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deano87
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2nd Sep 08 at 10:15   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote


When on holiday using our headcam and trying to record to the external memory, a couple of videos came up with the message 'MPEG coding error' or something to that affect.

The video's don't have sound or image but they are recognised as being 250mb ish, so the size of a video with audio & visual.

Is there any way of rescuing these i.e. a funky piece of software etc?!
_Allan_
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2nd Sep 08 at 11:40   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
You could try converting them to a different format. It's more likely your PC does not have the correct codecs to produce the picture/sound. Try opening the vids in a program like VLC player. Or download some MPEG codec packs etc..
Brett
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2nd Sep 08 at 12:04   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Surely if some of the videos are working and some aren't, then it's not a codec problem. More like a camera problem. As for salvaging them....dunno.
_Allan_
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aghhh pants I though he was putting them on the PC.

Can you connect the camera to the PC and get the video files from the camera?.
deano87
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The videos don't even play on the camera.

I have got them on my PC no problem, and they also don't play.

But I presume something is recoverable if the file size is as it should be.
deano87
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2nd Sep 08 at 12:24   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I just tried opening them in the bundled video editing software, to no avail.

Any good video converters out there?
_Allan_
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2nd Sep 08 at 12:58   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I use total video convertor.
You can 'buy' the full version on all good torrent sites.
deano87
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Worked a treat, awesome
_Allan_
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Strange but it still leaves you with a cam that is corrupting movies when moving etc.. Might want to move everything off and try a factory reset on it or similar.
deano87
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3rd Sep 08 at 09:42   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
The camera worked fine for the rest of the holiday on the internal memory. Both corrupt videos are when we switched to the external memory, even though doing a short clip worked
deano87
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P.S. I do now have a virus from the software you recommended
dannymccann
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quote:
Originally posted by deano87
P.S. I do now have a virus from the software you recommended




Have you tried removing the SD(?) card from the camera and formatting it properly on your PC? It might just have corrupt index files or something which knackers up your videos when they get transferred on there
_Allan_
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quote:
Originally posted by deano87
P.S. I do now have a virus from the software you recommended


You mean you got it from someone and never checked the content. There is plenty of versions out there. Always check the file before running.
deano87
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How the hell do I check an .exe file? That is all that was in it.

dannymccann - now you mention it, I didn't format the SD card on the camera before swapping the memory version
_Allan_
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3rd Sep 08 at 15:40   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
With your AV software you numpty.
Usually right click on it and scan the files before opening. Don't open random .exe files and hope for the best .

[Edited on 03-09-2008 by _Allan_]
deano87
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I didn't think that normally found nasty things, because it was an .exe?!
_Allan_
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.exe's are one of the worst file types for it.
PS get rid of Mcafee as per your other thread. You can get AVG or Avast for free.
deano87
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3rd Sep 08 at 15:52   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
AVG is currently installed and doing search in Safe Mode.

The McAfee's only cost me £7 each, as they're OEM versions from TekHeads.
John
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3rd Sep 08 at 15:59   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Did you pay money for not just one, but multiple copies of an AV program
deano87
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3rd Sep 08 at 16:06   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Yeah, 1 or 2 years ago before I knew about AVG etc.

 
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