Video recovery from the Canon HV20
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December 29, 2009
The Canon HV20 was meant to be a follow-up to the HV10, which was the company's first compact camcorder in High Definition (HD). The camcorder stores data in MiniDV or HDV format on MiniDV cassette and SD Cards. The data stored on these storage media is highly volatile and can get lost due to a number of reasons. Storage media getting corrupted, files being deleted accidentally, formatting of storage media, etc., are some of the primary reasons behind the loss of data. Whatever be the reason behind the misfortune, if a back-up is unavailable, and the videos get lost, you can always use a video recovery software to recover the videos.
For example, while taking a video, your camcorder suddenly turns off due to empty battery. The next time when you switch on the camcorder and attempt to view the videos stored on your SD card, they do not open.
Cause:
The prime cause behind the problem is the fact that the camcorder performs a read-write process while writing files (videos taken) to the memory card or any other storage media. If this process is interrupted mid-way, the card gets corrupted. After corruption of a memory card, the data on it becomes inaccessible. In this particular case, the process was interrupted when the camcorder suddenly switched off due to empty battery.
Resolution:
The only way to resolve the problem is to format the card and then restore it's original data back. The memory card uses a file system to store the data . When the card is formatted, the old file system and all it's content is deleted and a new file system is set-up. The data from the old file system is still saved on the hard disk, however, it can be read neither by the computer nor the camcorder.
Since formatting the card erases data from it, Video Recovery needs to be performed. One can use a reliable Video Recovery Software for this purpose. These are specially designed tools that can recover lost multimedia files from almost any storage device, even after it has been formatted.
Stellar Phoenix Photo Recovery is a video recovery tool that can recover almost all lost, deleted or formatted multimedia data. Irrespective of the reason behind the loss, this read-only software safely recoups the data to a location selected by you. It supports AVI, MOV, ASF, WMV, etc and is compatible with both, Windows and Mac OS.
For example, while taking a video, your camcorder suddenly turns off due to empty battery. The next time when you switch on the camcorder and attempt to view the videos stored on your SD card, they do not open.
Cause:
The prime cause behind the problem is the fact that the camcorder performs a read-write process while writing files (videos taken) to the memory card or any other storage media. If this process is interrupted mid-way, the card gets corrupted. After corruption of a memory card, the data on it becomes inaccessible. In this particular case, the process was interrupted when the camcorder suddenly switched off due to empty battery.
Resolution:
The only way to resolve the problem is to format the card and then restore it's original data back. The memory card uses a file system to store the data . When the card is formatted, the old file system and all it's content is deleted and a new file system is set-up. The data from the old file system is still saved on the hard disk, however, it can be read neither by the computer nor the camcorder.
Since formatting the card erases data from it, Video Recovery needs to be performed. One can use a reliable Video Recovery Software for this purpose. These are specially designed tools that can recover lost multimedia files from almost any storage device, even after it has been formatted.
Stellar Phoenix Photo Recovery is a video recovery tool that can recover almost all lost, deleted or formatted multimedia data. Irrespective of the reason behind the loss, this read-only software safely recoups the data to a location selected by you. It supports AVI, MOV, ASF, WMV, etc and is compatible with both, Windows and Mac OS.
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