Fixing the corrupt file created when final cut crashes during a capture...

Hi, occasionally whilst I'm capturing from Digi Beta my G5 will crash on the end of the capture (the beach ball will just keep spinning until I have to force quit).
When I check the file I was capturing in my Capture Scratch it comes up as a huge file (usually around 700gb) with a '-av' added to the end of it's file name.
When I remove the -av, the file goes back to its original size but Quicktime player or Final Cut don't recognise it to open (though it does keep its Quicktime icon).
Usually I just delete this file and re-capture it but I'm just wondering if there's any way of fixing the file to save time?
Thanks,
Alex

Usually I just delete this file and re-capture it but I'm just wondering if there's any way of fixing the file to save time?< </div>
IIRC, the file is incomplete, it's lacking the complete header information. Have you tried appending .mov to the file? Let us know how that works.
bogiesan

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