Unerased .avi won't play
I moved some AVI video clips to the trash and then emptied the trash. Then I realized I needed the clips. I used Norton Utilities 8.0 to "Unerase" the clips back onto my hard drive succesfully. Now quicktime won't play the clips and just gives the message "Error opening the movie" "The movie could not be opened."
I tried using several different players including VLC and they still won't open.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Eric
I've seen the before...I think your out of luck on this one...
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