our car impacted the wall about lap 21 and was pretty much destroyed the cam would not transfer to notebook at the track
said it was corrupted so i had to wait till i got home and used my desktop card reader where microsoft chkdsk took over and fixed it i was able to load it into virtual dub and it reconstructed 488m
of the video but was unable to edit it so i ended up using win movie maker to post my question is the video size says 500m when played it says 488m chkdsk says 18m in a hidden file
if i could just retrieve a few stills of the car being wadded up id be happy oh by the way the cam survived a 100 mph impact into a concrete wall ! any suggestions ?
Ok thats somewhat good.
Press CTRL + P, scroll down to Xvid & select ok
then go file - save as AVI - save the file, it will recompile & compress what it an in Xvid Mode.
will take anywhers from 10min-2hours depending on video size
+1 for VirtualDub.
Too bad there isn't a Linux native version.
+2 for virtual dub. Sweet!! didnt know about this. Just recovered some footage I thought was lost.
HELP RECOVERY BY DOING FULL FORMATS BEFORE RECORDING.
In theory, it should increase write times as it has a blank slate and does not have to change as many bits.
Basically QUICK formats are just going to delete the Index file, its like tearing out the chapters/index page out of a book but leaving the rest of the book in tact.
FULL FORMAT - actually rewrites ALL 1's & 0's back to all 0's. And does Sector & data checks
If you do a virtual dub restore on a corrupted file, you will most likely recover video from older footage if you did not do a full format.
Deleting files just deletes the index files, all the 1's & 0's stay in tact until they are rewritten.
My Thoughts..
that might explain why it seems that my cards 'going off' the more i record, ill give it a go and let you know if it makes a difference, thanks for that :)
i dont recall if it was a full format or not but also it was a cheaper micro sd pny from walmart yuk
Another tip: to preserve the life and quality of your SD cards try to keep them in the camera as much as possible. The continual removal from the camera to adapters does create wear and tear on the contacts. Just something to keep in mind. Enjoy!
Many use Erasers to clean contacts, it is a good option to prolong your cards life.
The VholdR is USB 2.0, so putting it into card reader wont speed up the download any.
after that race i bought the most expensive sandisk card walmart had and we went to toledo the car went out 5 times that day transfer to the notebook between rounds worked great the battery didnt have time to charge really
another tip buy a good card