Video Footage Recovery: Dash-Cam / DVR / CCTV and Other Video Recording Devices

Data Lab 247 specializes in recovering lost, deleted, or corrupted video footage from a wide range of recording devices, including dash cams, DVRs, CCTV systems, drones, cameras, and camcorders. Our experts handle everything from failed devices to damaged file systems, working with all major video formats and codecs to restore footage reliably and efficiently.

Comprehensive Recovery for Video Devices

Data Lab 247 supports all types of video cameras, camcorders, dash cams, FPV and camera drones, and surveillance video recorders (DVR/PVR and NVR) for CCTV security systems. We can help you recover lost video footage regardless of the cause or problem type. Video recovery combines techniques used for computer, server, hard drive, or flash memory recovery, but special care is needed due to the different operating systems and file formats used by video devices.

Common Service Categories

Most pre-diagnostic service requests fall into two categories:

1. Broken or malfunctioning device recovery
2. Lost, deleted, or reformatted video file recovery

Recovery Examples

Dash Cam Footage Recovery

Deleted or corrupt dash-cam footage is often caused by power interruptions, such as when a vehicle's battery is disconnected during repairs. In these cases, lost/deleted data recovery services are needed.

DVR Hard Drive Recovery

We remove non-functional HDDs from damaged DVR units, repair and recover readable data, and reconstruct video files. Even when some sectors are physically inaccessible, our engineers can often repair corrupted footage, making the recovered videos playable on standard devices.

Forensic Recovery for CCTV (Court Use)

We frequently work with outdated CCTV systems where recovered video files (e.g., .DAT files) are unplayable on modern systems. Our specialists analyze file structures and develop custom scripts to convert these files into standard MP4 format for use in legal cases.

Typical Problems and Error Messages

• Video players: "Unable to open file", "Unable to load video", "This video cannot be played (Error code: 102630)", "Can't play video", "Unsupported video format", error 0xc1010103
• FFmpeg Errors: "Corrupted STTS atom", "MDAT Atom is missing", "moov atom not found", "Reached EOF", "Error reading header", "Wrong video file header", "Corrupt or missed IDR NAL units"

Supported Formats, Codecs, and Devices

We support a wide range of video file formats, including AVI, MP4, MPEG-2, MPG, MXF, WMV, and MOV (QuickTime). We can recover video and audio streams from unfinalized or incomplete files (e.g., MP4, MOV, 3GP) due to sudden device failure. Supported video formats include AVC/H.264, HEVC/H.265, and audio formats like AAC, ADPCM, MP3, PCM, and RAW.

Supported Cameras and Camcorders

We handle video recovery for devices such as Canon EOS, GoPro4, Panasonic DMC-G7, SONY A7S, Samsung TL350, Samsung NX1000, and NX1/NX500 camcorders, covering processors like DRIMeIII and DRIMeV.

Supported Video Codecs

AV1, VP9, H.264 (AVC), H.265 (HEVC), MPEG-2, vMix, BlackMagic RAW, and others.