How can I repair a QuickTime AAC file? Please help!
I'm in desperate need of help. Yesterday I was making an audio recording of a very important conversation using QuickTime 7.6.6 on my MacBook Pro running 10.5.8. When I tried to stop the recording, QuickTime kept recording anyway. Repeated attempts to stop the recording were unsuccessful. I ended up force quitting the app and recovering the 48mb temporary file from /private/var/folders. But, as expected, it is unplayable in every app I've tried. The data is there but, from what I've read on the web, the file is missing the appropriate headers needed for it to play.
So, I've now got a QuickTime .mov file encoded with the AAC codec that I desperately need to repair quickly.
I tried the FCS Maintenance Pack from Digital Rebellion but discovered that it does not support the AAC codec. I also tried Treasured from aeroquartet.com. Treasured indicated that, while it was not able to let me preview (listen) to the file, there was a 95% chance their company could repair it for me for a $79 fee. I'm prepared to go this route, but thought it was worth first asking for some advice here.
Does anyone know how I can repair this file or otherwise listen to the recording I made? Any advice would be greatly, greatly appreciated.
As a shot in the dark, you could try opening it with Audacity. It is very flexible.
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