Is there a way to fix crashed DivX 5.02 capture

[lark]

i got a blue screen while capturing with VirtualVCR to DivX 5.02.
is there any way to fix the file (round 800k) so that even part of it would be viewable/editable? i'd be happy to get even the soundtrack, which is uncopressed.
i've tried to open the file with different tools (virtualdub, nandub, avi-mux, zoomplayer, wmp, ...), but none of them succees. even DivX Fix 1.091 says "It's not an AVI file".

please help me and don't say that i lost my capture ;-)

regards
t :)

[ReTroAcTive]

try to drag and drop it into dvd2avi or tmpgenc and use the preview option.

[lark]

which version of DVD2AVI can open AVI files?
i tried with tmpgenc and it didn't say anything w/ drag'n'drop...
by trying to open the file as such, i get
File "xyz" can not open, or unsupported.

i also tried to save the audio with besweet,
but it just gives an error 58: Unknown Input-File Format :-(

regars
t :)

[ReTroAcTive]

when i have only part of an avi file that i cant get to open any way else i try tmpgenc and if that doesnt work i try to open it in dvd2avi. this is a last chance when all else fails kinda thing. it doesnt always work but if nothing else works i try that before deleting the avi.

[John2002]

Try a partial copy of the file. The Windows copy command deletes the partial file if you kill the copy before it's done but something like Cygwin's bash shell won't do that

http://www.cygwin.com

So the command in Cygwin's bash would be like

cp orig.avi partial.avi

and before the file copy reaches the end do a control-C to end the copy. This will leave just first part of the file.

Open the partial file in VirtualDub. Don't use the slider but just try to play the file to see if it's watchable. If it works then try to reencode it. Or try a direct steam copy to a new file and see if any of the other tools can now deal with it.

Experiment with the control-C to try to get as much of the file as possible while leaving off the corrupted ending. Good luck!