Fixing a .avi video file

[Grant]

Eish.

If you can use a hex editor and copy the 1st 1MB to a separate file, you can mail it to me and I'll have a look at it.
Also send the 1st 1MB of a working similar AVI.

Would a file splitter (video) work if NomNom was able to clip off the 1st couple of megabytes of the video & send that to you.
Hex editors can be daunting if one is not familiar with them ?

 

[ginggs]

Would a file splitter (video) work if NomNom was able to clip off the 1st couple of megabytes of the video & send that to you.

Nothing seems to recognize the file as a video file.

Hex editors can be daunting if one is not familiar with them .

FTFY.

I don't know how to use it.

Got uncapped internet? If you can upload the entire file somewhere, I can download it. Maybe MEGA?

 

[ginggs]

You can get a native Windows version of dd here:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/unxutils/files/unxutils/current/

Syntax for the dd command is:

dd if=[b]broken.avi[/b] of=[b]broken1meg.bin[/b] bs=1k count=1k

if = input filename
of = output filename
bs = size of block (number of bytes to copy at a time)
count= number of blocks to copy

So the command above will copy 1024*1024 bytes (1 megabyte) from broken.avi to broken1meg.bin.

 

[NomNom]

Got uncapped internet? If you can upload the entire file somewhere, I can download it. Maybe MEGA?

Yeah I will upload it for you if it would be easier for you.

You can get a native Windows version of dd here:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/unxutils/files/unxutils/current/

Syntax for the dd command is:

dd if=[b]broken.avi[/b] of=[b]broken1meg.bin[/b] bs=1k count=1k

if = input filename
of = output filename
bs = size of block (number of bytes to copy at a time)
count= number of blocks to copy

So the command above will copy 1024*1024 bytes (1 megabyte) from broken.avi to broken1meg.bin.

Thanks will give this a try.

 

[GreGorGy]

Dude- try some of the tools mentioned here:

http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php/503374-Home-Security-PVR