How To Fix: Can't Find Videos on SD Card (Hidden AVCHD Video Files)

If you can't seem to find the videos you recorded on your SD card, try this!
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[@MyCrwnHisGlry]

Lifesaver!!!! I was about to go in panic mode. I shot a wedding and only saw the pictures I took and not the videos. My videos were in the exact folder you stated! Thanks so much for sharing!!

[@xxshelleey]

Wow! Thank you. I thought my SD card didn't work anymore, so I just bought a new one and had the same problem. With your video I finally understand how I can easily find them. Thanks again!

[@DreamstateContemporary]

THANK YOU!!! All of the videos I found before yours only talked about Macs not recognizing the SD card at all (which was not my problem). Your solution saved me so much time and heartache.

[@lyxerybysweden9509]

Hi folks! This did not work, BUT I found the solution. On Windows I right clicked on, not the folder, but the main storage of the SD card. (ex. Memory (F:) ). Properties -> Tools -> Fail check and click control.
Now I did this and the files were magically appearing under PRIVATE > M4ROOT > CLIP
I might have some translations wrong here, my OS is in Swedish.
Hope this saves your files ❤

[@Sophiechute.boards]

Thank you sm!! I found my videos here 🙏❤️

[@ninavilleg4911]

ooohhh big help! thank you! found our videos too!!

[@aureliang.4003]

This was so helpful and quick & efficient thank you !

[@SabrinaVoineaSStolenMedal]

You are a lifesaver I have been reading articles for hours and watching useless videos. Thank you. One question, why do SD cards do this? Why can't the damn videos be with the pictures.?

[@soleilvermeil]

Thank Sony for this brilliant idea... However, I guess that this is a way to compress videos (and thus save space)

[@adinrp]

THANK YOU. YOU JUST SAVED ME AT LEAST 8 HOURS OF FOOTAGE!!!!!!!!!!

[@IssareeA]

I already panic a while ago but your video saves my life! Thank you so so much!

[@marianuvol]

LIFESAVER, I LOVE YOU, BRO

[@andylewin3029]

Lifesaver. I thought my day of filming today had been a complete waste of time. Subscribed sir!

[@DizzyIzzy235]

Omg you are my HERO! Thank you so much!!! I seriously was on the verge of having a heart attack 😂

[@sarahmarafi1624]

Same

[@Giuligartner]

thank you for this Adam!! I was losing my mind trying to figure it out! lifesaver

[@SipWine]

This happened out of no where for me. Thank you for the video. I had been uploading our videos to my MacBook Pro for years the same way, then all of a sudden after this most recent updated this issue began to happen. Usually all the photos and videos were in the same folder. Then all of a sudden only photos were visible, but I could see and watch the videos from my camera. Thank you for the work around, I didn't want to refilm.

[@leonardnovotny880]

LEGEND helped exactly with what I needed thank you man wish you good luck in RUclips keep up the grind

[@chi.vision]

You literally just made my dayyyyy! I literally was gonna have a whole meltdown because I thought my footage was lost😭💕🫶🏾

[@sarahmarafi1624]

Saaammmmeeeeee

[@ivyharlan6316]

Very helpful! Thank you!

[@blaise7135]

hey Adam, its been a really tough day... my flight has been delayed 3 hours... I'm sitting here in the airport trying to download my footage... like wtf its not downloading and I'm having a horrible day. but then I found your video and you fixed everything. my flight is still delayed but you did me the biggest solid... like damn

[@Crswht]

Any idea how to do this on pc ?

[@ling7754]

Thank you so much for your video, i almost format my SD card out of anger. After a long day shoot, spending my energy and sweat, i was so frustrated for not being able to find my video in my sd card

[@sidriley]

The one time I decide not to be nosy in the “private” folder of a borrowed SD card… only to realize that’s where my videos are 😭 This helped, thankyou!!

[@glamesquebeauty]

Lifesaver!!!!!! Here I was thinking I needed a whole new camera 😂

[@celestialdrums486]

I’m experiencing the same problem. I followed the steps but then the Stream folder is empty. What to do? Pls help

[@_CaseyJacobs_]

Same with me, I really need these vids to make edits!

