Fix Corrupt MP4 Files: Working Tricks
When it comes to important videos, repairing a corrupt MP4 file can be very handy. The following are three of the most effective ways to recover your files:
Using VLC Media Player
One of the most popular multimedia player, VLC media player also gives options to fix corrupted MP4 files. To enable this, you would simply just need to rename a file extension from. mp4 to. If you are not sure, play the video with VLC and save it to another file – it should check the integrity of. avi files for automatic recovery. Here’s how:
Rename the File: Change file extension from.ini to. Ini.txt mp4 to. avi.
Modify Preferences: Start VLC, go to Tools and then click on preferences. Choose Input/Codecs and select Always fix for broken or incomplete AVI files.
File → Open File (this will try to repair the corrupt file automatically12)
Repair Corrupt Videos Professionally
This is especially recommended for severe corruption, as a proper third-party tool like Wondershare Repairit or Stellar Video repair can be really effective. Here is the usual workflow in these tools:-
Add Corrupt File – First of all, include your corrupt MP4 video.
Reference File: Upload a good quality matching-example reference video if possible in the same format and resolution as your original.
In Repair Process – Click on the ‘Repair’ button and let the software to scan & repair it.
Preview & Save — You can preview the reconstructed video to ensure quality and then save it.
Command Line Tools
For more advanced or command line-interface confident users, recovering damaged MP4 files can also be performed via tools like FFmpeg. The steps to satisfy this might include something like the following:
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Step 1: Open Command Prompt — Execute the above command, and navigate your way to your corrupted file directory in cmd.
Node AbcRepair command Run the below given command:-
bashffmpeg -i corrupted. mp4 -c copy repaired. mp4
Here, the command tries to copy data from a damaged file which by skipping over broken sections13.
They provide different methods where even if you are tech-savvy or how much low corruption your MP4 is having. Regardless of how you decide to go about fixing it, make sure that your most important – and irreplaceable — videos are already backed up in some other way.
