Restore video files: detailed instructions

Video files recorded on completely different media, due to their limited lifespan, can be damaged, quality degrades, and many other problems occur. Even movies stored on hard disks of computers are subject to this phenomenon, not to mention the fact that they can be completely accidentally removed. Let's see how the video files are restored and what tools are best used for this.

The main directions of action when restoring video files

As it is already clear, at the moment two problems are clearly marked: the deterioration of the quality of the source material and the accidental deletion or disappearance of files due to the formatting of the hard drive.

Proceeding from this, it is possible to offer several basic techniques that will help to restore video files with the probability of their subsequent viewing at about 50-100%, depending on the type of selected actions.

Why such a wide spread? Yes, only because the first indicator is applicable to the restoration of video material in terms of quality restoration, and the second corresponds to the possibility of recovering deleted files on the computer.

Recover deleted video files using Recuva application

Let's start with the situation when the files were deleted from the hard drive of the computer, because this procedure looks much easier than the restoration of quality. One of the most universal and simple is Recuva. This is not only a program for recovering deleted video files, it can be used to search for potentially recoverable data of any type. Nevertheless, it has its own interesting sides.

So, after the installation and the first run, the application opens a special "Wizard" itself, in which it is necessary to choose the type of information data. As you already know, you need to use the line with the video, then in the new window select the location of the deleted material. If the user does not remember exactly where the original file was located, you can specify that the place is not known. Further it is desirable to use the deep analysis mode and activate the start of the scanning process. The results will display all found objects. Green files are marked with files that can be restored to 100%, yellow - files that can be partially restored, red objects that can not be restored. The results of the restoration and the ability to watch the video after that will be discussed separately.

Using R.Saver

You can restore deleted video files using the unique R.Saver utility. According to many experts, it is much more powerful tool than the previous program, because it is able to recover information even on formatted media, including even corrupted memory cards.

Of course, it's impossible to say that this is the program for restoring video files. However, the scanning algorithms in it are such that you can not be surprised if the program finds files on the hard drive or removable device that you forgot about a long time ago. And, of course, the list of programs designed specifically for such purposes can be continued indefinitely.

The program for restoring damaged video files All Media Fixer Pro and others like it

Now let's look at the restoration of the video material. Restoration of damaged video files is done with the help of special utilities. The most simple, fast and functional enough, you can call the program All Media Fixer Pro.

This application, unlike many others like it, can work with any type of multimedia, including graphics and sound, although you can argue about audio here. Nevertheless, the given program makes restoration of the damaged video files on the basis of own algorithms and assumes use of the automated system of restoration, so that global settings of parameters need not be changed. It is enough to select the desired file and press the special analysis button.

At the end of the process, you can do two things: either try to repair the damaged fragments (Fix button), or simply remove them from the file (the Remove button). No action - the Ignore button.

In principle, the rest of the applications allow you to restore video files in about the same way, however, they differ in the number of perceived formats. Among the most popular and powerful are the following:

• VirtualDubMod;
• DivFix ++;
• VideoFixer;
• Video Repair Tool;
• ASF-AVI-RM-WMV Repair;
• HD Video Repair Utility, etc.

Result of testing the recovered files

Finally, the restoration of video files is completed. What do test results show? In most cases, no program has been able to completely restore quality while preserving the original format (this applies to both deleted and corrupted files). Windows Media Player does not play most of the files.

Recovering deleted objects is best produced by the program R.Saver (Recuva it and does not fit into the candlestick). As for restoration, it is rather difficult to single out the best program, besides, not all of them work with damaged carriers, and some hang even in the process of work. However, the output can be a parallel use of utilities of both types.

What to use to restore audio tracks?

And one more thing, which many simply forget. None of the above programs can boast of sound quality. Therefore, for audio processing it is better to refer to professional and semi-professional packages.

For this, such well-known software products as Adobe Audition of all versions (formerly Cool Edit Pro), Sony Sound Forge, ACID Pro, and many others are perfect. Only in them you can achieve the ideal sound quality of the tracks. To open almost all applications, use the import function or load the contents of video files through the Open As ... line.

Instead of an afterword

It remains to add that, despite the use of the most advanced technologies for video recovery, the conclusion suggests disappointing. If the recovery of deleted files is still the case, then the restoration is much worse. This is understandable, because to improve video, digitized from an ordinary VHS cassette or copied from a scratched optical disc, it is almost impossible, and it's too primitive to remove problematic fragments. So, it is necessary to choose the tools for performing certain actions independently, and it is better to combine several utilities.