OMG!! Capture files GONE

[Rafael Amador]

Hi paul,
There are many applications that lets you recover deleted files.
This is the solution when there is no other mean to recover the media.
If you can re-capture, do it. Will be easier and faster.
rafael

http://www.nagavideo.com

[Jeremy Garchow]

Are you sure you are looking in the right place?

[Matthew Bradshaw]

What Jeremy said … There are often several Capture Scratch folders.
Matt.

[Paul Stroud]

Well, it looks as though I’m gonna have to recapture 🙁

Just tried a data recovery app to no avail

I have only one location for scratch and capture and I know exactly where that is because I’ve use it had to find it for use in after effects too.

Oh well. Thank god the deadline is not today! Small mercies

Many thanks to you all for your help and speedy response

Incidentally – the files went into the ether during an export for soundtrack (yes that’s how close I was to being done). error message “There was an error exporting”…. then back to the project window and all files showing as “media offline”

If this means anything to anyone I’d like to hear your thoughts

[Kylee Pena]

It sounds like the files were on an external that became unmounted and now it can’t find them.

[Paul Stroud]

I wish it were that easy

I’ve now run a deeeeeep scan. It’s found loads of deleted files (deleted months ago), but NONE of the capture files that went missing this afternoon

This is really, very weird

Used 2 different data recovery tools – nada!

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[Rafael Amador]

Hi Paul,
Data recovery applications are very specialized and seems that the applications you are using are designed for Audio.
Try (free trial) DataRecover or FileSalvage. They are designed to recover QT, MPEGS, JPEG and similar.
They won’t look for other kind of stuff.
If your footage was ever wrote on the HD, will find it.
rafael

http://www.nagavideo.com

[Paul Stroud]

Thanks Raf,

FileSalvage pretty much found the same things my other data recovery app did. So still no joy

It’s bizarre – I just don’t get it – makes no sense

Recapturing footage is going to be a new experience for me. Hopefully it won’t be cause for much grief.

I have a feeling I captured at the wrong frame rate anyway – not as daft as it may initially sound, but still a bit stupid, sure. I captured a standard def dv tape, so set up as PAL 25fps. However, it’s a super8 footage so should be, probably 24fps

I guess I’d need to tell FCP that it’s progressive too?

Some testing needed. I’m learning a lot 🙂 ha ha

[Rafael Amador]

[Paul Stroud] ” I captured a standard def dv tape, so set up as PAL 25fps. However, it’s a super8 footage so should be, probably 24fps”
I don’t think by mistake you can capture 24p stuff with a PAL capture preset.
In the end of the day DVp24 tapes are plain NTSC. You add the pull-down to the p24 picture to get the standard NTSC (i29,97).
rafael

http://www.nagavideo.com

[Jeremy Garchow]

It really depends on the telecine process.

In a previous thread, someone found their files in the trash. Have you checked there?