Re: [Avid-L2] OT: Corrupted jpegs

Joe,

Was the card formatted prior to taking the pix? It should be every time.
Are we sure they are jpg and not raw files???
What does the EXIF data tell you? Does it appear to be accurate?

It has been years (decades?) since I have dealt with this. I am assuming
you had no joy on trying to obtain the deleted files from the card.

Option A -Open a similar good jpg using a text editor and print off the
header info for reference. Open copies of the bad jpegs and see if the
header is damaged. Try a manual repair.
If the header seems to be alright move along nothing to see here. Oh
wait ... that is the source of irritation. Sorry about that Chief.

Option B - Try a recovery tool. The last time I used one was on a Mac
prior to OSX so I have no experience with current software.
http://www.officerecovery.com/pixrecovery/
http://www.hketech.com/JPEG-recovery/
http://www.datarescue.com/photorescue/index.htm

Good luck,
DD

Joe Womble wrote:
>
>
> Yes, PC.
>
> I tried Irfanview and Photoshop...no joy.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Joe
>
> On 2/17/10, David Dawkins <dawk2@shaw.ca <mailto:dawk2%40shaw.ca>> wrote:
> >
> > Joe,
> >
> > PC?
> >
> > Open in Irfanview?
> >
> > Open in Photoshop?
> >
> > DD
> >
> >
> > Joe Womble wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > I recently transferred some jpeg pictures from a digital camera CF
> > > card via
> > > a laptop and wireless network to my Avid system media drive. The files
> > > seemed to transfer, and even now the files appear with the file sizes
> > (2-4
> > > Mb each) intact. The files will not open on the Avid machine or any
> > > other I
> > > have tried...previewing the files shows what appears to be one or two
> > > pixels. I typically do not transfer large files this way, and
> surely know
> > > better than to erase the CF card prior to confirming the actual image.
> > > Alas, I did erase the card this time.
> > >
> > > As I said, the file sizes show up as 2-4 Mb even now. Is anyone
> familiar
> > > with a means of "repairing" corrupt jpeg data?
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Joe Womble
> > >
> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > >
> > >
> >
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