As a content creator, your photo library is one of the most important things to protect and secure. Of course, you have a backup of your videos on multiple cloud services, but an operating system or storage problem can cause your video to be unplayable or corrupted.
The risk is particularly high during recording or broadcasting, if the phone shuts down unexpectedly or the app crashes. The last thing you want to see is a video not playing or a “File cannot be opened” error message appear, but it happens. Luckily, there is a simple solution.
Unfortunately, whether it was an app issue or a codec issue, video repair has become all too familiar for most content creators. And in severe cases of video corruption, using the paid software can become incredibly expensive. However, for us content creators, there are alternative options at a fraction of the cost, and I recently got my hands on one of the best solutions in the industry.
Stellar Online Video Repair is a cloud-based tool specifically designed for content creators or casual users to repair corrupted or damaged videos in all popular file formats. Since I was paranoid about video corruption, I had to put the software to the test.
To test the cloud-based online video repair tool, I ran three different tests. One was about fixing broken video files on Android phone, another was about fixing corrupt videos on iPhone, and finally I tried fixing unplayable videos on Windows and Mac.
Repair corrupted videos anywhere
After shooting a quick video with an Android phone, I intentionally turned off the phone so the video couldn’t be saved properly and was corrupted. Then I went to the web browser, opened the Stellar Online Video Repair website and then logged into my account. Stellar Online Video Repair has a simple and clean design that makes it easy to navigate. Upload the broken video to the tool, upload the sample video (a working video created using the same device as the corrupted video file), click “Start Repair” and sit back and wait for the process to complete. In this case, the software first analyzes the broken video and uses the information from the sample video file to successfully repair the video file. The first test was a complete success!
The ability to preview only 10% of repaired video files is a great additional feature in the free version of Stellar Online Video Repair Tool.
Like my first test, I recorded a few videos with my iPhone and due to low storage space, the video was not saved completely and was corrupted. After uploading the corrupted video and the sample file created by the iPhone, I pressed the “Start Repair” button. Stellar Online Video Repair Tool completely repaired the video file in no time. Here I was able to see the complete verification of the repaired file using the premium version of this tool.
After dusting off an old hard drive with 6 or 7 corrupted or unplayable videos, I decided to give it a try and see if the Stellar Online Video Repair Tool could fix anything. I tried other similar online video repair tools, but none of them gave positive results. I was sure it was because the video was quite old and badly damaged. Nevertheless, I connected the hard drive using a USB-SATA adapter connected to my laptop and uploaded the corrupted and sample files to the Stellar Online Video Repair website. Eureka! Five videos have been repaired, but two videos cannot be repaired. However, I assume this was due to the 5GB file size limit as these two videos were very large. I was thrilled with the result and thought about using the desktop version of this tool for the remaining two videos.
User-friendly design for everyone
The online video repair tool is super easy to use and easy to understand. The installation process is quick and the instructions will help you scan, preview and recover your files.
This is how the online repair works in four simple steps:
- Upload the broken video
- Upload a sample video file
- Click Start Repair
- Preview, download and save the repaired video file
Value for money
You can buy the premium edition of Stellar Online Video Repair Tool for $59.99 for a year or just monthly for $9.99. This edition repairs 200 corrupt videos annually and 10 files monthly and has a file size limit of 5GB. Uploaded and repaired images are automatically deleted within 24 hours to ensure privacy.
It is worth mentioning that Stellar also offers a free online video repair tool that allows users to repair a corrupted video for free. However, the free version has a limit of up to 100MB and the repaired files are available for download for up to 3 hours.
What I liked about Stellar Online Video Repair
- User-friendly interface
- Captures most file extensions
- Preview repaired files
- Protect privacy by automatically removing uploaded and repaired videos within 24 hours (in premium version) or 3 hours (free version) from the time of upload.
- Repaired videos do not have a watermark
- 100% online tool, no download required
What I didn’t like about Stellar Online Video Repair
- An account is required to repair videos.
- The free plan allows you to repair a corrupted video file.
- Need a stable internet connection.
Diploma
Overall, I am satisfied with the way the online video tool repairs corrupted or corrupted video files. The web tool ran well on all devices be it Android, iPhone or Windows/Mac and repaired files at a decent speed too! Stellar Online Video Repair Tool is available in two editions namely Free Edition and Premium Edition.
Stellar Online Video Repair Tool offers a user-friendly interface and I got great results when I tried to repair videos of different formats recorded from different types of devices like smartphones, DSLRs, drones, etc. I was able to repair most if not all files that were unplayable or corrupted. I would give a full 10/10 to anyone who needs to fix their videos online.
