[Repsol]

I am in search of a good video repairing software which can easily fix broken videos and old videos which hang and stutter while played. Guys, if anyone has a suggestion, please do share. I need this badly.

[subscrive]

vcd gear is a good software which I have used many times.

[Seagull76]

Try VLC Media Player 1.1.0. The new player version fixes the broken .avi files

[dadu]

Originally Posted by Repsol

I am in search of a good video repairing software which can easily fix broken videos and old videos which hang and stutter while played. Guys, if anyone has a suggestion, please do share. I need this badly.

You need to tell us what is the source of the video's and then I can suggest a suitable option.

You will need to extract, filter & repair and then reencode.

[Repsol]

Originally Posted by subscrive

vcd gear is a good software which I have used many times.

Thanks for the reply mate. Have downloaded VCD Gear, but facing a bit trouble using it. Can you please let me know how to repair and old (.DAT) file with this.

Originally Posted by Seagull76

Try VLC Media Player 1.1.0. The new player version fixes the broken .avi files

Have downloaded VLC 1.1.0. but not able to get the video fixed. Not sure if there is any specific way for doing that.

Originally Posted by dadu

You need to tell us what is the source of the video's and then I can suggest a suitable option.

You will need to extract, filter & repair and then reencode.

@dadu : Its actually the marriage coverage of my uncle. The video is in .DAT format. Can you explain in detail how I need to do the above steps and if any special software is required for the same.

[dadu]

Originally Posted by Repsol

@dadu : Its actually the marriage coverage of my uncle. The video is in .DAT format. Can you explain in detail how I need to do the above steps and if any special software is required for the same.

A .dat is actually an MPEG1 format used in VCD's.

You can use ISObuster to extract .DAT to a pure MPEG1 format, if it has broken frames, it will skip them ofcourse but the rest will continue.

Now you can again use this MPEG1 file to convert it into an ISO image using VCDgear and burn using Imgburn. All are available free.

if you want to explore more into video quality correction, removing the grains, making picture soft or sharp. Post some screenshots as you see them now and I can advise if its worth the effort of reencoding and using filters etc or not. (we will have to move to more expert levels here then)

[Repsol]

Originally Posted by dadu

A .dat is actually an MPEG1 format used in VCD's.

You can use ISObuster to extract .DAT to a pure MPEG1 format, if it has broken frames, it will skip them ofcourse but the rest will continue.

Now you can again use this MPEG1 file to convert it into an ISO image using VCDgear and burn using Imgburn. All are available free.

if you want to explore more into video quality correction, removing the grains, making picture soft or sharp. Post some screenshots as you see them now and I can advise if its worth the effort of reencoding and using filters etc or not. (we will have to move to more expert levels here then)

Thank You so much for the info. Will give it a try and let you know if there is any issue.

[mithun]

You can use DivFix++ is #1 AVI Video Repair & Preview Utility

OR

Download Fix Player 1.0 Free - Utility for repairing (fixing) broken AVI files - Softpedia

[Repsol]

Originally Posted by mithun

You can use DivFix++ is #1 AVI Video Repair & Preview Utility

OR

Download Fix Player 1.0 Free - Utility for repairing (fixing) broken AVI files - Softpedia

Thanks @mithun. Let me check it out and will let you know if there was any change

[Repsol]

Originally Posted by Repsol

Thanks @mithun. Let me check it out and will let you know if there was any change

@mithun, I have check both the utilities, but unfortunately they both are for repairing .avi files and the file which I want ti repair is a .dat

[anku94]

Originally Posted by Repsol

@mithun, I have check both the utilities, but unfortunately they both are for repairing .avi files and the file which I want ti repair is a .dat

Why don't you re-encode the video to a more popular format ? I doubt if you'll find many tools that support DAT.

[Repsol]

Originally Posted by anku94

Why don't you re-encode the video to a more popular format ? I doubt if you'll find many tools that support DAT.

@anku94, I have tried to convert it to other formats but the file seems to be corrupted or damaged due to which the converter is also unable to change the format. FYI, I used Xilisoft Ultimate Video converter for the same. If you have any good converter which can do the trick, then please suggest.

[anku94]

Try using Total Video Converter. It's not the best tool out there, but I've found it reads all kinds of damaged files. It has got a player as well, which is good at reading damaged media as well.

[Repsol]

Originally Posted by anku94

Try using Total Video Converter. It's not the best tool out there, but I've found it reads all kinds of damaged files. It has got a player as well, which is good at reading damaged media as well.

Have downloaded and tried it. But unfortunately its also not able to convert it. It tried to convert the file but stops responding after some time.

[Seagull76]

Originally Posted by Repsol

Have downloaded and tried it. But unfortunately its also not able to convert it. It tried to convert the file but stops responding after some time.

Hi ,

I have tried two softwares which converts the .dat file ( not sure about the damaged .dat files )

1. Super Video ( freeware ) - converts .dat to any format
SUPER

2. DVD Flick ( freeware ) - converts .dat to DVD format
DVD Flick