From: John Williamson on
Peter wrote:

>
> It must be corrupted because the phone won't play it either... but
> quite possibly just at the end. I wish someone could help me recover
> it.
>
> The file was saved to a 4GB micro-SD card which had plenty of room on
> it so the corruption is a mystery. It was not edited.

I've had random corruption for unknown reasons on all sorts of media
over the years. Sometimes all you can do is shrug your shoulders and
move on.

In this case, if, as you've said, it's only going to cost a hundred
bucks or so to re-shoot, I'd recommend that, as if you pay someone,
it'll probably cost you more even if they fail, and depending how you
value your time, it'll still be quicker and cheaper to re-shoot than
fiddle round yourself. The exception, as always, is if you're using it
as a learning experience so it will be easier next time.

Sorry I can't be more hopeful.

In the meantime, I've tried all the programs I know,and come up with
precisely zero results. The first sections of the two files are
identical, but as others have said, the video data seems to be
completely mangled.

--
Tciao for Now!

John.