Corrupted Zoom H2 WAV file at DVinfo.net

Peter Rush · May 6th, 2013, 01:45 AM

I know a few of you use Zooms so I'm wondering if anyone has had this before - I used my H2 at a last weekend's wedding and the file from the ceremony (I had the Zoom recording the church speaker) is somehow corrupted - it's a 500mb file that basically will not play back via any app or even when imported into Premiere - The speeches file however recorded later in the day is fine!

I'm not worried as I've never heard as much feedback from a church PA ever so I'll be relying on groom/lecturn lavs etc for audio but I'd hate for it to happen again.

Pete

Adrian Tan · May 6th, 2013, 02:00 AM

I had a similar problem yesterday.

Basically, my setup was a Tram lapel microphone and a Roland recorder, but the particular priest (Zoroastrian ceremony) didn't have any pockets in his robe, so he tucked the recorder into his cummerbund. After the ceremony, the recorder dropped to the floor, the batteries came out, and the recording stopped midway. This seems to have corrupted the file. Didn't play in Windows Media Player or Audition. However, DID play in VLC.

I searched around a while for a solution. I used the basic VLC solution, and this seemed to recover some, but not all, of the audio... Need to experiment further, or else on-camera sound it is...

Anyway, hope that gives you some sort of starting point if you actually want to try to repair the audio.

Javier Boronat · May 8th, 2013, 02:33 AM

Hi all,

An easy trick is diagnose whether the file itself could be repaired. To do so simply pick your file at MP4repair.org and diagnose it for free. It's fast and it runs on your browser without installing anything on your computer.

Kind Regards,
--Javier

Peter Rush · May 8th, 2013, 10:03 AM

VLC Player recovered my file no problems - thanks guys :)

May 6th, 2013, 01:45 AM	#1
Peter Rush Inner Circle Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: UK/Yorkshire Posts: 2,069	Corrupted Zoom H2 WAV file I know a few of you use Zooms so I'm wondering if anyone has had this before - I used my H2 at a last weekend's wedding and the file from the ceremony (I had the Zoom recording the church speaker) is somehow corrupted - it's a 500mb file that basically will not play back via any app or even when imported into Premiere - The speeches file however recorded later in the day is fine! I'm not worried as I've never heard as much feedback from a church PA ever so I'll be relying on groom/lecturn lavs etc for audio but I'd hate for it to happen again. Pete

May 6th, 2013, 02:00 AM	#2
Adrian Tan Trustee Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 1,149	Re: Corrupted Zoom H2 WAV file I had a similar problem yesterday. Basically, my setup was a Tram lapel microphone and a Roland recorder, but the particular priest (Zoroastrian ceremony) didn't have any pockets in his robe, so he tucked the recorder into his cummerbund. After the ceremony, the recorder dropped to the floor, the batteries came out, and the recording stopped midway. This seems to have corrupted the file. Didn't play in Windows Media Player or Audition. However, DID play in VLC. I searched around a while for a solution. I used the basic VLC solution, and this seemed to recover some, but not all, of the audio... Need to experiment further, or else on-camera sound it is... Anyway, hope that gives you some sort of starting point if you actually want to try to repair the audio.

May 8th, 2013, 02:33 AM	#3
Javier Boronat New Boot Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Barcelona (Spain) Posts: 12	Re: Corrupted Zoom H2 WAV file Hi all, An easy trick is diagnose whether the file itself could be repaired. To do so simply pick your file at MP4repair.org and diagnose it for free. It's fast and it runs on your browser without installing anything on your computer. Kind Regards, --Javier

May 8th, 2013, 10:03 AM	#4
Peter Rush Inner Circle Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: UK/Yorkshire Posts: 2,069	Re: Corrupted Zoom H2 WAV file VLC Player recovered my file no problems - thanks guys :)