Monday, 24 November 2014

How to repair corrupt videos?

Video file such as MP4, MOV, 3GP etc. is a highly digital multimedia format to store video and audio data. While storing, uploading or downloading,  we usually experience lot of problems during this phase. But the major issue, the user has been noticing is video corruption. Let us see the various causes of corruption.

The major causes of the video corruption are:

1) Corrupt header file

Header files are like road map, which are helpful in giving instruction to the computer. They are the files, which carry full specifications of the particular file. And if any specification is missing, then the media player cannot recognize that file. This corruption is caused by either power failure, mishandling of the file etc.

2) Virus infection or bad sectors

Videos are adversely affected by the bad sector, as it won't let the file to open. Ultimately the file becomes corrupt. And virus infected multimedia files gets easily corrupt and can only be repaired with the help of the utility.

3) Changing file formats frequently

Sometimes, changing the file format to another format may affect the file badly. Either the file will overwrite on one another or it will get severely affected.


4) Camcorder or device error

Videos may become inaccessible due to any type of error related to camcorder. Also mishandling of camcorder or accidentally pressing any button while uploading video may affect certain bad effects to videos.

5) Record videos when memory card is full

Recording videos at the time when memory card is full may cause the adverse effect on the video. Also the video gets corrupt or becomes inaccessible.

6) CRC errors or interruption during video file

Now CRC errors takes place when there are bad sectors in the storage media and also if you hear any kind of noise get prompt in the video during transmission of the file. These errors won't make the user to access the file. So in this kind of situations, the user has to use the utility to repair the damaged video.

Solution of corrupt videos

If your any video files such as MP4, MOV etc. are corrupt, then surely you should use the tool to eradicate all the errors. The effective tool will definitely repair the damaged, corrupt or broken videos efficiently. Also some of the common errors such as stated above can be easily resolved by the utility. So the steps to repair the video using the utility are:

1) Download Stellar Phoenix Video Repair application on your Mac

2) Next step is to unpack the file and double click on .dmg file. This step will mount the software on the screen.

3) Now double click on that file and drag the folder to the Applications folder.

4) Then launch the application and accept the license agreement. After that, select the corrupt video that you want to repair and click on “Repair” button.



5) After processing the above step, this will show you the description of the particular video.

6) Finally the software will automatically scan the repaired video at the desired location.

Important precautions should be taken while repairing

Never save the recovered files to the same hard drive to which you are scanning. This may cause the deleted files overwritten before they can be recovered. So always save your data to different drive. Also make sure that the drive you are using to recover the data should not be corrupt or failing drive.