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MP4Fixer


MP4Fixer is a simple and powerful tool that repairs broken / corrupted MP4 videos by re-encoding them using FFmpeg. It can successfully fix 70% – 90% of damaged MP4 files, depending on corruption level. It uses: libx264 for video aac for audio and applies -movflags +faststart so even partially processed files are more playable.


What's new in 0.2.1

Minor bug fix.

Bug is...

When you type mp4analyzer on terminal so your terminal are not found this command.

0.2.1 is fixed it!


What's new in 0.2.0!

A powerful analyzer is added contain a cli command and a new python function thats detailed in CLI usage and Python usage.


✨ Features Fix broken & unplayable MP4 files Simple CLI usage Python API available Safe graceful stop using Ctrl + C Supports all FFmpeg speed presets Works on Linux, Termux, Windows, and macOS ⚙️ Requirements Python 3.7+ FFmpeg binary Either provide a binary named mf inside the package folder OR modify to use system ffmpeg New of 0.2.0 Analyzer give issues report with your mp4 file.


📦 Installation

This is not require to install ffmpeg because that was inbuilt inside it.

pip install mp4fixer


🚀 CLI Usage

Basic usage

mp4fixer

With output path

mp4fixer --output_path

With preset Copy code

mp4fixer --output

if you not provide output path so that automatically make fixed file in same folder where input file. if you not provide preset so that automatically set preset to ultrafast.

mp4analyzer

This is show problems with your mp4 file.


🎛️ Supported Presets

ultrafast superfast veryfast faster fast medium slow slower veryslow placebo ultrafast = fastest, larger file veryslow = slow but best compression Default = ultrafast


Python Usage

from mp4fixer import fix

print( fix( input_file="video.mp4", output_file="fixed_video.mp4", preset="fast" ) )

Returns: "OK" if success "ERR: message" if something failed "Re-Encoding stopped cleanly" if cancelled 🛑 Stopping Encoding (Ctrl + C) If you press Ctrl + C, MP4Fixer: Sends q to FFmpeg FFmpeg closes cleanly Output file remains playable No broken partial files 🎉

from mp4fixer import analyze

print(analyze("video.mp4"))

Returns

issues in list form like ["","",""] if no issue mean your file is healthy "CRITICAL ERROR : " internal error thats very low chance. "Stopping analysis" when you hit ctrl+c


📌 Notes If no output path is given, output is created in same folder:

fixed_.mp4 Input must exist Output folder must exist Preset must be valid


👑 Author

         Abdul Moeez

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