Minitooler Video Repair vs Restore.Media

Minitooler Video Repair is a browser tool for diagnosing and repairing damaged videos that will not play, seek, or show the correct length. It accepts MP4, MOV, MKV, AVI, WebM, and TS files, including files that will not open. Automatic repair can rebuild an index, regenerate timestamps, discard corrupt packets, or remove a damaged audio track. It first tries to repack the video losslessly, keeping the original video and audio intact in a new container; re-encoding is a last resort. Diagnosis and repair run in the browser with ffmpeg compiled to WebAssembly, and the page says the file is not uploaded or stored. Minitooler lists crashed screen recordings, interrupted phone or camera clips, unseekable videos, and drone or dashcam footage as use cases. The free plan is listed at free and allows 3 repairs a day, with files up to 100.00 MB per file on the Video Repair page. Pro costs $5 a month and includes unlimited repairs, no file-size cap, every future tool, and priority support. No signup or email is required, and repaired results have no watermark.

Restore.Media repairs damaged or unplayable video and audio files through a browser. It scans media tracks and recreates missing or damaged headers, metadata and indexes. Listed formats include MP4, MOV, M4A, M4V, MXF, 3GP, INSV, RSV and MP3. The service says its processing is adapted to particular cameras and supports hundreds of camera models, encoders and recording applications. Files up to 128GB can be uploaded, and users can view a full-length low-resolution preview before paying for an original-quality download. Automatic recovery costs $4.99, paid once per file; the price varies with file size, and there is no subscription. Manual recovery by engineers is also available, with a negotiable quote based on order volume and complexity. The service says uploads are processed automatically and are not viewed unless manual recovery is requested. Users can delete tasks and files; inactive tasks and files are automatically deleted after 7 days. Restore.Media does not repair distortions, freezes or artifacts in video that otherwise plays, and recovery may fail if source video data is corrupted.