How to Fix Corrupt Video Files?

When you play a video file, your media player takes the information, the relevant codecs, and translates the data into a video that you can see. When some of this information is incorrect or goes missing, the video file gets corrupted and your media player will be unable to play the file or in some cases can’t play the file at all. If you encounter this problem on movie file that is the file is not playing on QuickTime media player, then you can read here for resolving this issue.

An error saying a video file is damaged is equal to the notification saying “check engine” in your car. It doesn’t tell you what the problem is or how to fix it. The notice is frustrating and you just know that something wrong is going on. Just like engine problems, video files can be damaged in any number of ways.

The corrupted/damaged video file can be of different formats. But by using one of the best and highly preferred app like Video Repair Software, you can easily fix corrupt video files. This corrupt video file fixer can fix MPEG, MOV and MP4 video file format.

Let’s see some common scenarios that lead to corruption of a video file

Video file may get corrupt for any number of reasons, including hard drive errors or failures, user error or the presence of malware on the drive. Fixing corrupt video file enables you to once again view its contents.

Consider a scenario, where you were shooting a video with your video camera and suddenly it stops working. When you connect it to your system, you found that all the videos which were captured were gone. You recovered these video files using recovery software, but when you tried to play the file it displayed an error message saying “Couldn't open the file”. In such case, what will you do? Don’t Worry!!! At this situation, you need Video Repair Software to overcome such problems or to know how to fix corrupt video files..

There are several other reasons due to which video gets corrupted or becomes inaccessible. Some of the possible and main causes are -

• Files system corruption of Volume/partition containing video may lead to corruption
• The video files may get corrupted due to operating system crash
• Hardware failure during startup causes system crash which in turn causes video file corruption
• Improper system shutdown during the video file is in use, is also responsible for file corruption
• Power failure while moving files from one drive to another may result in corruption

What does Video Repair Software can do for you?

There are several programs that can fix corrupt video file, but when you use them they may lead to other problems, like non-synced audio and video. For more details, visit videorepairsoftware.com/how-to-fix-sync-issues.html.

Video Repair Software is the best among them. It is a powerful and malware-free tool that guides you how to fix corrupt video file very effectively. This corrupt video file fixer can repair corrupted / damaged video files after recovery error. It can repair Canon MOV files and also the MOV files created on digital camcorders like Casio, Nikon, Olympus, Panasonic, Contour, GoPro, Fujifilm, Samsung, Sanyo XACTI and even iPhone.

With the increase in technology there are various formats of video files that can be developed. Different types of video files vary on their quality and size with different extensions. Among those MP4 video files are most popluar video format that can be played in iPods as well. As a result of certain scenarios those video files get corrupted leading to loss of valuable information. Go to http://www.videorepairsoftware.com/how-to-fix-broken-files-mp4.html to know more about MP4 corrupt video file fix.

Follow these directions to fix corrupted video files–

1. Download & install Video Repair software on your system. Login as administrator and run the tool. Select the corrupted video file, and click on "Repair" button.

Figure 1. Welcome Screen

2. Wait until the file is being fixed.

Figure 2. Repairing

3. This screen shows the fixing summary including video file details like size, creation date, etc.

Figure 3. Repaired

4. Click on “Preview Repaired File” to see thefixed file and save it by clicking “Save Repaired File” option.

Figure 4. Save Repaired File

Tips & Warnings

Save your new file under a different name so that you don't overwrite the old file and lose all of the data.

See AVI repair on Mac to fix corrupted AVI files on Mac OS.