Answers.Body: <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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Body: <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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Title: extracting keyframes from damaged video file
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ThreadText: # 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?
  
  **Tags:** video, file-formats
  
  
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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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