Need help on recovering .MOV files from wedding event

[JoeJITSU]

So, this is probably the 8th time that I have been using Magic Lantern united on my 5D Mark II and never had no problems till last night. I am not sure if it is ML or something else. So I downloaded the files last night from all my cards but the first card that I used for the wedding is not playing the files right. I am getting a green screen and damaged bits and pieces of the clips...ALL OF THEM that were on that cards. I played back a lot of the clips in camera and it seemed fine but now I am getting after downloading this type of video. Please watch video and tell me that I can save it somehow. I have already tried to use EASEUS Data recovery and tried to recover the files on the card but those files don't play. PLEASE HELP! Thank you

[Chris Santucci]

Can you currently play back the files from the camera?

[JoeJITSU]

No Sir, Since it was Magic Lantern..I cut and paste. What I should have done was Copy and Paste but I only had 3 cards and wanted to make sure I had an empty card while shooting so I uploaded to my Hard drive and when I got home to watch it..Most of the Videos ended up like the above and some I could not even play.

[kylevant]

That's bad. You should always use software that compares the hash sums once copied. Also, you should format a card once you've copied across. Cutting or deleting files doesn't really erase them from the card and could result in buffering problems or stopped recordings.

[JoeButch]

What does most wedding photographers do in this situation? Refund all the money? I can imagine some couples trying to sue over this.

[maranfilms]

Im not sure I understand, you said they playback in camera when you insert the card? Or they did, until you recorded over the data on the card. just trying to understand so to brainstorm.

[New_Zealand]

Is this the only place you have this issue? I had a issue with my P2 card shooting a funeral and what I ended up doing is cutting that scene out and editing it down making it match.