Faad file not found

GCC 4. You should probably try with -fnostrict-aliasing compile option, that is the most likely one to cause issues. In reply to comment 6.

Then it is most likely a programming error, and possibly one of the "violates strict-aliasing rules" warnings points to the problem. That will fix the bug until libfaad2 developers release a new library version and that may never happen. Powered by Trac 1. Opened 11 years ago Closed 11 years ago.

Description ffplay plays the sample file just fine. Skip to content. Star 1. New issue. Jump to bottom. Copy link. Thanks a lot. Yes I do. Updated iOS readme for revision. Sign up for free to join this conversation on GitHub. The name of the file is Mads Message. After the first step with the faad. It explains important things.

I hope you can help. Thank you for contacting us. You are trying to fix the very important file. Can you check again that the m4a file and the faad. If they are so, could you try to do the step 5 and 6 again? Thanks for your reply. I tried again, and I made sure I had the. I opened the file in the binary editor. So I am unable to make it through step 6, I am unable to generate the wave file.

I will say that after examining the file in the binary editor, and comparing it with other working voice memos from the same time period, recorded on the same iOS version, there appears to be no footer.

So I tried Deleting through the T of mdat on my corrupt file, and to the T. Then I took the moov atom and eveything after that including what I guess is the footer with the date, os version etc.

Any ideas? Can you try the same steps on a working file? I want to make sure that a wave file is generated for the working file. Thank you very much for this tutorial! I have a problem. I could not able to done this process. How to send my file to YOU? I was very encouraged to see this thread as I am dealing with the same issue. I recorded an important interview using the Quick Voice app on an iPhone 5. After stopping the recording, the phone ran out of batteries.

Upon reopening the app, the 45 minute interview still shows as being 8. It is an m4a ACC file. I am working on a mac and am not able to use the encoding and decoding software nor am I savvy enough to edit the header.

I have had a diagnostic test run on the corrupt file and I know it is fixable but the company who ran the test charges exorbitant prices. Is there ANY way you can repackage the file for me? I can share with you a m4a file of comparable length that is playable. Good afternoon.

Thanks in advance and kindest regards Julie. Hi there. Thank you for the instructions. I was being thick sorry. For the decoding error, I need to take a closer look at the file data. Thank you for the reply Sysfrontier!

I just wanted to thank you. Even though the file only kept the first 8 minutes of a 25 minute conversation…. Every little step is needed to fix the file. It just sucks I have to live with this loss….. Good morning! Thank you for your help! Do you have any suggestions on how I do this or software that I can crack my iPhone 6plus operating system to pull the file? Thank you so so much! I am having problems on the 6 step. Hi, I had mistakenly formatted my memory card of my android phone.

Later on I recovered the files using an data recovery software. The most important files for me were a few voice records of my class lecture. But those files were recovered as. Then I followed the methods described in this article. For the 1st one, I could recover about 60 min of the total 80 min file.

But the rest of them I could only recover a very little part of the files. Could you please comment on this issue? Hello, I am not tech savvy at all. Really hopeful you can help.

I have two recordings on my Samsung s5 phone which used to play fine. They both show the original file name, and it seems the correct byte size and duration too.

I see the volume bars moving when I play these two, but there is no sound. Both recorded on same date — the dates are still there. In this case, could you please help me? I really hope so. Thank you!! Can you compare the file size of the corrupted one with the working one?

The size has an linear relationship with the recording length. Thank you for your quick reply! One file is 50 seconds, and the other 1 minute and 35 seconds.

May I send them to you to recover? They are short but every second precious to me and irreplaceable. If so, thank you so, so much!!! First of all, I would like to thank the author of this article for the effort in helping those with corrupted mp4 files.

Hi, this is Sun who is lived in Korea. What should I do or not do? I have met all the errors that you guys listed above.

My advice: Just create simple name for files and simple path road for the folder. It will work the second time. Hey, I am trying this.. When I use this method only saves 2 seconds or so… I want full I need to learn where does it get broken! Hi, i have the same problem. After following the steps sometimes i get a tiny wav file, is it suposed to happen? Originaly, my recording is around 12min within a 6. It may be possible that the recording data was not saved to the file due to application crash.

In this case, a shorter wav file is generated than expected. Hello, after following step no. So if its not too much to ask can you take a look at it and see if you can fix it? Thanks alot. Thank you for your sulotion! Reran faad, the same error showed again….. BTW: May I have your authority to translate this article into Chinese and repost it to some social network?

Is it normal that the WAV file and repaired file are each both 1ko? I you have more zeroes than I have highlighted here, no biggie since I ad more as well, but deleted them in order to illustrate. In principle I found no errors, but no luck. The output from the faad command the wav file is much shorter than the original m4a file the original is about 24 MB and the wav only 4 MB.

One more question: the original file has at the beginning the signature: ftypmp42 which corresponds with M4V MPEG-4 files.

