Battery died suddenly, video file corrupt at DVinfo.net

Peter Wu · June 5th, 2022, 03:56 AM

Today my camcorder (sony fdr ax100) battery died suddenly in the middle of recording. After I put in another battery, the camcorder asked if I wanted to recover the file and I said yes.

The recovered file is damaged and unplayable. I tried a couple of mp4 repair tools and was able to recover only half of the file.

When a camcorder battery dies suddenly (perhaps low quality battery), do some camcorder leave behind more recoverable video files, or are they all equally difficult to recover? Does the file format or the media used have any impact?

Pete Cofrancesco · June 5th, 2022, 05:08 AM

Sorry to hear hopefully it wasn’t too important.

The short answer MKV is the only format I can think of. The screen capturing software I use defaults to this format instead of mp4 for this very reason.

There is no substitute for a second recording source be that an Atomos or a second camera. For live events I always have a second camera in case of a catastrophic failure.

Tony McGuire · October 10th, 2023, 07:15 AM

I know I may be late on replying to this. I did find any video converter good at getting a video file back to play state and would be worth a shot if you still have the video file.

I had one from sony Z5 with MR1 just before covid caused all the trouble it did.

Andrew Smith · October 10th, 2023, 04:17 PM

This is a service that is able to recover from icky corrupted professional (and domestic) file formats. You can even preview the missing video content before you commit to having it repaired.

https://aeroquartet.com/

Andrew

June 5th, 2022, 03:56 AM	#1
Peter Wu Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Redmond, WA Posts: 43	Battery died suddenly, video file corrupt Today my camcorder (sony fdr ax100) battery died suddenly in the middle of recording. After I put in another battery, the camcorder asked if I wanted to recover the file and I said yes. The recovered file is damaged and unplayable. I tried a couple of mp4 repair tools and was able to recover only half of the file. When a camcorder battery dies suddenly (perhaps low quality battery), do some camcorder leave behind more recoverable video files, or are they all equally difficult to recover? Does the file format or the media used have any impact?

June 5th, 2022, 05:08 AM	#2
Pete Cofrancesco Inner Circle Join Date: May 2004 Location: USA Posts: 3,005	Re: Battery died suddenly, video file corrupt Sorry to hear hopefully it wasn’t too important. The short answer MKV is the only format I can think of. The screen capturing software I use defaults to this format instead of mp4 for this very reason. There is no substitute for a second recording source be that an Atomos or a second camera. For live events I always have a second camera in case of a catastrophic failure.

October 10th, 2023, 07:15 AM	#3
Tony McGuire Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Donegal Ireland Posts: 119	Re: Battery died suddenly, video file corrupt I know I may be late on replying to this. I did find any video converter good at getting a video file back to play state and would be worth a shot if you still have the video file. I had one from sony Z5 with MR1 just before covid caused all the trouble it did.

October 10th, 2023, 04:17 PM	#4
Andrew Smith Equal Opportunity Offender Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 3,064	Re: Battery died suddenly, video file corrupt This is a service that is able to recover from icky corrupted professional (and domestic) file formats. You can even preview the missing video content before you commit to having it repaired. https://aeroquartet.com/ Andrew