Hi Andres -

Hmmm - not sure how that happened!

Very strange - your clip tries to play back in MPC-HC, but the video image is scrambled. In GOM player, the vision plays back differently (close-up of clothing) - same with WMP & PotPlayer, but with visual artifacts. VLC player just shows a black screen.

Both MediaInfo & Moo0 VideoInfo show the clip has a subtitle/text track, unlike any of the MTS files from my Canons. Combined reports attached.

In PDR14, at least you can see that the clip was shot in a market or similar (screenshot attached of opening frame) but it does not play back correctly. SVRT works but it fails to produce a readable file.

I'm sorry - I don't have any magic answers.

Cheers - Tony
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Hi Andres,

I can open your clip in PowerDirector. Strange it is though. I see two different videos depending on whether I play the clip from within the library (clip one attached) or when placed on the timeline (clip two attached).

My initial impression was the clip was too short. MediaInfo shows mere 450ms. I thought this might be the cause.

One way or another, the problem must originate in the camera. Was the memory getting full? If it's a memory card, I would try different disk format next time, perhaps consulting the camera's manual in this respect first.

Regards…

Jirka

I don't see my attachments. Maybe they were too large. Trying again one by one. If this doesn't work out, I'll produce smaller files…

Jirka

Voila! There they go…

Hi

ive managed to get this, but not sure how long the clip is supposed to be?



Pete

Hi Tony, Jirka.Bolech and Peter7769. Thank you so much for you help!

Clip was shooted last week in Mexico, where I was on our 3 weeks vacation with my friends. yes, it was marketplace, there is market on every street! We started from Mexico City and ended in Cancun.

As I mentioned, I choosed the shortest clip, because didnt know, how big file forum let me upload. My mistake, sorry. Just in case I add here a bigger file.

I downloaded GOM player and as any random file I playd, I saw the same fragment, as Jirka's file andres.2. From your 3 files Peters result was the best! Peter, how did you do it??

Camera is Sony Handycam HDR-CX360V. Built in 32Gb memory was already full and I started to use 64Gb memory card (class 10). As you can see from my file.2, an half of shooted files are ok, only the last ones. What happened, dont know, only noticed it now, when started to editing... I try to record another clip tomorrow, also on m.card. Lets see, what happens...

Its not my first time to use card after built in memory is full, but so far I used 32Gb, now its 64, which I havent used before. maybe here is the solution, dont know.. During recoding I didnt see any unusual in camera's work

Wish you a nice day!

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even though your card is class 10, my initial assumption is the card can not write faster than your cam.

file that i downloaded 00063.MTS is 13+ Mb/sec at 5sec.

you might have a bad card.

try a different card with faster write speed like 95MB/sec(sandisk extreme pro for ex.)



happy happy joy joy

PepsiMan

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Andres - sorry for tangling up the spelling of your name before

Odd that some clips recorded to the SD card correctly & others were "unreadable". Agreed, PepsiMan, this issue may well be card related. Andres' Sony HDR-CX360V records 1080/50p @ 28Mbps - quite modest by current standards - I can't see a need for a card with write speeds of ~95MB/s. I use those Sandisk Extreme cards in my 4K cameras which record at 50/100Mbps.

That said, it does point to a possible SD card issue, Andres, since it's a newly used card.

Cheers - Tony
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Quote: even though your card is class 10, my initial assumption is the card can not write faster than your cam.

file that i downloaded 00063.MTS is 13+ Mb/sec at 5sec.

you might have a bad card.

try a different card with faster write speed like 95MB/sec(sandisk extreme pro for ex.)



happy happy joy joy

PepsiMan

'garbage in garbage out'

Hello, Andres!

