About LRV Files
LRV files should be familiar to GoPro users as they are generated when shooting a video. LRV, Low-Resolution Video, is a file format that saves data in a compressed way. Thus, LRV files usually are small in size, making them easier and quicker be preview, post-edited, and transfer.
Though GoPro has a high-resolution version of the shot video, several people choose to edit the LRV files. Hence, it is not good to find that LRV files are corrupted or lost the GoPro SD card. How can you repair and recover LRV files? The following content shows you solutions.
How to Recover LRV Files
To recover lost LRV files from the GoPro SD card, you can only ask for help from professional data recovery services. Files lost from SD cards, USB drives, external hard drives, and other removable devices are generally permanently removed. However, as long as those lost LRV videos are not overwritten, there are chances to get them back.
MiniTool Power Data Recovery excels from other data recovery tools due to its secure data recovery environment and read-only feature. It causes no damage to the original files during the data recovery process. Moreover, this software is able to recover types of files from diverse data storage media.
You can get this free data recovery software to scan your SD card and recover no more than 1GB of LRV video files if necessary.
Step 1. Connect your SD card to the Windows computer and launch the software. You can choose the SD card’s partition that has a USB label and click Scan. If it is difficult for you to identify the specific partition, change to the Devices tab and scan the SD card directly.
Step 2. Wait for the scan process to complete automatically in order to find all the files. On the result page, you can browse the found files by expanding folders layer by layer.
To quickly locate the required LRV files, you can type the file name or the .lrv file extension into the search box at the top right corner and press Enter to screen out unnecessary files.
Step 3. Tick the LRV files you want to restore and click Save. You need to choose an appropriate file path for those restored files as saving them to the original file path may cause data overwriting, leading to data recovery failure.
When the LRV file recovery process is accomplished, close the software and head to the destination to check the recovered files.
This is the entire process to recover deleted GoPro LRV files with the help of MiniTool Power Data Recovery. If you have transferred files to Windows for backup, the LRV file recovery can be done more conveniently.
How to Repair Corrupted LRV Files
LRV file corruption is also a tricky task. Fortunately, here are some tips for you to repair corrupted LRV files. You can continue reading to read and try those ways.
#1. Repair LRV Files Using GoPro’s Function
The GoPro SOS function is used to repair corrupted files that are caused by incomplete file transfer, power losses, and other situations. You can insert the SD card with corrupted LRV files into the GoPro.
When the corrupted files are detected, the SOS function will be activated and prompt you with a repair window. If no window arises, you can find the SOS icon to continue. Afterward, follow the on-screen instructions to let the camera repair the corrupted file automatically.
#2. Repair LRV Files Using File Repair Tools
In some cases, you need to work with high-tech supported tools to repair corrupted LRV files. Among the market, there are numerous file repair tools. Taking your requirements into consideration, you can choose one that suits you best. This post gives some available free file repair tools, reading to select an ideal one.
Final Words
This is the end of this post, which gives solutions to repair and recover LRV files respectively. Hope you can get useful information from here.
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