Salon owner can't play the CCTV file of her sign being ripped down, so Grok Bot converts it, slows it and zooms in on the moment

What they did

Someone ripped the sign off the poster's wife's beauty salon on a Saturday evening. The building owner sent her the CCTV footage, but it was a .DAV file her iPhone couldn't play. She gave the file to Grok Bot and asked it to convert the video into something she could watch on her iPhone, then slow it down, zoom in and enhance it so they could see what happened. It made a playable MP4, kept the original file untouched, slowed the clip to half speed and zoomed in on the moment the sign came off.

How it went

They posted the footage on social media, and the person responsible came forward, admitted it and offered to come back and fix the sign.

Worth knowing

• Keep the original file as it was, since that is what police or insurers may ask for. Zooming and enhancing can only work with what the camera recorded, so it won't make a blurry face sharp.
• Price check: Grok: free plan; Plus (The X Subscription): US$8/month, or US$6.67/month on a yearly plan (US$80/year) (checked Nov 2, 2026).

Try it yourself

Paste this into a chatbot, then add your own details underneath.

Here is a security camera video file I can't open on my phone: [attach file]. Convert it into a format I can play on my [phone model], and keep the original file unchanged. Then make a second copy that is slowed down and zoomed in on [what happened and roughly when in the video], so it is easy to see. Tell me briefly what you did.

Original post

See Michael (@Michael_Fenech_)'s original post on X → (Nov 10, 2026)