Treasured's Movie Repair Guide -- Defects

(For problems using RepairMovie, see dedicated page.)


When dealing with corrupt movies, it is important to use an accurate vocabulary to talk about defects.

We propose to use this short list of most common defects, to make communication more efficient.


General defects:


Defects in Video:


Defects in Audio:



Defects in Repaired Files

Let's differentiate the defects added on purpose by the Repair Kit from the real repair defects:


Defects added by the Repair Kit

The Repair Kit needs a password to fully unlock its functionality. If you use the Repair Kit without the password, it will either stop after a certain size (thus not all the corrupt file is repaired), or it will add some defects:


Audio and Video defects added by RepairKit are random, so if you run it a second time, the defects will appear at a different time/location. 


Real Repair Defects

But real repair defects will always be the same, even if you run the Repair Kit several times.

Each repair technique generates specific types of defects. For example, when reindexing, media data can be incorrectly indexed, due to false negative, false positive, or wrong data length detection. 


Defects in Video:


Defects in Audio:

See also the case of long audio files.


When you report a defect, please use those terms for a better understanding.

The efficient method to report defects is through the built-in Quality Inspector.


How to hide small defects

When the repaired movie is almost defect-free, except for a few details, hiding the residual defects is prefered to correcting them.