Recovered .MOV files won't open in Quicktime

[Tony Capobianco]

Okay, so I accidentally deleted some footage I captured into final cut on to an external hard drive, so I installed Stellar Phoenix Photo Recovery to get them back. Now that the scan is finished and I managed to recover the files, the .MOV files refuse to play in quicktime. Only certain ones can play in quicktime, but all I get is a black screen with no sound.

I've done the following things since then:
- Downloaded Stellar Phoenix MOV repair, and it did nothing
- Attempted to convert them using Handbrake
- Downloaded VLC player, and that didn't help

Is there any working solution that can get these MOV files working again?

- Thank you

[Satcomer]

Well .mov file be in small letters, the .MOV capital letters.

[Tony Capobianco]

they will be in lower case .mov

[Satcomer]

When you converted them in Handbrake you should have Previewed them before converting. Do they show up in the Preview function of Handbrake?

[MisterMe]

The mistake being made is to believe that the issue is QuickTime issue. It is instead a file recovery issue. The OP has given us no information about the volume from which his videos were recovered, or the volume to which they were recovered.