Utility to inspect / repair MPG files needed

17th Mar 2005 13:28 #1

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Can anyone suggest some good, solid, free utilities to inspect the structure and attributes of MPEG2 video files and possibly repair them?

The problem: Every once in a while I create a file that VideoStudio 7 chokes on but other players or editors are able to decode (sometimes with difficulty) so something is wrong with the file but I can't 'see' what it is. Often this is caused by my PVR software crashing in the middle of recording. I would like something that would show me what is wrong with the file and optionally have the ability to repair it.

I found and tried mpeg2repair and it doesn't do what it seems.
Doesn't work with plain mpg files.
Says something about working with streams and something to do with HD.
It doesn't repair plain mpg files like I want.

TMPG does have a free version and that is an option.
However, it is just another encoder program.
I already have two encoder programs (Roxio VideoWave and Ulead VideoStudio 7) and VideoWave was able to read and reencode the file just fine. VideoStudio was what was having trouble reading the file.

Since VideoStudio works fine with other files I have recorded the same way I am trying to understand what it detects is different and is causing trouble.

So what I am really looking for is something that displays or analyzes the MPG file structure and its embedded parameters so I can 'see' what is different about these files. Optionally, it would be nice if it could repair any problems found. Anybody know of anything like that??

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17th Mar 2005 15:00 #2

redwudz

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http://www.pixeltools.com/MpegRepair.html would probably do that, but the price is very steep. For free, there is not a lot out there.

I generally use AVIcodec or Gspot to check a video file, but they only give basic information.

I guess the best answer is don't create a bad file in the first place. If you got it from somebody else that messed it up, then that's different. Re-encode it if you can.