Missing Original Video file, but the SFK/DVR file is still here?

enenera wrote on 8/1/2019, 2:47 PM

The title basically what it is. I captured video using Nvidia Highlights and stored it on my 2TB hard drive. I was putting together a project and then when I finished editing it, I saved the project as a .VEG file. Then I closed Sony Vegas for about a few hours and came back to a "missing media" message on 2 of my clips.

They were very valuable clips and I'm wondering how to get it back. When I look at the file folder, I see the cache file is still there, but the actual video file (.MP4) is gone.

I'm using Sony Vegas 16. Any help is appreciated!

Comments

Former user wrote on 8/1/2019, 2:52 PM

Was it on an external drive?

Musicvid wrote on 8/1/2019, 2:52 PM

All that means is that your files have been deliberately moved, renamed, or deleted since the .VEG was created. Vegas does not change your assets.

enenera wrote on 8/1/2019, 2:57 PM

Was it on an external drive?

Nope it was an internal hard drive, SATA connection

enenera wrote on 8/1/2019, 2:58 PM

All that means is that your files have been deliberately moved, renamed, or deleted since the .VEG was created. Vegas does not change your assets.

So could it possibly my hard drive or my recording program?

fr0sty wrote on 8/1/2019, 3:29 PM

There are programs out there that can "undelete" files as long as no data has been written to the drive since. Recuva was one if I remember right.

rraud wrote on 8/2/2019, 1:24 PM

"I'm using Sony Vegas 16"

> Not to nit pic but there is no 'Sony' Vegas 16, MAGIX acquired it in 2016 . The first version under MAGIX was Vegas 14, which was released three years ago next month on Sept. 20.