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How to repair severely corrupted Video files using a Sample File?

 Modified on: August 16, 2023 |    22443 views

The Advanced Repair feature of Stellar Repair for Video uses sample files to repair severely corrupt videos.

A sample file is a working video file captured from the same device in the format as your corrupted video file. Stellar Repair for Video uses the sample file’s information like format, encoding, manufacturer, device, bitrate, FPS, resolution, to repair severely corrupt videos.

parameter sample file use to repair severely corrupt videos

Here’s how to repair a severely corrupted video using sample file.  

  • Launch Stellar Repair for Video and click Add File to insert the corrupted video file.

add corrupt video file in Stellar Repair for Video

  • Once you finish adding the videos, click ‘Repair’ to start repairing.

click Repair button in Stellar Repair for Video

  • Once the repair process is complete, you can see a list of repaired videos. In this list, you can see some videos are not repaired. Click the ‘Advanced Repair’ link present under Type attribute.

click Advanced Repair

  • Click Next in the Advanced Repair information dialog box.

click Next in Advance Repair window

  • Click Browse to select and add the sample file.
  • Select the option 'Apply to all files of same format' to use the selected sample file for repairing all the corrupted videos in the list. Click Repair to start the process.

add sample file to repair severely corrupted videos

  • Once the repair process completes, a 'Repair Complete' dialog box appears. Click OK to finish the process. Preview the repaired videos, then click Save Repaired Files to restore the repaired videos to a desired location.

preview repaired corrupted videos

 

34 User Comments

I installed stellar repair for video and data recovery, to test if software is reliable. To test it, i deleted a video. when i recover it says need advanced repair. when I click repair it again shows advanced repair when it should be showing preview.

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fazl azeem

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support

Hi,

Thank you for contacting Stellar Data Recovery.

We have responded to your email.

Hope for your cooperation.

Regards.
Stellar Data Recovery.

I purchased your product and have used it a number of times now. The video seems to be repaired Ok but the sound is broken into short segments (around 1 second) and spread over the whole video. This sounds like someone is turning audio on and off constantly and what can be heard is no longer in sync.

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Fran Murray

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Stellar Support

Hi,

Thank you for contacting Stellar Data Recovery.

We have responded to your email.

Hope for your cooperation.

Regards.
Stellar Data Recovery.

Hello.
My ex has used your software for a few years and she used it to recover a damaged video file I sent her to see how well your software would work.
She managed to recover the image stream (seemingly fine) but the audio is just as Fran Murray's comment here states. Is this normal or expected or even usual at all? I was considering buying a license to this since it would pretty much be cheaper than what a lab budgeted me to recover a mechanically malfunctional disk I have with a load of big 4k videos I wanted to recover. These are concert videos around 800mb to 1.5gb each, so it's important that the sounds is also recovered and set back into sync with the video. Can anyone shed some light into this please? Thanks,
Rui Silva

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Rui Silva

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Stellar Data Recovery.

Hi,

Thank you for contacting Stellar Data Recovery.

We have responded to your email.

Hope for your cooperation.

Regards.
Stellar Data Recovery.

I have asked you for a specific explanation on a certain behaviour of the software I found to be strange. You guys just contacted me back with a standard completely unrelated message with generic how-to processes of the software, so you did not even bother to read it, surely.
I am definitely not purchasing a license from you, given this. And given this impersonal support level, I cannot take your own word that you are the "the world’s best tool for repairing corrupt, broken or damaged MP4, MOV,AVI, MKV, AVCHD, MJPEG, WEBM, ASF, WMV, FLV, DIVX, MPEG, MTS, M4V, 3G2, 3GP, and F4V file formats", as you say.

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Rui Silva

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Stellar Support

Hi,

Thank you for contacting Stellar Data Recovery.

We have responded to your email.

Hope for your cooperation.

Regards.
Stellar Data Recovery.

I have tried to repair a video file using advanced repair but the resulting file, when saved, is very small indeed and appears to be empty. Why is this? I had to purchase the software in order to try to repair this one file and it doesn't seem to work so I'd like to know if I can get my money refunded.

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Vince Jones

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Stellar Data Recovery.

Hi,

Thank you for contacting Stellar Data Recovery.

We have responded to your email.

Hope for your cooperation.

Regards.
Stellar Data Recovery.

I tried this method but the "repaired" mp4 file has a jerky image stream (like Max Headroom from the '80s) and the audio is missing. I tried a second pass on the "repaired" files and the jerkiness was compounded what looked like partially overlaid video components (and still no sound). I would be happy to recover the image stream only since I also recorded audio to a second device, but what I have now is just as unusable as the original file which I couldn't open or import into Premiere.

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Seng Chen

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support

Hi,

Thank you for contacting Stellar Data Recovery.

We have responded to your email.

Hope for your cooperation.

Regards.
Stellar Data Recovery.

I have also tried to repair a video file using advanced repair but the output, when saved, is very small and glitchy (shows random colors instead of the actual video) Why is this? I had to purchase the software in order to try to repair not one but multiple files and it doesn't seem to work so I'd like to know if I can get my money refunded. Please address this issue.

