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How to Fix corrupt QuickTime Movie Files on Windows PCs
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Updated onJanuary 12, 2024
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Solutions to fix corrupt QuickTime files
Struggling with a corrupt QuickTime movie file? Have you experienced afault in the QuickTime media player, which suddenly halts and closes down, and you started it again and tried playing the movie file but it has no sound or breaks?
Or you probably tried playing it on a different media player but the result is still the same? You probably have a corrupt QuickTime movie file if this is your situation.
QuickTime media player is an innovation introduced in 1988 by Apple Inc. and is compatible with all versions of OS X. It can handle different formats from digital video, sound, panoramic images, pictures, and interactivity but is commonly used toopen QTL files.
However good the player is, its users tend to get issues when playing a movie file in QuickTime.
MOV is a commonly used video container file format with a proprietary compression algorithm and MPEG codec to compress the files.
Why do I get QuickTime errors on my PC?
There are several common reasons why you may get a corrupt QuickTime movie file, including:
So what do you do now that there’s a corrupt QuickTime movie file? Below are some solutions to try to fix a corrupt QuickTime file.
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How to solve Corrupt QuickTime movie file
1. Preliminary fixes
2. Repair the unplayable MOV video file
You can use a MOV video repair software for Windows that rebuilds and fixes corrupt videos supported by QuickTime. Whatever tool you use should resolve issues of frame, header, sound, duration, and movement. It should also be able torepair corrupt videosthat have been damaged due to compression, or changes made in file formats, errors of read/write, and virus attacks among other reasons.
3. Repair with QuickTime 7 player
QuickTime 7 player has new features such as trimming, editing, looping, saving, and reverting video files. It can automatically repair any slightly damaged videos, but severely damaged files get aBlack Screen error message. It has a feature that checks properties of the damaged movie file.
To do this:
4. Repair a corrupt QuickTime movie file using VLC
VLCmay be for playing videos or movies. But it also has features for fixing a corrupt QuickTime movie file. If your VLC player prompts you to repair corrupt or videos that cannot be played, select Yes, then do the following:
Note:You may get options to Add a new profile or Delete an existing one.
5. Change file extension
Were you able to resolve the corrupt QuickTime movie file using the abovementioned solutions? Let us know your experience in the comments section below.
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Milan Stanojevic
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Milan has been enthusiastic about technology ever since his childhood days, and this led him to take interest in all PC-related technologies. He’s a PC enthusiast and he spends most of his time learning about computers and technology.
Before joining WindowsReport, he worked as a front-end web developer. Now, he’s one of the Troubleshooting experts in our worldwide team, specializing in Windows errors & software issues.
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Before joining WindowsReport, he worked as a front-end web developer. Now, he’s specialized in Windows errors & software issues.
