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Repairing a corrupt Quicktime file
I recently erased a hard drive by mistake. Yes. I really did.
So I took it round to my computer guy, Les Mannos, in the SF Valley and he recovered the material to another drive.
It all looks fine and the files are all the same size and the icons are there. So I thought I had dodged a bullet but …
When I went to open the only really important file – a 72 gig Quicktime export file – neither FCP, nor SOuntrack Pro, not MPEG Streamclip nor anything would get it to open. It sits there saying that QT does not recognize the file.
Since the file size has remained the same, it makes me think that the actual track is probably intact, but that the information (wrapper?) is corrupted.
Can any of you boffins out there tell me if this file can undergo surgery and, if so, who could do it? I can pay a nominal fee.
Best wishes, and thanks for reading this,
Harry.
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4 Replies
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Hi Harry,
I dont know if “File Juicer” could help, but for 15US$ you my give a try.Mac OX 10.5.2-FC 6.02-QT 7.4.1
G5 2x2Gh 4GbRAM-BlackMagic Extreme
PMBP 17″Core2Duo 4GbRAM-AJA ioHD
JVC DTV-17″
SONY EX-1 . SONY PD170
..and always a big mess on top of the table. -
Thanks for the reply.
I’ll definitely give that a try this morning.
Best
Harry
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Harry –
Did this help solve your problem? If not, did you find a solution? I’ve got a similar issue with a number of QT files.
Thanks,
Kent
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Contact:
aeroquartet.com.
Very reasonably priced and it saved my life.
Write to Benoit.
Harry
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