Question / Help Recording footage when computer restarted

[Chewie]

I was streaming and recording footage when the power went out. My computer shut off without warning, meaning OBS wasn't able to "finish" the recorded file. When power came back up, I found that the file was here, but inaccessible to anything that could view videos. I assume that pushing "stop recording" is necessary to finish the files. Sadly I can't recreate this footage. Is there any way to turn this file into a thing I can actually use?

 

[Fenrir]

If the file is the default flv format, it should be fine. If you changed to mp4 and ignored the warnings on recording directly to mp4, the file is toast.

 

[Chewie]

If the file is the default flv format, it should be fine. If you changed to mp4 and ignored the warnings on recording directly to mp4, the file is toast.

What warnings were those?

Edit: Oh, the warning right there in the software. Gotcha.

 

[Chewie]

If the file is the default flv format, it should be fine. If you changed to mp4 and ignored the warnings on recording directly to mp4, the file is toast.

So there's absolutely nothing that can be done? I find it hard to believe that in these modern times a simple video file encoding error can't be fixed by some kind of software

 

[Fenrir]

The way mp4s are written, if they are not finalized, they're toast. Nothing you can do.

 

[Chewie]

The way mp4s are written, if they are not finalized, they're toast. Nothing you can do.

Well balls. I'm guessing since there are no warnings on the other file types that they don't have the same drawback? So mov should work? I'm sort of limited by my other softwares based on what I do with these recordings.

 

[Fenrir]

Record to FLV or MKV. If you record to MP4 and the recording is interrupted, the file will be corrupted and unrecoverable. If you require MP4 files for some other purpose like editing, remux them afterwards by selecting File > Remux Recordings in the main OBS Studio window.