How to play dahua dvr downloaded .dav files on windows computer?

 

Dahua SmartPlayer

🧩 What Are .DAV Files?

.dav files are proprietary video files recorded by Dahua DVRs, NVRs, or IP cameras.

They are not standard MP4 or AVI formats, so they don’t play in Windows Media Player or most regular players.

To open them, you need Dahua’s official playback tool — Smart Player — or you can convert them into MP4 later.

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✅ Step-by-Step: How to Play .DAV Files Using Dahua Smart Player

1. Download Dahua Smart Player

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2. Install Smart Player

• Run the downloaded setup file (SmartPlayerSetup.exe).

• Follow the on-screen instructions to complete installation.

• Once installed, open the Smart Player application.

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3. Open Your .DAV File

• In Smart Player, click “Open File” or “Add File”.

• Browse to the folder where your Dahua DVR exported the .dav file.

• Select the file and click Open.

• The video will start playing immediately in the player window.

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4. Control the Playback

Smart Player provides a full set of playback controls:

• ▶️ Play/Pause — standard playback controls.

• ⏩ Fast Forward / Rewind — quickly scan through long recordings.

• ⏱ Timeline slider — scrub to a specific time in the recording.

• 🔊 Volume — control or mute audio.

• 📷 Snapshot — capture still images from the video.

• ✂️ Clip/Export — trim and export a portion of the footage to share.

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5. Export or Convert .DAV Files

If you want to view the video on other players or share it:

1. In Smart Player, click “Export” or “Save As”.

2. Choose AVI or MP4 as the output format.

3. Select a destination folder and click Start.

4. Wait for the conversion — once done, you can open the MP4 file in any media player.