How to Repair Corrupted or Damaged AVI Files

Posted on July 14, 2009 at 5:03 am

There are reasons that Windows Media Player might have trouble playing a
video other than a missing or broken codec—namely, problems with the video file itself.

First, make sure your video file is complete; if you downloaded it
from the Web, try clearing your browser cache and downloading the file again.

If you’re unable to obtain an intact version of the video, you may be able to repair it with the free MPEG Header Corrector, available at

http://www.vcdhelp.us/html/tutmpegheadercorrector.html

although this typically only works on true .mpg files.

If you need to repair an .avi file use DivFix which is a free download from http://divfix.maxeline.com.

Use this alternate download URL if above does not work: http://www.digital-digest.com/software/download.php?sid=604&ssid=0&did=1

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Once you have the DivFix software installed, drag and drop your broken AVI files to its window.  Click the Rebuild Index button to rebuild its AVI index:

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Depending on the file size, it could take a while to rebuild the index.  I found this tool to be an effective utility for broken AVI files. I think it uses the same mechanism or algorithm that VLC uses to fix index files but DivFix is quicker and offers more functionality like stripping index and error checking.

Ben Carigtan shows you how it’s done!

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5 Responses to “How to Repair Corrupted or Damaged AVI Files”

  1. super_tech said on : April 15th, 2010 at 9:05 am

    My AVI file will not play on my computer, I think it is corrupted, but I am not sure. I tried playing it through VLC and get an error message.


  2. WareWolf said on : April 20th, 2010 at 12:39 pm

    Doesn’t work on avi’s created with xvid codec.


  3. chris said on : May 26th, 2010 at 5:42 pm

    Ok so I got it but apparantly every avi fixer says its not an avi but I am sure it is because I use to be able to play it and it said it was an avi file.


  4. Hamai said on : June 12th, 2010 at 11:01 am

    I tried to play an AVI file, but Windows Media Player says there is something wrong with the file. Why won’t it play?


  5. emerald said on : November 10th, 2010 at 12:46 am

    I tried to repair it but it says its not an avi but I am sure it is.


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