{"id":50154,"date":"2024-09-27T21:15:50","date_gmt":"2024-09-27T21:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cleverfiles.com\/howto\/?p=50154"},"modified":"2024-09-27T21:15:50","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T21:15:50","slug":"how-to-repair-corrupted-video-files-free-methods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cleverfiles.com\/howto\/repair-corrupted-video.html","title":{"rendered":"How to Repair Corrupted Video Files (Free Methods)"},"content":{"rendered":"

A friend of mine recently asked for help because her family video files got corrupted after being stored on a very old hard drive. Knowing that many other people experience similar problems with video corruption every day, I decided to write this guide. In it, I want to share the 3 best free methods to repair corrupted video files, complete with step-by-step instructions that you can easily follow on your own at home regardless of how tech-savvy you consider yourself to be.<\/p>\r\n

<\/span>Method 1:<\/span> Repair Corrupted Videos Using a Free Online Service<\/span><\/h2>\r\n

The solution I recommended to my friend\u2014the one that allowed her to repair the important family video\u2014was to use an online video repair service.<\/p>\r\n

More specifically, I recommended the Clever Online Video Repair tool<\/a>, which I’ve begun using only relatively recently but now swear by because it’s the most reliable and straightforward tool of its kind, which makes the fact that it\u2019s also currently completely free even more impressive.<\/p>\r\n

With Clever Online Video Repair, you can fix any video that has become corrupted due to an unexpected interruption of its recording, downloading, or editing (there’s actually a 5 GB file size limit, but I have yet to encounter a broken video file that exceeds it).<\/p>\r\n

The tool can repair a wide range of file formats, including MP4, MOV, 3GP, 3G2, M4V, M4A, M4R, M4B, FLV, F4V, F4A, F4B, GIFV, and QT (essentially any corrupted video file that utilizes the ISOBMFF or QTFF container with the H.264 codec). This includes footage recorded using most digital cameras (including those from GoPro, Canon, Nikon, Sony, and Panasonic), smartphones, dashcams, and even drones (DJI Phantom, Mavic Pro, Spark, Inspire, and others).<\/div>\r\n

Here\u2019s how the straightforward repair process works in practice:<\/b><\/p>\r\n

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  1. You open the Clever Online Video Repair tool<\/a> in your web browser of choice. Since the tool runs on remote servers, you can use it to repair corrupted video files even on mobile devices.\"clever<\/li>\r\n\t
  2. Either click the Choose file button and select the corrupted video file you want to repair using your operating system’s file picker, or you can simply drag and drop your video onto the designated area.\"clever<\/li>\r\n\t
  3. Once the upload of the broken video finishes, you will be asked to provide information about the camera the video was recorded with (if such information exists or is relevant) and upload a sample of a healthy video recorded using the same camera or created the same way. This healthy video gives the tool a reference point to analyze and repair the corrupted video. Then, you can just sit and wait for the Clever Online Video Repair tool to do its job.\"clever<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n

    It won’t take a long time before the tool repairs your MP4 file online, allowing you to download a playable version to your device.<\/p>\r\n

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