Canon DSLR recorded a random DAT file amongst the MOV’s

[Steve Crow]

It sounds like you managed to solve this problem but has someone pointed out to you that you can only record aprox. 12 minutes at a time on a Canon unless you use Magic Lantern software, then I’m not sure how long you can record. So that’s why I don’t normally recommend Canon DSLRs to record long speeches. What you have to do is to stop recording and then a second or so later start recording a new clip – if you time it right it can be OK, like during a laugh break or other interruption.

I hope this helps you in the future

Steve

Steve Crow

[Claudinia Roman]

This happened to me on my Canon XA35. The power was not shut off or battaries changed when filming. It done it to the last MP4 file that was recorded. I had it recording in 30 min increments. I didn’t notice until i pulled it in post that the last file was a .DAT file but it showed it was almost a 4G file so i knew it had to be the last half of my recording. Fortunately i still had it on the sd card. I put it back in the camera it was recorded and corrupted on. I opened the card review section and it showed a ? mark on the corrupted file i double touched it and it showed a recovery option i selected recover and it took a few minutes but it did fix the errors and turned it into the MP4 file it was originally recorded at. I feel very lucky. Before i thought about putting it back in the camera i tried a couple of the free converter software suggested and they did not work. Hope this helps someone.

[Stephen McFadden]

Yes, Morton you’re a lifesaver. I just used aeroquartet.com. Fantastic service. My audio was off a bit when I get the file back but that’s easy fix. Well worth what I paid.

[sky simone]

the Grauonline.de site works, I tried the sample and am pleased.

I only need one video repaired but have to pay for 5 which is annoying but $35 is way cheaper than the high dollars the other people are quoting

[Angel Andres Rosado]

Right on!

At least you found a solution. This is probably the longest running thread on CreativeCow at this point.

Thanks for the feedback.

-Angel