[@afairusputri4604]

same here, so how to fix it?

[@suej9883]

Be sure you can view those videos with the camera you took them with, in playback. If not, they could be gone, or you'll need to find another tutorial to help recover them. Mine I could only play back with the camera. This helped me find them with my laptop.

[@212radio9]

​@@afairusputri4604hello ,I would like to know if you have solved the problem and how. Thanks

[@212radio9]

​@@_CaseyJacobs_hello ,I would like to know if you have solved the problem and how. Thanks

[@sheisBenita]

omg out of everything i searched for this helped so much thanks!

[@galymzhankyrykbaev2976]

maaaaan you saved me tysm man !!!! wishing you and your family the best!!!!

[@suej9883]

THANK YOU! Like many, this is huge to finally find them and playback on my computer, rather than the camera!!!

[@rosalynmcclore]

Omg!!!!!!! What a blessing you are!!!!!!! Thank you so much. Thank you, thank you. I was losing my mind. I have Sony ZV E 10 with a Sigma 16 mm lens and a Peter McKinnon VnD filter. I thought it was a pretty nice setup. I don't know what I'm doing I'm a complete novice. I have a channel and I'm trying to make it look like the movies or something or like all these fancy people. Lol. I feel something and then I can't find it oh my God. This was a very short video you did but I'm sure you helped so many many people. 🎉

[@unomene]

Oh my goodness! Thank you so much for creating this fix-it video! So needed!

[@captandy34449]

Great help!!!!! Thank you!!!! I finely found them after 2 years. I am a new subscriber for sure!!!!! Thank you!!!!!

[@mariamhartung9279]

DOPE! I had lost all hope. This was super helpful, and a quick quick fix. THX!

[@sarahmarafi1624]

YOU SAVED MY LIFE THANK YOU SO MUCH

[@hey7068]

you are amazing for this!!! subscribed :)

[@AndrewDeGood-n7j]

Absolute lifesaver. I was freaking out!! Thank you.

[@teakyzofficial]

Thankyou sm ☺️✨ honestly thought I’d lost some really epic footage from the Euros semi finals 🥵

[@844Nick]

Great short explanation, but i think this is only required on MacOS. On Windows the AVCHD folder is just accessable like an normal folder.

[@SeanFoyMakesMovies]

Accessible folders on PC, but still hidden down that chain he showed. I never would have found them!

[@TRFit]

yup, this worked for me... i have a canon vixia hf g21 that i started to use again for field shots (football for son) this worked. appreciate it!

[@gelima0]

You saved my life! No words to thank you

[@WeThriveChristian]

This helped me!! Thank you!

[@mayakirk1856]

This was the exact solution, thank you!

[@JSARKITCHEN]

thank you adam,, really helpful.

[@jackjohnstone9780]

Worked a treat! Thank you so much... incredibly helpful :)

[@Myhomeentertainmentsystem]

How do i fix it like it was, like it was doing before this problem ?

[@Marcjacobsons]

it is the opposite for me, I can view the videos on my computer but not on the camera, this happens every time I edit a video together with clips from the camera. And im not moving the files I'm simply uploading them to Capcut. Does it not copy the file as I've assumed this whole time and it's actually moving the original file?

[@chezkayviolet]

hello! when i open the final folder which contain the MTS files, but I can't seem to play them, they just seem like an empty file. I import my sd card to my phone, do you have any solutions to this?

[@davea.5690]

Thank you brother you are awesome. I’ve been putting in at least six hours a day for about three days. And you just solve my problem God bless

[@LeaMeitzler]

thank you! I was clicking on everything to try to find them lil videos D:

[@francescawallace8768]

thanks Adam this was so helpful!!!

[@mbya777]

thanks! forgot how to do it - so watched twice over a 3 week period! glad i could re watch and find thevideo again
- why does the videos save this way now/is here a way to get the back to the main section and to record in mp4

[@polishyoureyes]

Finally got access to my videos! 😄

[@mariap6386]

Thanks so much! I found the old videos but still couldn't find the most recent videos. Any fixes for those?