I think PepsiMan has the answer here. The SD card may be suspect. Try a different card, possibly an SDHC card, fully compatible with any camera, these SDHC card are designed specifically for videocameras, qhereas a regular SD card is more for stills than video. Also, with your camera, "Built in 32Gb memory was already full", you really do need to copy off all your content from the camera's hard drive, to another storage device(an external hard-drive of 1 or 2 terrabyte capacity) so that you don't lose the valuable content, and you free up your camera's hard drive for future use. This may have some bearing on the behaviour of clips being stored on the SD card, I'd describe this as a sort-of digital equivalent of the old optical camera "double exposure" situation. Either way, a new SD card and clearing the internal hard-drive of your camera should go a considerable way toward solving your problem.

Cheers!

Neil.

Hi again,

It's almost certain your memory card is to blame. I have had several cards purchased cheaply from China on eBay that performed correctly in part of their capacity only, renderring most of their space useless. Such a situation would correspond to your screenshot of the files that appear to be only corrupt past a point in the chronological order of being created. To check a memory card's performance, I use the free version of HDTune.

My PowerDirector crashes on an attempt to open the second video file you have attached. I can convert it using FormatFactory (3.8.0) but there are hesitations during the conversion and the output is not very different from what I attached to my previous post, only longer.

I find it highly unlikely you will be able to recover those clips' contents…

Jirka

I'm currently at work, but when I get home tonight I'll take a look at the second clip and give you some more info on what programs to try, also a program I use to check all my memory cards, it takes a while to do but well worth it for peace of mind.

Pete

Quote: Hi again,

It's almost certain your memory card is to blame. I have had several cards purchased cheaply from China on eBay that performed correctly in part of their capacity only, renderring most of their space useless. Such a situation would correspond to your screenshot of the files that appear to be only corrupt past a point in the chronological order of being created. To check a memory card's performance, I use the free version of HDTune.

My PowerDirector crashes on an attempt to open the second video file you have attached. I can convert it using FormatFactory (3.8.0) but there are hesitations during the conversion and the output is not very different from what I attached to my previous post, only longer.

I find it highly unlikely you will be able to recover those clips' contents…

Jirka

Hi, Jirka!

It seems you've been "burned" by the purchase of those el-cheapo SD cards. There's a salutory lesson in there, I'm sure! Just 'cause it's cheap, don't mean it's good! I tend to buy reputable brand cards by Verbatim or other major makers of such media. I don't buy too many, I tend to copy the content off the card to my computer, then clear the card(delete what's been copied away) for use later with other projects(like an up-coming Easter camping trip, or the annual Steamfest in April).

Cheers!

Neil.

Hi

firstly here is the program i use to test out all the cards i buy, its free and is available on both english & german



Pete



https://sosfakeflash.wordpress.com/2008/09/02/h2testw-14-gold-standard-in-detecting-usb-counterfeit-drives/

Hi Andres

I've managed to get this, but it seems to repeat itself towards then end?, does it look any good?



Pete

I'm really curious to know what you used to do that, Pete…

Quote: Hi Andres

I've managed to get this, but it seems to repeat itself towards then end?, does it look any good?



Pete

Does not look to me a repeat. You were filming the mobile, dipped the camera down. There are some drop outs, then you are back on the mobile.

You may have stopped the camera, then started the camera again. I do not know why it would be one clip unless you edited it that way. Carl312: Windows 10 64-bit 8 GB RAM,AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4 GHz,ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB,240GB SSD,two 1TB HDs.

Quote: Hi Andres

I've managed to get this, but it seems to repeat itself towards then end?, does it look any good?



Pete

Hi peter, as I told, your result is the best. How did you do it? what program you used? PowerDirector 17. Windows 10
Processor: Intel Core i7-4770 (8M Cache, up to 3.90 GHz); Hard Disk: SSD 250Gb + SSD 500GB.

My YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/AndresRootsi

Hi,
I tried to record today again and seems its my card's fault! Need to buy a new and with better quality.

P.S. Carl, you are right, I usually do so: You may have stopped the camera, then started the camera again PowerDirector 17. Windows 10
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http://www.videohelp.com/software/tsMuxeR

Here is the program I used, been using it for a while now, seems to be able to rescue most things.


Pete.