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Hi,
I'm having trouble viewing an avi file that I created from a webcam capture. I created a video from leaving a webcam capturing for about 17 hours straight. Before I did this I calculated the free space necessary for this, but I didn't consider the limits of the avi file or the file system itself (it was on NTFS). This was my first time recording with a rather old and program and webcam, both called "logitech quick cam" which I believe is probably 4-5 years old. I had tested the camera at smaller lengths (a couple hours or so) and it worked fine.
When I stopped the camera and tried to view the video it wouldn't play at all. I also noticed that the video was 4gb and was smaller than it should have been given the space I was predicting for that length, which I estimated at around 8gb. I assumed that it stopped recording when it hit its max file size, however, the length it listed the full durration of the video (17 hours) and not 8.3 hours, which would have been equivalent to the 4gb size.
I'm not quite sure if I've ruined all or part of the file or if it has been compressed in some strange manner that can be reversed.
I've tried several programs: DivFix, DivxRepair, AViFixed, NanDub and VirtualDub with no luck, but I'm not sure if I'm approaching them in the proper manner. Mainly I've tried fixing the index and broken frames, but it doesn't seem to work.
As my "newbie" post suggests, this is my first foray into avi repair/encoding etc, so I probably won't be familiar with all the terms, but I'm learning.
Here's my NanDub File and GSpot info:
I would like to salvage as much of this video as possible, or just find out if it is even possible to recover any at all.
Another thing, which I'm not sure is relevant is that while there is an audio track on the file, I don't need it so it can be discarded if that makes things easier for some reason.
thanks
I'm having trouble viewing an avi file that I created from a webcam capture. I created a video from leaving a webcam capturing for about 17 hours straight. Before I did this I calculated the free space necessary for this, but I didn't consider the limits of the avi file or the file system itself (it was on NTFS). This was my first time recording with a rather old and program and webcam, both called "logitech quick cam" which I believe is probably 4-5 years old. I had tested the camera at smaller lengths (a couple hours or so) and it worked fine.
When I stopped the camera and tried to view the video it wouldn't play at all. I also noticed that the video was 4gb and was smaller than it should have been given the space I was predicting for that length, which I estimated at around 8gb. I assumed that it stopped recording when it hit its max file size, however, the length it listed the full durration of the video (17 hours) and not 8.3 hours, which would have been equivalent to the 4gb size.
I'm not quite sure if I've ruined all or part of the file or if it has been compressed in some strange manner that can be reversed.
I've tried several programs: DivFix, DivxRepair, AViFixed, NanDub and VirtualDub with no luck, but I'm not sure if I'm approaching them in the proper manner. Mainly I've tried fixing the index and broken frames, but it doesn't seem to work.
As my "newbie" post suggests, this is my first foray into avi repair/encoding etc, so I probably won't be familiar with all the terms, but I'm learning.
Here's my NanDub File and GSpot info:
I would like to salvage as much of this video as possible, or just find out if it is even possible to recover any at all.
Another thing, which I'm not sure is relevant is that while there is an audio track on the file, I don't need it so it can be discarded if that makes things easier for some reason.
thanks
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