A video captured from a digicam or a camcorder can be saved in different file formats, such as, AVI, MPEG, MPG, RM, RAM, MOV, etc. These video file formats – saved on the digital camera storage media or any other external storage media (flash cards, memory sticks, etc.) – can be corrupted due numerous logical reasons.
Some of the reasons are discussed below:
- File system damage
- Virus hit
- Digital camera/Camcorder malfunction
- Unexpected shutdown of digital camera/camcorder
- Removing the storage media during a read/write process
In most cases, the video files (of any format) become inaccessible after the above logical corruption scenarios. To access the video files after such situations, an ideal way is to restore the videos from an updated backup. However, if no backup is available or backup falls short to restore the required data, then you will need to use advanced video recovery software.
Such video recovery software incorporate high end scanning mechanisms to scan the corrupted storage media and recover lost videos from the storage media. With to-the-point documentation and wizard style interface, these recovery tools are easily understandable by both home users and professional photographers.
Stellar Phoenix Video Recovery v4.0 is a powerful, yet easy-to-use video recovery software that recovers lost videos saved in any file format (viz. MOV, AVI, ASF, WMV, MP4, RA etc). The picture recovery software supports Windows (Windows Vista, 2003, XP, 2000 and NT) and Mac (Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, 10.4 Tiger and 10.3.9 Panther) operating systems. The read only photo recovery tool provides risk-free recovery of videos by storing the recovered videos on a new user-specified location.
