12-28-2022, 02:44 PM
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I have 1 mp4 file that is 7gig and I cannot get it to play on a Mac or Windows 10. I have tried to play it with VLC, WMP QuickTime. I have tried to convert it or run it through Handbrake. No Luck! I do not have the original VHS tape that was used to capture with mp4.
Can anyone help me out please?
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12-28-2022, 03:03 PM
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How large is the file?
Did you run it through MediaInfo yet?
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12-28-2022, 03:05 PM
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7 gig.
I am unfamiliar with media info
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12-28-2022, 03:14 PM
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Time to get familiar with it.
https://mediaarea.net/en/MediaInfo
What does it show as to the file contents?
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12-28-2022, 05:01 PM
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I downloaded MediaInfo and "opened" the mp4 file in question and all I got was a General tab in the tree and the name and file size in the "tree"
I also opened a different mp4 file and it gave me 2 pages of info.
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12-28-2022, 05:07 PM
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It's probably corrupted, data bad or lost. The header is definitely gone, but maybe more data. It's not a normal video file, and probably never will be again.
If you downloaded this, the download may have been incomplete.
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12-28-2022, 05:09 PM
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Thanks LS. I tell everyone to keep their original tapes for this reason. I can't recover it for her because I only keep their files for about a month after I deliver their tapes back to them. Its impossible to determine where the corruption took place but I am 99% sure it was fine when I delivered it to her.
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12-28-2022, 08:12 PM
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Ffmpeg can sometimes recover stuff from files that have missing/corrupted bits (e.g .avi captures that stopped because of a crash and didn't finish writing properly) but if the start/header is gone that may not work.
My Video gear overview/test/repair/stuff yt channel http://youtu.be/cEyfegqQ9TU
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