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Hacked GH1 for live events?
- Thread starter Beernardo
- Start date
The update is that we sold the GH1's and got a couple of GH2's and we just LOVE them! they have a more cinematic look (1080 @24p), we can shoot at ISO 3200 when needed and very cool new features for autofocusing via touch screen and the most importanto fo all, No Banding visible.
I recently shot a wedding with my GH13 using the high reliability patch -- 720p60. I had multiple card speed errors using my normally reliable Transcend Class 10 16gb card.
Previously, I've seen a rare case of card speed errors while still being able to use the video files. This time, unfortunately, I had maybe 3 or 4 card speed errors (outdoor, sunny, 85+ degrees). I'm not sure if it was the weather, but it was very hot out.
I lost a critical segment of video of the ceremony - maybe someone has had experience with this. The mts file is 2.96GB, and it plays for about 3 minutes, then crashes VLC. I can't even copy the MTS file to my computer without an error. I was able to create an image file usine Disk Utility, but that image also exhibit the same error when trying to copy that specific MTS file. The other mts files that had errors seem ok, but they are small files.
I tried a lot of different recovery programs, but nothing successful (on a mac... maybe I'll try a PC). When I ran a checkdsk /f on the card itself, it recovered more of the video, repaired the file system, but the resulting file was only like 250MB! So it seems like it just threw away a good portion of the file.
Just a word of warning, for those using the hack, you should have a backup camera. I did, but it was not the best angle... so I'm going to have to do some very good editing to mask the fact that I lost this footage.
Does anyone know of any software that might be able to parse through this video, and help me recover some of it? Maybe something that ignores errors?
Any suggestions are appreciated!
Previously, I've seen a rare case of card speed errors while still being able to use the video files. This time, unfortunately, I had maybe 3 or 4 card speed errors (outdoor, sunny, 85+ degrees). I'm not sure if it was the weather, but it was very hot out.
I lost a critical segment of video of the ceremony - maybe someone has had experience with this. The mts file is 2.96GB, and it plays for about 3 minutes, then crashes VLC. I can't even copy the MTS file to my computer without an error. I was able to create an image file usine Disk Utility, but that image also exhibit the same error when trying to copy that specific MTS file. The other mts files that had errors seem ok, but they are small files.
I tried a lot of different recovery programs, but nothing successful (on a mac... maybe I'll try a PC). When I ran a checkdsk /f on the card itself, it recovered more of the video, repaired the file system, but the resulting file was only like 250MB! So it seems like it just threw away a good portion of the file.
Just a word of warning, for those using the hack, you should have a backup camera. I did, but it was not the best angle... so I'm going to have to do some very good editing to mask the fact that I lost this footage.
Does anyone know of any software that might be able to parse through this video, and help me recover some of it? Maybe something that ignores errors?
Any suggestions are appreciated!
Thanks Beernardo!
Funny thing is I had downloaded photorec and testdisk last week -- and I think I only tried testdisk and it didn't help. I tried multiple programs with no success... Amazingly, I just ran photorec, and the file that I lost was pretty much recovered. What a relief... while I still had hope, I had pretty much accepted the fact that I probably would have to mention to the client that I didn't catch some key moments.
Funny thing is I had downloaded photorec and testdisk last week -- and I think I only tried testdisk and it didn't help. I tried multiple programs with no success... Amazingly, I just ran photorec, and the file that I lost was pretty much recovered. What a relief... while I still had hope, I had pretty much accepted the fact that I probably would have to mention to the client that I didn't catch some key moments.
I'm really glad photorec worked on you. I lost an entire 16gb card full of footage but photorec only recovered files from months ago. Luckily we run a 2 camera setup. I recommend you upgrading to a GH2 if you are shooting weddings, you are going to love the look of the footage and how clean the video is at iso 3200 (life saver at dark receptions)