<p>Try running the file through <a href="http://www.videohelp.com/software/recover-mp4-to-h264" rel="nofollow">recover_mp4_to_h264</a>, assuming video codec is H.264. You will need to supply a good reference file i.e. with valid header, of the same type as the damaged one.</p>

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<p>if I have a video file that is in .mov format, but the header has been overwritten, is there a way to scan the file to find the keyframes and somehow extract  them?</p>

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# extracting keyframes from damaged video file

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-12-27)

if I have a video file that is in .mov format, but the header has been overwritten, is there a way to scan the file to find the keyframes and somehow extract them?

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### Answer by username_1 on 2015-12-27. Score: 1

Try running the file through [recover\_mp4\_to\_h264](http://www.videohelp.com/software/recover-mp4-to-h264), assuming video codec is H.264. You will need to supply a good reference file i.e. with valid header, of the same type as the damaged one.


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