GH4 HELP!!! Missing file on SD card!

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blando3

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Okay, so here goes. I was on a shoot today, running two GH4s for a long presentation.
At about an hour, the main camera (with the audio feed) shut off. The On/Off switch was still in the ON position but the LCD was black and the audio signal was dead. I quickly turned it off then back on and began rolling.

After looking at the playback menu, that hour long clip is missing. However, the remaining record time accounts for the missing hour-long clip, as does the file size in my iMac's Finder window, so I believe the data is there, just not in a readable format.

Is there a software that I can use to reconstruct the missing pieces and recover my footage? Maybe something by Panasonic?

I was shooting in AVCHD 1080 at 24mbs on a Lexar 128GB 150mbs SD card, so it's not a card speed issue or overheating.

So my main concern is how/if I can recover my footage. Second thing is why this happened.
Anyone else have this experience?
Thanks,
Andrew

PS-I know this has been discussed already and I saw a long thread about it, but I didn't see the name of any software program which is why I'm starting this thread...
 
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Thanks. These both cost money. Anybody have experience with either of these? I just tried AVCCAM SD Card File Recovery and I keep getting an error. My copy protect is on...I'm assuming it should be, but maybe that's why?
 
Okay, solved it. The missing files were in a tucked-away folder within the AVCHD file structure. When the camera shut off unexpectedly, it wasn't able to put the files in the AVCHD folder so neither the camera nor my Mac could find them. All is well.
 
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