Power failure = disaster, any way to salvage?

[PhillT]

Whilst recording from a Panasonic AG-EZ1 video camera, directly to DVD using a Pioneer DVR-330 DVD recorder in Video Mode (not VR mode) there was a power failure. The result is that despite over an hour of recording, the DVD recorder cannot see the recorded session.

Is there any way to recover the lost session, as it is irreplaceable footage.

Thanks.
PhillT

[hech54]

In the time it took you to type that.....you could have just started over again with a new DVD.

[pcspeak]

Hi PhillT.
I'm guessing you were doing a live recording through the camera.
Yes?

Using either a Mac or PC, can you see a file on the DVD?
If so then maybe something can be done using one of the software packages available.

[PhillT]

Hi PhillT.
I'm guessing you were doing a live recording through the camera.
Yes?

Using either a Mac or PC, can you see a file on the DVD?
If so then maybe something can be done using one of the software packages available.

Yes, correct, live recording, which of course cannot be re-done.
I have a Mac, and when I insert the disk, it sees it as blank both in Finder, and in Disk Utility.
I probably should mention, it is a DVD-RW disk.

PhillT

[pcspeak]

I'm guessing that if you cannot see anything on a PC you will be out of luck.

[PhillT]

I'm guessing that if you cannot see anything on a PC you will be out of luck.

I'll reboot into Bootcamp (Windows 7) and see if I can see anything on the disk.

PhillT

[PhillT]

[QUOTE=PhillT;2072236 I'll reboot into Bootcamp (Windows 7) and see if I can see anything on the disk.

PhillT[/QUOTE]

Tried to open the disk in Isobuster, nothing there either.

Is that the end of the line?

(Never happened with magnetic recording, the price of progress)

[pcspeak]

Try this trial. (Sorry. Been watching the F1 in China)

http://www.softpedia.com/get/CD-DVD-Tools/CD-DVD-Rip-Other-Tools/CD-DVD-Diagnostic.shtml

May be worth the money.

[lowellriggsiam]

If you look at the bottom of the dvd does it look like anything has been recorded to it?

[Cornucopia]

Nothing may show up in ISOBuster as a complete filesystem, but possibly it may show up under the "Lost Files/Fragments" feature (which you may need a paid-for version to fully use (though it's ALWAYS worth it with this app). If even that doesn't work, you still might be able to get the data by doing a sector dump (read from Sector XX through Sector XXX). Then break the dump up into segments that match standard frame boundaries (use ISOBuster's data/hex reader here) and rename the result(s) to *.VOB, *.IFO, etc.

Has always worked for me in very similar situations...

Scott

[classfour]

I wonder if PCInspector File Recovery or Recuva would work on a -RW that's incomplete???

[Cornucopia]

Those apps would have to understand the UDF disc format. I'm guessing NO, as I think they focus on HardDrive filesystems (FAT, NTFS).

Scott

[PhillT]

Try this trial. (Sorry. Been watching the F1 in China)

http://www.softpedia.com/get/CD-DVD-Tools/CD-DVD-Rip-Other-Tools/CD-DVD-Diagnostic.shtml

May be worth the money.

No joy with that application.

PhillT

[PhillT]

Thanks people.

I tried CD-DVD Recovery, and it found 5 files, but they appear to be from Trashe. As this is a well used DVD-RW, that would mean that it has found old deleted files would it not? Without paying for the app. you don't really know what it has found.

lowellriggsiam, being a well used RW, it is not really possible to see like you can on a R or a new RW.

Cornucopia, I might be stretching my capabilities with Isobuster a little (or a lot) as I'm new at this. I'll give it a go though

[pcspeak]

You might like to trial of this one as well.
http://www.jufsoft.com/badcopy/

CD-DVD Recovery shows 5 files.
If Bad Copy Pro also shows 5 files or more then it may be worth paying for one of them.
If you have wasted your money then we'll have a whip around.