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I recently needed to recover video from a handheld mini-DVD camera.  These cameras commonly write unreadable data to the media due to shaking and cause CRC errors.  Even though only a few seconds of video might be bad, if someone tries to copy the media in Microsoft Windows CRC Errors will prevent the video from being copied.

To recover the data you need to use a disc image tool such as ImgBurn or a disc recovery tool such as dvdisaster.

After having created the image, DVD-Video (MPEG2) can be repaired using Project X.  To use this you must install JDK (Java Development Kit) and use the build.bat file in the Project X source archive to compile the software.

Use the following instructions to recover data from corrupt discs and to remux mpeg2 video.

Creating Image using ImgBurn

1. Start ImgBurn.
2. Go to the menu Tools -> Settings.
3. Click on the Read tab and check mark Hardware Retries and Ignore Read Errors and Click OK.
4. Go to the menu Mode -> Read.
5. Select the Source drive from the corresponding drop down menu .
6. Go to the menu File -> Browse for a destination File and select the location for where the image is to be written.
7. Go to the menu File -> Read to begin the image creation process.

Creating Image using dvdisaster

1. Start dvdisaster.
2. Go to the menu File -> Select Image and select the location for where the image is to be written.
3. Select the Input drive from the corresponding drop down menu.
4. Click Read to begin the image creation process.

Repairing MPEG-2 Video using Project X

1. First use freely available image mounters such as DAEMON Tools Lite or Virtual CloneDrive to mount the earlier image that was created.
2. Start Project X using the compiled ProjectX.jar file and agree to the terms.
3. Go to the menu File -> Add and select the Video file to be fixed.
4. Select the output directory by clicking the + icon next to recent output directories near the bottom of the screen.
5. Click Prepare >>.
6. Select the PIDFilter (1:1 Copy) Action.
7. Click the Play/Pause Button to start the remux process.