Why no Time and Date Stamp on Downloads?

[AncientFlower]

If, in the case of a break-

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in or teenagers wrecking, the Police require a Date and Time Stamp on any Video used for 'Evidence'.

Without a Date and Time Stamp, the Downloads are USELESS for using as 'Evidence' in the U.K.

I am very dissapointed after spending over £300 on two Cameras and a Base Station. I have been having 'trouble' with local Teenage thugs, but with any Video 'Evidence', the Police will NOT take any 'Action'.

Yet again, I have wasted my time and Money on a substandard CCTV Video Set-Up.

Taking a 'Screen Shot' of the Video first, before Dowloading it, would seem to have been an answer, but if I do that, the 'Details' on the Video are all different.

VERY DISSAPOINTED PENSIONER.  

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[jguerdat · Accepted solution]

There's metadata embedded in the video that should be acceptable but you'd have to check with the gendarmes to be sure.

[AncientFlower]

I brought this up on another page, more or less the same title. 'Tom Mac' gave me an excellent solution which I think is right.

I thought that there would be 'trouble' the UK 'Law Courts', as when you download a video recording, the time and date change to a 'number' and someone said that dowloaded videos can be changed. The Police in UK insist on Time & Date Stamped Recordings.

As you say and 'Tom Mac' agrees, the metadata on the video shoul;d prove the time and date.

Thank you for your answer and taking the time to explain.

Time is precious, don't waste it.....

[green14]

This is not a solution!  Describe how to find the metadata that gives the creation date - I don't see it on the download - using Windows 7.  Thanks.

[jguerdat]

I'm sure there are various packages that can read the metadata - I use MediaInfo.