VidRepair
Changelog

Release history

All notable changes to VidRepair are documented here.

v1.0.0Initial releaseMarch 30, 2026

VidRepair is here

The first public release of VidRepair — a local, offline video repair tool for Windows. Drop in a corrupted MP4, MOV, MKV, AVI or other container file and VidRepair attempts every available strategy automatically until your file plays again.

  • featSingle-file repair with real-time strategy progress
  • featBatch queue — repair multiple files sequentially
  • feat9 repair strategies for MP4/MOV: remux, faststart, genpts, mkv_remux, raw H.264/HEVC stream scan, MPEG-TS, M2TS, and rescue re-encode
  • featReference file support — use a healthy clip from the same camera to reconstruct missing moov metadata
  • featViability check with Shannon entropy analysis — filters unrecoverable files before attempting repair
  • featOutput validation: every repaired file is verified with ffprobe before being marked as a success
  • featPartial recovery detection — warns when the output is significantly shorter than expected
  • featRepair history — last 50 repairs stored locally with strategy, codec, resolution, and duration
  • featOutput folder cleanup — removes unplayable files from the output directory in one click
  • featThumbnail extraction for repaired files
  • featSettings: CRF quality, output suffix, quick scan mode, disabled strategies, auto-open folder, auto-save log
  • featRuns fully offline — ffmpeg and ffprobe bundled, no internet required
  • featPortable installer — no admin rights required, installs to user AppData
  • featWindows 10 / 11 · x86_64