RichardRecovery is a professional online lab specializing in corrupted video repair and lost data recovery — serving photographers, videographers and families in 60+ countries since 2016.
You only pay after you confirm the preview works.
From unfinalized camera footage to formatted memory cards — if the data is still there, we can usually get it back.
Fix corrupted, broken, truncated or unfinalized MP4, MOV, MXF, DAT, RSV and more — from cameras, drones, phones, camcorders and dashcams, original quality preserved.
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Repair damaged WAV, M4A, 3GPP, AMR files and voice memos from phones and recorders. Crackle, silence, unreadable files — we restore what you thought was gone.
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Recover formatted, deleted or lost video, photo and audio files from SD/CFexpress cards, USB drives and all types of disks — even after reformatting or a failed transfer.
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Upload your corrupted file or card image via could storage to share with us.
We analyze the damage and send you a free preview of what can be recovered.
Happy with the preview? Pay securely via PayPal. Not happy? Walk away free.
Receive your repaired or recovered files in full original quality, then we securely wipe your data.
You see a working preview before any payment. If we can't fix it, you owe nothing.
Most video repairs are completed within 24–48 hours; urgent cases can be expedited.
Your files are handled in a private lab and permanently deleted after delivery. NDAs welcome.
Unfinalized RSV, DAT, MXF and fragmented files that standard software can't touch.
No re-encoding, no watermarks. Recovered footage keeps its native resolution and frame rate.
Remote service via secure upload — clients in 60+ countries, from the US to Singapore.
"Our 4K drone footage of a client's resort was unfinalized after a crash. RichardRecovery had a working preview back to me in under six hours — full quality."
"I formatted the SD card from my daughter's graduation before backing it up. They recovered every single photo and video. I cried. Pricing was very reasonable."
"A 78 GB broadcast MXF that two other services declared unrecoverable was fully repaired here. They also promised to keep everything confidential, and they did."
"The preview-first model sold me. I could see exactly what I was paying for. Dashcam footage from an accident evidence case, repaired overnight."
"Corrupted voice memos from an interview series — every other tool produced silence. RichardRecovery restored all six recordings with clean audio."
"Clear communication, fast replies, and no upselling. My wedding video was worth far more than the fee. Highly recommend to any videographer."
Updated every few weeks with real (anonymized) customer cases — what broke, what we did, and what came back.
It was 11 p.m. on a Saturday. A wedding videographer Peter in Madrid messaged us: rushing to prep cards for the after-party, she had formatted the wrong CFA card — the one holding the entire ceremony, 128 GB of footage from a SONY camera, not yet backed up anywhere. The…
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A father of two from Toronto wrote to us the day after returning from a two-week trip to Portugal. On the flight home, while freeing up space on the camera, he had selected what he thought was one clip — and confirmed "Delete All" on the card instead. The problem…
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A travel photographer in Melbourne plugged her Micro SD(TF) card into a MacBook Pro after a three-week shoot in New Zealand — 128 GB of landscapes, timelapses and a once-in-a-trip drone session she'd already copied to some of it. Instead of the usual Finder window, macOS greeted her with the…
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A commercial pilot in Singapore was flying a resort promotional shoot when a gust of wind sent his drone into a palm tree. The drone survived with a cracked propeller. The footage did not — at first. The problem The last flight's file — a 12-minute 4K/60p MP4 from a…
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This one arrived with a note that began: "Two other services already told me this is impossible." A broadcast crew in USA had been recording a 90-minute live panel with a Sony camera in HEVC. Halfway through, a venue power cut took down the camera mid-write. The problem On the…
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A documentary shooter from Berlin contacted us on a Sunday evening, clearly stressed. During a fast card swap between interviews, she had pulled the SD card from her Canon R5 a second too early. The camera had not finished finalizing the last clips. The problem On the card, the last…
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