Is that normal? Hi, I have a fix corrupted m4a file and i would like recover it! The size of the corrupted file is about MB. Can you help me please? I emailed you this morning. I would be much obliged if you responded as soon as possible. My email will explain why.

I would be so so thankful if you could help me. I was recording a voicememo but then my phone ran out of battery so I guess it was not saved correctly. I cannot play the voicememo on my phone and neither can I download it to itunes. Is there anything I can do to recover it? Help please. The audio file is really long like 1. Hello, unfortunately I stuck at point 6 decoding by faad. Thanks a lot, Sysfrontier. Your steps helped but my original file had a recording of 60 min yet the repaired file was only able to recover the first 9 minutes of it.

Any ideas or suggestions? Thanks a lot. What is the size of the file? Is it same as the size of a working file with 60 min?

It may be possible that the data after first 9 minutes has slipped off due to app crash. Microsoft Windows [Version All rights reserved. Had a HR dismisall interview recorded and needed to write it up but it got corrupt, ii tried loads but this worked! Go grab the ffmpeg binaries and use this command from the binary directory: ffmpeg -i input. I tried a second time, and I notice that the Error message I got after the Faad.

I just recovered some broken recording from BB I have a problem with faad. What I am doing wrong? We need to look into the file to see how the data gets corrupted.

If you want us to do so, please send us via Dropbox or Google drive. Dear Sysfrontier! I had same problem as Sachin. Answering to question about size — 1 file was 13,1 Mb — became 1,44 and 2nd one was 53,4 — became 12,1. I have to fix them up urgently,because my future job depends on these 2 files, so please , if you have any suggetions, tell! Thanx in advance. Please make sure you have faad. I just found this really useful guideline.. Thank you admin! Then, the repaired.

Thank you again.. You guys are a life-saver. I came here as a last resort and you saved my day. Thanks a million guyss. I have to admit though the file seems to have lowered in pitch by a tiny bit — is it possible this has something to do with the sample rate?

And when I finish the process; I get the file name repaired. CAn you please explain what can be the problem. My file is of Please upload your file to Dropbox or Google Drive, etc. Get the link to the file. Yes, we do. Hello, can you please tell me what to do since i am stuck in step 5. I repaired a voice memo successfully. It was very important for me. I followed the exact description. Hi there! I tried this way with a 20Mo file but I only get a 72Ko wav file.

Can you help me with this issue? The size implies that the audio data has been lost forever from the file. It is impossible to restore the original data from the 72KB file. I do it for my friend and it work in my case. But I have i think we lost a little bit records. The original file have 65,7 MB and the repaired file only 34,4 MB 37,36 min. It created a corrupt. I was so disappointed.. Thanks Team.. Hey there! Thanks a lot for such a helpful article. This is a very important recording for me, though.

Could you please take a look at it? My files m4a is corrupted due by end batterie of my phone. The file have 65Mb, so what could be the cost if you do the repair? How long is the recording? The strange thing is, the file was working before, and the filesize is the same as other similar length. I recorded a voice memo on my iPhone and the battery shut down so I believe the recording did not save properly.

Thank you Sysfrontier for this complete tutorial. I had one corrupted M4A file and thanks to your information I could restore this important file.

I would recommend this post for anybody that have this kind of problems. Thank you sooo much! So grateful for your kindness and generosity in supplying this page. They were recorded on different days and were both about the same length, 70 and 73 mb. Almost 3 hours Failed due to no space left. When removing the header and trying to decode with Fadd, both times the resulting file is a stereo WAV file of exactly 6.

So seems this is not a problem with the defective files but with the decoder. The data in the Hex editor HxD seems to all be there to the end. No I just tried on a 32 bit XP and same exact file size results! BTW, the original files are supposed to 63 or 64 kbps, Mono, 44 kHz. These files do not show any details in Windows explorer though.

Same length, about 74 mb, length 2 hr 36m. After removing the header it decoded it to a file size which was exactly the same length of 74 mb, but the resulting file is exactly 7 min 2. It plays fine. So apparently faad is not compatible with this mp4 format. Just wondering if you can please provide some help for how to recover this file through my mac, alternatively are you able to fix this for me?

And at what cost and how long would this take? We currently recommend to use Windows. I have been using the default audio recorder that you can install with sudo apt-get install audio-recorder because it was the easiest to use. Earlier in the semester they recordings were fine. But now they are corrupt as soon as the recording is done. They are in the. I have tried many tutorials, including editing the hex data of the recording, no luck.

I do not know where the recording starts since when I try to make a new recording it is corrupt off the bat. I have tried using ffmpeg to get this error, moov atom not found , which looking up does nothing to help solve the problem.

Or I get an error saying protocol not found. Did you mean in. Then it says do you mean the file that I did put in. Also I tried an mp4 repair service and it works so the file should be able to be fixed. See here , at the bottom of the page. First command takes some time. Be patient. Tried it on ubuntu As pointed out in the comments, the result can be opened in VLC, but not in Audacious.

But we can use vlc to transcode it, or rewrite it to another format.