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Real recoveries, real customers. We publish a new case every few weeks — what broke, what we did, and whether the data came back. Names are shortened for privacy.

How to recover data from a broken or corrupted memory card

Memory Card got currputed and data lost What is the problem you are facing when you connect a SD to your computer? SD card got corrupted while shooting video or picture?CF card got broken while importing data on computer?Data lost when you are copying it to your MAC?Computer can not read the Memory card ?Message saying that "You need to format the disk in drive X: before you can use it". Do…

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The best way to convert SONY RSV to MXF video file

SONY FX6 camera save a file as RSV Our client shoots a lot of MXF files for television program using SONY FX6 camera, but notice one of the MXF files was corrupted, the folder contains an RSV file in it, the file size is 28GB, that seems to have all the data, but the file cannot be played or imported to editing software. The client sent us message to looking for…

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Fix Big 60GB MDT to MOV Video File

It is a mdt file that was created from the battery cutting off on a Panasonic GH5. The mdt file size is 64gb, which suppose to be mov format, 4k 8bit. The client tried fixing it, it was convert to Mov format but the video is very choppy... it still can be fixed? Sure, We can perfectly fix it and we did fix it the next day, because it took some hours to upload and download the big…

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Convert Canon XA45 DAT to MP4 video file

Today, we recovered/convert video for new camera model - Canon XA45 camera. It is a dancing performance video which was recorded by Canon XA45 camera, unplugged the power while recording and there is a DAT file, it is in size of 15 GB and the video length should be about 1 hour, that needs to be converted to MP4 format. The code is different from Canon 6D2, 80D or even R5 and R6,…

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Restore unfinalized MP4 or MXF video without XML file

2 Cases from Our Daily Work Case 1: A corrupted MP4 video recorded by SONY a7 Camera The MP4 file was corrupted during a sudden power failure for the Sony a7m3 during the filming of a school play, the file has size in 5 GB, but it cannot be opened or imported to any editing software. Look the others, all has an xml file, except the broken one. Case 2: A…

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Repair Deleted MTS Video mixed fragment problem

MTS format video file, recorded by Panasonic or Sony camera, you may find that it is easy to recover from SD memory card or the internal disk of the camera if videos was formatted or deleted. But, you may find one or more problems on the recovered videos, mostly like the following issues: 1. Pictures are in chaos: one MTS video file includes different scenes recorded on different dates. 2.…

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MP4 Video Recovery for SONY A7SIII(A7S3)

Lost MP4 Video File after Removing Battery It is a SONY A7SIII (Alpha 7S III/ILCE-7SM3/A7SM3) camera, our client forgot to stop recording before removing the battery from the camera when the camera will soon run out of power after about 1 hour’s recording, the video can’t be found when try to playback on the camera, connected the memory card to computer, then same result, there is only the video before…

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How to repair DAT file to MP4 video recorded by Canon R5

We receive emails from camera users who ask questions like how to repair DAT file to MP4 recorded by Canon EOS R5 or other model. For something wrong happened when the video was recording, the video came out to be a DAT file which should be MP4 format. They tried a lot of ways, but failed to repair or convert the DAT file to MP4 file. So, why it is…

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Repair MDT to MOV video recorded in LPCM codec with Panasonic

Most of MOV video are recorded in PCM audio codec, but some cameras support LPCM, Linear Pulse Code Modulation, for example, Panasonic Lumix S1 camera. We repaired a MDT file which was recorded in LPCM audio codec. The MDT file was damaged due to a dead battery, it should be a MOV format video. Comparing to PCM audio, it is more difficult to recover the LPCM audio. Tried to recover…

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