[@Datgoof]

so i have footage from a old camcorder and idk how to do that

[@mewmew816]

Brilliant! you are a legend!!!!

[@kevinangers]

Exactly what I needed

[@baizabilallone7208]

IT HELPED! THANK YOU

[@offthewall9207]

mine was under a separate weird folder called "CLIP" but i found them! thank you! thought i was crazy!

[@Ailynkrrr]

VERY HELPFUL!

[@itslisamiracle]

Thank you for getting straight to it! it worked!

[@CinematikNupe]

My friend, you have a new subscriber....THANK YOU!

[@uhshot_ofjen]

Life Saver!!
Is there a reason why they are so deeply set aside?

[@bemi9955]

Hi Adam! How do I do this from an IPad?

[@SeekingSainthoodOfficial]

This was very helpful, thx

[@waschkadse]

Thank you so much!

[@rachelszekely]

i did this and my videos still aren't in that folder, any other tips?

[@jaiysaanahy]

IT HELPED ME. BUT WHY ARE THEY LOCATED LIKE THIS

[@justinwhitening4828]

thank you so much my guy!

[@visualsolutionz]

good sht my boy!

[@Arthurify]

Lifesaver forreal, thanks man

[@tansiebennetts5594]

Thank you! this was a lifesaver.

[@elisawarford7696]

Thanks so much! This solved my problem!

[@vermontlanguagejusticeproj]

You are awesome. Thank you

[@Fourpads]

thank you, was having a nightmare trying to find the files

[@clabart]

Strange. I have several Panasonic cameras and camcorder that format my SD with the folder structure all viewable with both Mac and Windows, where inside the stream folder I find Avchd videos (* .mts). I got to insert the SD into Sony rooms and found the files with the computer the Avchd files in the same folder. The only thing is that I don't remember if I inserted the card already formatted in Panasonic.
I will have to try to format the SD with Sony camera and see if the Mac Finder sees me that folder and also in Windows with the resource manager.

[@matthewberesh9751]

that was it!! thank you!!

[@gurjota]

You sir are awesome!!!

[@DavidDang-gq9pu]

Thank you I love you😭❤

[@dave_guu]

THANK YOU!!

[@smrittikasasidhar3691]

super helpful!!! than you!!

[@CarinaHaughton-Lewis]

Thank you so much !!!😭😭

[@Badga1968]

Saved me, thanks!

[@barbiseme6275]

Perfect! Thank you!

[@tanya_tanzz]

thanks for this amazing trick!

[@BrieLakin-bh7bb]

WOW AN ANGEL !

[@claireturya5870]

wow!! Thank you so much, video footage found :)

[@victoriasmith8235]

OMG THANK YOU SO MUCHHHH

[@ronyeilat]

thank you so muchhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh 😍😍😍

[@noname-by8on]

OMG
Thank you very much, dude!!!!

[@ruthadesina-uh1wj]

It did help me thanksss

[@EdScottProductions]

Massively helped

[@CrystalMontiel]

What if that file is also nowhere 😭

[@behindthedesign.]

Thank you your a lifesaver

[@DwaneRichardsonSr.]

Windows doesn't have the exact same name for the folder. I found mine in m4root. Thank you so much.

[@sandrobianchi6543]

it works, thank you so much

[@fivos.harisiadis]

THANKKKKKK YOU SOOOO MUCH !!!

[@TysonClinton.]

Thanks! So fast too!

[@BIGFAASHWAYS]

Thanks bro it worked

[@drewbraaten8692]

this video was insanely clutch

[@wrl_882]

Thank you so much

[@ImSoSilvy]

Thanks

[@ELPASO-Tube]

Thanx.

[@cheapbongs]

u should specify this only works on Mac

[@emelypena9819]

Thank you! I don't have a Mac but mine was nestled under an M4ROOT folder and the CLIPS if anyone has a PC