once the film files are recovered/part recovered change the file extension to something else and see if they play on Vlc or Perian then ?
Aha - I'll try that. At the moment am trying a whole load of programs in demo mode to see which ones recover the most. Once I've found the one that does this, I'll do as you say. Card Raider, BTW, discovered 36 videos with that box unticked. I take it .mpg / .mpeg would be examples of what to try - any others?
Cheers also for the Perian tip - I'd never heard of that one before.
Will let you know how I get on.
Rgds
Mark