A .dav file is a digital multimedia file, a recording (footage) made by a Dahua or Dahua-compatible DVR system. Similar to other vendor-specific DVR formats, DAV video files are not directly playable by general-purpose media players, requiring proprietary playback tools.
Apart from utilities usually supplied with most DVR systems, DAV files can also be played back by certain independent DVR players as well as converted into standard video formats with converter tools.
It’s not difficult to convert dav file to mp4 with the help of Video Converter. Brorsoft Video Converter Ultimate is able to convert videos and audios between all popular formats like AVI, MP4, MOV, MP3, AAC, FLAC, etc. If you have no much experience on the detailed steps, please follow the easy guide below:
It is fully compatible with Windows 10 and there is a Mac version, iMedia Converter for Mac letting Mac users convert DAV to MP4 on Mac OS X (macOS Sierra).
Guide: Easily Convert DAV video to MP4 Format without Quality Loss
Step 1. Upload the DAV files
Install and run the DAV to MP4 converter. Then, click on the “Add” button to import the DAV files from your computer or any other device. You are able to view the videos or even take snapshots once the files are added successfully.
Step 2. Choose MP4 as the output format
Click on the drop down list of the “Output Format” to choose the “MP4” as the output video format. Other parameters like video encoder, audio channel, bit rate, sample rate can be adjusted in the Settings option.
Step 3: Start the conversion with a simple click
Click on the Convert button to begin the process of converting DAV video files to MP4. As soon as the process is complete, you can check on the converted MP4 files to make sure that everything is okay.
That is it; you now know how to convert DAV to MP4. As a final thought, you should know that Brorsoft Video Converter Ultimate is fully optimized to offer conversion speed that is up to thirty times faster than others.
So playing DAT files on Mac or anywhere or editing DAT files is a headache. But now the situation has been changed, a new developed third-party tool - DAT Converter can play or convert DAT files perfectly in every way.
Acting as a DAT File Converter, Brorsoft Video Converter Ultimate enables to batch convert DAT to MP4, AVI, Xvid, DivX, MPG, WMV, Apple ProRes, MOV, MKV, ASF, DV, VOB, FLV, RMVB, 3GP and more videoformat. It even can extract audio from DAT video and then convert DAT to MP3, WAV, WMA, M4A, AIFF, AAC, AC3 and more audio format.
Acting as a DAT Editor, Brorsoft Video Converter Ultimate can crop the unwanted screen of DAT files, add text or picture watermark to DAT video files, add subtitles to DAT files, rotate DAT files, merge several DAT videos into one, adjust DAT video and audio parameter like codec, sample rate, bitrates and more.
How to Convert DAT to MP4, AVI, FLV, MOV, WMV…
1. Load DAT Files
Install and launch the DAT file converter and click “add” button to add DAT movies from your computer. All the loaded files will be listed on the left item bar and you can preview them on the right as the picture below shows.
2. Choose output format
Click Format bar to get the format list and select a proper export format. As you can see, various regular video formats like MP4, MOV, MKV, FLV, WMV, AVI, etc. are available in the Common Video profile.
Tip: If you want to convert DAT for portable device or editing program, you can directly select the preset profile like iPad, Sony Vegas, Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, iMovie, Final Cut Express.
3. Start to convert DAT files
After all these have been prepared, just click the “Convert” button to begin the DAT to MP4/AVI/FLV/MOV/WMV, etc conversion.
After that, click Open button to get the output video clips and play, edit, share them anywhere you like.