How can I recover a corrupted av.mov file? Please help!!!

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How can I recover a corrupted av.mov file? Please help!!!

I was capturing straight from my camera into FCP by capture window. During that time ,my compute break down .Then I

restart my FCP .Now, I am not able to open the file I captured. I can see the file's name(av.mov file) on my hard

drive(the size is right,about 3.6GB), but I can not access the file. I ran the disk repair, no problems were

found.Also,I can and did move the file to another drive

I try to fix it by meagtream, it's seem to not work.

Is there a way to recover a corrupted .mov file?

Please Please Please help !

Posted on Dec 13, 2008 1:39 PM

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Answer 1

Klaus1

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Dec 14, 2008 5:49 AM in response to michaelxie

You will probably get a better response if you post in the FCE forum:

http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=936

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Answer 2

Dec 14, 2008 6:15 AM in response to michaelxie

The best you could hope to do is to "restore" the needed "header" information by using a hex editor.
This is not for the faint of heart. A Google search will point you to a hex editor. Their help files should show you the clues.

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Answer 3

AeroQ

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Dec 14, 2008 10:45 AM in response to michaelxie

Hello,

Corrupt movies like yours can be recovered. It's quite hard, you have to rebuild the movie index.
There's a free application called Treasured to diagnose and preview your damaged movie files:
http://aeroquartet.com/movierepair/download.html

Treasured also explains how to contact the right person to get your movie repaired (me 😉

"I may receive some form of compensation, financial or otherwise, from my recommendation or link."

Regards, BJ

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