A powerful, dual-GUI video repair tool that automatically scans, detects, and fixes corrupted or problematic video files using FFmpeg.
- Dual GUI — Modern graphical interface in both PowerShell WPF and Python Tkinter with dark/light theme support
- Drag & Drop — Fully supports drag-and-drop for both individual video files and entire folders
- Smart Launcher — Auto-detects Python availability; falls back to PowerShell seamlessly
- VFR Detection & Fix — Detects Variable Frame Rate (common in smartphone recordings) and forces CFR re-encoding
- Multi-Strategy Repair — Codec recovery → Light fix (stream copy) → Force fix (re-encode) with automatic escalation
- Hardware Acceleration — GPU encoding via NVIDIA (NVENC), AMD (AMF), Intel (QSV) with automatic CPU fallback
- Quality Preservation — Extracts original bitrate and applies 120% to prevent quality loss during re-encoding
- Batch Processing — Scan entire directories with optional recursive subdirectory scanning
- Resume & Cache — Skip already-processed files across sessions
- Settings Memory — Remembers your last used configuration between launches
- Real-Time Dashboard — Live progress bar, file counter, elapsed timer, per-file statistics, and colored log console
- FFmpeg — must be installed and added to your system PATH
- Windows — PowerShell 5.1+ (for WPF version) or Python 3.8+ with tkinter (for Python version)
Double-click Video Repair Utility.bat — it will automatically choose the best GUI for your system.
:: Force Python GUI
"Video Repair Utility.bat" /py
:: Force PowerShell GUI
"Video Repair Utility.bat" /psOpen PowerShell in your target folder and run:
irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BishnuMahali/Video-Repair-Utility/main/Video%20Repair%20Utility.ps1 | Out-String | iex| Strategy | Speed | Quality | Use Case |
|---|---|---|---|
| Codec Recovery | ⚡ Instant | Lossless | Legacy containers with missing codec metadata (.avi, .wmv) |
| Light Fix | ⚡ Fast | Lossless | Corrupted headers, incomplete downloads |
| VFR Fix | 🐢 Slow | Near-lossless | Smartphone VFR recordings with timestamp jitter |
| Force Fix | 🐢 Slow | Near-lossless | Severely corrupted streams, dropped frames |
| Codec | CPU | NVIDIA | AMD | Intel |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H.264 | libx264 | h264_nvenc | h264_amf | h264_qsv |
| HEVC | libx265 | hevc_nvenc | hevc_amf | hevc_qsv |
| AV1 | libsvtav1 | av1_nvenc | av1_amf | av1_qsv |
If a GPU encoder fails during repair, the tool automatically falls back to the CPU encoder.
Video Repair Utility/
├── Video Repair Utility.bat ← Smart launcher
├── Video Repair Utility.ps1 ← PowerShell WPF GUI
├── video_repair_utility.py ← Python Tkinter GUI
├── LICENSE
└── README.md
This project is licensed under the MIT License.
Copyright (c) 2026 Bishnu Mahali
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
These projects are simple utility scripts built to solve everyday problems. If you find them helpful in your workflow and would like to support me, any small contribution is deeply appreciated! ❤️
