It does often happen that our MOV and MP4 video files gets corrupted either while transferring from a camcorder, smartphones or just simply while downloading from the internet. And it can be really painful to part away with those videos or moments of our life just because of a technical fault.
However only a small percentage of people really know that these files can be easily fixed, if you know the means of how to do it. So, in this topic we are going to discuss the method about how to repair those damaged MOV and MP4 files and dig deep with one of the software which can help us do it.
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Reasons for MOV and MP4 File Corruption:
There are several reasons for MOV and MP4 corruption, however we are going to discuss the topmost reasons for which causes the corruption in general:
- Frequent conversion of videos using low quality conversion software
- Sudden corruption head in MOV and Mp4 file
- During the recovery process of deleted videos from HDD or memory cards
- While transferring videos from one device to another
- Playing the video in an unsupported media player
How to Fix Damaged MOV and MP4 Files?
To repair damaged MOV and MP4 files, we will need a 3rd party tool and here in this post we are going to use Remo Repair MOVToolas it is one of the best we found out during our trials and we are also going to review the product so that, you are able to know the in and outs of the product before you start using it.
Some of the symptoms of MOV file corruptions are audio video sync issues, codec issues, container issues and many more.
Remo Repair MOV Review:
So let’s go ahead and Review Remo Repair MOV and find out how we can use it fix the issues related to file corruption.
Remo Software is a well-known software development company which develops simple and useful software for both Windows and MAC platforms. Their software galore includes host of Data recovery software, File Repair Tools, Outlook Tools, and other Utilities.
However, we are going to limit our discussion to the Remo Repair MOV Windows edition.
Remo repair MOV Softwaretakes input of two separate video files, one healthy and another damagefile. Both of them must be shot with the same instrument.
The software knows that damage can be either in the sound stream or the video stream or in both, so once the above mentioned files are selected, the tool separates or splits the damaged video file into sound and video stream and the compares the data with the healthy file and then repairs it.
Once completed, it again merges the file into a single healthy file and hence this makes sure that there is no part of the video which has been sliced off or removed from the file.
Unlike other software which might try to delete the damaged portion of the video and remerge them together which often causes further damage to the original file.
The lists of supported codecs for the software are as given below:
Video: avc1, mp4v, mjpeg
Audio: sowt, RAW, mp4a
Also the list of supported cameras includes from the most popular Nikon and Canon to the latest DJ Phantom Drones. The exhaustive list can be found in the product page of the website.
The main features of the software are as below:
- It has an easy to use interface which makes the process easier for anyone to use the software
- It can fix MOV and MP4 files which cannot be played on media players such as, Windows Media Player, VLC, etc.
- It can repair HD videos recorded on DSLRs, cameras and camcorders
- And the best thing is you can see a preview of the repaired file before you go ahead and buy the software
How to Use Remo Repair MOV Software?
MOV video repair tool is really easy to use, however we are still going to show you the way of doing the file repair below:
Step1: In the first step you will need to download the software from the download page for your Windows operating system.
Step 2: Once done you will need to install the program and open it up in the administrator mode so that the software can operate with all the functions.
Step 3:After the software opens up you will need to select a healthy file which has been recorded with the same instrument and has the same codec and also select the damaged file.
Step 4: In the fourth step click the Repair button to start the repair process.
Step 5: Once completed, you can go ahead and preview the file inside the software itself.
Step 6: In the last step if you have already purchased the product you can go ahead and save the video to your local directory.
In future we are also going to publish a working video of the software and show you how it works in real so that you can be sure even before you go ahead and download the product.
If you have any comments or want to know more about the product feel free to leave a message in the comment section and we will try to help you out for sure.
