Wedding Video deleted, can it be repaired from recovery?

[Cornucopia]

It varies. "Data recovery", "video recovery", "repair", "reconstruction", etc. Sometimes "forensic" is thrown in there, though that ought to refer only to items which have an overlap with the legal system.

Scott

[Cornucopia]

Where did the OP ever say that it specifically was h.264? That's likely, esp. with a recent camera using *.MOV format, but one shouldn't make assumptions. The hexeditor view that was exemplified above wasn't the OP's, it was jagabo's.

Scott

[transporterfan]

It varies. "Data recovery", "video recovery", "repair", "reconstruction", etc. Sometimes "forensic" is thrown in there, though that ought to refer only to items which have an overlap with the legal system.

Scott

It doesn't stop PassMark capitalizing on the word.

http://www.osforensics.com/recover-deleted-files.html

[DB83]

Before I take leave of this topic, would the OP care to answer the questions I raised in post #24.

Also, what player did you use that merely played a picture ?

[aedipuss]

if you rename a picture 1.jpg to 1.mov players like vlc will display the jpg for a few seconds.

[aedipuss]

if the OP would like to have others take a look at it - use the attached cutter to create a sample, anything around 10-20mb should do and attach it to a post here.

[DB83]

if you rename a picture 1.jpg to 1.mov players like vlc will display the jpg for a few seconds.

Ok. But the question asked was where the mpa file came from.

[Brad]

Where did the OP ever say that it specifically was h.264? That's likely, esp. with a recent camera using *.MOV format, but one shouldn't make assumptions.

I don't see how it hurts to look for the presence of the most likely one, given that we don't know what it is. So long as it's not my time spent doing it.

[Cornucopia]

But I have, and do, spend my time doing this. And my time is money. And I would assume so is the OP's. So giving hopeful hypotheticals is more happenstance than helpful. (like the alliteration?)
I'm trying to give the OP a pragmatic expectation based on experience.

Scott

[Brad]

I am an adherent to alliteration. But I had to use a thesaurus for that one.

[ROK-001]

snadge,

I did some research after reading you message and recommend you go to http://aeroquartet.com/

.

Call me suspicious. But....

This is your first post and you do 'reasearch' and conveniently find some outfit you COULD fix this.

Ding Dong !!!!

Yes... I do call you suspicious :=) [I can see how it may look]

I actually registered to post the reply to help someone who seemed to be in a bad fix.
(Not to mention the friend who has lost the wedding video !!!!!)

I am simply trying to help someone and I have not asked for anything in return.

Good advice, on the internet check everything and see if you think it is dodgy or not, which I did.

Advice is free and can be ignored just as freely.

I lose nothing but the OP may.

[DB83]

@ROK-001

You actualy reccomended to go to that site. Such 'advice' normally comes from

1. Someone who as actually used that service or
2. - fill that in -

Your post looked suspicious. I can not prove my suspicion but then neither can you disprove it.

Personally, I would NEVER allow any third party remote control over my PC.

Since the OP has already posted it looks that he as already made his mind up. Sure. We are all trying to help which is why we are here.

[ROK-001]

1. Mistake on my part to try to help in good faith.

2. You did not see what I saw when looking at the site.

3. I did say read all on the site. (Below is what I found)

Frequently Asked Questions about MP4repair.org [This links from the site I gave and uses the software @ aeroquartet.com]


What is MP4repair.org? MP4repair.org is a web application that helps preview and repair unplayable videos. When you provide a damaged video to MP4repair.org, it automatically scans the file to detect any audio or video present inside it. Whenever possible, it provides one or several previews, a price estimate, and access to custom web repair app. All you need is a supported browser, an Internet connection and a few minutes to preview your corrupt video and start repairing it.

4. As you can see there is NO 3rd party access to PC.

5. You are even more suspicious of the net than I am !!!!

6. I do not like being accused of 'god knows what' on the basis of your suspicion & 1 post, but that is your perogative.

7. Thanks for the great welcome to the site !!!!!!!

[snadge]

Hi everyone

sorry for the late reply,

my sister took the memory card the other day to copy the photos from it too the PC as she needed them to edit, I told her to do only that and not too write to the card further, I will have to wait until I get it back from her then I will cut a few samples and upload to mediafire, I will post back here when this happens.

thanks

[Noahtuck]

No offense intended......

But yeah, it's always a good idea to let someone that screwed it up in the first place to take the media and mess with it!!!
LOL!!!

I can hear it now, as she say's, but I didn't change anything, I just cropped them first before saving them to my PC!!!!

LOL!!!

I will bet any amount of money this was a lost cause from the start!!!

[snadge]

No offense intended......

But yeah, it's always a good idea to let someone that screwed it up in the first place to take the media and mess with it!!!
LOL!!!

I can hear it now, as she say's, but I didn't change anything, I just cropped them first before saving them to my PC!!!!

LOL!!!

I will bet any amount of money this was a lost cause from the start!!!

Please don't bother posting here unless you have something constructive too add.. instead of taking the mick! is that all you do? go around looking for threads to criticize on? I am sorry but it shows your integrity.

she wanted the card back, simple as that! I had no means of media to give/lend her to copy the photos onto myself and keep the card as I dont have a USB stick, card or CD Burner, I asked her to bring a memory card to copy onto but she couldnt find it.

[Noahtuck]

Calm down, I know it sucks when someone states the obvious!!
I have been through this before and facts are facts.....
Obviously it is not that important or neither of you actually get it.

And no burner ??

Who in the hell now a days has any kind of a PC, desktop or laptop with the means to read a memory card yet does not have any type of burner

Oy Vey....

Good luck!!


Obviously you are going to need it!!

[transporterfan]

plus it is nigh impossible to automatically scan for video & audio data without headers, unless a scanning program contained a database of the "signature" patterns of all the various audio & video codecs. And it also takes external knowledge of what was supposed to be recorded (usually with a known-good sample) to even be able to parse byte segments in order to FIND the boundaries of those patterns.

Couldn't one just start looking for H.264 data packets?

http://gentlelogic.blogspot.ca/2011/11/exploring-h264-part-2-h264-bitstream.html
http://codesequoia.wordpress.com/2009/10/18/h-264-stream-structure/

Found this by accident. Maybe...

http://diskdigger.org/features

[zoobie]

You could:

1) Get a new sister
2) Have the couple get married again
3) Try the free minitool power data recovery

[transporterfan]

You could:

1) Get a new sister
2) Have the couple get married again
3) Try the free minitool power data recovery

4) Emigrate

[fvisagie]

@snadge,

IF the file you recovered is actually 1.4GB, then video content exists (except for the first 10 seconds). But how you could recover the video's header info (which would be at the beginning of the file) is another matter.

This is exactly how HD Video Repair Utility (from the link in jagabo's suggestion) works. It uses a healthy video from the same source as reference. You should try it if you haven't yet.

Cheers,
Francois