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Rommel Reyes

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Stellar Support

Hi,

Thank you for contacting Stellar Data Recovery.

We have responded to your email.

Hope for your cooperation.

Regards.
Stellar Data Recovery.

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am keen to purchase the license.

I try to use trial version, however it was unable to preview the repaired video. Does it mean the file is unrepairable? Thanks.


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Chris

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Chris

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stellar support

Hi,

Thank you for contacting Stellar Data Recovery.

We have responded to your email.

Hope for your cooperation.

Regards.
Stellar Data Recovery.

Hi,

Is there a way to recover corrupted file for insv format? I had a thousand insv file format that were corrupted. So sad.. Please help and advice.

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shahfared

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Abdul Majid

Dear Shahfared,

Stellar Repair for Video does not support the repairing of .insv files.

If you wish to recover the deleted .insv files than we recommend you try our data recovery software.

I keep trying to repair a video file. It gets to use Advanced Repair. I select a working video from the same SD Card. Then your program closes without fixing the video. How can I fix this?

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Todd Moore

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Kartik

Hi Todd,

We understand the inconvenience caused to you.

Please let us know the format of corrupted video file and also let us know whether corrupted file is able to copy on any other location in your system or not.

Moreover please submit ticket using below link for further support:

https://www.stellarinfo.com/support/

Regards,

Kartik
Stellar Data Recovery

I have allowed the video repair to run for over 24 hours now on a 3.9 GB mp4 file and it does not appear to be making any progress. The progress bar just hangs at roughly 50 percent. What should I do?

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Gabriel

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Kartik

Hi Gabriel,

We understand the inconvenience caused to you.

Please make sure that video file is able to copy from one location to another location in your system. If file is on external drive then copy it on internal drive and try to repair it.

If you still face an issue then please submit ticket using below link to our experts:

https://www.stellarinfo.com/support/

Regards,

Kartik
Technical Support
Stellar Data Recovery

I purchased the Stellar Repair for Video-Windows. The video portion repaired decently but absolutely no audio was recovered. The sample video I used to make the repair had audio. Did i miss a step or something? All help is appreciated! Thank you.

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Pat S

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Kartik

Hi,

Please make sure that sample video file should be created from same device and file format should be same which is of corrupt file.

If you still face any issue, please submit ticket using below link to get further assistance by our experts:

https://www.stellarinfo.com/support/

Regards,

Stellar Data Recovery

I was user of stellar professional and upgraded to installed stellar data recovery premium I have recovered some video files but they are not playing. Repairing it with video repair tool but when i recover it says need advanced repair. when I did advance repair by uploading sample it again shows advanced repair and I am not able to recover it. Please help

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Kosmic

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Kartik

Hi,

We understand the inconvenience caused to you.

Please make sure that sample working video file should be of same file format and created from same device from which corrupt file made.

For further assistance, please reply to that email which you have received from technical support team.

Regards,

Stellar Data Recovery

Hi. I have a corrupted WMV file which is 25 mins long, it fails after 14 mins. I have tried to repair it with your demo software and the program claims success. However the preview is only 2 mins long. How do I know if your program has repaired my file?

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Jim

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Abdul Majid

Dear Jim,

The demo version of Stellar Repair for Video provides preview of 20% of the video file.

Once you are satisfied with the partial preview of the video than you can purchase the software to repair the file.

I repaired a MP4 video thru advanced repair, but I cannot preview the result. When I click PREVIEW nothing happens. How can I know if the file is recovered?

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Bruno

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Naveen

Dear Bruno,

Our software works on preview basis. If you are able to see the preview after using Advance Repair option then only repair is possible else not.

Feel free to reach us.

Regards,

Team Stellar

Your demo version "repaired" several of my damaged mp4 files, so I paid for the home user license. Now, I have tried to run repair on the same videos using the same sample video and the progress bar stops in the middle and doesn't complete. Feels like a rip off. Please advise.

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Matthew

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Naveen

Dear Matthew,

We believe that you have contacted us over the chat and we have assisted you for the same.

Regards,

Team Stellar.

I was able to repair the video but the sound is very glitchy past the preview I was able to sample prior to purchasing the software. Please let me know what to do next.

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Brandon Johnson

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Sunil

Dear Brandon Johnson,

Stellar Repair for Video software works on a preview basis which means the repaired files will be saved as it is as they appear on the preview window. Kindly confirm the type of video files you are trying to repair and the reason for the corruption. You have already purchased our software so you may share two corrupted video files with us such that our R&D team can try to repair the corrupted videos.

For this, we request you to submit a ticket by visiting the below-mentioned support page:

https://www.stellarinfo.com/support/

Regards,

Team Stellar

 

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Stellar Repair for Video Stellar Repair for Video software is the world’s best tool for repairing corrupt, broken or damaged MP4, MOV & other video file formats. Software will fix videos that were corrupted during the shoot, when performing file transfer or while editing, converting or processing files.

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