Hi guys,
I need help fixing my friend's corrupted video file that she can't open.. After browsing through all the webpages I find this forum most promising, hopefully I can get some help here ><
The corrupted file is saved in .mov file, somehow it's the only file that doesn't open. When I tried using QT7, error code "2048 - Couldn't open the file because it is not a file that Quicktime understands" appears. I used MediaInfo it couldn't seem to detect the container info except its size and that it's in Quicktime format.
I have tried all sorts of recovery tools and media players (e.g. VLC, MPC, SMPlayer...too many to recall) but none that helped to recover a working file, so I have given up on that.
So now...I have decided to manually hexedit the file by copying the footer (which seems to be missing from the bad video) from a working video taken using the same camera. However, I need help in detecting where exactly the footer of the working file starts from...
I'm a beginner to hex-edit, and I only starting touching it because I want to fix this video. It is sentimental and means alot to my friend. Please, help me!
Here is a screenshot of both the hex codes of working and non-working file, don't know if it helps but I hope you can point me in the right direction...All helps are VERY MUCH appreciated... Tell me if you need more information, thanks!
This is start of file:
This is end:
Geraldine
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Welcome darkie1213
Yikes! ... good start ... anyway
Some handy info > inside mov
More > Atoms, Boxes, Parents, Children & hex ... basic structure design and characters
Be targeting all below "moov" ... it looks aka ... completely shot ... but then I cannot tell if "moov" exists in the none working file from those shots as it would be higher in the data -
Hi Bjs, thanks for the links I'll look through them later =)
The "moov" exists in the nonworking file about halfway up the data, does that mean I should copy everything below "moov" in working file to the nonworking file?
p.s. I forgot to mention the nonworking file size is about 120mb
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