MOV is damaged; repair software says it is not a movie file?

[pennypuncher]

I'm verrrry new to video here; just got the Inspire 1 and some of this once in a lifetime footage we got last weekend won't play or import to Premier. I tried a few MOV repairers and each popped up with a message that the file is not a movie file. I have no idea; it is definitely a .MOV so it is my understanding that the issue could be in the codec, perhaps? I HAVE to get these files back; the first 6 work perfectly, the last 15 will not open.

Please advise; I got to get footage of NASA engineers and this is pretty much my worst nightmare come to fruition...

--Lady K

[racer-x]

Why would NASA entrust you with their footage?

I'm sorry, but I'm not buying that B.S.

[Baldrick]

Treasured.

[Cornucopia]

Run a couple each of the good ones and the bad ones through MediaInfo and post the detailed text readouts here for comparison. If it's a codec issue, that would clarify it. If it considers the file to not be a MOV file, then you very likely have corruption and need a repair tool like Treasured.

Scott

[DB83]

And even a repair tool may not work if these videos were recorded on a bad card such as one that claims to have more capacity than it actually has so the later vids simply do not exist despite what you are reading.

[pennypuncher]

Why would NASA entrust you with their footage?

I'm sorry, but I'm not buying that B.S.

Houston, we have a rude reply. I just need help recovering my footage, regardless of if you can believe it to be valuable.

Please advise if you have any helpful ideas, thanks.

[pennypuncher]

Scott! Thanks for replying; I'll get on MediaInfo asap and post the text.

DB83! That's exactly what I've been fearing...

[racer-x]

Try recover_mp4_to_h264 https://www.videohelp.com/software/recover-mp4-to-h264

Never used it, but it has high ratings (just 1 reply though). Looks straight forward enough....