Most video media has moved from analog storage on tapes to digital storage on hard drives in recent years. It is good news since digital media can be easily backed up, and it does not degrade over time.
Are you having difficulties playing an MP4 video file?
Unfortunately, digital video storage is rendered useless when a file becomes corrupted and won’t open.
MP4 video not playing due to the following reasons
- An incomplete download of online videos,
- Improper shutdown in camera,
- Insufficient files transfer,
- Virus attack in your computer,
- Low battery during video recording
- Sudden power cut working on the files etc.
The Wonder share and VLC video repair tools can both repair corrupted video files quite efficiently.
Wonder share Repairit
Repairit helps you recover corrupted files in three easy steps:
Add the files, Preview them before saving, and then restore them.
It is easy to use and helps recover files faster with an intuitive interface that converts unplayable or corrupted videos to playable.
It also solves other problems, such as frozen frames, blurry, pixelated images. It’s also available for the Windows and macos.
A free version is available to try, but you’ll have to pay for it in the long run. Advanced Repair can even help you restore severely damaged videos.
1,How to Repair corrupted videos
2,How to Repair corrupted images.
1,How to repair corrupted videos
Open your browser and type in Repairit and then click that link and download. Install and run the software now
After you add your corrupt videos, it should be captured on the same device.
Advance repairs use the information from the sample file and repairs the corrupt video.
Once you click Next, the software will analyze your corrupt video using the advanced repair function.
When you click the Repair button, it will take some time for the repair to complete.
Once the video is repaired, you can preview it and download it to your device.
With Wondershare Video Repair, you can recover and repair all types of video files, as its developer’s name suggests.
Additionally, it is extremely versatile because it can deal with files such as MOV, MP4, M2TS, MKV, MTS, 3GP, AVI, FLV, and M4V.
2, How to Repair corrupted images.
It is also same as videos repair.
Go to the Photos Repair feature Left side bar.
Click on the Add button that would be load a browser window and choose damage photos.
Once your photos are loaded their thumbnails and Like file size , Photo resolution etc. would also be displayed.
Advance repair for promising method to regain images.
A window will pop up requesting to add a photo sample. A photo sample is a good and openable photo created by the same device or with the same formats.
The advanced repair function will analyze your corrupt image after you click Next.
After the photos are fixed, you can preview and download them.
How to Fix Broken Videos Using VLC on Windows Computer?
Any Windows PC should have the VLC media player installed. It is an intuitive and versatile app that is a must-have for all video Playbacks. Additionally, it can easily fix mp4 files as well.
In this article, we will discuss how to repair corrupted MP4 files using the VLC media player in two methods.
Method 1-Repair corrupted video
The first step is to download and install VLC Player. Once it is installed, open the application and go to the Media menu.
Go to Convert/Save then Add and locate the corrupted video file.
After clicking Convert/Save, select the Convert button followed by Profile from the dropdown menu. Once done Click to start.
If Video Repair is successful, it will provide a list of all the fixes that were used. However, Video Repair cannot repair your video if no repair list is provided.
Method 2 – Replicate video file
Take a copy corrupt video file.
Then, rename the video file extension to .AVI.
Open VlC media player
VLC > Preferences, then select Input or Codecs.
In the Preferences window, click Save.
Click on Always Fix next to Repair AVI.
Once this has been done, open the copied video file in VLC media player.
By using the tools, video file formats such as MOV, MP4, F4V, M4V, 3GP, etc can be repaired on a Windows PC.
How can video files be protected from corruption?
By following a few tips while using your device, you can make sure you do that.
If you are editing video files, make sure that you have copies on more than one backup media.
Update your PC regularly and keep it virus-free.
Check your electrical connection to avoid unexpected shut-downs.
When copying, moving, or editing the video file, avoids interruptions.
If you are editing videos, do not use untrusted third-party software.
Check and maintain your hard disks’ health regularly to prevent issues with data corruption.
