Moscow and the Moscow RegionForensic and pre-litigation examinations

Typical scenario

Event duration was calculated from frames in a transcoded video

Dividing frame count by a displayed rate depends on recording and export behaviour. Review a transcoded clip’s timestamps, variable intervals and repeated frames, preserving the original and distinguishing export settings from source properties.

What needs to be clarified

Review interval measurement, compare the native stream and export, align frames and assess whether the chosen frame rate supports the reported event duration.

Materials to prepare

  • Native recorder file and export with checksums
  • Report identifying boundary frames and the interval formula
  • Export log, player version and transcoding settings

What to compare

Use verified working copies, preserve originals and document decoding. Compare presentation timestamps, frame durations, repetitions and omissions. Calculate from the supported timeline, checking start/end choices; assess displayed clock time separately from stream timebase and recorder clock offset.

Possible outcome of the analysis

A frame correspondence table, reproducible calculation and plausible interval range may be possible; precise duration may remain unsupported if export discarded essential source timing data.

Limits of the conclusions

Average frame rate need not mean uniform timing. One export proves no editing and cannot restore lost chronology; technical records identify no event participants.

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