corrupt files

[telboy]

Attention all computer boffins.

I've recently been going through all my DVDrw's and sorting all the old pics and vids of my daughter when she was little.

Some of the AVI files keep coming up as corrupt. Is there anything out there that can recover the files?

Some of the files are of her first steps etc. so would love to get them back to working order.

Any help would be appreciated.

[jimmy]

Are you sure it's not some long-lost codec that you no longer have on your system like mjpeg or something?

[jono83]

Was gonna say could be codecs but jimmy beat me to it

[General Accident]

Yup, definately sounds like a codec issue. If the files were on a DVD it's unlikely they are corrupt themselves assuming that they played originally when you first burned them. The software to read them needs reinstalling. Were they first mastered with some trial software that has maybe now expired??

[MatJohnson]

download an app called g-spot codec checker (yes it is genuinue, although be careful when you google it!). That should tell you if you have the correct codec on your machine.

[telboy]

I'll try that then. They were transfered onto the computer straight from a digital camera. Then I burned them to disk. They worked fine when they were first done and played in most media players.

There are also other vid files taken with the same camera around the same time, and transfered in the same way, and they still work ok, which is what confused me a bit.

[chris_dono]

you could try DivFix or VirtualDub too (they fix broken avi files)

[telboy]

Right, tried loads, half of them don't suggest a codec (including some of the above). and the divfix keep saying that its not an avi file?!

Now I really confused.

[telboy]

anyone got anymore ideas?

I keep gettng told by the 'fixing' programs that they'e not AVI's....even though the properties say they are, and that they should play in WMP....but they dont.

Such a pain in the arse.
Bloody technology!!

[sparrow.2]

Have you tried playing them through VLC ?

Some of my older files won't play with media player anymore but VLC seems to be able to play corrupt stuff better.