Question / Help Computer crashed when recording. Corrupt .flv file?

[ItsALaserShark]

Was recording some game footage when my computer crashed. The .flv file is there, and it has an associated file size, but I can't play it through any of my video players. Thoughts?

 

[Harold]

What video players have you been trying?

 

[ItsALaserShark]

VLC, Winamp, and windows media player.

 

[Harold]

https://obsproject.com/forum/resources/how-to-convert-flvs-to-mp4-fast-without-re-encoding.78/ might help. I would use method 2 (ffmpeg) because I find it to be more forgiving.

 

[ItsALaserShark]

I had already tried the ffmpeg method, and it gave me an error message when i tried to do it to the corrupt .flv file.
"gamefootage.flv: Invalid data found when processing input"

 

[Harold]

Then yeah, the specific crash that corrupted this flv hit some critical parts of the file.

 

[Videophile]

Then yeah, the specific crash that corrupted this flv hit some critical parts of the file.

This. Usually .flv files are pretty good about corruption, but if your computer crashed, that may explain why the file is corrupt.

 

[ItsALaserShark]

I said crash, but it was effectively an abrupt shutdown. The breaker tripped, and cut power, I figure it's effectively the same though.