Forgort to end recording. Any way I can recover the video?

Retired ATC · Mar 10, 2017

Was taking some beautiful videos over the ocean and beach yesterday and I forgot to end the recording. Now I have a 1.2G file that is not viewable. Any way I can recover said video?

ricmitch · Mar 10, 2017

I have used this before Memory Card Recovery Software to Recover Lost Photos - CardRecovery

but not specifically on the card in my H

Atomic08 · Mar 10, 2017

On the DJI Phantom I have just started a new video and then stopped it and both files worked..
I have something on this saved and will look for it in a bit

Hunter_Michael · Mar 10, 2017

Just put the card back into the CGO3 and start and stop another video. It should fix your last one.

Atomic08 · Mar 10, 2017

Here
Video Corruption from stopping drone before ending video recording

Sounds just like your post !

Rayray · Mar 10, 2017

Hunter_Michael said:
Just put the card back into the CGO3 and start and stop another video. It should fix your last one.

This is correct, I forget to turn the video off a lot. Actually I think when the camera boots up it will close an open video file.

Retired ATC · Mar 10, 2017

Didn't work for me. The weird thing is I can view the video on the ST-16 but not on windows media player?

Hunter_Michael · Mar 10, 2017

Are you viewing the saved video from the SD Card on the ST16? Because the ST16 saves the last (20?) videos taken automatically to the memory on the ST16 (not the SD Card) as a backup, at the 720p quality. Making sure you re not mistaking the ST16 internal to the SDcard. Hope your able to recover your files.

Retired ATC · Mar 10, 2017

Hunter_Michael said:
Are you viewing the saved video from the SD Card on the ST16? Because the ST16 saves the last (20?) videos taken automatically to the memory on the ST16 (not the SD Card) as a backup, at the 720p quality. Making sure you re not mistaking the ST16 internal to the SDcard. Hope your able to recover your files.

Ahh thanks Michael, you just set me straight. Yes I thought I was viewing them on the ST-16 from the SD card but indeed its the internal memory. So windows media player won't play it nor will
Adobe Premiere import in from my computer. I wonder if I could somehow transfer the file from the ST-16 to my computer, maybe via HDMI?

Atomic08 · Mar 10, 2017

Retired ATC
Did you say it won't play in windows media player??
Mine won't play in that either with Window 8
Download VLC Player and try that
Download official VLC media player for Windows - VideoLAN

Atomic08 · Mar 10, 2017

Retired ATC said:
Ahh thanks Michael, you just set me straight. Yes I thought I was viewing them on the ST-16 from the SD card but indeed its the internal memory. So windows media player won't play it nor will
Adobe Premiere import in from my computer. I wonder if I could somehow transfer the file from the ST-16 to my computer, maybe via HDMI?

Yes you can
Very easy !
Plug your ST 16 into your computer via the USB cable that you use for charging..
Turn on the ST16
When the window comes up "Open divice to view files
navigate to the media folder
Computer\anzhen4_mrd7_w\Internal storage\flightmode\media_data
and copy the video files to you computer
PS anzhen4_mrd7 is MY devise name, yours is probably diffeerent

Hunter_Michael · Mar 10, 2017

Atomic08 has you on the right track to try first.

Retired ATC · Mar 10, 2017

Well VLC media player didn't work but transferring it with the cable did! However, the video quality looks a bit degraded. Thanks Atomic08 and Hunter_Michael!

Atomic08 · Mar 10, 2017

Retired ATC said:
Well VLC media player didn't work but transferring it with the cable did! However, the video quality looks a bit degraded. Thanks Atomic08 and Hunter_Michael!

ATC
Read this thread
Video glitches after new v3.03 firmware update!!
and note POST # 10 about video quality

Hunter_Michael · Mar 10, 2017

Ive noticed the same Atomic on mine as well. Posted on that thread after you. This definitely showed up after the firmware upgrade.

Atomic08 · Mar 10, 2017

ATC...
Lets back up a bit....When you are trying to view the video, are you watching it from the SD Card or have you transfered it to your PC...
I would do the reset like noted in post #4
Then transfer the video files from the card to you PC

Check the file extension and make sure its a MP4 and not a MOVIE File
Then try to play the files in VLC and see if it plays
I know I had a DOS file to fix corupt video files but can not find it right now
I'll look later tonight
Still at Work

PatR · Mar 11, 2017

If you failed to stop the video before shutting down the H you have only a 50/50 chance of saving that video the next time you turn on the H. That's when you can try starting and stopping a new video and hope it will close out the previous one. Often that does not work and the high def video is corrupted and lost forever.

Videos that auto store to the ST-16 are not the same quality as those recorded to the SD card. As mentioned earlier, the ST-16 auto stores a finite number of videos and photos and over writes them as the permitted number is exceeded. ST-16 stored video is always rendered in 720p. It is not degraded, but the only quality level it records.

Sounds like your high def video is unrecoverable.