Russ Froze
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Ok that’s a problem, Quicktime is the translator for .mov files for Vegas. The trick now is to find something that will edit or transcode the file. Can you upload the file somewhere?
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Do the open and play in Quicktime?
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EXR or DPX Rendered out from Resolve Seems to do the trick.
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Yeah well that’s what I feared. I don’t hold out a lot of faith for retrieving a great deal more of the file. It’s probably flung all over the drive with no index file indicating where things are and what belongs where. This is way beyond my field, perhaps there is a magic bullet out there but I know not where it is. If you find it let me know
The only hope is to find someone who can open it in a hex editor, but I don’t know. It’s a very large file and even larger when decompressed. There are data retrievals services so it depends on any lawsuits that might arise from failure to provide promised services or lack of payment coming to you. This may become a legal issue for you should anyone put forth claims against you or your company. In that case I suggest see a lawyer.
It comes down to what is it worth, data retrieval is not inexpensive and there are no guarantees of what you’ll get. Chances are there will be much lost and what is retrieved may well be much like an omelette. Yes the whole egg is there but. On the other hand you might get lucky, like I said it depends on what it’s worth.
Where to look for help is with the coders in the usual online places such as https://sourceforge.net/ under the Audio/ Video section but be carefull if you stray off the path and visit only with an installation that you can afford to loose. If you don’t have an old beater machine, scavenge a drive from somewhere and use it to boot your system to visit that part of the net. They are sneaky after all thats what they do, they can’t help it.
Now this won’t help with the currents issue of the brocken file. Merely something for consideration. I have been recording on PC since firewire came out so far so good. I have lost power during a shoot but what saved my bacon is that I only shoot image sequences or use capture software that breaks files into a segments of 600mb. I have added uninterruptible power into the mix so that in the event of power fluctuation there is enough power in reserve to shut down the system.
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Hello Scott Francis,
As we went through the codec debates I deemed the codec issue to be superfluous. The question was ” What is the best external recorder to use with a Z1-U”. Any suggestions would be welcome for I too would love to find a way to extend the service life of my cameras.
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Now use VLC or avisynth to render it out, choose an appropriate codec for the job. Again I know nothing about the camera or codec used so that decision will be up to you. I know there is a few hours of the file missing but for now have a look at what’s there and find a codec combination the NLE can work with it.
Now back to DivFix, did you try strip index?
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Yup That’s true.
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Nope sorry it was someone else you just responded to him at this post.
https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/24/980084
but I have found the way to get it done, yet there is no interest.
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Hey was it you Steve who made a plea for raw in Vegas video?
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Yea Da Vinci is a real pain to set up and for some reason my instal has quit working. I doubt it would open the file anyway but it is a close cousin of Media Express so I thought maybe. Anyway try this
https://sourceforge.net/projects/divfixpp/files/DivFix%2B%2B/v0.34/Warning do not click on anything after you click on the DivFix++_v0.34-Win64.zip link. It will take you to another page instantly and confuse you into installing something else. If using Chrome wait for the download the open in download folder. After that you can handle the zip file and extract tit where you like. Do make a copy of the original file(s) and work with the copies not the original.
Let me know of success or failure.
Russ froze