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SOS!!! Quicktime corrupted files
I’m in trouble. My mac crashed and after rebooting I have lots of quicktime files that don’t open. When I double click i get the following message: “The document “Insert Sin Formol.mov” could not be opened. The movie’s file format isn’t recognized.”
I’ve tried Techtool 6, DIsk Warrior, and Digital Rebelion’s Pro Maintenance Tools with no luck.
Any ideas? Thanks in advance!
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Where did these originate? DO you no longer have the camera originals?
Shane
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Unfortunately no. And my last backup was 3 months ago…. yes, I know…. I’m stupid!!!!
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Most likely the files are okay, only their resource forks are corrupted. What repairs to the drives and etc. have you attempted so far?
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So far I have tried rebuilding the directory file with Disk Warrior and I have also tried, on some files, running digital Rebelion’s QT Repair with no luck so far. I still get the same message. On some of the files I can se the thumbnail on the clip, but when I select it, it goes to the QT logo.
BTW, I’m on a MacPro 2×2.26 Quad Core/10 GB of RAM and OS X 10.8.1
Footage is on a LaCie Big Quadra 4tb.
I have Tech tool Pro 6.0.4, Disk Warrior latest version and Pro Maintenance ToolsI have also tries opening the files on different computers and I get the same message
Thanks for your interest
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Do you have any relatively small clips that I could take a look at and see what the problem is?
My software:
Pro Maintenance Tools – Tools to keep Final Cut Studio, Final Cut Pro X, Avid Media Composer and Adobe Premiere Pro running smoothly and fix problems when they arise
Pro Media Tools – Edit QuickTime chapters and metdata, detect gamma shifts, edit markers, watch renders and more
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Here are links to 3 samples
1. 70mb
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ugoexmmn7pc0fko/Plano-TRES-inicio.mov2. 43mb
https://www.dropbox.com/s/mkq712bpyf4trrx/aplica0594PW.mov3. 570mb
https://www.dropbox.com/s/r15bgygepb02x14/Pointts%20Verdad%20Ecuador%2020%20Comp.movI have my fingers crossed…
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I played about with one of the files earlier and the structure seems to be all wrong. I was able to get it recognized as a playable QuickTime movie but it was just displaying noise, which leads me to believe that either the sample index is screwed up or the frame data has been lost and the file is unsalvageable.
Media Salvage would normally be able to tell you for sure in a situation like this, however it doesn’t support the Blackmagic 10-bit codec. You might want to give these guys a try:
https://www.aeroquartet.comMy software:
Pro Maintenance Tools – Tools to keep Final Cut Studio, Final Cut Pro X, Avid Media Composer and Adobe Premiere Pro running smoothly and fix problems when they arise
Pro Media Tools – Edit QuickTime chapters and metdata, detect gamma shifts, edit markers, watch renders and more
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I have had two good experiences with these people who are (or were) based in Spain:
https://aeroquartet.com/movierepair/repair.
They are reasonably priced too. All the info is on their site, in English, and it’s easy to follow.
The drill is that they send you a tiny little application which you run on your messed up files. Then you email them the results. They then tell you if they can fix it. If so, you pay them via PayPal or Credit Card. Then they email you a program set up to run specifically on your files. You run it. Done.
They saved my bacon twice and I had precisely your problem. It was all done within 24 hours. Phew!
Best,
Harry.
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Thanks. I’m going to contact them and see how it goes.
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Hi,
Previously I used MOV Repair tool to fix corrupt MOV file on MacBook Air. I hope this tool will be helpful for you in this situation to repair corrupted Quick Time player files. You can visit th below mentioned official website to get more information about corrupt MOV file repair.
https://www.repairmov.com/fix-mov-file-on-macbook-air.html
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