Justin Parker
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The programs basically said all the sectors were bad and neither could identify a single file, so it doesn’t look good. I don’t know exactly how these cards work but maybe there’s a controller chip on the card that is shot but the info is still intact in the memory section.
Fortunately, most of my wedding was on the other card but there are still some must have clips on it.But that still leaves me with the problem going forward, are these cards just timebombs waiting to go off? I’ve heard these stories about every brand of card. Should I replace my cards every year or two or is it better to stick with a card that works? My card that died was used for about 8 months and was in a nice air-conditioned environment.
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I’m glad you got your files back. I’ve tried the PhotoRescue and Card Recovery and neither has worked. Would you mind sharing the info on the company that said they could retrieve it for $800? I’ll be happy to pay it if it works.
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I am using Windows, but there was definitely a Mac version of it on the Panny website.
I also found this software: https://www.cardrecovery.com/
It has MTS files on it’s list of supported file types. It’s a windows only program but if what you’re using doesn’t work you could probably borrow a PC to try it. I haven’t used it yet though, I’m waiting to get an opinion from an acquaintance who is an IT guy first and I’d like to get your results as well. -
As a follow up, the AVCCAM Restorer didn’t work. It said “A file necessary for restoration is not found”
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You just saved me the time for posting this question because almost the identical thing happened to me yesterday except I have a Transcend 16GB Class 6 card. I am currently trying the AVCCAM Restorer program from the Panasonic website and will let you know how it goes. I was using the HMC-150 as well.
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You can actually add an AE comp directly to the Media Encoder to bypass the big lossless render. You open the Media Encoder and go to File and then Add After Effects comp.
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I find that when I render h264 to .mp4 files instead of .mov I get much smaller files. Don’t know if that’s an option for you though.
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I would also add that if you do a lot of work with AVCHD and those types of HD formats, Premiere CS5 is a must. I have a Nvidia Quadro 3800 card and editing AVCHD footage with it is almost as fast as working with DV footage. Not quite as fast, but I imagine with the higher end GPUs it would be.
I also have a AE HD project that literally rendered 10x faster than with the CS4 version.
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Yeah, I’ll probably have to make the line in Illustrator and animate a map to reveal it.
…or should I even bother with Flash as Mr Jobs seems to want to kill it! 🙂
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Oops! CS5.
I think I still have the version 5 box in a closet somewhere though!