Video / photo cleanup request

[SB118]

Hello there, i'm in need of some help. Last week our car was broken into (not damaged, central locking didn't fire as one of the doors wasn't all the way shut.), but we've got nice front and rear camera footage.

When the video is moving, the picture is great, you can see who it is quite clearly, the car is parked directly under a streetlight. BUT when the dash cam is in "parking motion detect" mode, it drops down to 15fps, instead of it's usual 30fps, so when you pause the video the image is grainy and blurred.

If the police would accept a 2 second gif we'd be fine, but they're insisting on a clear still image before they'll start working on an identification.

This a printscreen grab of the video to give you an idea of the image quality...

Spoiler: Image sample

I've uploaded the original video file to my google drive - clicky linky

If you think you could work some magic on the file and pull a clear image from the video, please let me know. We're currently stumped with the police as they're asking for a clear still image before they'll go any further.

Thanks.

 

[SB118]

To be honest, you cant really do that much to make more detail. Especially if its any form of evidence. 2 screen grabs linked below.

Spoiler: Sus 1

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PvQRzWu50NDvyq9M3-RWEXGE38NR0jxj/view?usp=sharing

Spoiler: Sus 2

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uxtwQARaJLmr7Mw2-d3Oexr5VICl3Pkc/view?usp=sharing

Thanks. Any attempt i made at turning down the noise wiped out any details.

 

[SB118]

I'll run it through Neat video noise remover for you in just a sec. Don't expect magic though, it'll still be a bit soft.

Spoiler: Spoiler

https://imgur.com/gNtjDb3

The denoise got rid of the noise in the black and grey areas of the image but didn't really touch their faces. I did notice on one of the frames it appears that the guy on the left has an ear piercing. This image (and the video you showed) should easily be good enough for your lazy police force to work with.

Thanks.

When they ransacked the van they poured a box of my wife's business cards over the floor, so he handled the box, which we bagged when we were cleaning up. The nice smooth new box. The police have told me this crime doesn't reach the level for their forensic department to expend resources to finger print it unless they already have a suspect and they want to confirm an ID....

 

[SB118]

Just had the email, unable to identify, case closed, no further action. Awesome.

 

[SB118]

Maybe you could try Topazlabs Video Enhance AI program to do some quality enhancement work, it is said can restore realistic details and remove compression artifacts from old or degraded sources. But I can't guarantee that and I haven't tried it.
It offers a free trial version, so you can try it first.
It's offical page: https://www.topazlabs.com/video-enhance-ai/ref/748/

Thanks for the suggestion, i gave it a quick try and it didn't do much but it has got a LOT of options and settings so i might spend a couple of evenings giving it a try. Much appreciated