vPrism

See what the video really says. vPrism is forensic video analysis software designed by a practitioner and engineered with Videolabs, the team behind VLC. Examine frame timing, metadata, and file structure with a complete record of every action.

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Designed by Lightpoint. Engineered by Videolabs.

vPrism was designed by a working forensic analyst and engineered with Videolabs, the team behind VLC. It combines real-world forensic workflow with deep video engineering expertise in one modern analysis tool.

The result is a focused interface built around the way practitioners actually work. No bolted‑on features. No unnecessary complexity. Purpose‑built for forensic video analysis.

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Forensically Sound from the Start

There's more in the file than the images. vPrism examines metadata at the file level and the frame level, across multiple analysis engines, all in one place. See the timing of every frame, not just the average frame rate, and verify integrity with hash values.

Behind it all, vPrism keeps a complete history. Every action is logged from the moment a file is opened to the final export.

Key Features

Reliable Playback

Reliable Playback

Built with the team behind VLC, vPrism supports a wide range of formats, with new ones engineered on request.

Frame-Level Timing

Frame-Level Timing

See the detailed timing of every frame, not only the average frame rate, and play video per PTS or using an averaged frame rate.

Macroblock Analysis

Macroblock Analysis

Visualize how the encoder handled each region in the frame with graphical macroblock overlays.

Deep Metadata

Deep Metadata

Examine file-level and frame-level metadata, across multiple analysis engines, all in a single interface.

Forensic History

Forensic History

Every action is logged automatically, and files can be hashed with the SHA-256, SHA-1, or MD5 algorithms.

Court-Ready Exports

Court-Ready Exports

Export lossless frames with overlaid frame data, plus GOP reports, metadata, and hash values to support your analysis.

The Complete Toolkit

Playback and Navigation

  • Robust playback of 350+ formats
  • Playback per PTS or avg. frame rate
  • Live PTS and frame type (I, P, B)
  • Variable playback speed
  • Zoom
  • Frame-by-frame navigation

Analysis

  • Macroblock analysis with graphical overlays
  • File-level metadata from multiple engines
  • Frame-level metadata and timing
  • GOP structure analysis
  • Hex-level examination

Enhancement

  • Deinterlacing
  • Perspective adjustment
  • Cropping, rotation, and resizing
  • Aspect ratio correction
  • Tone adjustment
  • Sharpness adjustment

Export and Integrity

  • Lossless frame exports
  • Frame info overlays
  • Rewrapping and transcoding
  • Hash values via SHA-256, SHA-1, and MD5 algorithms
  • Complete action history

Always Moving Forward

Speed Calculations
Pixel Measurement
PDF Reports
Distortion Correction
Annotations
Audio Visualization
Coding Tree Unit Analysis
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vPrism in Action

We Know What It's Like

We Know What It’s Like…

We attend the same conferences, work the same cases, and teach the next generation of analysts. We run into the same problems you do. That's why vPrism's roadmap is driven by practitioners, not release schedules. When users need a capability, we build it. When a proprietary format isn’t supported, our engineers can develop it.

Licensing is built around that same reality. vPrism licenses float between machines, so the software follows the work instead of being locked to a single computer or a dongle in a drawer. And when support is needed, a real person who knows this field answers.

What Users Are
Saying

4.9 / 5.0

"vPrism feels like a tool that's being developed by someone who actually does this kind of work as opposed to a software company trying to break into the space without really knowing what matters."


"Besides the ease of use being outstanding, the multiple checks and balances within the one program is very well thought out. Being able to review the different methods of metadata extraction in one quick to use location is a great time saver."


"Having several tools in the one software package (FFmpeg, Exiftool, signal processing, frame analysis, etc.) is the most valuable thing vPrism does for my workflow."


"vPrism provides an avenue to perform multiple tasks in video analysis and extraction using one platform. Having the ability to playback, analyze, extract, convert/rewrap in one package streamlines my workflow."


"It is a very easy system to use and navigate without previous experience and you can easily derive all information required to inform a video analysis."


"Gives analysts an easy interface to perform video analysis — far better than using FFMPEG!"


"Straightforward and easy to use from day one. I wish they could all be like this!"


"vPrism correctly identified a frame timing issue in an MP4 that another leading tool did not identify until working through multiple steps of ingesting the file. Very cool."


"Provides an (almost) all-in-one suite for video analysis, and the ability to find pertinent data more efficiently for analysis."