Summary: Don’t know how to deal with corrupt DJI Phantom videos? It doesn’t matter how your DJI Phantom videos got corrupt; good news is, you can repair broken video files them using a professional video repair software .
Hovering DJI drone capturing magical aerial shots is no less than a treat to watch. But the experience gets upsetting if you can’t play the stunning videos shot with your favorite DJI Phantom. The videos have turned corrupt! No worries. This post shares various methods how you can repair corrupt/broken video files that captured from DJI Phantom drone.
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There could be any reason behind DJI Phantom drone video corruption, as below:
It is often difficult to bounce back from such situations as most of time the damage is already done to your drone’s video file. But the good part is you can always fix the corruption in videos with the help of a DJI Phantom video files repair software.
‘Djifix’ is an open-source command-line application that repairs corrupt videos shot with DJI Phantom, Mavic, Inspire and Spark drones. But the program has its limitations.
It works only on the original file that comes from your DJI SD card.
Djifix is available for only 32-bit Windows computers and macOS X.
cd Movies
chmod +x djifix
./djifix name-of-video-file-to-repair-including-any-.MP4-or-.MOV-filename suffix
djifix name-of-video-file-to-repair-including-any-.MP4-or-.MOV-filename-suffix
You may try another free open-source VLC Media Player to repair corrupt MP4 or MOV video files from drone.
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In case none of the above methods work, opt for a professional video repair software.
Several video repair tools are available. Pick one that supports video file types of your drone.
DJI Phantom records videos in MP4/ MOV (AVC/H.264; HEVC/H.265) format. Stellar Repair for Video works on such high quality full HD 4K videos recorded with any DJI drone.
Unlike ‘diifix’, Stellar Repair for Video is easy to use and quick to repair multiple drone videos at one go.
The powerful tool can deftly handle file compression issues, file format errors, read-write errors, file header errors, damages due to virus, and other video file problems.
You can repair broken video, inaccessible, truncated, jerky, out-of-sync, no sound, black screen, and other video problems.
The software is free to try. You can evaluate its features and view the repaired video files in the demo version itself.
Steps to repair DJI drone videos using Stellar Repair for Video
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VLC Media Player and Djifix are open-source tools that often fix corrupt videos. But they have their limitations. VLC Player is not so advanced to fix severe file corruption issues while Djifix is for technical users. On the contrary Stellar Repair for Video, is easy to use and also efficient to make your videos flawless again in no time. The software is available for both Windows and macOS.
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Hi, I had a recorded video file which taken from P4 and can’t play in WMP, I think the player won’t support the codec the video file .mp4. Has anyone got the solutions to fix this, Please? Thanks!
Hi Dave, you need to convert the files into a supported format with the help of a video converter such as Stellar Converter for Audio Video. The tool can easily convert any video file into a supported format. Thanks!
Hi, I had couple of mp4 video recordings and some recordings not play with any media player. I record these video on my Sony camcorder. Any help would be appreciated.
Hi Thierry, I would suggest you can try our software demo version and see the preview of repaired files.
This is really a nice post about repair broken video files captured from DJI Phantom drone and drones repair parts justice need to learn how to repair drones easily and quickly.
Hi Drones, Thank you!
Hello, I committed a mistake and didn’t remember that on july 1st 2017 ordered and paid the software for my phantom 4 pro corrupted .MOV files and did not work then, today I started looking again for a solution and paid the software for the 2nd time without remembering didn’t work before and guess what… same issue, not working! I’m ashamed of myself for been so dumb… Please let me know if there is a solution that I’m not doing properly.
Regards,
Pedro
Hi Pedro, We would like to inform you that our software works on “what you see are what you can repair”. That means the files will be repaired in the same manner as you were able to see them in the preview window after the scanning is complete.
We would recommend you to perform “Advance Repair” process in the software in order to check the possibility of video files repairing.
Vishal,
My Drone HD MOV file is corrupt and doesn’t play on QuickTime player. The QuickTime Player screen goes black. Is my HD MOV still get fixed with your software? Let me know, I have no problem buying it.
Hello Paola,
Thanks for writing to us.
Yes, Stellar Repair for Video Software will help you repair a corrupt HD MOV file(s) and resolve QuickTime Player screen going black problem. The software also supports restoring corrupt HD MP4 video files.
QuickTime can’t play SD/HD MOV Videos? What should I do?
Thanks.