
        <p>In Episode 531 James and Frank recount a near‑disastrous data loss when local recordings died seven minutes in, forcing them to rely on Zencastr's cloud-recovery button and a hopeful rescue email. They walk through the panic and the clever fix—using GitHub Copilot CLI/Baby Luna, FFmpeg and AI-assisted workflows to rebuild a muxed video, repair audio‑video drift, and underscore lessons about testing restores and trusting backups.</p>

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        <p>In Episode 531 James and Frank recount a near‑disastrous data loss when local recordings died seven minutes in, forcing them to rely on Zencastr's cloud-recovery button and a hopeful rescue email. They walk through the panic and the clever fix—using GitHub Copilot CLI/Baby Luna, FFmpeg and AI-assisted workflows to rebuild a muxed video, repair audio‑video drift, and underscore lessons about testing restores and trusting backups.</p>

<h3>Follow Us</h3>

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In Episode 531 James and Frank recount a near‑disastrous data loss when local recordings died seven minutes in, forcing them to rely on Zencastr's cloud-recovery button and a hopeful rescue email. They walk through the panic and the clever fix—using GitHub Copilot CLI/Baby Luna, FFmpeg and AI-assisted workflows to rebuild a muxed video, repair audio‑video drift, and underscore lessons about testing restores and trusting backups.

531: How AI Saved Our Lost Podcast Recording

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