Repair of video file

[famous]

I have some Quicktime files that were recorded on a VIO POV.1 helmetcam. I shot 5 2GB SD cards worth of video (total 7 hours) and all the footage is fine except for file from the last SD card. I tried playback on the monitor of the helmetcam but it didn't work. I tried all the video players on my computer including Final Cut Pro but none would play the footage.

I just tried VLC and got this message:
"AVI Index
This AVI file is broken. Seeking will not work correctly.
Do you want to try to repair it?

This might take a long time."

So I clicked repair and the contorller window showed "Fixing AVI INdex..." with a little progress bar. After a few minutes (for the approx. 1.5 hour long file) the footage started to play well!!

I thought that the file was permanently fixed, but when I tried to play it in other players I had the same problem as before. I had to go back to VLC and fix the AVI index again. Is there any way to save the changes that VLC has performed to the AVI Index so that I can view the file in another video player like Final Cut Pro?

Thanks!!
Tim

I'm using :
VLC ver 0.9.8
a mac powerbook G4
Mac OS 10.5.11

[MarkDavies10]

Hi there

Yes, I have the same problem. After VLC completes a fixing process, you would expect the file to be fixed and playable on other video software (I want to be able to load into PowerDirector to be able to convert the video for use on an iPhone).

Cheers
Mark

[ajmas]

See if this helps: viewtopic.php?f=12&t=75407&p=247911&hil ... ed#p247911

Never tried the solution, though MacOS X is listed as being supported.