I need help. Bad.

[sfkk339]

I have a Sony HandyCam. I took it with me to Kentucky Kingdom today and filmed ALL day. It was a pain. But I was once was walking across the park and dropped it. Onto solid pavement. I freaked out. I sat down and looked at it. It worked. Just like normal just some scratches. I could still record view all my videos, everything. But I just got home and now the camcorder is stating that there is no disk in it while there is. I thought it was my camera, so to test it I put a old DVD-RW from when I first got the camera. It worked. So now what? It's apparently not the camera, it looks as if it is the DVD-RW itself, but how could this have happened?

[spaceace12]

You dropped it.....sounds like the disc got damaged. BTW, I dropped my video camera at Holiday world back at HWN this year and it was busted. Was going to cost 200 to fix, I bought a new one exactly like it for 175.

[sfkk339]

The disk has NO scratches on it at all....I could look at all the videos and everything even after I dropped it. I have no idea why it isn't working right now. If I cant get these videos I'm going to be so upset.

[Angry_Gumball]

I just want to inform you that Mini DVD camcorders are notorious for having errors written on the discs. My job consists of transferring a variety of media to DVD, including making copies of mini DVDs to a full-sized DVD. 80-90% of the mini DVDs we receive have errors and are unable to copy. We usually have to use some special software to extract the data and do all sorts of intense steps to get a playable MPEG file that we can reburn. Hope that helps as far as now you know some issues with mini DVDs.

 

So, I think that disc is done for, you may have to look into some software to extract that content if you ever want to do anything with it...you can try that DVD on a regular player to see if it plays. Also try a new blank and see if you can record/play back.

[sfkk339]

Other Mini-DVD's can play back. But I mean, Why would it just stop? Like really....I can hear the camera trying to play the DVD but it just can't although it can read other Mini-DVD's I have used before...I need to finalize it in order for it to work on my computer. So is there any way I can finalize it on the computer or somewhere else? So I can view each video clip as a window's video file?

[Angry_Gumball]

If your disc can't be read, you can't finalize it. I'm sure your disc is 'done for' as far as playing back in your camera goes. No panic though. As I posted above, working in a DVD lab and dealing with just about every type of DVD error there could be with mini DVDs, your data as still in good shape.

 

There's a nifty little program called ISOBuster that can be used to extract data from ISO files (duh!) and more so, recover data from (non-physical) damaged/error'd DVDs. You can even extract data from unfinalized DVDs. If you can extract the VOBs from the disc, you then can convert them to an MPEG. A little trick is to extract everything from the disc to your local hard drive first before extracting the individual VOBs. Extracting time will be much faster that way. I can PM you with more details if you feel up to speed/familiar with such software.

 

Hope this helps.

[sfkk339]

^Thank you so much! So does this mean I can use it as files? As in, If I use this software I can then edit the clips and make it into a video of a sort and post it on youtube or just for my enjoyment?

[Angry_Gumball]

You can put on youtube...I'll send you PM tomorrow...getting tired, heading off to bed. There are a lot of steps involved but it should be worth it.

[sfkk339]

^Thanks, Help would be wonderful.

[sfkk339]

Can anyone help me with this? I filmed it yesterday to make a video for my multimedia class at school and I need it tomorrow! Please!

[jonhmardona]

I currently own a basic canon point and shoot, and am upgrading to a dslr. I am on a budget, so I am looking at the entry level models, some of which have liveview like the canon xs etc., and some don’t like the Nikon d3000. I am trying to determine whether or not this feature should be a consideration in my purchasing decision, ie should I only look at cameras that have it, or pay more for a camera to get it. Most people I see using an slr seem to be using the viewfinder, and I’ve also heard that focusing can be slower with liveview, and it inhales battery life. I can see how liveview could come in handy in weird shooting angles, but I was wondering how often those of you who have liveview are actually using the feature, and if those of you who don’t have liveview are wishing you had bought a camera that did.

 

 

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