Able to recover deleted video files. Saved to external hard drive. Files come up as audio files. Properties state video clip file. Unable to open file or convert so far. Please help!
What format are they saved as?
Video clips are container files with a video and audio codec data, if you're using Recuva's "Deep scan" mode filenames are missing so it has to guess.
Since video clips have audio data and audio files have audio data too it's not possible for Recuva to tell them apart.
Unless you're incredibly lucky you probably won't find a single clip that plays or converts in it's entirety because large deleted files are highly prone to corruption.
Richard S.
What format are they saved as?
most recovered as mpeg4 media file, few recovered as video clip avi. Still unable to open video clips.
soo i guess i am out of luck or is there sometning else i can try?Video clips are container files with a video and audio codec data, if you're using Recuva's "Deep scan" mode filenames are missing so it has to guess.
Since video clips have audio data and audio files have audio data too it's not possible for Recuva to tell them apart.
Unless you're incredibly lucky you probably won't find a single clip that plays or converts in it's entirety because large deleted files are highly prone to corruption.
Richard S.
An outside chance is to simply try changing the file extension. If the audio and video data is still intact, it may simply be that windows has tagged them with the wrong extension, or that your software may not play mpeg4. Not everything does.
If you wish you can make a copy of the file/s before hand, and then simply stick avi in place of mpeg4.
Worth a shot at least as having the wrong file extension doesn't necessarily do any damage to a file, although it would prevent it from playing correctly or at all.
An outside chance is to simply try changing the file extension. If the audio and video data is still intact, it may simply be that windows has tagged them with the wrong extension, or that your software may not play mpeg4. Not everything does.
If you wish you can make a copy of the file/s before hand, and then simply stick avi in place of mpeg4.
Worth a shot at least as having the wrong file extension doesn't necessarily do any damage to a file, although it would prevent it from playing correctly or at all.
How do you copy file before?
The quickest way to copy a file for testing, is to just hold the Ctrl key down, left click and drag the file you want to copy to an empty space in the folder window, and let go of the mouse button.
This will create a copy of that file with a "2" added to the name.
Or right click the file and select copy, and then right click and select paste either in the same window, or another location. In the same window will again create a copy with "2" added to the name.
Use the copy to try changing the file extension, and if it doesn't work, just delete it.