Repairing .mov clips

[bill totolo]

On a recent gig we discovered that daisy chaining a FW800 CF card reader through an external hard drive occassionally yeilded .mov files that can't be read. We're talking 6 files out of 450.

I believe the data is there as some files are 17GB in size. I hope it's just header data that needs to be restored. What utilities can I use to try to restore these clips?

Thanks,

 

[bill totolo]

*Bump*

No one has any ideas on how to restore a .mov file?

 

[stefanhuberfilms]

have you tried transcoding them to any other format, p. e. mpeg?

 

[Jon Thorn]

http://aeroquartet.com/movierepair/repair

 

[David W. Richardson]

My first thought would be the typical file repair software that would be used for any Windows file that had become damaged. (Assuming you're on a Windows platform.) I'm not sure you would need software specifically for .MOV files. Have you tried that?

 

[bill totolo]

Thanks for the suggestions, I'll hit this over the weekend.
BTW, we were on a Mac system.

 

[tom_wise]

I had to use this software back in Jan 2012. It worked and saved me. http://grauonline.de/cmsimple2_6/en/?Solutions:HD_Video_Repair_Utility

 

[bill totolo]

Grauonline restored the video, however the audio drifts over time.
It's in synch at the head (as evidenced by a slate) but is off in the middle of the take and way off by the end.
Any thoughts?