Help with backup files

Our MAC's hard drive was dying, so before we replaced it, I backed up all of our files on an external drive.  In retrieving those files, I found that some of our video files had backed up as jpeg files rather than video.  Now, I can't figure out how to convert them back to video, or even if it is possible.  Help!

What you're describing is not possible, so something else must have happened. Why do you think the video files were backed up as JPEG files? What happens when you open the files?

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