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| err0neous posted 2008 May 05 12:52 | ||
| Hello,
I had a Sony NSC-GC1 video camera which records MP4 video to memory stick media. I had it mounted on my motorcycle recording video and it fell off and was destroyed. The memory stick was intact though, and I used chkdsk /f to recover the file fragment of the video that was being recorded at the time. It looks like there is valid data there, but I can't get it to play in Media Player Classic, VLC, or Vegas Video. Does anyone have any tips on a program that could scan the file and try to reconstruct a valid file from the data inside? I opened the file in notepad to see if the file header info seemed plausibly intact and it does, here is a piece of the beginning of the file: ftypMSNV AMSNVmp42isom uuidPROF!Oλi\@ FPRF ,APRF mp4a @ @ ] 4VPRF mp4v S S mdat (cAUcϐcֽ Any help would be greatly appreciated. If I can successfully recover the video I'll post it on youtube, it should be interesting to see the fall happen. Thank you. | ||
| zoobie posted 2008 May 05 14:39 | ||
| That may be Japanese but without the language pack installed, it defaults to what you have.
Data recovery is a very fuzzy area with tons of re-packaged programs out there...and very easy to get ripped off with something that promises to work. I suggest you stick to the free route before investing any money. However, there's a lot of talent here at VH. I wouldn't be surprised if someone could show you how to repair that mp4...even if for only youtoob. | ||
| redwudz posted 2008 May 05 15:09 | ||
That's the type of info you would see on most any video file opened in notepad. These are the first lines from a very short FLV file that I had handy:
The info doesn't tell you much except, 'FLV, YouTube, inc', and a bit more. Not Japanese, just data that doesn't register with a text editor. Maybe a Hex editor would read more? Also, have you compared your first lines to a known good file from the same camera? I would trim down a comparison file to just a few seconds. The above file was a few thousand lines and it was just a nine second video, so you would have a lot of data in your salvaged file. :( If you drop it into Gspot, does it give more than just the filetype? If so, maybe recoverable. I believe with some video formats, the last few lines may also contain data needed to play correctly. You could also try VirtualDub if you have the proper codec installed. It has some repair capabilities. I'm no expert though. Someone here may have some better ideas. Good luck. :) And welcome to our forums. :) | ||
| aedipuss posted 2008 May 05 15:30 | ||
| if it were mpg1/2 or divx you would stand a better chance of repairing it. not much if anything out there that can fix a bad mp4.
if you want to post the first 5mbs of the file we can give it a look. | ||
| err0neous posted 2008 May 05 15:37 | ||
| GSpot only showed the container info, so I guess that is not good. Either way, here is the first 5 megs of the file. I appreciate the assistance.
file0001.mp4.png | ||
| hech54 posted 2009 Nov 01 04:55 | ||
Revive a year old thread to SPAM people? You useless piece of scum. :evil: |
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