Video file damaged after transfer to pc

[Torlon]

I cut/pasted a few 3gp files from my phone to my pc using a usb cable. The transfer seemed to go just fine except that when I tried playing the videos in my computer the first one was around a minute and a half long but it stops playing at 4 seconds. Also, the file size is only 12mb which would be too small for a minute and a half video. All of the other videos that were transferred work perfectly. I don't know if the file was damaged before transferring because I never played it on my phone. Could the transfer itself damage the file? and is there any way to recover it?

[Brad]

If it's content that you feel comfortable sharing, and it doesn't violate forum rules, just attach it here using the Upload files/Manage attachments button underneath the post text entry form and someone can take a look.

I believe Windows is supposed to do a CRC to ensure all file transfers complete successfully. If that is correct, the file you have should match what was stored on the phone.

https://askleo.com/how_do_i_fix_a_cyclic_redundancy_check_error_when_i_try_to_copy_a_file/

[Torlon]

If it's content that you feel comfortable sharing, and it doesn't violate forum rules, just attach it here using the Upload files/Manage attachments button underneath the post text entry form and someone can take a look.

I believe Windows is supposed to do a CRC to ensure all file transfers complete successfully.

https://askleo.com/how_do_i_fix_a_cyclic_redundancy_check_error_when_i_try_to_copy_a_file/

Thank you for the reply but unfortunately I can't share this video. Here is what I got from mediainfo:

General
Complete name                            : C:\Users\David\Desktop\New folder\20161008_785213589.3gp
Format                                   : MPEG-4
Format profile                           : Base Media / Version 2
Codec ID                                 : mp42 (isom/mp42)
File size                                : 12.5 MiB
Duration                                 : 1 min 31 s
Overall bit rate                         : 1 145 kb/s
Encoded date                             : UTC 2016-10-08 16:45:03
Tagged date                              : UTC 2016-10-08 16:45:03
com.android.version                      : 6.0.1

Video
ID                                       : 1
Format                                   : AVC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                           : High@L4
Format settings, CABAC                   : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames                : 1 frame
Format settings, GOP                     : M=1, N=30
Codec ID                                 : avc1
Codec ID/Info                            : Advanced Video Coding
Duration                                 : 4 s 765 ms
Source duration                          : 4 s 768 ms
Bit rate                                 : 17.0 Mb/s
Width                                    : 1 920 pixels
Height                                   : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 16:9
Frame rate mode                          : Variable
Frame rate                               : 30.000 FPS
Minimum frame rate                       : 27.616 FPS
Maximum frame rate                       : 30.120 FPS
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.273
Stream size                              : 9.65 MiB (77%)
Source stream size                       : 9.65 MiB (77%)
Title                                    : VideoHandle
Language                                 : English
Encoded date                             : UTC 2016-10-08 16:45:03
Tagged date                              : UTC 2016-10-08 16:45:03
mdhd_Duration                            : 4765

Audio
ID                                       : 2
Format                                   : AAC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile                           : LC
Codec ID                                 : 40
Duration                                 : 1 min 31 s
Bit rate mode                            : Constant
Bit rate                                 : 256 kb/s
Channel(s)                               : 2 channels
Channel positions                        : Front: L R
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate                               : 46.875 FPS (1024 spf)
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Stream size                              : 2.78 MiB (22%)
Title                                    : SoundHandle
Language                                 : English
Encoded date                             : UTC 2016-10-08 16:45:03
Tagged date                              : UTC 2016-10-08 16:45:03

[Brad]

The video is indeed too small to be 91 secs long.

Maybe you could attempt to use some recovery software to undelete the file on your phone, if you haven't written to your phone's storage much in the past two days.

[Torlon]

The video is indeed too small to be 91 secs long.

Maybe you could attempt to use some recovery software to undelete the file on your phone, if you haven't written to your phone's storage much in the past two days.

Is there any software that you recommend?

[KarMa]

I believe Windows is supposed to do a CRC to ensure all file transfers complete successfully. If that is correct, the file you have should match what was stored on the phone.

I don't think it does, at least Win7 and below in my experience. For Win8-10, I doubt they changed it. As you have to read the newly copied file from start to end, which usually doubles the transfer time. Which is why I use teracopy for its error checking.