do it on tv all the time, and with much lower quality video. :-)
 
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crc2004 said:
That's what I thought. Mail theft was my intended use for that camera, it was to keep an eye on the front and the cars in the driveway. Thanks for taking a look.
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Remember to report this to the post office.
 
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crc2004 said:
That's what I thought. Mail theft was my intended use for that camera, it was to keep an eye on the front and the cars in the driveway. Thanks for taking a look.
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I had meant to say that Mail theft was NOT my intention for that camera though I may still look at LPR. I checked my "Informed Delivery" and they only got away with some junk mail. Time for me to get a locking mail box.

Thanks everyone for your help,
 
crc2004 said:
I had meant to say that Mail theft was NOT my intention for that camera though I may still look at LPR. I checked my "Informed Delivery" and they only got away with some junk mail. Time for me to get a locking mail box.

Thanks everyone for your help,
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Even though it was junk mail, it's still worth reporting to USPS.

Also consider OptOutPrescreen.com to stop most credit card offers in the mail.
 
tangent said:
Even though it was junk mail, it's still worth reporting to USPS.

Also consider OptOutPrescreen.com to stop most credit card offers in the mail.
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I had opted out of credit card offers a few years ago along with Penny saver and a couple others.

I forgot to mention that I did report it to the postmaster and provided a link to the video.

In October of last year I had some free UPS shipping supplies stolen off the front porch. Since it was UPS and not USPS I reported it to Riverside police dept and provided them the following video;

 
You need two more cams. One zoomed in on the mailbox to get faces and another on the road to get plates.
 
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