Corrupt video/SD card. Need help pls.

[Ronin Silfar]

I have a corrupt SD card apparently. All of the images and video display fine in the camera, but I can not access them on my computer. I have recovered everything already, although it took me a long time to find a good program to do it. Now my problem is that the recovered video file (that plays fine in the camera) won't play on the computer. I've tried DivxFix, DivxRepair, Digitla Video Repair, and DivxFix++. None of them worked, and the last one crashes each time so idk if it WOULD work.

Can anyone help? TYVM in advance.

[aedipuss]

does the camera have a usb port? i'd try having the cam connected to the computer via usb and copying the files off the card while it's in the camera.

"recovered" video files almost never work from any card and nothing fixes them.

[Ronin Silfar]

it does have a usb connection, but it's the same result.
How come nothing fixes them? Logically if it works in the camera there must be some way to make it work on the computer. The file obviously functions.

[jagabo]

Other videos from that camera will play on your computer? Open the file with MediaInfo or GSpot and look to see if it contains valid data.

[Ronin Silfar]

No the entire card is corrupt unfortunately. I was able to recover everything, it's just that one video (the only video I had on there) doesn't play.
If there's nothing I can do, then it's not the end of the world. I appreciate the replies though.

[jagabo]

I'm asking is if other videos from the same camera can be played on your computer -- to verify that your computer is set up with the appropriate software to play that type of video file. If this is the very first video from that camera you've ever tried to play you may simply not have the right software installed.

If the video can be played on the camera there is a good chance that you can recover it on the computer. Once again, what do MediaInfo or GSpot have to say about the video? What type of file is it? AVI? MP4? MPG?

[Ronin Silfar]

Oic. Yes other vids play. I already know it's in the avi container. It's a motion jpeg. I can use those programs though when I get home.

[jagabo]

Good, it's an AVI file. That increases the chance of a successful restoration. It's quite common for the header of an AVI file to be blank if the camera didn't complete writing the file (the header may be the last thing updated). You may be able to simply copy the header from another, similar length, video from the same camera. Then you'll have better luck with some of the usual AVI repair tools. If the header is empty MediaInfo or GSpot wont' say much about the file. There's also a table of pointers to the start of every frame of the video within the video. That is usually at the end of the file. That may be missing too. It's easily restored.

How big is the file?

[Ronin Silfar]

I was able to get it to work. Thanks again!

[jagabo]

Posting what you did might help someone else in the future.