Re: Damaged/corrupted captured MOV files

[Hermanto Djonny] "One of the batch of the P2 cards we recorded using Panasonic HVX200 became damaged/corrupted. We captured the rushes from using Log and Capture on FCP. Please see the sample/printscreen of the damaged/corrupted MOV file at (http://i1.creativecow.net/u/146058/sample_damaged_file.jpg). This error appears throughout all MOV quicktime files created by FCP on that batch of P2 card. Unfortunately we didn't backup the original MXF files and we have reformated the P2 cards on-location to be used for the next shoot, doh! Any helps will be very much appreciated. Many thanks."

My help is really only cautionary for someone else reading this. DO NOT ERASE MXF FILES. :) Was that unclear? That's your negative. The QuickTime MOV's are just a print and easily corruptible/damaged. You can try data recovery services like DiskWarrior but they may just be gone forever.

If you had just backed up the MXFs you could try a re-ingest to QuickTime or copied back to P2 and done a clip repair in the camera, now you have very little option. So don't let it happen to you (again).

Noah



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